Power Metal (album)

This article is about the album by Pantera. Power metal is also a style of heavy metal music

Power Metal
Studio album by Pantera
Released	1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	38:10
Label	Metal Magic
Producer	Jerry Abbott, Pantera, Marc Ferrari
Pantera chronology
I Am the Night (1985) Power Metal (1988) Cowboys from Hell (1990)

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Power Metal is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Pantera, released in 1988 through Metal Magic Records. It is the first Pantera album to feature Phil Anselmo on vocals, as part of a line-up which would last until the band's split in 2003.

Background

The album showcases a more aggressive style which sounds, at times, closer to thrash metal rather than the glam metal style heard on the band's earlier albums; however, traces of the latter are still clearly present. Notably, Phil Anselmo makes his first appearance on vocals, having replaced Terry Glaze. Guitarist Dimebag Darrell (then credited as "Diamond Darrell") also performs vocals on "P*S*T*88".

"Proud to Be Loud" was written and produced by Keel guitarist Marc Ferrari and was originally intended to appear on their 1987 self-titled album; however, Keel would not record a version of the song until 1998. Pantera's version was used as the party song in the theatrical cut of the 2001 film, Donnie Darko, credited to "The Dead Green Mummies". The song also appears on "Trail to Doomsday", a MacGyver TV movie from 1994, as well as the film, The Mighty Ducks 2, from the same year. Terry Glaze co-wrote "Down Below", with an earlier recording of the song appearing on Pantera's third album, I Am the Night (1985).

Having not been reissued since its original release on CD, vinyl and cassette, like their previous albums, official non-bootlegged editions of Power Metal have become collectors items, with any that exist often being circulated through online auction websites such as eBay.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Pantera, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rock the World"	3:34
2.	"Power Metal"	3:53
3.	"We'll Meet Again"	3:54
4.	"Over and Out"	5:06
5.	"Proud to Be Loud" (Marc Ferrari)	4:02
6.	"Down Below" (Diamond Darrell, Terry Glaze, Vinnie Paul, Rex Rocker)	2:49
7.	"Death Trap"	4:07
8.	"Hard Ride"	4:16
9.	"Burnnn!"	3:35
10.	"P*S*T*88" (Darrell, Paul, Brown)	2:51
Total length:		38:10

Personnel

• Phil Anselmo – vocals (except track 10), background vocals, production
• Diamond Darrell – guitar, vocals (track 10), background vocals, production
• Vinnie Paul – drums, background vocals, production
• Rex Rocker – bass, tubular bells, background vocals, production
• Marc Ferrari – guitar (tracks 3, 5), background vocals, production
• Jerry Abbott – production