REVIEW: Pantera, Official Live 101 Proof (East/West)
- Simon Speichert
The great southern trendkillers are back. Yeah, that means Pantera. Those cowboys from hell have returned to kick your ass with a little more metal. But this time, it's live.
Official Live 101 Proof is Pantera's fifth major label album, and the title tells the truth; there is enough heavy metal on here to get you wasted. The album contains an entire Pantera concert - that's fourteen songs - and two brand new, never-before-heard studio songs.
On this album, vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Dimebag Darrel, drummer Vinnie Paul and bassist Rex Brown belt out some of their greatest songs for a crowd of, I'd say, at least a few thousand. The tracks on this album include the first single "Cemetery Gates", "Sandblasted Skin", "Suicide Note Pt. 2" (from last year's The Great Southern Trendkill ) and the two new songs, "Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide".
For those of you who are unaware of what Pantera sounds like, I've got only two words for you; heavy metal. Some of the heaviest music in the world has been spewed out by these four guys.
Official Live 101 Proof is a terrific live album, but I'd only recommend getting it if you've heard most of Pantera's stuff before, because it's quite a harsh introduction to the fury that is Pantera.
