Is Pantera overrated or not?
 

I think they are very overrated in the world of metal.

lol

Of course.

IMO they released one great album (VDoP) and one good album (FBD) with one gawdawful track, GF&aBoP. The early albums are truly terrible.

I say just listen to their greatest hits albums and be done with them.

Yeah, but only because of the sheer number of people who think they're the best band of the 90s. I like Vulgar and Far Beyond Driven quite a bit though.

They have great instrumentals, but I always struggled to get past Anselmo's vocal delivery. so, yes they are overrated.

Subjective option aside;

All great players in their own right and as a unit,
Wrote some great music,
Inspired millions,
Played the largest metal show in history,
Created a sub-genre,
Breakdown to Domination

(IMO) Not overrated or underrated.

Calling something underrated or overrated is a subjective thing unto itself.

edited then

Asking "if the are overrated or not" is comparing your sentiment about the band against everyone else. You are comparing your opinion against other people's opinion. Opinions are subjective, ja. But you don't have to buy into everyone else's opinion.

Just for the heck of it I googled "metal bands 90s" and Pantera was listed 2nd in the returns. They were between Metallica @1 and Slayer @3. Even "Metalsucks" ranks Pantera at #2, between Crazy Town and Korn. The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the '90s Archives | MetalSucks

In general, against everyother Metal band, they rank up there but not as high as a 90s Metal band. Do you think they should?

I sort of have to agree with this. They all are really good musicians, and they created a LOT of good music, and they did inspire a lot of the heavier music today, especially in the groove metal genre though I wouldn't say it's limited to that. Where I sort of thought they were maybe a little bit overrated is probably in how they're perceived within metalhead communities. It's sort of like with Tool or Radiohead where there are people who have no off button where it comes to Pantera, and they ultimately compare the rest of the music world to them.

IMO they're more overrated than underrated, but if there was a neither option I would've or at least could've went with that.

'Power metal' > 90s pseudo-groove gay stuff.

They got some good **** but in general meh.

When they were still active, I'd say they were overrated, but I don't think that time has been very kind to those corny mother****ers. I'd say they're about adequately rated.

Ja, that's 100% subjective.

i still love this album, and especially this song. The outro solo is my favorite thing Dimebag ever did.

They have some great songs and did the groove metal thing better than most thrash bands did when they suddenly started playing slower. But I think they're inconsistent as ****.

+1

Only own VDOP. Based on that, NFW!

This.

I like Pantera, but overrated none the less. Like any good band from the 90's.

All good 90's bands are overrated? :confused:

It's very subjective. But yeah, probably.

Is Pantera overrated or not?. voted Yes.


Looks like I went with the crowd on this one :cool:

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Pantera Kick Arse !!!!

to bad there career got cut short .... but they laid down some solid records IMO

Pantera brought about change that metal needed oh so badly.
And no little thread saying they're overrated is gonna change that fact.
Or big thread for that matter.

What change?

spotify does not even have the Records pre CFH days ...... were they that bad LOL

Would a giant thread do it?

Couldn't help but bring change, he had a bag full of dimes.

I voted no.

I feel sort of bad about it because I can't stand Anselmo and am fairly ambivalent about Pantera musically.

That's gold (silver) right there. Can use that?

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Rated about right imho. Phil/Dime/Rex/Vinnie are very good at what they do. Also a Down fan.