Power Metal (album)

Pantera's version was used as the party song in the theatrical cut of the 2001 film Donnie Darko, credited to "The Dead Green Mummies".

Drummer Vinnie Paul stated that the label wanted to "change our style and make us sound like Bon Jovi" which the band refused.

The band wrote new material and recorded demos around early 1989 that would later be included in their first major studio album, Cowboys from Hell, on July 24, 1990.

Atco Records were considering re-issuing the album, "if we sell three million of [Cowboys from Hell]", Paul stated.

Honestly, if people got past the image and whatnot of the bar-band hair bullshit that was going on in the late '80s, you would pretty much realize that it's a pretty solid metal record all around in the vein of Judas Priest ..."[18]In a UK Eonmusic interview with Rex Brown in 2021, he stated that the band, including himself, was against reissuing the album, alongside the earlier albums with Glaze.

[19] The past four glam albums were not considered a part of their history,[19] and do not appear on any digital streaming service, except the song "Proud to be Loud", was only distributed by Universal Music Group, due to its presence on movie titles.

"[22] He criticized the lyrics, remarking that they are "the biggest problem, showing none of the gutter poetry that [Phil] Anselmo would develop through time and instead reflecting a bland interest in all things 'rock'".

He went on to highlight Dimebag Darrell's guitar work, calling it "one of the more charming elements of the band's early sound" and that "he was obviously a very talented guitarist even then".