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Pantera - Cowboys From Hell



8.7 | 1667 votes |
Release date: 24 July 1990
Style: Groove thrash metal

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Disc I
01. Cowboys From Hell
02. Primal Concrete Sledge
03. Psycho Holiday
04. Heresy
05. Cemetery Gates
06. Domination
07. Shattered
08. Clash With Reality
09. Medicine Man
10. Message In Blood
11. The Sleep
12. The Art Of Shredding

Disc II [expanded and deluxe edition bonus]
[Live Foundations Forum (1990)]
01. Domination
02. Psycho Holiday
03. The Art Of Shredding
04. Cowboys From Hell
05. Cemetery Gates
06. Primal Concrete Sledge
07. Heresy

[Alive And Hostile EP]
08. Domination
09. Primal Concrete Sledge
10. Cowboys From Hell
11. Heresy
12. Psycho Holiday

Disc III [Cowboys From Hell: The Demos] [deluxe edition bonus]
01. The Will To Survive
02. Shattered
03. Cowboys From Hell
04. Heresy
05. Cemetery Gates
06. Psycho Holiday
07. Medicine Man
08. Message In Blood
09. Domination
10. The Sleep
11. The Art Of Shredding

Top 20 albums of 1990: 6
Top 200 albums of all time: 156

Additional info
Remastered and re-released by Rhino Entertainment as an expanded edition and deluxe edition.

Guest review by
K✞ulu
Rating:
9.5
I have never listened to the pre-Cowboys Pantera. I don't know if it's for the good or for the bad, but I'm a most happy person to have listened to this piece of Thrash metal. I just can't get enough of this record. After listening to the headliners like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth etc, Cowboys From Hell made me look at Thrash metal with a new, refreshed mentality. The guys from Pantera created something which was quite different from the traditional Thrash, yet at the same time as true as it could be. What else can I say? This album just makes the Big Four sound generic. Just kidding, but still the whole album is a good quality original Thrash metal release.

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published 29.06.2008 | Comments (31)

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10.05.2010 - 18:31
Rating: 9
metalgemini

What a discharge power of music....symply funtastic!!!!brillant:banger:
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10.05.2010 - 18:52
soadbyob
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Agreed amazing
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28.07.2010 - 05:47
Rating: 8
Damage inc.

Great album
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28.07.2010 - 06:35
Rating: 8
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Awesome album! Its just a shame that a small amount of fillers near the end of the album prevents it from being a true classic.
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28.07.2010 - 14:46
Rating: 8
vezzy
Stallmanite
Written by Angelic Storm on 28.07.2010 at 06:35

Awesome album! Its just a shame that a small amount of fillers near the end of the album prevents it from being a true classic.


Don't forget "Primal Concrete Sledge". It's a bit addicting for some reason though.
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28.07.2010 - 16:01
Rating: 8
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by vezzy on 28.07.2010 at 14:46
Don't forget "Primal Concrete Sledge". It's a bit addicting for some reason though.


I wouldnt really class that song as a filler, although its not as good as the really great songs on the album. I do really love the riff that starts at 1:05 though.
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11.11.2010 - 22:09
Rating: 5
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by Angelic Storm on 28.07.2010 at 06:35

Awesome album! Its just a shame that a small amount of fillers near the end of the album prevents it from being a true classic.

thats why i gave this album only a 7
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17.11.2010 - 09:46
Rating: 9
Syk
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Written by Angelic Storm on 28.07.2010 at 16:01
Written by vezzy on 28.07.2010 at 14:46
Don't forget "Primal Concrete Sledge". It's a bit addicting for some reason though.
I wouldnt really class that song as a filler, although its not as good as the really great songs on the album. I do really love the riff that starts at 1:05 though.
Totally agree with ya there. The slightly lesser tracks IMO are mainly 3, also 8 9 & 10, although sometimes I just love Clash with Reality's ending. The Sleep used to be a favourite but I haven't listened to it in a while... maybe they should swap places...

I've made up my mind that Forbidden's 1990 release was definitely a bit better, and along with them I'd say Anthrax make up the top two big-name Americans for the year
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17.11.2010 - 11:27
Rating: 8
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Syk on 17.11.2010 at 09:46
Totally agree with ya there. The slightly lesser tracks IMO are mainly 3, also 8 9 & 10, although sometimes I just love Clash with Reality's ending. The Sleep used to be a favourite but I haven't listened to it in a while... maybe they should swap places...

I've made up my mind that Forbidden's 1990 release was definitely a bit better, and along with them I'd say Anthrax make up the top two big-name Americans for the year


What? "Psycho Holiday" a filler? Thats one of the best songs IMO! xD The fillers do start appearing after "Shattered" though, you're right. Although the album returns to high quality at the end with the awesome "Art Of Shredding". <3 "The Sleep" contains an amazing solo, which is a shame, cos the rest of the song isnt that good.

Yup! "Twisted Into Form" and "Persistance Of Time" were two of the best metal releases of 1990. The latter being my fave Anthrax album. Although I like "Sound Of White Noise", I still think it was madness booting out Joey after making such an awesome album...
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08.12.2010 - 02:25
Lit. Metalhead
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Written by Angelic Storm on 28.07.2010 at 06:35

Awesome album! Its just a shame that a small amount of fillers near the end of the album prevents it from being a true classic.


The Art of Shredding is NOT a filler track. It's mindblowing.
I do agree however that the other finishers like Medicine Man and The Sleep were fillers.
Aside from them and Shattered, I was blown away with the album. Revolutionary indeed.
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08.12.2010 - 12:40
Rating: 8
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Guest on 08.12.2010 at 02:25
The Art of Shredding is NOT a filler track. It's mindblowing.
I do agree however that the other finishers like Medicine Man and The Sleep were fillers.
Aside from them and Shattered, I was blown away with the album. Revolutionary indeed.


Eh? I never said it was a filler track! If you look at my post above yours, you'll see what I think about that song. I don't agree with "Shattered" being a filler, its one of my faves on the album. lol
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24.07.2011 - 22:08
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
On this day in 1990 (21 years ago), Cowboys From Hell was released.
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24.09.2011 - 19:58
musicalkaratekid

The album that got me into metal itself,such a classic album\m/
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11.11.2011 - 04:40
Rating: 9
Xfushion

Dime rules, pantera rules and this fucking album also rules
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07.12.2011 - 16:25
Cuca Beludo
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I heard that Pantera was influence for Nu-Metal. Is this true?
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07.12.2011 - 18:56
timmoe

888 votes and a 8.8 rating.
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07.12.2011 - 21:44
Rating: 6
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Guest on 07.12.2011 at 16:25
I heard that Pantera was influence for Nu-Metal. Is this true?

Maybe image-wise for guys like Fred Durst.
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01.03.2012 - 20:53
Rating: 10
Pelagial

One most perfect album
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09.03.2012 - 23:16
Rating: 10
doom777

Amazing album! one of my favorites!
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31.05.2012 - 23:51
neiluria

Cemetary gates !!!!
An album blessed by the gods
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01.07.2012 - 06:26
Cuca Beludo
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Written by Angelic Storm on 28.07.2010 at 06:35

Awesome album! Its just a shame that a small amount of fillers near the end of the album prevents it from being a true classic.


Hm... the last five tracks are more weak than the others, but I don't think these are fillers.
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12.10.2012 - 17:44
Rating: 10
FireLord

^:)^ \\m// CFH for ever \\m//
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14.10.2012 - 12:48
Rating: 9
Egigantea

Well I guess this is how you redeem yourself after being a generic hair metal band for a decade.
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14.10.2012 - 12:51
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Egigantea on 14.10.2012 at 12:48

Well I guess this is how you redeem yourself after being a generic hair metal band for a decade.


They might have looked hair metal but didn't play it. And those albums were actually received immensely well back when they were released, by both the press and the public.
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14.10.2012 - 22:59
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.10.2012 at 12:51

Written by Egigantea on 14.10.2012 at 12:48

Well I guess this is how you redeem yourself after being a generic hair metal band for a decade.


They might have looked hair metal but didn't play it.


Indeed... I think I may even prefer "pre Cowboys" Pantera.... Less "white trash metal" hahha
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15.10.2012 - 11:41
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by JÄY on 14.10.2012 at 22:59

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.10.2012 at 12:51

Written by Egigantea on 14.10.2012 at 12:48

Well I guess this is how you redeem yourself after being a generic hair metal band for a decade.


They might have looked hair metal but didn't play it.



Indeed... I think I may even prefer "pre Cowboys" Pantera.... Less "white trash metal" hahha


Pre Cowboys or Per-Anselmo, because somehow he is the one that brought the white trash element in it.
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10.11.2012 - 11:53
megadeath13
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Their true debut!
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03.01.2013 - 23:35
Illog1cal
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.10.2012 at 12:51

Written by Egigantea on 14.10.2012 at 12:48

Well I guess this is how you redeem yourself after being a generic hair metal band for a decade.


They might have looked hair metal but didn't play it. And those albums were actually received immensely well back when they were released, by both the press and the public.


Yes but the press and public were seemingly deluded back in those days. There were far better Hair Metal/Power Metal albums back then that were far less cheesy.
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08.04.2013 - 22:08
Metropolis_Dream
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Here beginns the "true" Pantera legacy. Some of their absolute classics are here such as the title track, "Domination" or "Message in Blood".
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08.09.2013 - 04:28
Rating: 10
belphegor666

3 words: Pantera, Beers & Chicks
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