Pantera

Reinventing The Steel

Not bad, but there's been better.

Review Score:

(6/10)
When I first heard this I thought it was great. It sounded amazing, the guitars, the bass, the drums, the vocals, everything! I rushed to the nearest metal mag and was shocked to see a mere 3 star review. However, after owning this album for about half a year and now that I own the other Pantera albums, I would say that the reviewer got it spot on - closing his review with "Steel, yes, but Reinventing? Maybe not."

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad album by any means. I'm a big Pantera fan, but whereas the other Pantera albums live in my Hi-Fi (apart from The Great Southern Trendkill, another album which only gets 3 stars) this sits in my CD rack collecting dust. The only song on this album which is as good as anything from the Vulgar Display Of Power album is Revolution Is My Name. The others are good, but lack that minute detail that older songs had which made them good.

I'm glad that Pantera have progressed, even if it is only a little bit (this sounds very different from Cowboys From Hell, their 1990 debut) and in terms of music, this is a lot better than most of what is out there. When you first hear this you will think it's great, but it won't keep you listening to it over and over again. I hate to say it but this just isn't as good as their older stuff.

But bear this in mind: Pantera's music is worth a lot more than most bands' diamonds.

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