Pantera

Far Beyond Driven

Some good songs

Review Score:

(6/10)
Now, I'm not really a Pantera fan, I bought this record from some advice from a friend. I do really like metal though, and I like this record too. Upon first listen, the record started off great with the first track "Strength beyond Strength." The song was great to say the least. I basically was really into the first half of a record, then after track 6 "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" I just became somewhat bored with it. I really felt these guys could have done more with the variety in these songs. A lot of them are basic riff after riff with no thrashing solo's or guitar harmonics working together, and no real rhythem either; to not sound like I absolutely hated these songs (because I didn't) I should just say they were... ok songs, nothing I havent really heard before.
Now these guys are capable of writing great songs with lots of solo's and harmonics because some songs on this record(the good ones,mostly first half) have all these elements in them. I'm sure any Pantera fan would love this record and all Pantera's records, I can see why, but my individual style and taste doesnt go that far in terms of this band. I would say if you're paying 15 bucks for this CD then you're really only getting about 8 bucks worth of good music. So if you're just getting into this band, I'd just recommend buying it used like I did.

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