Metal Storm logo
Phil Anselmo


Member

1984-1992 Razor White - vocals  
1987-2003 Pantera - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
1991- Down - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
1993-2004 Superjoint Ritual - guitars, vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
1994-2001 Viking Crown - bass, drums, guitars (as Phil Anselmo)  
1997-2002 Necrophagia - guitars (as Phil Anselmo)  
2006-2013 Arson Anthem - guitars  
2011- Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2014-2021 Superjoint - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2015- Scour - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  

Live musician

2009 Eyehategod - guitars  
2016-2017 Eyehategod - vocals  
2017 Warbeast - vocals  

Guest musician

1993 Crowbar - backing vocals  
1996 Crowbar - backing vocals  
1998 Anthrax - additional vocals  
1998 Soilent Green - additional vocals  
2000 Iommi - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2001 Biohazard - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2006 Cerebral Bore - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2010 Warbeast - effects  
2012-2014 Cerebral Bore - spoken word  
2015 Cattle Decapitation - spoken word (as Phil Anselmo)  
2015 Metal Allegiance - vocals (as Phil Anselmo)  
2018 Sigh - vocals  
2019 Gorlock - vocals  
2020 King Parrot - backing vocals  

Personal information

Also known as: Philip Hansen Anselmo
Born on: 30.06.1968

Official website
Instagram
Twitter

Anselmo grew up in the inner city of New Orleans. He attended Grace King High School located in Metairie. His father owns and operates a restaurant in Metairie, LA called Anselmo's. Anselmo has a younger brother, Jerry Anselmo and a half-sister, Mary Colclough who was credited as a backup singer on the Southern Isolation EP. Anselmo has a pet rottweiler named Dracula

Anselmo has said in various interviews that he was very quiet and secluded as a child. He spent some time working on fishing boats as a young man. During a 2002 Ozzfest interview with radio show Opie and Anthony, Anselmo shared a story that, at the age of 14, he started a fire in his home to scare his sister but accidentally burned the house down in the process.

While a teenager Anselmo joined the band Samhain, not to be confused with Glenn Danzig's band of the same name. From the early to mid 80s, Anselmo was a member of the band 'Razor White'. While they did have some original material, they mainly played Judas Priest covers.