Power Metal (album)
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- This article refers to the 1988 album by Pantera. Power metal is also a style of heavy metal music.
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| Studio album by Pantera | ||
| Released | 1988 | |
| Recorded | 1988 | |
| Genre | Glam metal Speed metal |
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| Length | 38:10 | |
| Label | Metal Magic Records | |
| Producer(s) | "The Eldn'" | |
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| Pantera chronology | ||
| I Am the Night (1985) |
Power Metal (1988) |
Cowboys from Hell (1990) |
Power Metal is an album by heavy metal band Pantera, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music).
The album was the first featuring Phil Anselmo on lead vocals, and was also notable for containing Dimebag Darrell's first appearance on lead vocals (he later sang on "Caged in a Rage" and "Heard It on the X" from the Supercop and E.C.W. Wrestling soundtracks, respectively), on the final track, "P.S.T. 88". The album fully realizes the heavier direction hinted on previous album "I Am the Night", and features more traditional metal songs like "Rock the World", a few ballad-type commercial songs like "Hard Ride" and We'll Meet Again", thrash metal songs ("Power Metal", "Over and Out", "Death Trap", "P.S.T. 88") and a few speed metal songs ("Down Below" and "Burnnn").
Many fans of the album question the decision of the band to not re-release it, since it is very close to the sound on their next album, "Cowboys from Hell", and also has a cult following among many Pantera fans. The album is only available through bootlegs at this time.
The song "Proud to Be Loud" was written and produced by Keel guitarist Marc Ferrari and was originally intended to appear on that group's 1987 self-titled album. However, Keel would not record a version of the song until 1998. Pantera's version was used as the party song in the theatrical cut of Donnie Darko, credited to the "Dead Green Mummies".
Pantera's former vocalist Terrence "Glaze" Lee helped co-write "Down Below" with Pantera. A recording of the song with Terrence Lee appears on Pantera's previous album, I Am the Night, released in 1985.
[edit] Track listing
- All tracks by Pantera unless noted otherwise.
- "Rock the World" – 3:34
- "Power Metal" – 3:53
- "We'll Meet Again" – 3:54
- "Over and Out" – 5:06
- "Proud to Be Loud" (Ferrari) – 4:03
- "Down Below" – 2:49
- "Death Trap" – 4:07
- "Hard Ride" – 4:16
- "Burnnn!" – 3:35
- "P.S.T. 88" – 2:53
[edit] Credits
- Philip Anselmo - Lead Vocals
- Dimebag Darrell – Guitar, Lead Vocals on "P.S.T. 88"
- Rex Brown – Bass
- Vinnie Paul - Drums
[edit] External link
| Pantera |
| Members |
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| Phil Anselmo | Dimebag Darrell | Rex Brown | Vinnie Paul |
| Terry Glaze |
| Discography |
| Albums: Metal Magic | Projects in the Jungle | I Am the Night | Power Metal | Cowboys from Hell | Vulgar Display of Power | Far Beyond Driven | The Great Southern Trendkill | Reinventing the Steel |
| Live and compilation albums: Official Live: 101 Proof | The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! |
| Songs |
| "Cowboys from Hell" | "Cemetery Gates" | "Walk" | "This Love" | "Hollow" | "Becoming" | "5 Minutes Alone" | "I'm Broken" | "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" | "Slaughtered" | "War Nerve" | "Drag the Waters" | "Suicide Note Pt. I" | "Floods" | "Revolution Is My Name" |
