PANTERA Cowboys From Hell - Orig Euro LP - Damageplan Down Crowbar Viking Crown

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PANTERA

Cowboys From Hell

Original Euro LP (made in Germany) released on Atco Records in 1990.

Although Vulgar Display of Power remains Pantera's definitive album, Cowboys from Hell was the creative breakthrough that set the stage for its conception. Not only were its demos responsible for getting Pantera signed to a major label in the first place, but its fresh musical perspective also gave them a much-needed blank slate with which to conquer the 1990s and, first and foremost, erase their 1980s failures. These failures were catalogued on no less than four independent LPs packed with derivative and unimpressive metal, and only the fourth of them even counted with recently installed lead vocalist Phil Anselmo, whose broader influences and irrepressible energy cannot be underestimated in altering Pantera's fate. As the "new guy" entering the Texans' insular world, Anselmo made only tentative contributions to that fourth Pantera album, 1988's Power Metal, but its incremental heaviness and titular statement of intent nevertheless presaged the wholesale reinvention that would be effectively crystallized by Cowboys from Hell. Here, at last, guitarist Diamond (soon to be Dimebag) Darrell Abbott was inspired to snap out of the rampant Van Halen-isms that had shackled his talents, and establish his own imprint for the instrument, and, by extension, Pantera's sound. This was characterized by a subtlety-free sledgehammer approach informed by, but not beholden to, recent developments in extreme metal, as well as a groove-laden, muscular riffing style punctuated by squealing pinch harmonics -- as illustrated to perfection by the downtuned post-thrash beatdown of the title track, "Primal Concrete Sledge," and "The Art of Shredding," among others.

For his part, Anselmo was only too eager to decorate Darrell's onslaught with cavernous roars declaiming impetuous and empowering lyrics that challenged all comers. In the process, he virtually abandoned his melodic range altogether, only reaching for those higher registers on "Shattered" and the stately lament "Cemetery Gates," which, years later, would sadly serve as requiem for Darrell's untimely passing. Not to be left out, drummer Vinnie Paul almost matched his baby brother's coming-out party with a heretofore unknown percussive dexterity, and bassist Rex Brown not only managed to keep up with Darrell's six-string tour de force, but bolstered the band's bottom end with added gut-punching power.

So it was that, in what can truly be described as a collective ritual of musical catharsis, the members of Pantera were reborn as Cowboys from Hell, defining an entirely new subgenre in the process: groove metal. 

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Cowboys From Hell
Primal Concrete Sledge
Psycho Holiday
Heresy
Cemetery Gates
Domination

Side Two

Shattered
Clash With Reality
Medicine Man
Message In Blood
The Sleep
The Art Of Shredding

Released on 'Atco Records' in 1990

Catalogue No. 7567-91372-1

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX+ condition (small split to top edge)

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