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| Pantera Ranked
Over my school vacation, I decided to revisit the discography of one of rmy favorite bands, rPantera. They were rpretty much one of the first r"extreme" metal bands (using the term rloosely) that I got into, and rDimebag rDarrell has had a massive influence on my guitar rplaying. rListening to all of the records again front to back, rhere's my take on how rthey rshould be rankedr(Note: I'm not including the 1980's albums because they were ressentially ra rdifferent band at the time, and Glam metal not being my thing I can't rgive an honest ranking rof rthose) | | 5 |  | Pantera
Reinventing the Steel
While songs like "I'll Cast a Shadow", "Goddamn Electric", and "Revolution is My
Name" are worthy additions to Pantera's list of classic songs, the album is packed
with filler, sees Phil at a lyrical low, and shows a band unsure where to take their
sound after evolving it every single record. Not a bad record, but nowhere near
their best | | 4 |  | Pantera
Cowboys From Hell
I'm predicting some people will not read further on simply because of how low I
placed this, but while I agree this is an excellent record (and where the band
started writing good music), some songwriting choices on this record leave a dated
quality to the overall package (i.e. Phil's head voice on tracks like "Medicine Man" and "Shattered"). The
album however features Dimebag (then known as Diamond) Darrell's most virtuosic
guitar solos | | 3 |  | Pantera
Far Beyond Driven
Very closely following Vulgar Display of Power in terms of quality, this album could
have arguably had the title of it's predecessor from how intense some of the songs are on this record
(i.e. 5 Minutes Alone, Throes of Rejection, I'm Broken, Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks). The only reasons it ranks slightly lower
than VDoP is because it
a) loses some of the melodic dimension found on their previous record in favor of
just flat-out aggression (which would be fixed on TGSTK), and b) "Good Friends and
a Bottle of Pills" | | 2 |  | Pantera
Vulgar Display of Power
The first Pantera record I heard, I was hooked the first time I heard the main riff for
"Walk", and the album has remained one of my favorites from the band. I personally
believe that this record is where Pantera actually found their trademark sound
instead of Cowboys From Hell, and while the album loses some steam around the
last few tracks before "Hollow", it is a perfect blend of their melodic metal
influences and their much heavier hardcore influences that they would capitalize on
with later albums. | | 1 |  | Pantera
The Great Southern Trendkill
I've noticed that this album divides the fanbase pretty heavily. While some think it's
a pile of noisy trash and is scatter-brained with it's structure, others believe it's
experimentation and relentlessness puts it at the top of the discography. I consider
myself part of the latter crowd, this album remains not only my favorite Pantera
record, but one of my favorite heavy metal records of all time. From the vicious
opening scream of the title track to the crushing bottom-end of closer "The
Underground in America/Sandblasted Skin", you're in for a wild ride, hearing
firsthand the sounds of a band and it's members imploding. An absolute classic. | |
sapient
12.28.13 | 5/5 artwork yeah | Riviere
12.28.13 | 1 is correct, and lyrically it's Phil's best.
For me Cowboys is better than Vulgar based on consistency. The 2nd half of that album takes a nosedive. | InbredJed
12.28.13 | you've done well here. | Spec
12.28.13 | Seth was on 1. | InbredJed
12.28.13 | Anal Cunt ftw | sapient
12.28.13 | I feel like Anal Cunt isn't a band worth me checking out cause most grindcore I can't get into (other
than some Carcass and Napalm Death), but I admit Seth's screams alongside Phil's are fucking awesome | Pestiferouss
12.28.13 | anal cunt is good
grindcore is good | Parallels
12.28.13 | whoa 1 above 2 and 3 above 4 | Judio!
12.28.13 | 4>1>2>5>3 | Parallels
12.28.13 | [elitist Pantera fan remark] | tempest--
12.28.13 | Cowboys is 1 | InbredJed
12.28.13 | Picnic of Love is essential.
Also, I wrote a review for GSTK that shares a lot of these perspectives, honestly I couldn't agree with this list more. | theacademy
12.28.13 | i respect your opinion but i must disagree | Snake.
12.28.13 | 4 is 1. | demigod!
12.28.13 | i never got into pantera outside like a few songs | sapient
12.28.13 | Yeah Inbred, read that review awhile back and it was spot on, I personally think this album didn't get as much attention simply because of the way mainstream music had had started to turn by the mid-90s, and even though Pantera recognized the way the trends were going, I give them respect for not going along with them at all.
Personally, I've noticed this record get more and more acclaim in recent years, so I wouldn't be surprised if one day this is looked back on in the same light that CFH and VDoP are | InbredJed
12.28.13 | Ya I'm right with you sapient. GSTK is the pay-off from the interesting and promising albums CFH and VDoP. Many modern metal bands don't ever reach that pay-off, probably cause pop-culture includes metal again. b
But GSTK will ever remain an essential metal album for me, up there with Black Sabbath or anyone else. | Necrotica
12.28.13 | This list should be featured | InbredJed
12.28.13 | anyone who doesn't know about Pantera other than "Walk" needs to read this, agrd. | KILL
12.28.13 | phils falsetto rules bitch ass | Necrotica
12.28.13 | And by the way, it's not falsetto, it's head voice | KILL
12.28.13 | what | Necrotica
12.28.13 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_voice#Not_falsetto | CK
12.28.13 | 4 is 1 | Snake.
12.28.13 | hayley williams | KILL
12.28.13 | sweet dude but falsetto just sounds cooler to me so n/ | sapient
12.29.13 | My mistake on the falsetto comment, will edit. Amazing vocal power for sure, but for me it still sounds dated with it | InbredJed
12.29.13 | phils falsetto rules bitch ass [2352352] | sapient
12.29.13 | UNDERSTAND
JUST TAKE HIS HANDDDDDD
HE'S THE MEDICINE MANNNNNNNNNNN | InbredJed
12.29.13 | It's storming broken glass,
corpses left in pooiiillles
Ungracious bludgeonment
that breaks the earth for moooiiillles
Nothing can stop it, the day has come,
from below it's CATASTROPHIAAAAAIIIIIICCC | Necrotica
12.29.13 | Freezing
There's no healing
families are dying
this world is shattered
All
SHATTEEEEEAAAAARRRRRED
Such a fun song to sing :P | Solaire
12.29.13 | Picnic of Love is awesome. Sing it to my girl until it gets stuck in her head. | InbredJed
12.29.13 | wwoh yeah!!!!! | Solaire
12.29.13 | I hear her humming I Respect Your Feelings occasionally and then cringing when she catches herself. Worth it every time. | InbredJed
12.29.13 | heheh |
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