LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Pantera found its growl
and groove on COWBOYS FROM HELL, a landmark album whose
bone-powdering intensity, razor-sharp riffing and pummeling
rhythmic assault represented a turning point in modern metal when
it was released in 1990. More than just Pantera's major label
debut, many consider this album to be the official debut of the
Pantera lineup with singer Philip
Anselmo, guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell
Abbott, his brother, drummer Vinnie
Paul and bassist Rex
Brown.
To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of COWBOYS FROM HELL, Rhino
rounds up a three-disc Ultimate Edition, a three-disc Deluxe
Edition, and a two-disc Expanded Edition. All three editions
include a newly remastered version of the original album along with
unreleased and rare live performances from the "Cowboys From Hell"
Tour.
The Ultimate and Deluxe Editions will also feature a disc of
unreleased demos for nearly every album track, plus, "The Will To
Survive," a previously unreleased song recorded during the album's
sessions.
"'The Will To Survive' is a great track. With so many killer
songs, it was hard to pick and choose the ones that should make our
major label debut," says Paul. "After hearing it for the first time
in about 20 years, its a pretty stellar performance and I am
definitely proud that it will see the light of day for all the die
hard Pantera fans around the world! It shows the true musical
diversity of the band at that time!"
The Deluxe and Expanded Editions of COWBOYS FROM HELL will be
released September 14 at all retail
outlets, including www.pantera.com and www.rhino.com. The Deluxe
Edition will be available for a suggested list price of
$29.98 (physical) and $17.99 (digital) and the Expanded Edition for
$19.98 (physical) and $12.99 (digital).
The Ultimate Edition will feature all three discs included in
the Deluxe Edition and will be housed in an intricate box including
several replica memorabilia pieces from the Cowboys era. The
Ultimate Edition will be available on November 23 and final pre-order details, as well
as the contents, will be unveiled soon on Pantera's Facebook
page.
Along with the remastered version of COWBOYS FROM HELL, all
three sets include a disc of live music recorded during the tour
for the album. It begins with seven unreleased performances from
Pantera's September 15, 1990
appearance at the Foundations Forum metal convention in
California, a show recorded for
radio broadcast but never released commercially. The remainder of
the disc contains the five-song EP Alive And Hostile, a
collection of performances recorded in 1991 at the Monsters of Rock
festival in Moscow that was
previously available only in Australia as part of a 1994 boxed set.
The Ultimate and Deluxe Editions of COWBOYS FROM HELL include a
third disc that contains the previously unreleased "The Will To
Survive," along with demos for 10 of the album's 12 songs,
including early versions of the title track, "Psycho Holiday," "The
Art Of Shredding" and "Cemetery Gates."
After being turned down "twenty-eight times by every major label
on the face of the earth," ATCO Records A&R rep Mark Ross saw the band when Hurricane Hugo
stranded him in Texas. The rest,
as they say, is history, including another seven years and over a
million miles of touring for COWBOYS to be certified Platinum (one
million album sales) by the RIAA.
The album's liner notes include essays by each of the band's
surviving members, producer Terry Date, and the aforementioned
Ross. Recalling the first time he saw Pantera, Ross writes, "By the
end of the first song, my jaw was on the floor. The sonic power of
it all—the attitude and the musicianship—blew me away. Basically,
you had to be an idiot to not think they're amazing. I mean, how
could you see these guys and not think, Holy shit!?"
For more information about COWBOYS FROM HELL, please contact
Jason Elzy in the Rhino Media
Relations Department, jason.elzy@rhino.com, 818-238-6220 or
Janie Hoffman at all things
possible, jhoffman@planetatp.com, 310-739-1445.
COWBOYS FROM HELL
Track Listing
Disc One – Ultimate, Deluxe, and Expanded
Editions
- "Cowboys From Hell"
- "Primal Concrete Sledge"
- "Psycho Holiday"
- "Heresy"
- "Cemetery Gates"
- "Domination"
- "Shattered"
- "Clash With Reality"
- "Medicine Man"
- "Message In Blood"
- "The Sleep"
- "The Art Of Shredding"
Disc Two – Ultimate, Deluxe, and Expanded
Editions
- "Domination" – Live*
- "Psycho Holiday" – Live*
- "The Art Of Shredding" – Live*
- "Cowboys From Hell" – Live*
- "Cemetery Gates" – Live*
- "Primal Concrete Sledge" – Live*
- "Heresy" – Live*
- "Domination" – Live, Alive And Hostile EP+
- "Primal Concrete Sledge" – Live, Alive And Hostile
EP+
- "Cowboys From Hell" – Live, Alive And Hostile EP+
- "Heresy" – Live, Alive And Hostile EP+
- "Psycho Holiday" – Live, Alive And Hostile EP+
Disc Three – Ultimate and Deluxe
Editions Only
- "The Will To Survive"*
- "Shattered" – Demo*
- "Cowboys From Hell" – Demo*
- "Heresy" – Demo*
- "Cemetery Gates" – Demo*
- "Psycho Holiday" – Demo*
- "Medicine Man" – Demo*
- "Message In Blood" – Demo*
- "Domination" – Demo*
- "The Sleep" – Demo*
- "The Art Of Shredding" – Demo*
* Previously Unreleased
+ Unreleased in the U.S.
SOURCE Rhino Entertainment