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Noise And Irrationality Put Pantera On The Path Toward Radical Music

wide angle: Imagine a hypothetical debate about Pantera [ tickets ]'s new album, "Reinventing the Steel" (Elektra), its first studio assault in four years. On one side of the line, envision the band's fans. They are thrilled to hear that the playing on "Reinventing" is bracingly tight; they are awed by guitarist Dimebag Darrell's array of buzz-plane, weed-whacking, wah-warped sounds. Now contemplate the other warring camp, the critics of heavy metal. They dislike the genre for its static rhythms, cliched minor-second riffs and stereotypical imagery. / Read more

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