I. Will NEVER. Get tired of seeing reactors do this song!! Especially when this song is their 1st taste of Pantera. Hell of a rabbithole. Let's go! RIP Dime and Vinnie!
Agreed, although it's a bit saddening that people keep choosing the music video (no criticism to them, can't really know as a blind reactor) when this song has one of the best intros of any metal song, just cut out for the sake of time in the music video. Oh well, still a great piece to react to.
Couldn't agree more. This song brings back so many memories for me from high school, bringing out some F'in emotions for me, and I'm no emotional guy in any way, shape, or form.
Should have done the official studio version. The music video removes the entire beginning and first verse of the song. It's gorgeous, you would have loved it.
Cemetery Gates is a masterpiece. Tight, complex, ferocious, and melodic. Not easy to nail all that in one song. I'm not a big metal guy - but this is beautiful. A work of art.
"The guitar is like another voice" is the best way to describe how Dimebag Darrell played guitar. He was the best at what he did! Also, Phil Anselmo's vocals are insane on this entire album. From the aggressive metal vocals, to beautiful cleans, to Rob Halford-style highs. "Cowboys from Hell" is such a landmark album.
Someone said it before, but your analysis makes us old fans of these bands listen to their songs with fresh ears. It's like rediscovering details that have always been there, thank you very much.
I had a bandmate who was a soprano the way She was hearing this songs and Little things She pointed out always surprised me. It educated me to listen to certain songs differently and yeah i unferstood alot from hanging out with here. I was a lead guitarist in that band we were covering lots of symphonic metal during that time. She loved Tarja of nightwish.
just my own thoughts, thanks Mister! Been listening to Pantera (and others) since 1990- ... and even shook hands with Pantera guys in Moscow Tushino concert (where worked as translator for the sound crew) ;)
@@Boozin1972 I just read your comment, I also saw them live, in Caracas. I think we can say we are lucky, well you are a bit luckier, I was never that close to them. 🤝
"Cowboys From Hell" and "This Love" are also great examples of Phil Anselmo's vocal range. You will also enjoy Dimebag Darrell's guitar riffs in both songs! Keep 'em coming Bethany!
actually all their stuff before Cowboys From hell shows Phil amazing voice. They have four albums pre Cowboys and Phil has alot of soaring Rob Halford vocals in those early spandex years. There are great YT live videos of them back in teh 80's and Phil goes crazy powerhouse on the vocals.
This lady is so beautiful she has such inquisitive lovely nature and she is so grateful of so much of this terrific art . I bet she is a joy to be around ..
What a pleasure watching someone discover Pantera for the first time! "This Love" is one you have to listen to. This showcases Phil's range and power perfectly.
Abso freaking lutely! Lol and starting on cemetary gates. Youre pointing out not only what Phil is doing, but i like how you mentioned something...its really cool watching peoples first time getting to hear some of the best EVER WRITTEN
The moment her face says "WTF is happening" is why I love to watch people reacting to this music I grew up on and appreciate so much. And the analysis just allows me to appreciate it a bit more. Thank you and rock on!!!
I saw Pantera live in a small club in Virginia Beach when this album dropped and i was in my early 20s. It was SO LOUD but the vocals just floated out over the crowd so clear and perfect. People were moshing and crowd surfing and it was incredible. I will never forget that performance. I am a 56 year old grandma now and i still rock out to Pantera. RIP Dimebag.
Had a similar experience in Minneapolis at about the same time (mid 90's I believe, maybe earlier). Plenty of stage diving, crowd surfing, and moshing - Including Phil! It was one of the most awesome concerts I ever went to. RIP Dimebag - LONG LIVE PANTERA!
I think you can tell he’s a pretty distinct baritone even on this song from the lower parts, but his range was fantastic in the day. His speaking voice is super low though.
It wasn't a mainstream song. They really only had one mainstream song, which is sad considering how great they are. I could never get over how Metallica seemed to overshadow them, at least in the mainstream. @RancorousSea
This is made all the more wild if you ever hear his speaking voice which sounds like a dump truck driving slowly down a coarse gravel road. RIP "DimeBag" Darrell Abbott who was murdered on stage in 2004, ending the life of one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time. And his brother and amazing drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott who died of heart failure in 2018. Phill and Rex have recreated Pantera with the help of Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.
Very accurate description of Phil's speaking voice 😁 When she said his diction was so clear, I couldn't help but think about some interviews I heard where he was mumbling in that deep baritone voice so much I felt like enabling Closed Captions
Pantera is my favorite band of all time and Cemetery Gates is one of my favorite songs. I got emotional watching your reaction to this song (and so many others like Metallica and Tool) and hearing you describe the depth and complexity of the music and vocals. I REALLY appreciate your reaction videos!
Oh man, I laughed my butt off when this came into my subscription notifications. You are officially going down the path of a metalhead by listening to Pantera 😂 On behalf of all metalheads, we apologize for turning your channel into an analysis of metal and rock music LOL We hope you are enjoying some of it!!
@@evilwithin32come on don't be that guy. Groove metal, thrash metal dude who cares is banger music that was his own thing at some point and it hasn't lost it's magic till this day
Great reaction!! I was lucky enough to play in a band that opened up for Pantera when they toured for this album back in 1991. We played with them and Suicidal Tendencies at the Stone in San Francisco back in August of 1991. The guys from Pantera were great guys and super gracious that night.
Suicidal was great. Shut the door w/ Trujillo incorporating funk so well. Just watched the Jaco doc recently and Trujillo produced. Awesome job. I’d like to mention I was making bass loops mid-80’s and everyone kept asking me to play lower on the neck. Wish I realized then my ADHD suits guitar a lot more.
Was at that show and while you guys and ST were amazing, Pantera blew the doors off that night! They also got me and my brothers from Ft Ord in on their guest list as the show was sold out when we got there
Phil's voice is amazing, and this song comes straight from the heart. I love how you get his and Dimebags duet on this, because it's such a monent. Darrell could shred like EVH but new when not to play a note like Peter Green . Rip Vinie a Darrell!
You are my favorite Cemetery Gates reaction. It reminds me of watching a teenage girl get smitten with her first big crush, who before that day wouldn't have looked twice at the person, and then the light bulb goes off. I was lucky enough to see these guys as a teen in the mid- to late 90s. Phil's voice is amazing. His speaking voice is so deep that you wouldn't think he was capable of hitting notes like that, but that is what makes him special.
Like "Butta" ... love it! "This Love" will serve you some more of that butter. "Cowboys From Hell" or "Walk" or "5 Minutes Alone" are good examples of his harsh vocals
I don't think I've ever heard anybody put it that way - the guitar is the other person screaming back to main character in the song's story. That is deep
Your expressions the whole time was like a kid getting their first bicycle. Fabulous! I could hardly wait for the closing notes......but it was worth it.
So glad you started with this one. It really showcases all that Phil could do vocally. Dude was much more than just a screamer. Had a phenomenal voice.
I get Goosebumps every time I hear the end of that song Dime making that guitar saying. A part of my Teenage years. that is gone forever. Rest in peace Vinny and dime
As an old (can't believe I'm saying that) 80's and 90's metal and alternative fan, your analysis and reactions brings joy to me while watching. It's nice to see the younger generation (younger than mine) appreciate the music I grew up with. I've probably watched more of your videos than some and less than most, but it's always a pleasure. They bring me back to my youth. Thank you!
3:57 This was one of Pantera’s superpowers that people don’t recognize often enough. The band was incredibly tight and their crisp sound added so much to what made them sound as good as they did. Other bands that try to replicate it end up sounding muddy like you said. Sometimes it’s bad mixing but usually it’s just a lack of the technical skill and cohesiveness that these fellas had.
One of the greatest bands I ever saw in concert. It didn't matter the size of the crowd, they crushed it and put out the same powerful music. Great reaction video as always.
I was stationed at Ft. Sill, OK USA between 1986-1989. I think Pantera is from Arlington Texas, which isn't that far away. I saw Pantera probably 2x a year during that time. They used to regularly play this tiny club in Lawton, OK (which was the city that Ft. Sill was attached to). I didn't even really like metal all that much back then, but they were so good, so tight, so cool to the audience. There were giant humans who'd pull anyone out who fell in the pit, it felt like a great house party. Those guys would talk to anyone who'd go out and smoke a cigarette with them.
As soon as I hit play I knew it was the video version; absolutely second on a full version of the song. The build-up to the drop into the groove is what makes "Groove Metal" a thing. And Pantera are the kings of groove metal!
Loved Pantera and Anselmo's voice since the beginning! Love that you love it! It's one of my favorite Pantera songs. The guitar riff is epic and timeless.
Every person in this band is a piece of magic that makes this incredible band so iconic. All the band members have other music projects that I highly recommend you check out! 🤩
The ending voice-guitar duo reminds me of act of crying. Phil’s voice is the exhalation phase and Darrel’s squealing rift is the inhalation. Such emotion!
I was watching Headbangers Ballroom when Ricky Rachman introduced this new band from Texas (I'm from Texas). They quickly replaced Metallica and Megadeth as my favorite metal band!
I love your technical analytical separation of sound and terminology. Some of which I've never heard before. Your reaction to Pantera was the way I reacted to hearing, or listening, to them for the first time. It was truly biblical, or spiritual. I didn't become a metal head/head banger until much later in my life. So I really missed out on the evolution of metal. I certainly have a greater appreciation of how talented and gifted these artists were/are today than I would have in the 80s and 90s. Rock on !!🤘
Greatest band that ever lived, and i’ll die on this hill. I love these types of videos and seeing the appreciation from people who might not normally listen to this style of music.
GAH! The guitar solo in this song is soooooooo good. Starts out all melodic and lyrical then just shifts into shred mode. Still one of my favorite songs.
Cowboys era Phil is the greatest metal vocalist of all time. Mix that with the greatest metal guitarist of all time, the unflappable freight train that is Vinnie / Rex rhythm...we will never see this again in our lives. RIP Vinnie, RIP Dime, RIP Pantera.
Hi Bethany, Love your channel and your breakdown of the music. Just fantastic. You made a comment about how you shouldn't be surprised by the great vocals, musicianship of the band etc. I commend you for giving it all a go, because most people just say..."oh it's metal, it's just a bunch of screaming..." but as you are experiencing there is a tremendous amount of talent out there in this genre. Lot's more to discover. keep up the great work.
I discovered this song accidentally on itunes at 14 or so on itunes radio as I was getting into metal. in the years following, i would meet all the members of pantera thru tours, friends in radio and music industry. i met dime 3 weeks before he was shot. met vinnie and chad years later, and rex and phil on two different tours. rest in peace to the abbots. this song hit so hard when i first heard it
I assume that for everyone like me, who heard this song before, it took a lot of willpower not to skip to the end. The first time I heard the duelling banjos bit between Phil’s voice and Dimebag’s pinched harmonics my mind was blown. Always fun to see a first time reaction to that.
Phil has thrown down more vocal styles and sounds through the decades than any other metal singer, by far. From all of Pantera's discography, Down, En Minor, Superjoint Ritual and Scour, he's covered a huge range of sonic territory.
Dimebag Darrell was awesome, it was sad to hear when he was killed, and just the fact that he was shot and killed on stage during a concert with his band Damageplan, along with their head of security, a fan and an employee at the venue they were playing at, by a deranged fan of Damageplan is insane. RIP Dimebag
This was an emotional rollercoaster. Super excited to see you react to one of Pantera's best songs. And immediately deflated when the video skips the first 1/3 of the song with the gorgeous intro. But the faces you made during Dimebag's solo and Phil's vocals at the end were worth it. Please tell me you sought out the album version afterwards.
The funny thing is, is that a lot of the bands/singers you’ve reviewed aren’t trained. They just sing like that. I recently watched your Metallica One review and all of your Triumph videos, whom I love very much. These guys were just awesome at being awesome.
Everybody in Pantera, were among the very best in the world, at each of their jobs. The craziest thing about them, is how Phil has outlived both Dime and Vinnie. Dime lived a wild and crazy life, but Phil, made Dime look like a Saint.
@@purplebull582you got me on that! Lol. How tough is a guy, who OD's and dies on a stage one night, then goes right back on stage again the very next night, to do a show again?! It would have been impressive, had he just walked out on stage, sat down in a chair and sang. To go out there, and put on a the kind of performance, that Phil always did back then, is on some next level of badassery, that probably doesnt even have a name yet! Seriously though, I think Phil was too tough for his own good. You cant do what he did every single night, and it not do physical and mental damage, over a period of time.
Got to see them twice in 96’ 🤘🏼 Here’s some other songs you should react to by Pantera! ~ Walk ~ This Love ~ The Sleep ~ Hollow ~ Domination “LIVE” ~ Mouth for War!!!! Pantera is like Alice In Chains where every album sounds completely different from the others.
it's really fun to watch someone start to understand why we like metal. we listen to are our favorite songs/albums/bands over and over, and it seems there is always something new to discover.
Damn, you should hear Phil talk nowadays. He's the most honest brutal dude ever. Its a shame what happened to Dime, and you know it breaks Phil's heart. He's out there carrying the spirit to this day. Getcha pull.
I love this! What a great analysis. Pantera is my favorite, but Phil is a man of many bands! You probably wont like his vocals in some of them because he does so many styles. You should listen to his southern rock/metal band Down and his band En Minor. Maybe try Where I'm Going or Beneath the Tides by Down and Knock Me Cold by En Minor. So many great, great songs and vocals.
You have great breakdowns in the music and vocals, And for us Pantera fans knowing what was coming at the end was just exciting to see your reaction that we don't get to feel anymore I'm jealous that you got to experience it all for the first time
What I love about Phil, is that is true vocals and his false vocal chords line up almost seamlessly. He can push and there's no line between the two. Like you said, he dived into that pharyngeal front placement, but, he STILL sounded like himself. ALL of his voices sound like him.
I just really enjoy this reaction because you did a plus and it's the musical appreciation you do in here. That's the real way to listening to any kind of good music, stop, rewind and listen again. I got suscribed. Thank you.
The anxiety of knowing what you are about to hear Phil belt out is torture 😂 This song was a show of his almost full range. Only a few of these, most others are just brutal groove metal assaults of ear pleasure 😊
It's amazing that you feel in love with Dimes playing. I wasn't expecting that. But his playing is insanely unique in his own right. So that was awesome.
Im 19yrs old,driving down 99 on my way to Bakersfield with my cousin. The radio announced a concert that night in Fresno and played this song...we pulled off and watched the show up front. Thus started my lifelong respect for Pantera and Zach
I. Will NEVER. Get tired of seeing reactors do this song!! Especially when this song is their 1st taste of Pantera. Hell of a rabbithole. Let's go!
RIP Dime and Vinnie!
Agreed, although it's a bit saddening that people keep choosing the music video (no criticism to them, can't really know as a blind reactor) when this song has one of the best intros of any metal song, just cut out for the sake of time in the music video. Oh well, still a great piece to react to.
I lived in Arlington, Tx, and was very lucky to see them live several times. And even got to go bowling with them about 3am drunk off my A$$ lmao
yes
I came here to say exactly that!@@herpyderpy4366
Couldn't agree more.
This song brings back so many memories for me from high school, bringing out some F'in emotions for me, and I'm no emotional guy in any way, shape, or form.
Should have done the official studio version. The music video removes the entire beginning and first verse of the song. It's gorgeous, you would have loved it.
I hate the official music video for this exact reason. It ruins the atmosphere of the song.
Yes, for sure, this version is like a radio edit, i hate when great music or art gets chopped up or censored, it should NEVER hapen
@@zenunesmartinsno doubt. Could you imagine if they decided to change Stairway to Heaven just to shorten for radio.
Exactly
Yep, bad version to react. The song is completely mangled.
No one ever talks about “Shattered ” off this album. Phil’s vocals on it are insane.
Shattered is probably the best example of Phil's vocals on cowboys.
It's a fuckin ripper for sure.
Dude yes, phil goes insane from start to finish on that one!
@@adameves5970TO be fair, every song on Cowboys is a ripper :D
He also goes a half step higher on it.
I would also put Medicine Man up there!
Cemetery Gates is a masterpiece. Tight, complex, ferocious, and melodic. Not easy to nail all that in one song.
I'm not a big metal guy - but this is beautiful. A work of art.
Everybody relates,Everybody knows death!
I was waiting for Phil to hit that note so I could see the look on her face! Priceless! 😂😭
RIGHT? me too, I was specifically looking for Gates in her vids 🤣
Me too
@@KafkaInTX But also watching her face during the Dimebag solo, it was even better!
Yes... what is she thinking... what is she wanting... 😇
"The guitar is like another voice" is the best way to describe how Dimebag Darrell played guitar. He was the best at what he did!
Also, Phil Anselmo's vocals are insane on this entire album. From the aggressive metal vocals, to beautiful cleans, to Rob Halford-style highs. "Cowboys from Hell" is such a landmark album.
I would say his highs are more Bruce Dickinson than Rob Halford.
RIP Dime
You need to listen to Chuck Billy from testament song trail of tears
Halford, definitely. Far more than Dickinson. The quality of vocal distortion is closer to Rob's.
@@sethcashman1011agree is more Halford than Dickinson
Someone said it before, but your analysis makes us old fans of these bands listen to their songs with fresh ears. It's like rediscovering details that have always been there, thank you very much.
I had a bandmate who was a soprano the way She was hearing this songs and Little things She pointed out always surprised me. It educated me to listen to certain songs differently and yeah i unferstood alot from hanging out with here. I was a lead guitarist in that band we were covering lots of symphonic metal during that time. She loved Tarja of nightwish.
just my own thoughts, thanks Mister! Been listening to Pantera (and others) since 1990- ... and even shook hands with Pantera guys in Moscow Tushino concert (where worked as translator for the sound crew) ;)
@@Boozin1972 I just read your comment, I also saw them live, in Caracas. I think we can say we are lucky, well you are a bit luckier, I was never that close to them. 🤝
Nooo, I like seeing her find what I've heard for years.
totally agree
"Cowboys From Hell" and "This Love" are also great examples of Phil Anselmo's vocal range. You will also enjoy Dimebag Darrell's guitar riffs in both songs! Keep 'em coming Bethany!
Yes, "This Love" would be another good song to investigate.
actually all their stuff before Cowboys From hell shows Phil amazing voice. They have four albums pre Cowboys and Phil has alot of soaring Rob Halford vocals in those early spandex years. There are great YT live videos of them back in teh 80's and Phil goes crazy powerhouse on the vocals.
Drag yhe water
And then Fking Hostile just to set the tone. Read the lyrics.
And then Fking Hostile just to set the tone. Read the lyrics.
The ending of this song is epic - Phil’s screams being replicated by Dimebags guitar - amazing!
This lady is so beautiful she has such inquisitive lovely nature and she is so grateful of so much of this terrific art . I bet she is a joy to be around ..
Yeah. Definitely a woman you would want spend time with.i like her too
You just witnessed Pantera perfection 🤘🤘🤘 R.I.P. Dime and Vinnie
What a pleasure watching someone discover Pantera for the first time! "This Love" is one you have to listen to. This showcases Phil's range and power perfectly.
Abso freaking lutely! Lol and starting on cemetary gates. Youre pointing out not only what Phil is doing, but i like how you mentioned something...its really cool watching peoples first time getting to hear some of the best EVER WRITTEN
The moment her face says "WTF is happening" is why I love to watch people reacting to this music I grew up on and appreciate so much. And the analysis just allows me to appreciate it a bit more. Thank you and rock on!!!
I saw Pantera live in a small club in Virginia Beach when this album dropped and i was in my early 20s. It was SO LOUD but the vocals just floated out over the crowd so clear and perfect. People were moshing and crowd surfing and it was incredible. I will never forget that performance. I am a 56 year old grandma now and i still rock out to Pantera. RIP Dimebag.
i also saw them at the boathouse
Had a similar experience in Minneapolis at about the same time (mid 90's I believe, maybe earlier). Plenty of stage diving, crowd surfing, and moshing - Including Phil! It was one of the most awesome concerts I ever went to. RIP Dimebag - LONG LIVE PANTERA!
And Vinnie Paul
Peppermint Beach Club on 17th street. I was there
Boathouse was awesome, White Zombie and Anthrax
That smile during dimebag’s solo, happens in every cemetery gates reaction.
And when you hear how deep
his speaking voice is, you're even more blown away
I agree completely.
I wish he still had that range..it was something for sure
I think you can tell he’s a pretty distinct baritone even on this song from the lower parts, but his range was fantastic in the day. His speaking voice is super low though.
With decades of hard partying, smoking, and ZERO vocal training; it's pretty crazy he still has a voice!
@@JoeyJoJoJr0for real
Never fails. People who know music, but rarely listen to metal, find these great metal performances so exhilarating.
It wasn't a mainstream song. They really only had one mainstream song, which is sad considering how great they are. I could never get over how Metallica seemed to overshadow them, at least in the mainstream. @RancorousSea
This is made all the more wild if you ever hear his speaking voice which sounds like a dump truck driving slowly down a coarse gravel road. RIP "DimeBag" Darrell Abbott who was murdered on stage in 2004, ending the life of one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time. And his brother and amazing drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott who died of heart failure in 2018. Phill and Rex have recreated Pantera with the help of Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.
Very accurate description of Phil's speaking voice 😁
When she said his diction was so clear, I couldn't help but think about some interviews I heard where he was mumbling in that deep baritone voice so much I felt like enabling Closed Captions
About what I was going to say, lol
If you havent heard his band En Minor, the vocals are all low baritone bordering on bass like his speaking voice.
@@Zhgarrlike Ozzy, you understand every syllable he sings but when he talks, forget it!!! Incredible
The look on her face when Dime started making the guitar sing….
Who just waited patiently for the GATES
YES!!! I could not wait for her to hear i!!!
As soon as she said "official music video", I said "NOPE I'M OUT"
I was like just let it play, you haven't got to it yet.
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATESSSSSSSSSSS
No rewind at the "Gates"? I'm a liitle bit dissapointed. 🤣
Pantera is my favorite band of all time and Cemetery Gates is one of my favorite songs. I got emotional watching your reaction to this song (and so many others like Metallica and Tool) and hearing you describe the depth and complexity of the music and vocals. I REALLY appreciate your reaction videos!
Literally one of the best metal songs of all time!!
Amazing song. Floods will always be my favorite though. Hits me every time.
@jamesevans2073 Another great one!! On Floods, the little outro melody is the icing on the cake. So simple, yet so beautiful.
Pantera carried the metal scene in the 90s
By far my favorite Pantera jam.
Oh man, I laughed my butt off when this came into my subscription notifications. You are officially going down the path of a metalhead by listening to Pantera 😂 On behalf of all metalheads, we apologize for turning your channel into an analysis of metal and rock music LOL We hope you are enjoying some of it!!
Hahaha agreed..
@@evilwithin32come on don't be that guy. Groove metal, thrash metal dude who cares is banger music that was his own thing at some point and it hasn't lost it's magic till this day
Her reaction is so cute!
Great reaction!! I was lucky enough to play in a band that opened up for Pantera when they toured for this album back in 1991. We played with them and Suicidal Tendencies at the Stone in San Francisco back in August of 1991. The guys from Pantera were great guys and super gracious that night.
Which band?! 😎
@@johndinsdale4454 Hate.
Suicidal was great. Shut the door w/ Trujillo incorporating funk so well. Just watched the Jaco doc recently and Trujillo produced. Awesome job. I’d like to mention I was making bass loops mid-80’s and everyone kept asking me to play lower on the neck. Wish I realized then my ADHD suits guitar a lot more.
Was at that show and while you guys and ST were amazing, Pantera blew the doors off that night! They also got me and my brothers from Ft Ord in on their guest list as the show was sold out when we got there
Thats a great typo lol I just picture you all going for sandwiches after the show and the staff was super awesome lol
Phil's voice is amazing, and this song comes straight from the heart. I love how you get his and Dimebags duet on this, because it's such a monent. Darrell could shred like EVH but new when not to play a note like Peter Green .
Rip Vinie a Darrell!
No one sings like Phil except DIMEBAG!
You are my favorite Cemetery Gates reaction. It reminds me of watching a teenage girl get smitten with her first big crush, who before that day wouldn't have looked twice at the person, and then the light bulb goes off. I was lucky enough to see these guys as a teen in the mid- to late 90s. Phil's voice is amazing. His speaking voice is so deep that you wouldn't think he was capable of hitting notes like that, but that is what makes him special.
That ending is legendary. These high notes hits the soul!!!
100%
gAAAAaAates
Every time. You feel it…. Every time.
It is! There was one part when she said "Uhh I want him to hold that note" oh you just wait until then end lol, you will get it.
With that 'clarity' in his voice, and the fact it's also like 'butter', presumably means that Phil Anselmo's voice is like clarified butter.
Philip “Ghee” Anselmo
That guy is ghee?
So much better than calcified butter.
The math checks out.
@@michaelrains64295 The O Ghee.
Like "Butta" ... love it! "This Love" will serve you some more of that butter. "Cowboys From Hell" or "Walk" or "5 Minutes Alone" are good examples of his harsh vocals
the end of this song always tears me up the screams and the guitar yelling back.
I don't think I've ever heard anybody put it that way - the guitar is the other person screaming back to main character in the song's story. That is deep
Never apologize for replying PANTERA. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Your expressions the whole time was like a kid getting their first bicycle. Fabulous! I could hardly wait for the closing notes......but it was worth it.
So glad you started with this one. It really showcases all that Phil could do vocally. Dude was much more than just a screamer. Had a phenomenal voice.
The songs on Power Metal (the previous album) showcase what Phil could do vocally.
@InsaneWayne355
Is not was!
Pantera has a whole catalog of amazing music. Buckle up
I get Goosebumps every time I hear the end of that song Dime making that guitar saying. A part of my Teenage years. that is gone forever. Rest in peace Vinny and dime
As an old (can't believe I'm saying that) 80's and 90's metal and alternative fan, your analysis and reactions brings joy to me while watching. It's nice to see the younger generation (younger than mine) appreciate the music I grew up with. I've probably watched more of your videos than some and less than most, but it's always a pleasure. They bring me back to my youth. Thank you!
3:57 This was one of Pantera’s superpowers that people don’t recognize often enough. The band was incredibly tight and their crisp sound added so much to what made them sound as good as they did. Other bands that try to replicate it end up sounding muddy like you said. Sometimes it’s bad mixing but usually it’s just a lack of the technical skill and cohesiveness that these fellas had.
One of the greatest bands I ever saw in concert. It didn't matter the size of the crowd, they crushed it and put out the same powerful music. Great reaction video as always.
I was stationed at Ft. Sill, OK USA between 1986-1989. I think Pantera is from Arlington Texas, which isn't that far away. I saw Pantera probably 2x a year during that time. They used to regularly play this tiny club in Lawton, OK (which was the city that Ft. Sill was attached to). I didn't even really like metal all that much back then, but they were so good, so tight, so cool to the audience. There were giant humans who'd pull anyone out who fell in the pit, it felt like a great house party. Those guys would talk to anyone who'd go out and smoke a cigarette with them.
Their energy was infectious and all consuming. It was like being sucked into an F5 tornado for 90 minutes. Incredible live performances.
MAKE SURE you listen even not on camera for the FULL version of this song which includes a 2min godly intro!!
As soon as I hit play I knew it was the video version; absolutely second on a full version of the song. The build-up to the drop into the groove is what makes "Groove Metal" a thing.
And Pantera are the kings of groove metal!
it is really huge shame that most reactor do the wrong version of this masterpiece. The intro is a mandatory setup for the complete song.
Yes!!! Please listen to the full album cut!!!
the dimesqueals are amazing
Yeah, I commented about this before reading your comment. The intro is absolutely god-tier.
He's an absolutely incredible vocalist, even today.
Pantera will always keep you guessing... I watched to the end knowing what was coming.🤘🤘
You are awesome! Your reviews make me hear all of my favorite songs over again for the first time with your deep dives. Thank you! ❤
Loved Pantera and Anselmo's voice since the beginning! Love that you love it! It's one of my favorite Pantera songs. The guitar riff is epic and timeless.
Since the beginning? This wasn't his beginning. They had album before this one called Power Metal with Phil on vocals.
Well, I didn't say this was the beginning, I said I have loved them since the beginning
Bethany, you are becoming quite the metalhead! Love it!
By her words and specially by her facial expressions I can say that we've got another soul to rock n' roll. Welcome to the team! \m/
Awesome reaction. Love how you let it play for a bit and then analyze. You're able to get the full effect that way
Every person in this band is a piece of magic that makes this incredible band so iconic. All the band members have other music projects that I highly recommend you check out! 🤩
Hell Yeah and Damage Plan. 🤘
Love all the side projects but Down NOLA is my pick for greatest metal album of all time. Find myself listening to it regularly to this day.
Your surprised facial expressions were a brilliant, enjoyable reaction all on their own. Great job!
The ending voice-guitar duo reminds me of act of crying. Phil’s voice is the exhalation phase and Darrel’s squealing rift is the inhalation. Such emotion!
I love reaction videos of how music i have loved my entire life blows their mind. Im 47 now and still love the music from my youth it never gets old.
Same
I was watching Headbangers Ballroom when Ricky Rachman introduced this new band from Texas (I'm from Texas). They quickly replaced Metallica and Megadeth as my favorite metal band!
I love your technical analytical separation of sound and terminology. Some of which I've never heard before. Your reaction to Pantera was the way I reacted to hearing, or listening, to them for the first time. It was truly biblical, or spiritual. I didn't become a metal head/head banger until much later in my life. So I really missed out on the evolution of metal. I certainly have a greater appreciation of how talented and gifted these artists were/are today than I would have in the 80s and 90s. Rock on !!🤘
Greatest band that ever lived, and i’ll die on this hill.
I love these types of videos and seeing the appreciation from people who might not normally listen to this style of music.
The greatest guitarist to ever live, one of the greatest bands of all time. Been my #1 to for 18 years
Song still gives me chills
GAH! The guitar solo in this song is soooooooo good. Starts out all melodic and lyrical then just shifts into shred mode. Still one of my favorite songs.
Cowboys era Phil is the greatest metal vocalist of all time. Mix that with the greatest metal guitarist of all time, the unflappable freight train that is Vinnie / Rex rhythm...we will never see this again in our lives. RIP Vinnie, RIP Dime, RIP Pantera.
Dime is not even remotely close to being the best metal guitarist
@@FuckUA-camAndGoogle LOL thanks...now I have to clean off the coffee I just spat at my screen laughing
@@davidristic3800 Most overrated guitarist since Jimi Hendrix.
It always brings tears to my eyes when I see someone discover the music I enjoyed soooo many years ago 🤘🏻🔥💥🙏🏻💯
Steve, I agree, I can't believe she hasn't listened to so many songs of our youth. I just found her channel. 🤘🎶🤘🎶
Hi Bethany, Love your channel and your breakdown of the music. Just fantastic. You made a comment about how you shouldn't be surprised by the great vocals, musicianship of the band etc. I commend you for giving it all a go, because most people just say..."oh it's metal, it's just a bunch of screaming..." but as you are experiencing there is a tremendous amount of talent out there in this genre. Lot's more to discover. keep up the great work.
I discovered this song accidentally on itunes at 14 or so on itunes radio as I was getting into metal. in the years following, i would meet all the members of pantera thru tours, friends in radio and music industry. i met dime 3 weeks before he was shot. met vinnie and chad years later, and rex and phil on two different tours. rest in peace to the abbots. this song hit so hard when i first heard it
you are awesome i love knowing these songs and watching ya face at certain points keep up the good work
It's hard to describe how much I truly enjoy watching first time Pantera reactions, especially for this song. It's truly magical.
I assume that for everyone like me, who heard this song before, it took a lot of willpower not to skip to the end. The first time I heard the duelling banjos bit between Phil’s voice and Dimebag’s pinched harmonics my mind was blown. Always fun to see a first time reaction to that.
Do you mean the trading off at the end of the song? If so, those are natural harmonics, just for future reference.
Love this channel!! You can see in her face sheer appreciation and joy! Great reaction 👍
She has great personality authentic she gets so excited and I love that
Phil has thrown down more vocal styles and sounds through the decades than any other metal singer, by far. From all of Pantera's discography, Down, En Minor, Superjoint Ritual and Scour, he's covered a huge range of sonic territory.
you are perfect
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Dimebag Darrell was awesome, it was sad to hear when he was killed, and just the fact that he was shot and killed on stage during a concert with his band Damageplan, along with their head of security, a fan and an employee at the venue they were playing at, by a deranged fan of Damageplan is insane. RIP Dimebag
I also love their cover of Planet Caravan, very versatile vocalist for sure.
One of the best covers ever.
This is Pantera's "pop" song and it is a full on banger. The best band I never got to see live, & my favorite. RIP Dime & Vinnie.
I absolutely love the way you analyze and describe music. Such great insight that helps me appreciate the music even more
Quite possibly one of the best songs ever ,reviewed by definitely the best reaction channel.
So glad to see you listening to and appreciating one of my favorite all time bands. \,,/ ❤
This song is a masterpiece on every level just one of the great songs by pantera one of the greatest metal bands of all time.
Instant subscribe - chills seeing Pantera through your eyes, ears and experience.
This was an emotional rollercoaster. Super excited to see you react to one of Pantera's best songs. And immediately deflated when the video skips the first 1/3 of the song with the gorgeous intro. But the faces you made during Dimebag's solo and Phil's vocals at the end were worth it. Please tell me you sought out the album version afterwards.
One of my favourite live bands! Loved your reaction and analysis, I hope you also take a look at "This Love" - sooo good!!
The funny thing is, is that a lot of the bands/singers you’ve reviewed aren’t trained. They just sing like that. I recently watched your Metallica One review and all of your Triumph videos, whom I love very much. These guys were just awesome at being awesome.
I agree it just comes natural to them
Everybody in Pantera, were among the very best in the world, at each of their jobs. The craziest thing about them, is how Phil has outlived both Dime and Vinnie. Dime lived a wild and crazy life, but Phil, made Dime look like a Saint.
Technically, Phil died first. They just revived him. I was at the very next show he did! He even made light of it! RIP Dimebag and Vinnie.
@@purplebull582you got me on that! Lol. How tough is a guy, who OD's and dies on a stage one night, then goes right back on stage again the very next night, to do a show again?! It would have been impressive, had he just walked out on stage, sat down in a chair and sang. To go out there, and put on a the kind of performance, that Phil always did back then, is on some next level of badassery, that probably doesnt even have a name yet! Seriously though, I think Phil was too tough for his own good. You cant do what he did every single night, and it not do physical and mental damage, over a period of time.
I love your videos so much. You are so insightful and it is a delight to re-experience this music with you anew.
Seeing them in the Bronco Bowl in Dallas was just surreal. The after party was incredible!!!
14:30 Here we go...
Makes me happy I was a teen in the 80's
You have a secret leather jacket in your closet I'm guessing 😂
Got to see them twice in 96’ 🤘🏼
Here’s some other songs you should react to by Pantera!
~ Walk
~ This Love
~ The Sleep
~ Hollow
~ Domination “LIVE”
~ Mouth for War!!!!
Pantera is like Alice In Chains where every album sounds completely different from the others.
Just gonna add Domination LIVE in Moscow ua-cam.com/video/aDACorIaxNw/v-deo.html
Seeing the joy on your face on the last vocal high note brought a literal tear to my eye. Pantera is so beautifully complicated and intricate.
it's really fun to watch someone start to understand why we like metal. we listen to are our favorite songs/albums/bands over and over, and it seems there is always something new to discover.
Damn, you should hear Phil talk nowadays. He's the most honest brutal dude ever. Its a shame what happened to Dime, and you know it breaks Phil's heart. He's out there carrying the spirit to this day. Getcha pull.
I love this! What a great analysis. Pantera is my favorite, but Phil is a man of many bands! You probably wont like his vocals in some of them because he does so many styles. You should listen to his southern rock/metal band Down and his band En Minor. Maybe try Where I'm Going or Beneath the Tides by Down and Knock Me Cold by En Minor. So many great, great songs and vocals.
Cry about it.
The crazy thing is that they started out as an 80s glam metal band.
You have great breakdowns in the music and vocals, And for us Pantera fans knowing what was coming at the end was just exciting to see your reaction that we don't get to feel anymore I'm jealous that you got to experience it all for the first time
I met them and they were so nice and humble…. Met Phil a bunch when I worked at the house of shock in nola…. Great guys rip dime and vinnie :(
RIP Darrell Abbott
It's been almost 20 years since we lost you and I think about you all the time
Pantera is EASILY top 5 all-time Metal bands! Do more from them them, but 90% of their catalog after this is definitely harder metal lol
“Fucking Hostile” 😂
Rip Dimebag and Vinnie Paul!
What I love about Phil, is that is true vocals and his false vocal chords line up almost seamlessly. He can push and there's no line between the two. Like you said, he dived into that pharyngeal front placement, but, he STILL sounded like himself. ALL of his voices sound like him.
The clear enthusiasm is sooo good.
I just really enjoy this reaction because you did a plus and it's the musical appreciation you do in here. That's the real way to listening to any kind of good music, stop, rewind and listen again. I got suscribed. Thank you.
The anxiety of knowing what you are about to hear Phil belt out is torture 😂 This song was a show of his almost full range. Only a few of these, most others are just brutal groove metal assaults of ear pleasure 😊
The only down side to this music video is the cut out of the intro.
Yeah...
It's amazing that you feel in love with Dimes playing. I wasn't expecting that. But his playing is insanely unique in his own right. So that was awesome.
Im 19yrs old,driving down 99 on my way to Bakersfield with my cousin. The radio announced a concert that night in Fresno and played this song...we pulled off and watched the show up front. Thus started my lifelong respect for Pantera and Zach
You should have better chosen the extended version... 😂