9/1/2023 0 Comments Pantera cowboys from hellYou had Phil Anselmo’s hardcore punk mentality and chaotic vocal range. CFH was to be darker, harder, and more ear-piercing than what metal ever before heard. The members wanted the majority of the album to be about circumstance that other people could realistically relate to. Anthemic statements like “Cowboys From Hell” and songs like “Shattered” that touched on issues like nuclear war were nothing new. Though it’s obvious that Cowboys From Hell, written from late ’88 through ’89, was a revival for metal over grunge, the importance lies in that it introduced a unique style that felt refreshing and true. Before Cowboys From Hell, what was considered true heavy-fucking-metal (like Cannibal Corpse) was never heard on the radio - short of catching some Slayer on Headbanger’s Ball, a cheesy enough name in itself. With Cowboys From Hell, the members of Pantera made the distinct decision to peel off the spandex and ditch the hairspray of the band’s early days. Grunge was a fad that helped bridge the gap over the creeping, muddled up river of metal at the time - sort of like a distraction from Bon Jovi and Poison leading the way. (Hey, I’ll take Beastie Boys’ “Girls” over Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” any day). You had some solid thrash, the rise of Metallica, and glam and hair metal. You would be wrong.įace it: With a few exceptions, metal was struggling in the late 1980s. You probably think I’m going to say grunge almost killed metal, and Cowboys From Hell saved it from extinction. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the beloved album, as a hardcore Pantera fan and heavy metal journalist for the past 12 years, I want to celebrate what the album truly did for music. ![]() It made Pantera the band that metalheads know and love today, the band they look to in hard times - because it helped their favorite genre get through the hard times, too. It was named for four groundbreaking musicians - Phil Anselmo, Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott, Vinnie Paul, and Rex Brown - on a mission: Cowboys From Hell.Īs Pantera’s fifth album, the record took a turn no one saw coming. ![]() It shed old stigmas and embraced a new musical blueprint and, for many, offered renewed hope for the future of metal. Twenty-five years ago, an album shifted the future of metal.
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