Pantera/Villain
Power Metal/Only Time Will Tell
Bootleg 2 on 1 CD Release No Label
Power Metal originally released Metal Magic Records May 1988
Produced by Pantera, Mark Ferrari, & Jerry "The Eldin" Abbott
Only Time Will Tell EP released 12'' vinyl only Relentless Records 1986
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included
Lineage: My White Label Silver CD > E.A.C. (secure) > Wave 16 Bit > T.L.H. > Flac Level 8
01 Rock The World
02 Power Metal
03 We'll Meet Again
04 Over And Out
05 Proud To Be Loud
06 Down Below
07 Death Trap
08 Hard Ride
09 Burnnn
10 P.S.T.88
11 Kamikaze
12 Only Time Will Tell
13 Tie Your Mother Down (Queen Cover)
14 She'll Make You Fall (In Love)
15 Kids Of Crime
16 Just Close Your Eyes
17 Thrills In The Night
Tracks 01-10 Pantera Power Metal
Tracks 11-17 Villain Only Time Will Tell EP
Pantera
Philip Anselmo lead vocals, backing vocals
Diamond Darrell guitar, lead vocals "P.S.T.88"
Rex Rocker bass, tubular bells, backing vocals
Vinnie Paul drums, backing vocals
additional musicians:
Marc Ferrari (Keel) guitar, backing vocals "We'll Meet Again" & "Proud To Be Loud"
Jerry "The Eldin" Abbott (The Abbott Boy's Dad) keyboards
Villain:
Carl Albert (R.I.P.) vocals
Greg E. Noll (R.I.P.) guitars, piano, vocals
Leon B. Smith acoustic & electric guitars, vocals
Tommy Sisco bass, vocals
Rob Quillen drums, percussion
This is the first Pantera album to feature Philip Anselmo on lead vocals, It also marked a turn towards a heavier sound. Power Metal sounds more like Judas Priest than Def Leppard's On Through The Night, like the Terry Glaze era. The band has continually stated that the early records were just demos, not legitimate album releases. They also continually say they will never see a commercial release. So for all of you Pantera fans who wanted to to here them but couldn't find them, here you go. Power Metal sounds like a natural step between their Cowboys From Hell release and the 3 Glam albums with Terr Glaze. From Power Metal on, the band kept growing more and more heavy till they released one of the heaviest albums to hit The Billboard Charts. Far Beyond Driven was influenced by Death Metal, New Orleans Sludge Swamp Metal, and the Post-Thrash Groove Metal of Exhorder. The fans of both bands to this day go back and forth over who stole who's sound, Ehorder or Pantera. They are both great bands in my humble opinion.
At any rate Power Metal is a damn good album of Judas Priest influences filtered through the American West Coast Hair Metal. Villian's 7 tracks are pretty kick ass too. Their Heavy Metal take on Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down" is worth the download alone.
The Only Time Will Tell EP was the first release by Villain.
Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was murdered on stage December 8, 2004, he was 38.
Pantera drummer "Vinnie Paul" Vincent Paul Abbott died June 22, 2018 from heart disease, he was 54.
Villian guitarist Carl Albert died April 22, 1995 in a car accident, he was 33.
Villian guitarist Greg E. Noll died February 27, 2020 from complications of diabetes, he was 55
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