Terry had done the previous 4 Pantera albums ( Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power, Far Beyond Driven, and Great Southern Trendkill). What we have with this anniversary edition is a new 2020 remix done by Terry Date. WHich is probably why the original mx sounds like it does. Reinventing the Steel was (and still is) an amazing album from start to finish and surprising it was ever completed due to all the bitching and backbiting that was going on at that time.
Check out the lyrical content of tracks “ We’ll Grind that Axe for a Long Time” (about keeping themselves “true”, while many of their peers “sucked up for the fame”) and “I’ll Cast a Shadow”(citing their influence on groove metal). Love them or hate them, Pantera helped change the sound of Metal at a time when it was needed and they knew it. It’s hard to fathom that Re-Inventing the Steelis 20 years old and Panteras’ final studio record.
