"Philip and I loved Louder Than Love so much - and any of the Soundgarden stuff that came out around that time - and that's how we got Terry Date," recalled Brown. I'm out.' We were like, 'What the fuck?'"įortunately, they found success with Soundgarden producer Terry Date - who helped them make their first truly great record, Cowboys. So he calls us up and said, 'Guys, I need the money. About two days before we were supposed to start recording, Max got offered $50,000 to do Lynch Mob. But our recording budget only allowed for $30,000 for the producer. "So he flew to Houston to see a gig and he loved us. "We were such huge fans of Ozzy's Diary of a Madman and this band Malice, and they were produced by Max Norman," Vinnie Paul told Louder Sound. Unfortunately, days before recording was supposed to commence Norman got a better offer from Lynch Mob and bailed. Their first pick was Max Norman, who helmed Ozzy's 1981 crusher Diary of a Madman. After Diary of a Madman's producer bailed, Pantera's love of Soundgarden led them to Terry Date - a partnership that would continue through the next three albumsĬowboys From Hell was Pantera's major-label debut, for ATCO Records, and as such they had a lot more money to budget for producers. But what it did do was cement the now classic lineup - Dimebag, Paul, Brown and Anselmo - that would help shift the heavy-metal landscape in the following decade.ģ. While that record displayed more of a thrash influence, it didn't deviate much from their previous traditional-metal style. After a few false starts with other singers, the guys recruited New Orleans transplant Philip Anselmo to track 1988's Power Metal. Since forming in 1981, the Abbott brothers - Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul - had been refining their glam-infused heavy-metal sound (and Eighties hair-metal look) over three albums that also featured bassist Rex Brown and singer Terry Glaze. Pantera's fifth album, 1990's Cowboys From Hell, was a huge turning point for the band - a powerful groove-metal mission statement and crucial stepping-stone in the Texas crew's rise to Nineties metal dominance. Quantities are extremely limited - get yours before they're gone! Revolver has teamed with Pantera for exclusive colored vinyl pressings of the band's classic albums plus a new Pantera collector's issue.
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