This is one of the simplest Pantera albums from a structural standpoint. Most of the riffs are rather predictable, and there really aren't a whole lot of them in general. But his leadwork is boring and derivative, though he does show flashes of brilliance occasionally. Diamond Darrell is very talented, and his talent shows here.

It sounds pretty much exactly like Kiss, but with the cheese factor turned way up, and a lead guitarist doing an impersonation of Randy Rhodes. But even if this was produced well, it would still be horrendous, as the music is enough to keep it so. The bass is practically unintelligible, the guitars are obnoxiously fuzzy and the vocals are buried beneath the rest of the music. The production on this thing is so low budget and flat that it makes Deathcrush by Mayhem sound well-produced. Most of the music on here sounds like the members of Kiss had gone next to bankrupt, only to be forced by their record company to record an album on the spot, with no assistance with budget at all. Even by the standards of glam metal, this album is seriously poor. Seriously though, what the fuck is that thing? The music here is more coherent than the cover art, but it is hardly any better.

The title of this album alone is enough to make anyone cringe and the cover art is both confusing and hilarious. While I personally find the bulk of their work from this era to be overlooked and underapreciated, there is one album that definetly deserves all of the mockery that it is subjected to. Pantera's early work is often said to be best left forgotten, as it is basically on the exact opposite side of the metal spectrum from what the band would do in the 1990s.

Pantera metal magic songs