Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - guest review
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - guest review
Tracklist
Disc I01. Strength Beyond Strength
02. Becoming
03. 5 Minutes Alone
04. I'm Broken
05. Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills
06. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
07. Slaughtered
08. 25 Years
09. Shedding Skin
10. Use My Third Arm
11. Throes Of Rejection
12. Planet Caravan [Black Sabbath cover]
13. The Badge [Poison Idea cover] [Japanese bonus]
Disc II [Far Beyond Bootleg - Live From Donington '94]
01. Use My Third Arm
02. Walk
03. Strength Beyond Strength
04. Domination/Hollow
05. Slaughtered
06. Fucking Hostile
07. This Love
08. Mouth For War
09. Cowboys From Hell
Guest review by
Maccas September 02, 2003
"Remember, only get those goods my dear fellows for they will not contaminate you with the wickedness of those foul outlanders!"
But as it happens, four of the designated tradesmen, for no one was brave enough to volunteer to meet the outlanders, got misleaded into buying some whiskey from one of the numerous wicked salesmen. Cheated as they were, they innocently drank the foul liquid after a hard working day. The consequences were astonishing: the personalities of our four lovely companions completely changed, transforming them into rude, tough, irreverent and alcoholic creatures. These now foulest of foul creatures gathered under the terrific name of Pantera!
Then they acted swiftly. They first destroyed their own village, cursing the divinities and transforming their own fellow villagers into the same horror they had become; and wrote some kind of devilish hymn about it, naming it Cowboys From Hell. Then they attacked the whole country, in a frentic victorious momentum and savagely wrote as 2nd hymn - terrifying in its horror - Vulgar Display of Power.
Here we are then to review their 3rd album: Far Beyond Driven. As many people, I do think that Vulgar Display of Power is an almost perfection in the genre, and thus first listened to this 3rd album with these questions stuck on the back of my mind: " How hard must it be to compose a new album after such a success? Are they really going to make it?" And I have to say that they partly failed. The first 4 songs of the album are just amazingly brilliant and form the best start I have ever encountered!
But, after those jewels, the album runs out of efficiency because of a lack of coherence and structure. Where Vulgar Display of Power only contained high quality songs, Far Beyond Driven has completely useless and astonishingly stupid songs such as 'Good Friend and a Bottle of Pills'.
But it still has some qualities and definitely deserves to be part of your CD collection. But just do not expect it to be the best album ever or even the proud succesor of Vulgar Display of Power. Just a good one. Too bad Pantera.
Written by Maccas | September 02, 2003
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Guest review by
SuicidalCyco
SuicidalCyco
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9.4
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Pantera. A band that self put out four albums in the 1980's. Most people who listen to them probably do not know that about them. With the 1990 release of Cowboys From Hell Pantera moved from their glam/speed metal to a heavier groove thrash. And after the release of their powerful Vulgar Display Of Power they seemed to be on top of the metal community and many fans thought they could never top that album. Read more ›› |
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| kennysimpson
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I wouldn't have thought this to be an underrated album until I read the Pantera thread and read this review. This is definitely an excellent album.
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This is the best album in the World!!! The best song is Becoming!!!
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I actually pretty much agree with this review. The first four songs are awesome, among the best pantera ever recorded, but half of the rest of the album is filler. Definitely not as good as Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display Of Power IMO.
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I don't like Becoming and I'm Broken so much - my favourites are Hard Lines, Shedding Skin and Throes of Rejection. I'd rate it a bit higher than the reviewer here, better than the overrated VDoP IMO, though track 5 is indeed a very low point...
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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The first time I heard this album it didnt really click very well. The more i listened to it though the more i dig it, like anchovies. To me as of now its better than VDoP.
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"Good Friend and a Bottle of Pills" is probably the shittiest song Pantera has ever recorded. 
---- "Man does at all times only what he wills, and yet he does this necessarily. But this is because he already is what he wills." - Arthur Schopenhauer
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Posts: 451 Written by Axe Argonian on 21.01.2011 at 01:22 Agreed...it's the only song I skip on this album. At best, a bonus song on a digipack, not a song for the middle of the record!
---- All the bridges in the world won't save you, if there's no other side to cross to. - Rock poetry from Silverchair.
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Posts: 114 Written by Sonic MrSumo on 21.01.2011 at 02:10 totally agree... but I love this album, full of power, groove, energy....
---- fuck shit up!
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This is where things started to go downhill a little bit, but it's still a very enjoyable album due to Dime still managing some killer riffs. The last Pantera album I enjoyed.
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Never heard Reinventing the Steel. I was totally not on the Pantera train by the time that one came out and I never bothered going back and giving it a listen. I'll try it soon.
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