AlbumE · 2000
Reinventing the Steel
by Pantera
Reinventing the Steel is a 2000 heavy metal album by Pantera. It runs 10 tracks across 44 minutes on Atlantic Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.7/5 from 22 ratings.
Heavy Metal · Alternative Metal · Metal
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- 3.7 /5
- 22 ratings
- 71 /100
- 8 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 44 min
- Runtime
- 129 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
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22 ratings · avg 3.7
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- Alternative Press5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Blabbermouth.net8/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Chronicles of Chaos7/10
- AllMusic3/5
- NME6/10
- The Austin Chronicle2/5
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Reinventing the Steel album cover
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The Reinventing the Steel cover was photographed by Scott F. Caliva and illustrated by Eric Altenburger. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5 out of 5 from 1 rating.
- Photography
- Scott F. Caliva
- Illustration
- Eric Altenburger
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Tracklist
10 tracks · 44 min
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Reinventing the Steel (20th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2020 · 39 tracks
- 1Hellbound (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 2Goddamn Electric (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 3Yesterday Don't Mean Shit (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 4You've Got to Belong to It (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 5Revolution Is My Name (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 6Death Rattle (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 7We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 8Uplift (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 9It Makes Them Disappear (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 10I'll Cast a Shadow (2020 Terry Date Mix)
- 11Hellbound (2020 Remaster)
- 12Goddamn Electric (2020 Remaster)
- 13Yesterday Don't Mean Shit (2020 Remaster)
- 14You've Got to Belong to It (2020 Remaster)
- 15Revolution Is My Name (2020 Remaster)
- 16Death Rattle (2020 Remaster)
- 17We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time (2020 Remaster)
- 18Uplift (2020 Remaster)
- 19It Makes Them Disappear (2020 Remaster)
- 20I'll Cast a Shadow (2020 Remaster)
- 21Goddamn Electric (Radio Mix)
- 22Revolution Is My Name (Radio Edit) (2020 Remaster)
- 23I'll Cast a Shadow (Radio Edit)
- 24Goddamn Electric (Radio Edit)
- 25Avoid the Light
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Reinventing the Steel is the ninth and final studio album by heavy metal band Pantera. It was released through EastWest Records, on March 14, 2000. Reinventing the Steel contains lyrics mostly about the band itself, as on "We'll Grind that Axe for a Long Time" (where the band members tell about how they have kept it "true" throughout the years, while many of their peers "sucked up for the fame") and "I'll Cast a Shadow" (about Pantera's influence on the genre). There are also songs about their fans, like "Goddamn Electric" and "You've Got to Belong To It". "Goddamn Electric" mentions Black Sabbath, and Slayer, two of the band's main influences. The band members dedicated Reinventing the Steel to their fans, whom they viewed as their brothers and sisters.
In brief
- Is Reinventing the Steel good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Reinventing the Steel 3.7/5 from 22 ratings.
- When was Reinventing the Steel released?
- Reinventing the Steel was released in 2000 on Atlantic Records.
- How many tracks are on Reinventing the Steel?
- Reinventing the Steel has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 44 minutes.
- What genre is Reinventing the Steel?
- Reinventing the Steel is catalogued under Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Metal.
- What BPM is Reinventing the Steel?
- Reinventing the Steel runs at a median tempo of 129 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Reinventing the Steel?
- Listeners of Reinventing the Steel also rate Master of Puppets by Metallica, Rust in Peace by Megadeth, Mezmerize by System of a Down.
Reinventing the Steel at a glance
- Label
- East West Records
- Produced by
- Dimebag Darrell
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