These days he really is, in the 00s you could make an argument he was slightly overrated, but not now, funny how that works. Popular band gets labeled "overrated" for so long that they inevitably become actually underrated as more people hate on them unjustly
Dimebag took it all in but maintained himself as a member of the EVH school of shred rather than the Yngwie, what made Pantera good was that connection to the 70's music and the older school of heavy metal, despite their chugging and speed elements they kept groove and swing
Also not shitting on Yngwie, love that "neoclassical" crap and what followed him too, but that's not what Dime was
Power Metal is really just a heavy/speed metal album anyway, it's funny people always use the cover to show how they were "glam" when it's not a glam album
>How was he so fucking good at shredding?
Industry plant/white privilege. I think if Dime had been an actual grassroots guitarist he would've realized he had the most absolutely retarded guitar tone in the business
>muh plant
He was playing for practically a decade in the underground club scene before anybody knew who his band was.....I don't think him having family members who worked at a studio or whatever really helped him that much, and is totally irrelevant by that point.....if you've been slugging it out for like ten years as an unknown band before blowing up, you deserve any success you get (and that's not what a plant is, in the first place)
It is when all your music is largely ignored until Phil Anselmo puts you on the map. Dimecucks won't admit it but Phil is the only reason this meme band is on the map.
No that's still not what a plant is. That's even farther from what a plant is rofl. And eh, you're aware Phil was on this album right, or are you just a non fan talking out of your asshole? Do you see Phil right there on the cover? He was with them while they were still unknown.
>daddy gave me all the equipment and studio time in the world until I found a ringer to make it big for me
Not really disproving my point. Also Power Metal is objectively the only good Pantera album aside from Cowboys From Hell so thanks for proving that Phil was the real driving force
Phil didn't write the music, so your point is still kinda nonsense lmao. I will say Phil was probably a driving force, but that doesn't mean he was the talent. Phil couldn't play the music Dime played if you gave him a guitar, and he didn't do that, Dime wrote the music, regardless of if Phil was influential on the bands success, every band needs a good frontman and a good singer and Phil was that guy.
At least we agree Cowboys from Hell is the best Pantera album.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Yeah, Phil couldn't have played 0--0--0-1^-0 if you gave him a guitar lmao. Try harder, Dimecuck
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
There have been many bands who tried to imitate the Pantera sound, absolutely none have succeeded.
We're dealing with a non musician when it gets to the point that a moron thinks emulating another players style is as simple as reading a tab and learning music that's already been written. Pointless discussion anymore.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
There have been many bands that imitated the Metallica sound and they were good. Same with Iron Maiden, Priest, even Korn or any other band that's actually "influential". You're basically just proving that Pantera's sound is shit and can't be replicated because it was only appreciated ironically and memetically.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>a bands sound is shit because it's harder to replicate
You're an idiot. Also you brought up Korn as a band that's been copied by good bands, so your opinion is completely out the window as a trendy zoomer homosexual (the only people pretending nu metal is good atm)
Just proves that Phil had more personality than Industrybag Plantrell. Superjoint and Down are infinitely better than the Pantera acts I mentioned
Superjoint isn't good at all, it's just as bad as Damageplan. Down is good, but it's not cause of Phil, it's because the guitar is good. You really are a nu metal fan with this level of not understanding guitar playing = the most important thing in metal.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>guitar playing = the most important thing in metal.
That includes tone and composition, and Dimebag's tone is absolutely retarded and his compositions suck because even the better songs/riffs are dragged down by dumbass chugga chugga bullshit (see Floods).
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>every band needs a good frontman and a good singer and Phil was that guy.
There are bands with middling frontmen that still made it. Pantera didn't make it without Phil and all of Dime's projects were dogshit (Rebel Meets Rebel, whatever he contributed to objectively the worst Anthrax albums, Damageplan). Dime had some good riffs but was absolutely retarded at songwriting and the bigger the ego got on the Abbott brothers the worse the band got. These are just facts you need to cope with.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Damageplan sucks, but so does Superjoint Ritual....so what? And if anybody's ego was to blame for any downfall of Pantera, it was Phil's. It's an absolutely retarded take to think Dimebag had a bigger ego than Phil lmfao. Dimebag, the guy who's only ever been called down to Earth and humble by anyone who's ever talked about what he was like. vs. Phillip, the guy who's been in countless feuds and controversies because he can't keep his mouth shut....hmmmm
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Just proves that Phil had more personality than Industrybag Plantrell. Superjoint and Down are infinitely better than the Pantera acts I mentioned
Happens when you copycat the GOATs who perfected it. Most guitar players don't even bother learning how to do it.
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Link me to the transvestigation
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Underrated
These days he really is, in the 00s you could make an argument he was slightly overrated, but not now, funny how that works. Popular band gets labeled "overrated" for so long that they inevitably become actually underrated as more people hate on them unjustly
DAS RITE
Dimebag took it all in but maintained himself as a member of the EVH school of shred rather than the Yngwie, what made Pantera good was that connection to the 70's music and the older school of heavy metal, despite their chugging and speed elements they kept groove and swing
Also not shitting on Yngwie, love that "neoclassical" crap and what followed him too, but that's not what Dime was
best dimebag was the poofy glam metal albums.
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GOAT dime solo. Wish I was blasting this in a slammed IROC
Power Metal is really just a heavy/speed metal album anyway, it's funny people always use the cover to show how they were "glam" when it's not a glam album
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He loved playing the guitar. He only put it down when he had to. You spend all of your free time playing, you're gonna be good.
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>How was he so fucking good at shredding?
Industry plant/white privilege. I think if Dime had been an actual grassroots guitarist he would've realized he had the most absolutely retarded guitar tone in the business
Tbf EYEHATEGOD were also very "White privileged" and slightly redneckey but never spewed the kind of shit PanterA did ad nauseum. Same with Crowbar.
>muh plant
He was playing for practically a decade in the underground club scene before anybody knew who his band was.....I don't think him having family members who worked at a studio or whatever really helped him that much, and is totally irrelevant by that point.....if you've been slugging it out for like ten years as an unknown band before blowing up, you deserve any success you get (and that's not what a plant is, in the first place)
It is when all your music is largely ignored until Phil Anselmo puts you on the map. Dimecucks won't admit it but Phil is the only reason this meme band is on the map.
No that's still not what a plant is. That's even farther from what a plant is rofl. And eh, you're aware Phil was on this album right, or are you just a non fan talking out of your asshole? Do you see Phil right there on the cover? He was with them while they were still unknown.
>daddy gave me all the equipment and studio time in the world until I found a ringer to make it big for me
Not really disproving my point. Also Power Metal is objectively the only good Pantera album aside from Cowboys From Hell so thanks for proving that Phil was the real driving force
Phil didn't write the music, so your point is still kinda nonsense lmao. I will say Phil was probably a driving force, but that doesn't mean he was the talent. Phil couldn't play the music Dime played if you gave him a guitar, and he didn't do that, Dime wrote the music, regardless of if Phil was influential on the bands success, every band needs a good frontman and a good singer and Phil was that guy.
At least we agree Cowboys from Hell is the best Pantera album.
Yeah, Phil couldn't have played 0--0--0-1^-0 if you gave him a guitar lmao. Try harder, Dimecuck
There have been many bands who tried to imitate the Pantera sound, absolutely none have succeeded.
We're dealing with a non musician when it gets to the point that a moron thinks emulating another players style is as simple as reading a tab and learning music that's already been written. Pointless discussion anymore.
There have been many bands that imitated the Metallica sound and they were good. Same with Iron Maiden, Priest, even Korn or any other band that's actually "influential". You're basically just proving that Pantera's sound is shit and can't be replicated because it was only appreciated ironically and memetically.
>a bands sound is shit because it's harder to replicate
You're an idiot. Also you brought up Korn as a band that's been copied by good bands, so your opinion is completely out the window as a trendy zoomer homosexual (the only people pretending nu metal is good atm)
Superjoint isn't good at all, it's just as bad as Damageplan. Down is good, but it's not cause of Phil, it's because the guitar is good. You really are a nu metal fan with this level of not understanding guitar playing = the most important thing in metal.
>guitar playing = the most important thing in metal.
That includes tone and composition, and Dimebag's tone is absolutely retarded and his compositions suck because even the better songs/riffs are dragged down by dumbass chugga chugga bullshit (see Floods).
>every band needs a good frontman and a good singer and Phil was that guy.
There are bands with middling frontmen that still made it. Pantera didn't make it without Phil and all of Dime's projects were dogshit (Rebel Meets Rebel, whatever he contributed to objectively the worst Anthrax albums, Damageplan). Dime had some good riffs but was absolutely retarded at songwriting and the bigger the ego got on the Abbott brothers the worse the band got. These are just facts you need to cope with.
Damageplan sucks, but so does Superjoint Ritual....so what? And if anybody's ego was to blame for any downfall of Pantera, it was Phil's. It's an absolutely retarded take to think Dimebag had a bigger ego than Phil lmfao. Dimebag, the guy who's only ever been called down to Earth and humble by anyone who's ever talked about what he was like. vs. Phillip, the guy who's been in countless feuds and controversies because he can't keep his mouth shut....hmmmm
Just proves that Phil had more personality than Industrybag Plantrell. Superjoint and Down are infinitely better than the Pantera acts I mentioned