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Pantera cowboys from hell12/30/2023 ![]() ![]() He’s not only the main instigator of the song’s groove, but a very innovative soloist. The riff-master is, of course, “Diamond” (not yet known as “Dimebag”) Darrell who’s exhibiting a powerful combination of range, speed, and rhythm and continues to do so throughout the course of the album. Leading off with the song “Cowboys From Hell,” the record drops the listener into a riff that’s seemingly picked up as the studio’s machinery is first fired up. My son and a few of my co-workers had turned me on to the title track, the brutal “Primal Concrete Sledge” and the brilliant “Cemetery Gates” some years ago, but it’s a kick to hear those songs now within the context of the record’s full artistic statement. I did not realize that the record was produced by one of my favorite metal producers, Terry Date ( Soundgarden, Fishbone, Slipknot), who actually compresses a bit too much of Pantera’s sound than I would prefer on this recording. This blog entry discusses a few examples of the group’s groundbreaking performances that stood out to me while I was listening to the Rhino Records 180-gram, double vinyl reissue copy that I’ve recently acquired.īeing a latecomer to Pantera’s music, I had only been familiar with a handful of tracks on Cowboys From Hell. ![]() There are several other reasons for the album’s staying power and for its consideration as a “classic” rock record here on, chief among them the fantastic guitar playing of Darrell Abbott and the flexible vocals of singer Phil Anselmo. ![]() The album eventually received Platinum certification earlier in 2010, buoyed in part by the inclusion of the title track in the Guitar Hero 2 video game. Originally released on ATCO Records, Cowboys was such a drastic departure from Pantera’s earlier, independently-released, hair metal albums that the group and most of their fans consider it to be their proper debut. The Texas quartet Pantera released Cowboys From Hell in 1990 and succeeded in influencing many hard rock artists with their style of “groove metal” during the two decades following Cowboys’ release. Pantera – Cowboys From Hell A heavy metal landmarkĪ landmark metal record is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. ![]()
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