Radagast wrote:
Zad wrote:
Radagast wrote:
Zad wrote:
Radagast wrote:
The moron doesn't seem to realise Panter had 4 albums before Cowboys. I bet he didn't even listen to them before the "great man" died.
Well, if they're as bad as I hear they are... :|
Erm...I meant he probaly never listened to the band at all before then...
Anyway, Power Metal is a good album. Haven't heard the other three.
Yeah? I heard they were dreadful, I'll have to do some diggin'. Only got "Cowboys", that was enough for me. Never liked the sound of "Vulgar", which I have heard approximately half of.
Well, Power Metal is the first before the 'big change' and is supposedly quite distinct from the first three. It was their first 'serious' album (but apparently not serious enough :roll: ). It traditional 80s Metal, but not glam. You won't find it anywhere apart from p2p or going for lots of money on ebay.
Glam was a look, not a style. If you combined the glam look with 80's rock or metal somehow you became glam rock/metal. Makes no sense. Sure, some bands were a little more fruity, but it was still 80's rock and metal.
As for Pantera's early album, they're excellent! Metal Magic is the most rock-oriented of the four early albums, but there are still some heavier, more metal moments. Projects In The Jungle and I Am The Night is where they progressed into an overall 80's metal band. There were rock moments still, especially with the lyrics and choruses, but there was a lot of heavy riffs and double-bass! Really good stuff. Power Metal wasn't all that different from the previous albums, nor is it very different from Cowboys From Hell. Phil had a heavier vocal style, but he still wailed in the Halford-esque tone. He did this on Cowboys From Hell, too, but people seem to ignore it ("Shattered," hello?).
Anyway, Power Metal is the best of the four early albums, not because of Phil, just because the songs are better, the riffs are heavier and not so typical 80's riffs. I suggest everyone who like 80's rock/metal give them a shot with an open mind. The band evolved over time, they didn't just switch like some people imply. They steadily got heavier over the course of their albums, it was a natural evolution. You also need to remember they were in their young teens when they started Pantera, don't make me go find the Slayer photos with them in striped spandex and shit. Haha.
they looked like crap back then... it wasn't after hearing Pantera for a couple of years in high school that i realized how lame they used to be. We all though that Cowboys From Hell was their first, and there's probably many ppl who still thinks so
