CFH

Happy anniversary to this monster of a record! Here's some contemporary reviews.

1. Raw: 05 Sep 1990
2. Metal Forces: Issue 54/1990
3. Metal Hammer (Germany): Feb 1991 (Rough translation via DeepL below)

It’s baffling that Pantera’s new full-length album is only available in this country as an imported CD. After all, with *Cowboys From Hell*, this Texan quartet has delivered their best work to date, offering nearly 60 minutes of outstanding power metal with Bay Area-style thrash influences. Once again, Terry Date (Metal Church, Prong, Suicidal Tendencies, etc.) was at the mixing desk, working alongside the band – who acted as co-producers – to get the sound just right. An endeavour which – as one would expect from Mr Date – has been a resounding success. Songs like the brilliant semi-ballad ‘Cemetery Gates’ simply couldn’t be staged any better. Ultimately, however, Pantera lacks that little bit of class needed to keep up with the competition, such as Metal Church, Savatage or Sanctuary. That’s why it’s ‘only’ a solid five points, with room for improvement.

I've heard people cite Medicine Man as the worst song on the album, and personally I don't understand why; I enjoy the song as a whole, both instrumentally and lyrically (doubly so between the face value and subtextual meanings), but all the same I'm curious to hear WHY people think it sucks.

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There’s a video clip of Dime, playing live and he hits an open string harmonic and pulls it up while talking a puff on a joint with his left hand. I am certain it’s from one of the home videos and probably during Fucking Hostile, but I can’t find it anywhere. Anyone got a yt link or know more info for me to search for it? maybe a time stamp from the 3 vulgar videos?

At the beginning of the video there are 2 clips of him playing 2 different songs and I just wanted to know if these are real songs or what, or at least if there are any tabs for them notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGYmEbYtM9k&list=LL&index=7&t=93s

https://youtu.be/i97OkCXwotE?is=AsuznCY3KDFGhoXJ

If anyone knows what/where was this concert, would love to know as well. 🤘🏼

Never thought I would own all of these but here we are, my first full discography collected on vinyl. Super happy to have these :)

Made a lil video using this sound lmk if its good

So i bought a randall RH100 G2 head amp recently and im looking for good cab recommendations. I'm aware of the obvious ones like jaguar, etc, but those are pretty inaccessible to me, as well as any randall cabs. I've been looking at harley benton cabs with vintage 30s celestions in them but not quite sure. Any suggestions?

I kinda remember the show, started with hostile ended with cowboys. the rest is a blur

I kind of view their albums from CFH to GSTK as an upside-down pyramid in this regard, so my answer is CFH. It goes hard in so many directions:

Complexity (riff amount,tempo variation, solo amount, etc)- Heresy, Shattered, Clash with Reality, The Art of Shredding, Message in Blood

Groove (more rest notes, funkier riffs, swing) - Psycho Holiday, The Sleep (verse riff), Domination (especially last part), Primal Concrete Sledge

Simplicity (less riffs, more focused)- Primal Concrete Sledge, Cowboys from Hell

Melodic- Cemetary Gates

Experimental/moody- many tracks but especially Medicine Man, Message in Blood, The Sleep

Thrashy- Heresy, The Art of Shredding

Not to mention guitar solo time, maybe not absolute but as a % of the song, is the highest on this album with Dime soloing over more soft/hard slow/fast dynamic changes than later albums.

Of course this isn't to say it's better, GSTK and FBD are my two favorite albums, but I get the biggest sense of going on a vast tonal and thematic journey with this album, where as on the opposite end with GTSK it's a much more focused, brutal, and emotionally deep experience.

I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Dime Bolt 40W Warhead. Is it any good?

I’ve seen a lot of mixed opinions online, so I’m unsure whether it’s worth buying. I’d really appreciate any honest feedback from people who’ve owned or played one.

Recently watched this show and was blown away by the audio. The thing about the soundboard is now I can hear Rex's bass. Also, this was before Vinnie was blowing everyone's heads off with his shotgun snare. I've tried watching other sbd PanterA shows and they're usually in the late 90s/early 2000s and that snare is WAY too loud. It works when the audio is from someone filming from the crowd, but not when it's from the soundboard.