这张专辑是我个人最喜欢的一张PANTERA的专辑,大家听听第四首[I]就知道我喜欢什么类型的音乐了.^_^Pantera 1994年,专辑Far Beyond Driven(超出驾驶范围之外)发行。专辑在Billboard排行榜上赢得了一上榜即取得冠军的惊人记录,这对于重金属音乐来说,无疑是破天荒的头一遭。虽然专辑很快就从排行榜上划了下来,但这却是对Grunge时代“重金属已经死亡”这一言论的强力回击。这也是当年Hardcore/Power Metal 乐迷所最为期待的一张专辑,事实证明,专辑的音乐就象封面上的电钻一样,足以让你心惊肉跳。PANTERA的这种风格在当时成为一种竞相追逐的时尚,有很多乐队开始领悟到重金属并不一定要有流畅的吉他节奏,华丽的solo和动听的主唱,节奏和嘶吼似乎更讨人喜欢,于是类似COAL CHAMBER、DEFTONES、SUNDOWN等乐队也开始模仿这种新式的Hardcore/Power Metal风格。
潘多拉乐队介绍:
以凶狠而闻名的美国硬核重金属乐队:Pantera
这是一张结合Pantera乐队多年以来,从90年专辑至99年专辑中选拔出来的超级精选集.
PANTERA是一支中国人早已熟知的重金属乐队,他们以凶狠的音乐和肆无忌惮的生活方式而著称,可以说,他们是自METALLICA以来在商业上最成功的Thrash Metal乐队。虽然乐队是从1990年Cowboys From Hell专辑的畅销才开始享有世界声誉,但实际上,他们早在80年代早期就已成立,并在1990年之前通过自己的公司发行了四张专辑。
乐队的第一张唱片叫做 Metal Magic(金属魔力),风格是早期的Thrash Metal/Glam Metal,这张唱片很成功的卖出了350,000张,这无疑给这帮小伙子很大的鼓舞。于是他们又马不停蹄的推出了专辑Projects In The Jungle(丛林计划)和I Am The Night(我是黑夜)。发行公司仍然是他们自己的厂牌Metal Magic。虽然成绩不错,但此时乐队的听众还主要是当地的听众。
1990年,PANTERA发行了他们在Atco旗下的第一张唱片:Cowboys From Hell(地狱牛仔),在这张专辑中,PANTERA真正开始成熟并开始了自己独特的风格,Dimebag的吉他有着节奏感很强的切分,Phil的嗓音也变得比以前更低,这些都很适合让现场时数万观众整整齐齐的甩头,基本上可以说是一种简化和加重的Thrash Metal。凭借这张专辑,PANTERA才迎来了真正的成功。在组建六年之后,这个名字终于响遍了整个美国。在我看来,这张专辑可能是乐队最好的专辑了。
接着是Vulgar Display of Power(力量的粗暴展示)。这张唱片在美国掀起了一股PANTERA热潮,几乎人人都在谈论这几个在舞台上制造着巨大声浪的家伙。因为他们那种节奏分明的音乐让那些听惯了老式金属的人们感到新鲜。Mouth for War、Walk等歌使PANTERA的名字也上了排行榜的前列。从此以后,PANTERA不再是一支当地的小乐队了,他们也要像那些大牌明星一样在全国各地进行巡演了。此时的PANTERA,已经成为流行乐坛上相当耀眼的重金属明星。
1994年,专辑Far Beyond Driven(超出驾驶范围之外)发行。专辑在Billboard排行榜上赢得了一上榜即取得冠军的惊人记录,这对于重金属音乐来说,无疑是破天荒的头一遭。虽然专辑很快就从排行榜上划了下来,但这却是对Grunge时代“重金属已经死亡”这一言论的强力回击。这也是当年Hardcore/Power Metal 乐迷所最为期待的一张专辑,事实证明,专辑的音乐就象封面上的电钻一样,足以让你心惊肉跳。PANTERA的这种风格在当时成为一种竞相追逐的时尚,有很多乐队开始领悟到重金属并不一定要有流畅的吉他节奏,华丽的solo和动听的主唱,节奏和嘶吼似乎更讨人喜欢,于是类似COAL CHAMBER、DEFTONES、SUNDOWN等乐队也开始模仿这种新式的Hardcore/Power Metal风格。
1997年夏天,PANTERA推出了乐迷期待已久的The Great Southern Trendkill(伟大南方时尚杀手)。专辑意在讽刺那些赶非主流时髦的投机主义音乐人。主唱Phil的嚎功在专辑中得到了很充分的发挥,不过由于专辑显得比较混乱,而且PANTERA似乎太想把音乐做得又重又狠,反而容易让人感到腻烦。
随着Techno、Gothic、Industrial和 Rap的流行,很多当年模仿 PANTERA起家的乐队也纷纷开始转型,还有更多乐队玩起了所谓Nu-Metal(新金属),这些东西令PANTERA感到反感,他们心目中的重金属仍然是不折不扣的重型吉他摇滚(主唱Phil还曾在一次采访中表示了对黑金属的兴趣,并表示如果有机会他可能也想组建一支黑金属乐队)。于是在2000年,他们以一张Reinventing The Steel(重铸钢铁)来表达他们的态度,虽然音乐上没有什么出彩的地方,但至少还是延续了乐队一贯的风格,配合着世纪末的重金属回潮,这张专辑在短期内也突破了金唱片的销量。
Yeah, as everyone knows, Dimebag Darrell's life was taken abruptly last night by some crazy fan that blamed him for breaking up Pantera (or so I've read). Damageplan were just warming up when this gunman leaped up on stage and took Darrell's life (and the lives of several other fans). Right now, I am at a loss of words for what I've just heard this morning.
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was truly one of the greatest guitarists the metal world has ever seen and heard. He pulled off riffs like no other guitarist I've heard. And it was this album that truly made me a metal fan.
Sure, Slipknot got me into "nu" metal, but it was Pantera's "Far Beyond Driven" that opened my eyes to a better view of heavy metal. I still remember when I first listened to this album. I heard it back in my freshman years of high school. And, yeah, Slipknot were my favorite... but not until a friend loaned me a copy of this album. I put it in my CD player... and I was just in complete awe. "Strength Beyond Strength" was the harshest song I've heard (at the time). The music was loud and the band played at a fast pace. The lyric "F*** you and your college dream! Fact is we're stronger than all!" really stuck into my head. Phil sings angrily about certain economical issues like drugs. And Dimebag comes in with an eerie guitar sound. "Hail! King! The new... king! Stronger than all!" Phil immediately growls when Dimebag finishes his haunting solo. Yes... hail Pantera. Hearing that line immediately made me a newcoming fan of Pantera.
Just hearing that first track catipulted me into the real heavy metal world. No nu-metal like Slipknot. The absolute harshness and darkness that heavy metal is. This album is downright brutal only to still be bested by "Vulgar Display of Power." It sure packs a hell lot of great and kickass heavy metal music. Phil growls unlike anything before with lyrics that give a glimpse of the American Southwest and being born again with snake's eyes. Rex on the bass is still kick ass, sounding like a reincarnated Cliff Burton. And Vinnie Paul (Darrell's brother) on the drums is equally as good as John Bonham (former Led Zeppelin drummer that passed on). Pantera truly were a great heavy metal band, and I always considered them to be the best.
And Dimebag played the guitar like no other that I've heard... at the time. He played fast and relentlessly. His guitar screeched to the point where you feel as if you're going to go deaf or make your ears bleed. And his solos are simply amazing as each song progressed. He is no Hendrix, Page, or Kirk Hammett... no he isn't any of them. He's better than all of them. That's what I think. That's what I've always thought ever since first I heard this album and discovered Pantera.
Dimebag Darrell will truly be missed by this fan, as well as his millions of other headbanging fanatics. From Pantera to Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell still kicked ass on the guitar. It's so sad that he left this world so soon. But nevertheless, his music will continue to live on for the years to come. His legacy will never be forgotten.
Because my friend, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott will always be stronger than all.
May he rest in peace and my condolences go out to the familes of the victims who's lives were taken abruptly last night.
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专辑曲目:
1. Strength Beyond Strength
2. Becoming
3. 5 Minutes Alone
4. I'm Broken
5. Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills
6. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
7. Slaughtered
8. 25 Years
9. Shedding Skin
10. Use My Third Arm
11. Throes of Rejection
12. Planet Caravan - Pantera, Butler, Terence