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Singer [[Phil Anselmo]] named ''Reinventing the Steel'' as his favorite Pantera album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Revolver Magazine]] |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Philip Anselmo Ranks Pantera Albums: Best to Worst |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DebriGPJMqg |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
Singer [[Phil Anselmo]] named ''Reinventing the Steel'' as his favorite Pantera album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Revolver Magazine]] |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Philip Anselmo Ranks Pantera Albums: Best to Worst |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DebriGPJMqg |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>


==Lyrics and style==
=== Lyrics and style ===
''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 Pantera's main influences. The solo for "Goddamn Electric" was recorded by [[Kerry King]] in a bathroom after [[Slayer]] performed at [[Ozzfest]] in Dallas on July 13, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-panteras-reinventing-steel | title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Pantera's 'Reinventing the Steel' | date=March 21, 2018 }}</ref> The band members dedicated ''Reinventing the Steel'' to their fans who they viewed as their "brothers and sisters".
''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 Pantera's main influences. The solo for "Goddamn Electric" was recorded by [[Kerry King]] in a bathroom after [[Slayer]] performed at [[Ozzfest]] in Dallas on July 13, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-panteras-reinventing-steel | title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Pantera's 'Reinventing the Steel' | date=March 21, 2018 }}</ref> The band members dedicated ''Reinventing the Steel'' to their fans who they viewed as their "brothers and sisters".


==Artwork==
=== Artwork ===
The cover art is by Scott Caliva (1967–2003), a friend of Pantera lead singer [[Phil Anselmo]]. Caliva took the photo of a partygoer at Anselmo's house jumping through a bonfire clutching a bottle of [[Wild Turkey (bourbon)|Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey]]. The bottle is [[Pixelization|pixelated]] on the cover so the label would not be visible, to avoid trademark infringement.
The cover art is by Scott Caliva (1967–2003), a friend of Pantera lead singer [[Phil Anselmo]]. Caliva took the photo of a partygoer at Anselmo's house jumping through a bonfire clutching a bottle of [[Wild Turkey (bourbon)|Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey]]. The bottle is [[Pixelization|pixelated]] on the cover so the label would not be visible, to avoid trademark infringement.


The 20th Anniversary Edition cover art was only made with the steel marking background, along with the logo and the album name similar to their 1990 album, ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]''.
The 20th Anniversary Edition cover art was only made with the steel marking background, along with the logo and the album name similar to their 1990 album, ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]''.


==Release==
==Reception==
===Commercial performance===
{{Music ratings
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''Reinventing the Steel'' debuted at number four on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number five on the Top Internet Albums, selling 161,105 copies in its first week of release according to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen Soundscan]]. On its second week, it fell to number 24, selling only 59,962 copies, a 62.8% drop in sales. In total, the album only appeared on that chart for twelve weeks. On May 2, the album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), denoting 500,000 units sold.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913111030/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=pantera&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Pantera at the RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program database]</ref> However, it has yet to reach platinum status, making it Pantera's only major-label studio album not to reach sales of 1,000,000. According to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen SoundScan]], the album has sold 593,000 copies domestically as of October 2003. It also debuted at number eight on the Top Canadian Albums chart.
=== Critical reception ===
The album was generally well received upon release, though reviews were less enthusiastic than on their previous albums. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album a score of 3.5/5, and called it "Metal-revivalist....relying on the genre's primal elements of rage and analog noise...chopped up with squealing dissonance....brutal enough to please underground purists and familiar enough for weekend headbangers."<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|title=Pantera: Reinventing The Steel : Music Reviews|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Matt|last=Diehl|date=May 25, 2000|access-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013132509/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that it "...resumes their scorched-earth policy with vigor....dropping aural anvils [along] with a dash of inventiveness..."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/03/24/reinventing-steel/|title=Reinventing the Steel Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=David|last=Hiltbrand|date=March 24, 2000|access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref>


In a 2022 interview with ''Gibson TV'', [[Rex Brown]] blamed the album's lacklustre success compared to the band's previous albums on the dominance of the [[nu metal]] genre at the time of its release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Pantera's Rex Brown Blames Nu-Metal for 'Reinventing the Steel''s Lukewarm Reception |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/panteras-rex-brown-blames-nu-metal-reinventing-steels-lukewarm-reception |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref>
''[[Q magazine|Q]]'' magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars and said it was "Pantera's attempt to upgrade <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Judas Priest]]'s] ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''-era pure metal spirit."<ref name="cduniverse">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1096301&style=music|title=Pantera – Reinventing the Steel CD Album|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' echoed this sentiment, calling it "An undiluted, unvarnished slab of riffs paying distinct homage to Judas Priest's ''British Steel'', and not just in a titular sense, but in basic song construction."<ref name="cduniverse" /> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Steve Huey gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, and stated "''Reinventing the Steel'' is a nonstop assault on the senses, offering no respite from the intensity until the album has stopped playing. Yet somehow, it comes off as a cut below their best albums; perhaps it's that the band's sound lacks the sense of freshness that sparked ''Cowboys from Hell'', ''Vulgar Display of Power'', and ''Far Beyond Driven''."<ref>{{Citation |title=Reinventing the Steel - Pantera {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reinventing-the-steel-mw0000053175 |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en}}</ref>


=== Reception ===
===Commercial performance===
The album was generally well received upon release, though reviews were less enthusiastic than on their previous albums. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album a score of 3.5/5, and called it "Metal-revivalist....relying on the genre's primal elements of rage and analog noise...chopped up with squealing dissonance....brutal enough to please underground purists and familiar enough for weekend headbangers."<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|title=Pantera: Reinventing The Steel : Music Reviews|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Matt|last=Diehl|date=May 25, 2000|access-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013132509/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that it "...resumes their scorched-earth policy with vigor....dropping aural anvils [along] with a dash of inventiveness..."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/03/24/reinventing-steel/|title=Reinventing the Steel Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=David|last=Hiltbrand|date=March 24, 2000|access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref>
''Reinventing the Steel'' debuted at number four on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number five on the Top Internet Albums, selling 161,105 copies in its first week of release according to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen Soundscan]]. On its second week, it fell to number 24, selling only 59,962 copies, a 62.8% drop in sales. In total, the album only appeared on that chart for twelve weeks. On May 2, the album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), denoting 500,000 units sold.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913111030/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=pantera&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Pantera at the RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program database]</ref> However, it has yet to reach platinum status, making it Pantera's only major-label studio album not to reach sales of 1,000,000. According to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen SoundScan]], the album has sold 593,000 copies domestically as of October 2003. It also debuted at number eight on the Top Canadian Albums chart.


''[[Q magazine|Q]]'' magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars and said it was "Pantera's attempt to upgrade <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Judas Priest]]'s] ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''-era pure metal spirit."<ref name="cduniverse">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1096301&style=music|title=Pantera – Reinventing the Steel CD Album|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' echoed this sentiment, calling it "An undiluted, unvarnished slab of riffs paying distinct homage to Judas Priest's ''British Steel'', and not just in a titular sense, but in basic song construction."<ref name="cduniverse" /> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Steve Huey gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, and stated "''Reinventing the Steel'' is a nonstop assault on the senses, offering no respite from the intensity until the album has stopped playing. Yet somehow, it comes off as a cut below their best albums; perhaps it's that the band's sound lacks the sense of freshness that sparked ''Cowboys from Hell'', ''Vulgar Display of Power'', and ''Far Beyond Driven''."<ref>{{Citation |title=Reinventing the Steel - Pantera {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reinventing-the-steel-mw0000053175 |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en}}</ref>
In a 2022 interview with ''Gibson TV'', [[Rex Brown]] blamed the album's lacklustre success compared to the band's previous albums on the dominance of the [[nu metal]] genre at the time of its release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Pantera's Rex Brown Blames Nu-Metal for 'Reinventing the Steel'{{'}}s Lukewarm Reception |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/panteras-rex-brown-blames-nu-metal-reinventing-steels-lukewarm-reception |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref>


===Accolades===
===Accolades===
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The album was ranked at No. 2 on ''[[Guitar World]]'''s Readers Poll for "The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000#slide-8 |title=Readers Poll Results: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000 {{!}} Guitar World |website=www.guitarworld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103230850/http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000 |archive-date=2012-01-03}}</ref>
The album was ranked at No. 2 on ''[[Guitar World]]'''s Readers Poll for "The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000#slide-8 |title=Readers Poll Results: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000 {{!}} Guitar World |website=www.guitarworld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103230850/http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000 |archive-date=2012-01-03}}</ref>


===Reissue===
== 20th anniversary edition ==
A three-disc 20th anniversary set was released on October 20, 2020. The first two discs with the original tracklist each feature re-mixes done by longtime Pantera producer [[Terry Date]] in addition to the remastered versions. Singles that were previously not released on any studio albums also remixed by Date, and radio edits of some tracks are also included.
A three-disc 20th anniversary set was released on October 20, 2020. It features remixes of the original tracklist by longtime Pantera producer [[Terry Date]], singles that were previously not released on any studio album, radio edits of album tracks, and instrumental rough mixes of the album's original tracks.


== In other media ==
== In other media ==
A section of "Death Rattle" was re-recorded and renamed to “Pre-Hibernation” for the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Pre-Hibernation Week".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/remember_when_pantera_were_featured_on_that_episode_of_spongebob/|title=Remember when Pantera were featured on that episode of Spongebob?|date=March 30, 2015|publisher=Alternative Press|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> The song appears in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights]]'' album.
A section of "Death Rattle" was re-recorded and renamed to "Pre-Hibernation" for the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Pre-Hibernation Week".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/remember_when_pantera_were_featured_on_that_episode_of_spongebob/|title=Remember when Pantera were featured on that episode of Spongebob?|date=March 30, 2015|publisher=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> The song appears in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights]]'' album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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===20th anniversary edition===
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Pantera (except where noted)
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = Hellbound (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Goddamn Electric (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = Yesterday Don't Mean Shit (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = You've Got to Belong to It (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Revolution Is My Name (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = Death Rattle (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = Uplift (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length8 = 3:45
| title9 = It Makes Them Disappear (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length9 = 6:21
| title10 = I'll Cast a Shadow (2020 Terry Date Mix)
| length10 = 5:22
}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 20th anniversary bonus tracks (disc two) – Radio Versions
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Hellbound (2020 Remaster)
| length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Goddamn Electric (2020 Remaster)
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = Yesterday Don't Mean Shit (2020 Remaster)
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = You've Got to Belong to It (2020 Remaster)
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Revolution Is My Name (2020 Remaster)
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = Death Rattle (2020 Remaster)
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time (2020 Remaster)
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = Uplift (2020 Remaster)
| length8 = 3:45
| title9 = It Makes Them Disappear (2020 Remaster)
| length9 = 6:21
| title10 = I'll Cast a Shadow (2020 Remaster)
| length10 = 5:22
| title11 = Goddamn Electric (Radio Mix)
| title11 = Goddamn Electric (Radio Mix)
| length11 = 4:57
| length11 = 4:57
| title12 = Revolution Is My Name (Radio Edit)
| title12 = Revolution Is My Name (Radio Edit) (2020 Remaster)
| length12 = 4:10
| length12 = 4:10
| title13 = I'll Cast a Shadow (Radio Edit)
| title13 = I'll Cast a Shadow (Radio Edit)
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| length14 = 4:14
| length14 = 4:14
}}
}}
===Disc 3: Bonus Tracks===
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Non Album Tracks & Covers
| headline = Disc three
| title1 = Avoid the Light
| title1 = Avoid the Light
| length1 = 6:27
| length1 = 6:27
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| music5 = {{hlist|[[Black Sabbath]]}}
| music5 = {{hlist|[[Black Sabbath]]}}
| length5 = 5:43
| length5 = 5:43
}}
| | title6 = Hellbound (Instrumental Rough Mix)
{{Track listing
| headline = Instrumental Rough Mixes
| title6 = Hellbound
| length6 = 2:41
| length6 = 2:41
| title7 = Goddamn Electric
| title7 = Goddamn Electric (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length7 = 4:56
| length7 = 4:56
| title8 = Yesterday Don't Mean Shit
| title8 = Yesterday Don't Mean Shit (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length8 = 4:19
| length8 = 4:19
| title9 = You've Got to Belong to It
| title9 = You've Got to Belong to It (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length9 = 4:13
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Revolution Is My Name
| title10 = Revolution Is My Name (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length10 = 5:15
| length10 = 5:15
| title11 = Death Rattle
| title11 = Death Rattle (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length11 = 3:17
| length11 = 3:17
| title12 = We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time
| title12 = We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length12 = 3:44
| length12 = 3:44
| title13 = Uplift
| title13 = Uplift (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length13 = 3:45
| length13 = 3:45
| title14 = It Makes Them Disappear
| title14 = It Makes Them Disappear (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length14 = 6:21
| length14 = 6:21
| title15 = I'll Cast a Shadow
| title15 = I'll Cast a Shadow (Instrumental Rough Mix)
| length15 = 5:22
| length15 = 5:22
|total_length = 172:56
|total_length = 172:56

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Reinventing the Steel is the ninth and final studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on March 21, 2000,[1] March 27 in the UK[2] and April 5 in Japan,[3] through Elektra Records and East West Records.

Background

Reinventing the Steel was produced by the Abbott brothers in addition to Sterling Winfield, making it Pantera's first studio album since 1988's Power Metal not to be produced by Terry Date.

In Australia, a two-disc "Tour Edition" of the album was released. The first disc consists of the album proper while the second is an unofficial hits compilation.

The album was reissued in October 20, 2020 with extra discs including a new mix by Date and unreleased tracks to honor the album's 20th anniversary.[4][5]

Unlike other Pantera releases, two B-sides were recorded during the Reinventing the Steel sessions, those being "Avoid the Light" and "Immortally Insane", found on the Dracula 2000 and Heavy Metal 2000, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtracks, respectively.

Singer Phil Anselmo named Reinventing the Steel as his favorite Pantera album.[6]

Lyrics and style

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 Pantera's main influences. The solo for "Goddamn Electric" was recorded by Kerry King in a bathroom after Slayer performed at Ozzfest in Dallas on July 13, 1999.[7] The band members dedicated Reinventing the Steel to their fans who they viewed as their "brothers and sisters".

Artwork

The cover art is by Scott Caliva (1967–2003), a friend of Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo. Caliva took the photo of a partygoer at Anselmo's house jumping through a bonfire clutching a bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey. The bottle is pixelated on the cover so the label would not be visible, to avoid trademark infringement.

The 20th Anniversary Edition cover art was only made with the steel marking background, along with the logo and the album name similar to their 1990 album, Cowboys from Hell.

Reception

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Critical reception

The album was generally well received upon release, though reviews were less enthusiastic than on their previous albums. Rolling Stone gave the album a score of 3.5/5, and called it "Metal-revivalist....relying on the genre's primal elements of rage and analog noise...chopped up with squealing dissonance....brutal enough to please underground purists and familiar enough for weekend headbangers."[8] Entertainment Weekly stated that it "...resumes their scorched-earth policy with vigor....dropping aural anvils [along] with a dash of inventiveness..."[9]

Q magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars and said it was "Pantera's attempt to upgrade [Judas Priest's] British Steel-era pure metal spirit."[10] Alternative Press echoed this sentiment, calling it "An undiluted, unvarnished slab of riffs paying distinct homage to Judas Priest's British Steel, and not just in a titular sense, but in basic song construction."[10] AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, and stated "Reinventing the Steel is a nonstop assault on the senses, offering no respite from the intensity until the album has stopped playing. Yet somehow, it comes off as a cut below their best albums; perhaps it's that the band's sound lacks the sense of freshness that sparked Cowboys from Hell, Vulgar Display of Power, and Far Beyond Driven."[11]

Commercial performance

Reinventing the Steel debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top Internet Albums, selling 161,105 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen Soundscan. On its second week, it fell to number 24, selling only 59,962 copies, a 62.8% drop in sales. In total, the album only appeared on that chart for twelve weeks. On May 2, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting 500,000 units sold.[12] However, it has yet to reach platinum status, making it Pantera's only major-label studio album not to reach sales of 1,000,000. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 593,000 copies domestically as of October 2003. It also debuted at number eight on the Top Canadian Albums chart.

In a 2022 interview with Gibson TV, Rex Brown blamed the album's lacklustre success compared to the band's previous albums on the dominance of the nu metal genre at the time of its release.[13]

Accolades

In the 2000 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards, the album was voted "Album of the Year" and "Album Cover of the Year" (tying with Iron Maiden's Brave New World for the latter), while the single "Revolution Is My Name" won "Song of the Year".[14]

"Revolution Is My Name" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2001, but lost to Deftones' "Elite".

The album was ranked at No. 2 on Guitar World's Readers Poll for "The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000".[15]

20th anniversary edition

A three-disc 20th anniversary set was released on October 20, 2020. It features remixes of the original tracklist by longtime Pantera producer Terry Date, singles that were previously not released on any studio album, radio edits of album tracks, and instrumental rough mixes of the album's original tracks.

In other media

A section of "Death Rattle" was re-recorded and renamed to "Pre-Hibernation" for the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Pre-Hibernation Week".[16] The song appears in the SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights album.

Track listing

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20th anniversary edition

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Personnel

Pantera

Additional personnel

Technical personnel

  • Sterling Winfield – production, engineering, mixing
  • Vinnie Paul – production, engineering, mixing
  • Dimebag Darrell – production
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
  • Recorded at Chasin Jason Studios, Arlington, Texas[17]

Charts

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position
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[18] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 40

Certifications

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  14. ↑ Metal Edge, June 2001
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  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Pantera".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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