Best Metal Album of All Time?

BastardofYoung · 07-27-2012, 10:38 PM

But "Domination" is one of the best riffs Dime did. Still gotta admit to loving "Cemetery Gates" too... but more so now cause it was a song played at a friends funeral, so it is one of those memory attached songs.

Rjinn · 07-27-2012, 10:54 PM

I don't mind it personally but Vulgar Display Of Power is better.

BastardofYoung · 07-27-2012, 11:04 PM

I don't even really bother with Pantera anymore though. They helped me discover a genre more on my travels, but I left them in the dust when I discovered bands like Sodom, Slaughter, Immolation and Morbid Angel..... just to name a few.

I kinda always hated that whole redneck hillbilly act Phil did through out. He just strikes me as one of those douche bag Tapout wearing goons you see out now.. and that image just doesn't appeal to me. Too much of the "tough guy" thing for me.

I do think Dime was a good guitarist, better if he tweaked his tone a bit, but whatever.

Pantera were that band I liked at 15 cause i thought they were so metal... this was before internet and all that, so I really had nothing to gauge them by at that time... no one i hung out with were music fanatics like me then. So I only had radio and tv to guide the way, occasionally finding a gem by reading liner notes and seeing who they thanked (if I was lucky enough to find anything by them here).

I will say thanks to Pantera for being a band who were a part of me for those years, just now I try and make them a memory only and skip them whenever i can.

**Janszoon** · 07-27-2012, 11:15 PM

I guess I'm old enough to remember Pantera as a cheesy third-string metal band that nobody took seriously. Then alt rock and grunge became popular so they started putting on the "gritty" act. They could never quite escape that cheese vibe for me though.

Rjinn · 07-27-2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

I kinda always hated that whole redneck hillbilly act Phil did through out. He just strikes me as one of those douche bag Tapout wearing goons you see out now.. and that image just doesn't appeal to me. Too much of the "tough guy" thing for me.

Yea I agree with that. His attitude was pretty douche.

****, wish I had a computer to discover and download more adventurous Metal music. They're getting old tbh. All of them.

BastardofYoung · 07-27-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I guess I'm old enough to remember Pantera as a cheesy third-string metal band that nobody took seriously. Then alt rock and grunge became popular so they started putting on the "gritty" act. They could never quite escape that cheese vibe for me though.

yeah, this is still pretty hilarious.

especially the singer and his David Lee Roth look a like contest winner image.

Rjinn · 07-27-2012, 11:30 PM

Yea that antique was horribly cheesy.

Unknown Soldier · 07-28-2012, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

well, it is a pretty horrible song as it is - even Spinal Tap felt fit to parody it, remember "Clam Caravan"?

i hardly listen to "Cowboys from Hell" - sounded pretty generic to me

Cowboys from Hell is a great album and the one that lauched Pantera from a second rate band into one of the best of the 90s. The transformation had actually started musically on the Power Metal album released before it.

The Batlord · 07-28-2012, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

yes, i hate "accessibility"

What the **** are you talking about?! You listen to the Backstreet Boys!

Howard the Duck · 07-28-2012, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

What the **** are you talking about?! You listen to the Backstreet Boys!

yeah, but they're not metal

i prefer noisy **** in metal

07-27-2012, 10:38 PM	#261 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	But "Domination" is one of the best riffs Dime did. Still gotta admit to loving "Cemetery Gates" too... but more so now cause it was a song played at a friends funeral, so it is one of those memory attached songs. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

07-27-2012, 10:54 PM	#262 (permalink)
Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	I don't mind it personally but Vulgar Display Of Power is better. __________________ last.fm

07-27-2012, 11:04 PM	#263 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	I don't even really bother with Pantera anymore though. They helped me discover a genre more on my travels, but I left them in the dust when I discovered bands like Sodom, Slaughter, Immolation and Morbid Angel..... just to name a few. I kinda always hated that whole redneck hillbilly act Phil did through out. He just strikes me as one of those douche bag Tapout wearing goons you see out now.. and that image just doesn't appeal to me. Too much of the "tough guy" thing for me. I do think Dime was a good guitarist, better if he tweaked his tone a bit, but whatever. Pantera were that band I liked at 15 cause i thought they were so metal... this was before internet and all that, so I really had nothing to gauge them by at that time... no one i hung out with were music fanatics like me then. So I only had radio and tv to guide the way, occasionally finding a gem by reading liner notes and seeing who they thanked (if I was lucky enough to find anything by them here). I will say thanks to Pantera for being a band who were a part of me for those years, just now I try and make them a memory only and skip them whenever i can. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

07-27-2012, 11:15 PM	#264 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I guess I'm old enough to remember Pantera as a cheesy third-string metal band that nobody took seriously. Then alt rock and grunge became popular so they started putting on the "gritty" act. They could never quite escape that cheese vibe for me though. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

07-27-2012, 11:30 PM	#267 (permalink)
Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	Yea that antique was horribly cheesy. __________________ last.fm