The sound production is also rather amaturish and thin sounding, which is not exactly something that helps on the listening experience either. The guys in the band were very young when they recorded "Metal Magic" and as the band had only existed since 1981, both the musicianship and especially the songwriting are pretty immature. Already this early on you could hear that this guy had a lot of talent. To my ears it´s Diamond Darrell´s guitar solos and general guitar playing that´s the most interesting feature on "Metal Magic". The band are relatively well playing and Terrence Lee Glaze has a decent voice and delivery. At this stage of their career Pantera were definitely second tier imitators and not first tier innovators like they would be in the nineties. The material are generally nothing out of the ordinary for the genre and seriously lacks in attitude, and you probably won´t be able to remember many of the tracks on the album when it´s finished playing. Stylistically the band play a melodic heavy rock/metal style, not too far removed from a band like Van Halen, but with the occasional glam metal edge thrown in. "Metal Magic" was produced by Jerry Abbott, who is the father of Diamond Darrell and Vinnie Paul and a respected country musicians in his own right.
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The band consisted of Terrence Lee Glaze (vocals), Rex Brown (bass), Diamond Darrell (guitars) and Vinnie Paul (drums). The album was released in June 1983 on the band´s own label, which like the album was also called Metal Magic. "Metal Magic" is the debut full-length studio album by US, Texas based heavy metal act Pantera.