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Pantera is a heavy metal band from Texas that is known for its extreme music. They have been compared to Metallica and Deep Purple, and their 1990 album Cowboys is considered one of the band's best. Their music is complex and fast, and their vocalist, Phil Anselmo, has a deep, throaty voice.
Even those who scoff at the idea that rock & roll is the devil's music have to think twice when listening to Pantera. The pill-popping, strip-bar-ogling, beer-guzzling Texas combo takes Metallica's speed-metal cues to new heights of brutality and sacrilege. Fortunately, they're extremely good at what they do. The polyrhythmic complexity of Vinnie Paul's drumming in "Psycho Holiday" and guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell's breathtaking solo in "Heresy" are examples of state-of-the-art metal musicianship. Vocalist Phil Anselmo often sounds like Metallica's James Hetfield, but his brooding croon on "Cemetery Gates" and his falsetto screams on the blindingly fast "Shattered" are more like vintage Deep Purple. Released in 1990,
Cowboys made Pantera one of metal's top draws during an era in which it was almost eclipsed by alternative rock.
--James Rotondi
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