Pantera?

[Ultima Ibanez Overlord]

Does anyone like Pantera?

I bought Cowboys From Hell ages ago, but I never really listened to it much. I've been hammering it all week. It's absolutely fantasitc.

My friend did a copy of his Far Beyond Driven album, but I thought that was garbage.
But this weekend I borrowed The Great Southern Trend Kill from my drummer. Even though I don't really like the vocals, I think the album is really cool. It achieves what it sets out to: it's ultra heavy, and some of the soloing is out of this world (especially the solo to Suicide Note part 1).

But it's the rhythm playing that grabs me. Dimebag Darrell's (when did he drop the "Diamond"? And why?) playing is so exact and tight. He doubles everything, but he plays it exactly the same, getting the same pinched harmonics everytime, the same degree of palm muting, everything!

What's Vulgar Display Of Power like? If it's more like Cowboys..., I'd be real interested in getting that.

 

[Liquid Tension]

Originally posted by Ultima Ibanez Overlord
Does anyone like Pantera?

What's Vulgar Display Of Power like? If it's more like Cowboys..., I'd be real interested in getting that.

I will tell you that I like Cowboys from Hell more then Vulgar Display of Power and after that I didn't like the direction that they went in.

Have you ever heard Machine Head's Burn my Eyes disc? It reminds me alot of early Pantera.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Originally posted by Ultima Ibanez Overlord
Does anyone like Pantera?

Blech. No thanks.

 

[Yngvai X]

I love Pantera! I think Vulgar Display of Power is one of the best metal albums ever. It took me a LONG time to get into Far Beyond Driven, but now I think its really awsome as well. Though I thought Reinventing the Steel was garbage. They used to be able to groove so well, now they're just slop metal.

 

[shredguitarman]

Get Vulgar..... it's one the reason's why I voted Dimebag as the best kick-ass guitarist in a recent poll here.. think he's definately the best rhythm player on the planet....

 

[Pilgrim]

I thought Vulgar and Cowboys were both great cds. But I am soo sick of their sound now. They have become boring and repetitive.

 

[Soul of Ice]

Vulgar Display of Power has so many classic tunes on it such as walk, fucking hostile, and a bunch others i cant remember for some reason right now. They arent bad, but they arent my favorite either. If im in the mood for some angst ridden punkish metal that is the first disc i would think of playing though.

anton

 

[Lady Of The Snow]

Cowboys From Hell is their best album and my fave! They're a bit too brutal these days, yet they're still kickin' butt.

 

[Ultima Ibanez Overlord]

Walk! Yeah, I've heard that. It was a single. It's a pretty rocking tune. I will get the CD on the strength of it having that song.

I know what you mean about them being so brutal, Lady Of The Snow. I think Cowboys..... will be my favourite from the band. It's just so damn up and at 'em. And there's a lot of really great playing on it, too.
But this album, TGSTK, and FBD, it's ok, but I won't like it for too long. It's heavy, and it makes an impact. But you can only be affected by that for so long before the novelty wears off.

So, does anyone know why he went from Diamond Darrell to Dimebag Darrell? Did he lose money?

 

[ProgMetalFan]

What do you guys think of Pantera's 80's material... such as "Projects In The Jungle" and "Metal Magic"?

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

I like Cowboys a lil bit, and thats as far as I go with that band. Their new stuff isnt brutal its just bad. But I guess I have higher standards of brutality than most people here

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Originally posted by Thorns of Sorrow
But I guess I have higher standards of brutality than most people here

Indeed.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

 

[Hawk]

Originally posted by ProgMetalFan
What do you guys think of Pantera's 80's material... such as "Projects In The Jungle" and "Metal Magic"?

I like "Projects" and some of "I am the night" I do not like "Metal magic"

 

[†Russel Allen†®]

I like Pantera a lot, for sure!!!!!!!!!!! The albums I prefer most are Cowboys from Hell and The Great Southern Trendkill!!!

 

[Cyclonus]

Yeah, Cowbows From Hell really does kick ass...

It's just a shame that Phil Anselmo only really growls these days, he had a good range, still a good growl, but I liked his wailing a lot...

Down kick ass too...

Oh and Ultima Ibanez Overlord, you like Transformers? Kickass indeed, good to see some TF Fans here... Do you post at any TF boards?

 

[mINdCRimE]

I only like Cowboy's From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power. Because I like those albums I buyed Far Beyond Driven and The Great Southern Trendkill but I didn't like it. Anselmo used to sing, now he only scream.

 

[cutlas7]

As many have stated, I have to agree. Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power are awesome albums. I was the first person I knew who got into Pantera, and did my best to promote them locally in the BFE town I used to live in. After Vulgar, the songwriting and singing went to crap and have never recovered. Dimebag is a killer guitarist, and Anselmo once was a great singer, but they need to stop with their new careers as drug addicts and get back to what made them such an awesome band. Just my 2 bits.

Jeremy

 

[warman]

FAR BEYOND DRIVEN = \m/

 

[Heidi]

My hon bought Pantera's DVD today...