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Originally Posted by crash_override
I agree that they went through as rough and forgettable of a developing stage as any metal band in history went through, but in the end, Pantera found their niche. They were able to take a growing and emerging sound, in Thrash Metal, and put their own spin on it. At a time where metal bands were mostly trying to play and grunt as fast and hard as they could, Pantera showed the world you didn't have to play 100 mph to be heavy. They brought a groove and melody back into metal, and without sacrificing an ounce of heaviness or badass-ness in the process.
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I apologize for playing the age card here, but since I actually remember the state of metal in early 90s quite clearly and you most likely don't, I'd like to point out that Thrash was not "a growing and emerging sound" at the time of Pantera's stylistic revamp, it was actually a style that was on it's way out, and groove and melody were already well entrenched concepts in metal by this time as well.