Im here to make money to fund my passion for Bass guitar. I actually enjoy writing reviews.
Im here to make money to fund my passion for Bass guitar. I actually enjoy writing reviews.
Member since:21.06.2006
Reviews:9
Pantera are a Heavy Metal band that influenced many of the current popular Metal bands. They are sadly more well known after the death of lead guitarist "Dimebag" Daryl Abbott. Hopefully this album will show people that Pantera were well worth the hype they received.
Understandably the album contains only the Cowboys From Hell+ era and excludes the Glam Rock era they were so ashamed of. And that's fine as nobody remembers the glam rock days anyway. What you do get is what Pantera should be remembered for, not the conflict, the drugs or the tragic death of Dimebag. They should be remembered for the pure skill of Dimebag, the great lyrics of Anselmo and the thumping drums of Vinnie Paul (I left Rex Brown out because his bass was nothing special).
In the album you have a great range of styles covered by Pantera. From the down and dirty style of Domination to melodic riffs of Cemetery Gates. The tracks are in, I believe, chronological order and so you can see how the band grows and evolves into what they were in their prime.
There are only 16 tracks on the album, which some may say does not give Pantera justice. Some tracks which in my opinion should be on the album are missing, for example The Art of Shredding, Floods, Hollow and War Nerve.
What you do get however is a great mix of Pantera during their prime, well worth purchasing and a definite for any die-hard Pantera fans. If you however have all of Panteras albums anyway I would not get this as the bonus DVD and additional soundtrack songs are not worth the cost.
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Might be an idea to include some information in your review for those of us who have never heard of them as I'm not sure really what style of music they perform from your review.