It wasnt until they broke up that this revisionist history started on this record for clickbait.

jrockzmyv382 just listen to the albums its recorded

Shun Jags damn right lol

Horror and Halloween 101 preach that shit man

@Gore4ever FulciLives yep

Hella true

Hell, Phil even later went on and did some things very similar to black metal

I'm gonna part ways with ya here, Trendkill was their heaviest, and Vinnie said that they wanted to make a "normal" metal album next so they made Reinventing the Still, a Vulgar style album

If you're looking for a funky, groovy metal band check out Infectious Grooves sometimes!

Glad you enjoyed their last record. What's next?

I think it also depends on someone's mood on any given day. I'm a longtime metalhead and it's by far my favorite genre of music, but some days I just don't want the really heavy stuff. Today you might love something and tomorrow it might turn you off. But I really don't hear a difference with this Pantera album compared to the last two that you listened to and didn't like. Hope you continue to keep it honest.

ruinsane100 Remember...I don't listen to metal with ear buds. I only bump it in my car full blast and fully active with yall. I say I'm always for the most part in the same mood. "Excited" with curiosity as I don't listen to metal but once a day and it's with yall

You have the most random things in your car. 😂

yup

Because it was a good album

It also hit number 1

People also loved Trendkill

tornado smashers me too. Heaviest album to hit number 1.

For real

I TOTALLY AGREE. MY FAVORITE ALBUM PERIOD. This is my one desert island LP. Love the 2 non album tracks also Immortally Insane and Avoid The Light. I actually think the era was the band's prime. See also great covers of Hole In The Sky & Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath along with Cat Scratch Fever which IMO is way better than the original.

AGREED!!! they took their time writing this record and it shows.

I never really thought of them as a modern day Pantera, but that's actually not a bad description. I can definitely hear it.

IMMORTALLY INSANE & AVOID THE LIGHT. people always mention how RTS does not have a "mellow" tune like Cemetery Gates or Floods. Technically that is true, but the did record a song it just didn't fit on STEEL. Check out AVOID THE LIGHT. It's like Cemetery Gates in song structure with a more modern "floods" type of vocal.

Caleb q for DTP he needs to check out strapping young lad also

Caleb q Between the Buried and Me... legendary band

Caleb q good choices. I agree with tool, gojira, mushroomhead, and stone sour.

Caleb q One minor gripe: Stone Sours earlier albums were NOTHING like Devildriver. Musically, vocally, technically, nothing alike.

Matt, I think I agree with you in hindsight. I reached a little too far trying to relate to what he's heard on that one lol

RTS is their best album. Readers voted it album of the year in 2000 and revolver readers kust voted it the fourth greatest final album of all time. Its like a modern vulgar with Sabbath mixed in.

Phil, Vinnie, Dime, and Rex despite what people want to believe openly discussed, planned and followed through on writing GROOVIER songs after Trendkill & FBD. Love all Pantera albums but STEEL is by far my favorite. ANYONE SEE them live on the RTS tour?? It was killer. Their is a reason they played 4 or 5 (half the album) songs per night on that tour. THEY WERE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT IN THIS RECORD. Dimebag's best riffs of his career (best solos are on TGSTK IMO).

It's all about valentina lol

Ewww Mudvayne. Not a professional.

Madman Reads & Rocks lol

1000% agree

Lunch pin is one of my favorites by fear factory

MASTODONNNN

Texas fuckin rules

I HATED THIS ALBUM WHEN IT CAME OUT. after 10 or so listens I loved it. It's been my favorite Metal album for almost 18 years now. CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.

Matt Murphy To be fair they could have followed up Vulgar with a giant piece of shit and it still would have hit number one. Back then we couldn't preview albums like we can today so sales were more based on their previous work.

Oh no...he'll probably shit all over the old stuff and cream his pants over their terrible newer stuff.

Gory J....Volbeat?! Bro you can do way better than that band!! But to each their own....

Hell yeah DEMON HUNTER YOUR AWESOME

I'd take Volbeat over Machine Head, but either way, both are boring as a funeral service now.

TMPOUZI I thought the same thing lol.

Yes...this has more groove than FBD.

TMPOUZI i was shocked that he didnt see any groove in becoming... doesnt really make sense but whatever

Paul Leach FBD has tons of groove but it's not the rap type of groove. It's mostly double time groove (8/8) as it is in 90% of metal out there

Coincidentally, 90% of metal is just about the amount that's better than FBD. With the exception of a couple tracks, I just don't dig it.

Did you not like Reinventing The Steel?

Oddly enough no. Obviously I'm not saying it's bad in any way, but it never really caught me. The Great Southern Trendkill was by far my favorite album personally

Steel is my favorite album by them by FAR. Saw the tour the Reinventing songs came across great live, especially I'll Cast A Shadow. I can really notice the Black Sabbath influence on this album also (they did 3 tours with Black Sabbath in 98 and 1999). I hated Steel at first. I thought it was so generic sounding and boring. Honestly not only is it my favorite album (it's my 1 desert island LP, no joke). It's my wifes favorite album and 2 of my buddies. It's kinda like a modern Vulgar to me. The biggest change is probably Phil's vocals. He really went back to the early Pantera days with vocal melodies (Phil uses his singing voice on at least some parts of 8 of the 10 songs). It appeals more to the Vulgar fan than the Trendkill fan. Becoming is one of Pantera's live staples (song never left the setlist). I look at a song like BECOMING and you can see how they sort of used it as a template for the songs on Steel. Rex Brown stated in his book that all 4 members of the band picked out their 5 favorite songs from the previous Pantera albums and they talked and dissected what worked and what didn't. Steel is such a focused album I love it. It's criminally underrated. Listen to Becoming, than listen to I'll Cast A Shadow. I'll Cast A Shadow is kinda like a modern Becoming with a Domination like outro. I urge you to check out the album again. Phil Anselmo to this day says it's his favorite Pantera Record (18 years later I don't think he's BSing at this point ya know?)and the other 3 guys are on record saying If Steel isn't their best record it's at least their 2nd best. Everyone has their opinions (I get y you love trendkill, the intensity, the variety, maybe dimes best solos) my point is more that RTS represents Pantera firing on all cylinders. Revolution Is My Name = modern mouth for war Goddamn Electric = modern I'm Broken I'll Cast A Shadow = modern becoming Check RTS out again, It may grow on you. I hope ya enjoy it. Like i said I hated it at first. Thanks for replying it's fun talking musical opinions and getting different peoples perspectives on bands/albums

Honestly I will. Thanks for such a well thought out reply, keep it real!

I disagree. If FBD & TGSTK were "too much screaming" I would not recommend Reign In Blood TO YOUYOUYOU. I'd say South Of Heaven or skip Slayer altogether until he "graduates to heavier stuff."