Metal Magic

Metal Magic is the debut on which PANTERA sounded, centered on glam-metal flamboyance different from the later ferocious groove metal. Centered on the young Abbott brothers, Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, then-vocalist Terry Glaze lays flashy singing over it. It is the band’s origin, strongly reflecting the air of 1983. Though colored by a flamboyant style, glimpses of Dimebag Darrell’s extraordinary talent already flicker in his guitar. It is hard to imagine from the destructive heaviness the band would later reach, but the heat of the playing and youthful momentum come across directly. The band itself later removed this early work from its official discography, but it is an intriguing record for knowing their path. It is a work on which the start of a legend can be confirmed from another angle.