Reinventing the Steel
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| Label (s) | Eastwest Records | |||
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10 |
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43:50 min. |
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Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul, Sterling Winfield |
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Reinventing the Steel is the ninth and final studio album by the US thrash metal band Pantera . The album was released on March 14, 2000 through Eastwest Records . Like its predecessor, The Great Southern Trendkill, it reached number four on the Billboard 200 . The song Revolution Is My Name was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance .
Origin and style
At Reinventing the Steel , the brothers Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell took over the production themselves for the first time, without regular producer Terry Date . Sterling Winfield acted as co-producer. In the booklet, however, Date is thanked for “telephone inspiration”. The band took a lot of time until they were satisfied with the result. Slayer guitarist Kerry King recorded the outtro of Goddamn Electric . According to the booklet, this happened backstage at Ozzfest in Dallas on July 13, 1999 in one take. In addition to Black Sabbath , Slayer is also mentioned verbatim in the lyrics . Several lyrics are about the band itself and their attitude. The album is also dedicated to "the fans" referred to as "brothers and sisters". Musically, it ties in with the classic albums without any major innovations.
reception
Frank Albrecht from Rock Hard magazine described Reinventing the Steel as “the ideal record to let off steam again”. The band had "returned to their old strengths", the album was "not a tired copy" from Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power . Production is also "the very best". He scored nine out of ten points. Steve Huey from Allmusic , for his part, missed the freshness of the albums mentioned and did not see Reinventing the Steel at eye level with them. The record is good in a "predictable way". It awarded three out of five stars. Gregory Britsch from Laut.de awarded four out of five stars and wrote: "Steel was certainly not reinvented, but Dimebag's virtuoso guitar playing can always come up with a few moments of surprise."
Track list
- Hellbound - 2:40
- Goddamn Electric - 4:56
- Yesterday Don't Mean Shit - 4:19
- You've Got to Belong to It - 4:12
- Revolution Is My Name - 5:15
- Death Rattle - 3:17
- We'll Grind That Ax for a Long Time - 3:44
- Up Lift - 3:45
- It Makes Them Disappear - 6:21
- I'll Cast a Shadow - 5:23
Web links
- Reinventing the Steel at Allmusic (English)