Reinventing the Steel

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Reinventing the Steel is a heavy metal album by Pantera and the band's last studio album. It reached #4 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, #8 on the Top Canadian Albums chart, and #5 on the Top Internet Albums chart. The album's fifth track, "Revolution Is My Name", reached #28 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Reinventing The Steel contains lyrics mostly about the band itself, as on "We'll Grind That Axe For a Long Time" (where the band tells about how they've kept it true throughout the years, while many of their peers "sucked up for the fame") and "I'll Cast A Shadow" (written about how influential Pantera is). There are also songs written about their fans, like "Goddamn Electric" and "You've Got To Belong To It." Pantera dedicated Reinventing The Steel to their fans, whom they actually viewed as their brothers and sisters.

Musically, the album is similar to Vulgar Display Of Power, not quite as brutal as The Great Southern Trendkill. Phil's lyrics are still quite brutal, but not as harsh as The Great Southern Trendkill.

Track listing

• All tracks by Pantera

1. "Hellbound" – 2:41
2. "Goddamn Electric" – 4:56
3. "Yesterday Don't Mean Shit" – 4:19
4. "You've Got to Belong to It" – 4:13
5. "Revolution Is My Name" – 5:15
6. "Death Rattle" – 3:17
7. "We'll Grind That Axe For a Long Time" – 3:44
8. "Up Lift" – 3:45
9. "It Makes Them Disappear" – 6:22
10. "I'll Cast a Shadow" – 5:22

Credits

• Vinnie Paul – Drums/Producer
• Dimebag Darrell – Guitars
• Rex Brown – Bass
• Philip Anselmo – Vocals
• Kerry King – Outro guitar on "Goddamn Electric"
• Sterling Winfield - Co-Producer