Pantera

Far Beyond Driven

Pantera-Far Beyond Driven

Review Score:

(6/10)
I own four Pantera albums so far, and Far Beyond Driven is by far the worst album I've heard from Pantera. Now that's a pretty harsh thing to say, so let me clarify by saying that I do like this album, but the other three albums I've got by Pantera, I think are much better than Far Beyond Driven. There a few songs on this album that I don't like at all. There is "Becoming," I realize that people think this song is one of Pantera's best, but I just don't like the song that much. Then there is "Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills", this song should not have even been on the album. It is not really that heavy, it just has awful guitar sounds along with drums, bass, and lyrics that are explicitly disgusting words of lust and sexual behavior with another guy's girl; this song gets a -10 out of 10. "Throes Of Rejection" is better musically as a heavy metal song, but again, the lyrics are too lousy.
On the other hand, "5 Minutes Alone", "I"m Broken", "Slaughtered", and "Shedding Skin" are the best songs on the album. Oh yeah, Pantera's rendition of Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" is really awesome, it is a very relaxing, slow ballad. I'm surprised that "Planet Caravan" is on the best of Pantera album.

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