keepers 4
keeper avg .400
Pantera's ninth and final studio album starts with the fierce "Hell Bound"****, featuring lots of guitar squeals by Dimebag and some pretty fancy drumming in the verses ("Footwork!"). "Yesterday Don't Mean Shit"**** pays off big in a mighty head-banging chorus:
...yesterday don't mean shit
What's over is over and nothing between
Yesterday don't mean shit
Because tomorrow is the day you will have to face
Breakneck verses of "Death Rattle"**** only let up to blast you with horror-howling choruses. "It Makes Them Disappear" has a fun, retro-creepy intro, followed by verses the clatter and growl ("Goooooooone"!). "You've Got to Belong to It" and "Goddamn Electric" don't gel well, more sequences of flashy guitar noises and time signatures than songs, while "Uplift" resembles post-shark-jumping Metallica, but most of the album isn't bad considering it's their ninth.
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