Metal Magic

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Metal Magic is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on June 10, 1983, through Metal Magic Records.<ref name="Loudwire" /> Like the band's next three releases, it is musically oriented toward a glam/heavy metal sound influenced by Kiss and Van Halen. The album was released on the band's own label (also called Metal Magic) and produced by Jerry Abbott (under the alias "The Eld'n"), a country music songwriter and producer and the father of Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell (then known as Diamond Darrell), who were 19 and 16 years old, respectively, at the time of release.

Background

Pantera was formed in Arlington, Texas in 1981. The band was originally named Gemini, then Eternity, before finally settling on Pantera.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Reception

Template:Album reviews In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia gave Metal Magic a largely negative ranking of 1.5 stars out of a possible 5. He described the album as "exceedingly average hard rock and metal misfires" with only two promising songs in "I'll Be Alright" and "Widowmaker". Furthermore, the album's "strongest asset" even in these early years was Diamond Darrell's guitar playing.<ref name="AllMusic" />

Drummer Vinnie Paul said the album sold around 5,000 copies by 1990.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.<ref name="credits">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> Template:Tracklist Template:Tracklist

Personnel

Pantera

• Terry Glaze – vocals, guitars
• Darrell Abbott – guitars
• Rex Rocker – bass
• Vince Abbott – drums

Production

• Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
• M.C. Rather – mastering
• Recorded at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas