Album · Pantera
Reinventing the Steel by Pantera
Reinventing the Steel is an album by Pantera, released in 2000. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Revolution is My Name”, on 1 list with a best position of #38.
Reinventing the Steel, Pantera's ninth and final studio album, came out on March 21, 2000, on Elektra and East West, and for all the trouble inside the band it hits like a freight train. Dimebag Darrell is credited as producer, and he, his brother Vinnie Paul on drums, Rex Brown on bass and Phil Anselmo on vocals lock into the groove metal they had pioneered: riffs that stomp rather than gallop, drums like a pile driver, and "Revolution Is My Name" as the snarling centerpiece.
The band behind those riffs was coming apart. Anselmo's heroin addiction had led to a near-fatal overdose in 1996, the tensions never healed, and after this record the group splintered, with Anselmo off pursuing side projects. It drew good reviews but became their only major-label album not to go platinum, and it's the last studio album with the Abbott brothers, who died in 2004 and 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Reinventing the Steel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revolution is My Name | 1 | #38 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.