lista zespołów Power Metal Pantera Cowboys from Hell

This is the album that made Pantera famous. It reached the #27 spot on Billboard's Record Charts. It is regarded by many Pantera fans as their first album, but it was actually their fifth album. Wikipedia claims that their first four albums were in the style of glam metal. I heard one of those albums back in 1990, because I thought that it might shred like Cowboys from Hell, but I thought that it sucked. I recently wanted to listen to samples of their earlier albums online, but none were available. That goes to show that most other Metal fans must have also thought that those earlier albums sucked.

The opening track, Cowboys from Hell, is a thrash metal anthem. It features high speed shredding with a very aggressive attitude. The rift shifting of Dime Bag Darrell is incredible on this song. He shows his expertise of hitting the higher notes with the squawk and grind technique, towards the end of this song. Vocalist Phillip Anselmo does a great job on this song. This song is fascinating, because all of the instruments play different melodies to combine for a synergistic display of kick ass metal. The lyrics are about a band of outlaws who go to a town to pillage and raise hell in the old west(USA).

Primal Concrete Sledge rocks with a very heavy melody, the bass playing of Rex Brown shines on this song. This is another kick ass song. This song is about getting off of your ass and doing something productive.

The Cemetary Gates is a metal ballad, with some acoustic guitar playing, then the song progresses into some catchy electric guitar hooks. The mood of this song is slightly melancholic, it's about the death of a female friend. I suppose that this song was played at Dime's funeral. This is a popular song on this disc.

Shattered shreds with the alternation of 2 chromatic changes of 1 chord, it sounds great. It rocks at a fast tempo and is very melodic. The lyrics are about a catastrophic disaster.

The Medicine Man is a very dark, yet melodic song. It has a very choppy texture, and is embellished with some Spanish style style guitar licks. This song is are about visiting a Shaman medicine man and seeking the supernatural powers that he possesses.

Message In Blood is a song that jams with repetitive bass notes that are spiked with high note guitar licks. It's a very dark song. It's somewhat melodic and is interspersed with some high note guitar whining. There is a bass hook towards the end of this song that sounds influenced by the bass play of Michael Anthony of Van Halen. The lyrics in this song are about the blood thirst of a serial killer.

The Art of Shredding truly is an artistic shredding song. It's very melodic and has interludes of thrashing. With a moment of deep and heavy bass playing followed by a whining guitar solo by Dime. Then it resumes shredding for about 30 seconds, before the song ends.

After Dime Bag Darrell was tragically murdered in 2004, the next episode of MTV's Headbanger's Ball featured Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, as the guest V-Jay. Dave was very impressed with Dime Bag Darrell's guitar skills. Dave said that he offered Dime Bag Darrell a job as a guitarist for Megadeth in the '80's. He said that he could only do it, if his brother(drummer) Vinnie Paul could also join the band. Dave had already hired Nick Menza as his drummer, so he couldn't hire Dime Bag Darrell. Dave said that he was a little angry after hearing Cowboys from Hell, because he thought that Pantera had mimicked his style. Then he said that when he ran into him, Dime offered him a handshake and thanked him for his album, because it "changed his life." Check out this Live video for Cowboys from Hell and you'll see just how skilled Dime was as a guitarist.


Phillip Anselmo was a great vocalist for this band. He could sing tenor and his vocal range could hit as high as a subtle falsetto. Of course he could scream, as is expected in a heavy thrash band.

This is one of the great thrash classics. It ranks right up there with the best of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Overkill(USA), and Exodus.