Metal Magic
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Metal Magic is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on June 10, 1983, by Metal Magic Records.[1] Like the band's next three releases, it is musically oriented toward a glam/heavy metal sound influenced by Kiss and Van Halen, rather than the groove metal style they became famous for playing in the 1990s. The album was released on the band's own label (also called Metal Magic) and produced by Jerry Abbott (under the alias "The Eld'n"), a country music songwriter and producer and the father of Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell (then known as Diamond Darrell), who were 19 and 16 years old, respectively, at the time of release.
Background
Pantera was formed in Arlington, Texas, in 1981. The band was originally named Gemini, then Eternity, before finally settling on Pantera.[2]
Reception
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia gave Metal Magic a largely negative ranking of 1.5 stars out of a possible 5. He described the album as "exceedingly average hard rock and metal misfires" with only two promising songs in "I'll Be Alright" and "Widowmaker". Furthermore, the album's "strongest asset" even in these early years was Diamond Darrell's guitar playing.[3]
Drummer Vinnie Paul said the album sold around 5,000 copies by 1990.[4]
Track listing
All credits adapted from the original LP.[5] Template:Tracklist Template:Tracklist
Personnel
- Pantera
- Terry Glaze – vocals, guitars
- Darrell Abbott – guitars
- Rex Rocker – bass
- Vince Abbott – drums
- Production
- Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
- M.C. Rather – mastering
- Recorded at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas