Pantera's 'Reinventing The Steel' Expanded For 20th Anniversary

Keavin Wiggins | 09-10-2020

Pantera's final album, "Reinventing The Steel," is being expanded for special anniversary reissues by Rhino to celebrate the record's 20th anniversary.

The new editions will be offered in a new 3-CD version that is set to be released on October 20th, followed by a double LP vinyl edition that will hit stores on January 8th.

The new two new versions will feature an unreleased mix of the album by longtime producer Terry Date. Here is the official word about the special reissues:

The first is Reinventing The Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition, a three-CD set that includes a newly remastered version of the original album and a selection of rarities. A major highlight is the new mix by Terry Date, the legendary producer who was behind the console for the band's previous four landmark albums: Cowboys From Hell (1990), Vulgar Display Of Power (1992), Far Beyond Driven (1994) and The Great Southern Trendkill (1996). The set will be released on October 30 and will also be available through digital and streaming services. Three of Date's new mixes ("Revolution Is My Name," "Death Rattle," and "We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time") are available today digitally.

Reinventing The Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition will also be released as a double-LP set on silver vinyl that features the new Terry Date mix on one album, plus eight rare bonus tracks making their vinyl debut on the other. Limited to 5,000 copies, the 180-gram audiophile vinyl collection comes in an embossed, foil jacket and will be available on January 8.

Philip Anselmo, Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul had already earned a #1 album and several Grammy nominations by the time Pantera began recording Reinventing The Steel in 1999. The album would prove to be a celebration of the skull-rattling strain of metal the quartet had cultivated through the years with songs like, "We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time", "Goddamn Electric" and "I'll Cast A Shadow". Certified gold and embraced by fans and critics alike, the album would unexpectedly become the band's last.

The three-CD and digital versions open with an unreleased mix of the album by Terry Date, who had been helping Pantera perfect its piledriving sound since 1990. Date - who likes Sterling Winfield's original mix of the album - says he was initially apprehensive about remixing Reinventing The Steel for this reissue. Eventually, he agreed knowing that diehard fans would be curious to hear his take on the album. He says, "...I'm just trying to remember what we used to do as I'm going through this stuff. But the riffs and performances are strong. It's just classic Pantera."

The CD and digital collections also include a newly remastered version of the original album, which was co-produced by Darrell, Vinnie, and Winfield. It's joined by radio edits for singles ("Revolution Is My Name", "Goddamn Electric"); covers (Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" and "Hole In The Sky", Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever"); soundtrack contributions ("Avoid The Light", "Immortally Insane"); and previously unreleased instrumental rough mixes for every album track.
Stream the Terry Date Mix of "Revolution Is My Name" and see the tracklsitings below:

Reinventing The Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition 3CD tracklisting:

Disc One: New Terry Date Mix
"Hellbound"
"Goddamn Electric"
"Yesterday Don't Mean Sh*t"
"You've Got To Belong To It"
"Revolution Is My Name"
"Death Rattle"
"We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time"
"Uplift"
"It Makes Them Disappear"
"I'll Cast A Shadow"

Disc Two: Original Album Remastered
"Hellbound"
"Goddamn Electric"
"Yesterday Don't Mean Sh*t"
"You've Got To Belong To It"
"Revolution Is My Name"
"Death Rattle"
"We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time"
"Uplift"
"It Makes Them Disappear"
"I'll Cast A Shadow"

Bonus tracks:
"Goddamn Electric" - Radio Mix
"Revolution Is My Name" - Radio Edit
"I'll Cast A Shadow" - Radio Edit
"Goddamn Electric" - Radio Edit

Disc Three: Bonus Tracks

Non-Album Tracks & Covers
"Avoid The Light"
"Immortally Insane"
"Cat Scratch Fever"
"Hole In The Sky"
"Electric Funeral"

Instrumental Rough Mixes
"Hellbound" *
"Goddamn Electric" *
"Yesterday Don't Mean Sh*t" *
"You've Got To Belong To It" *
"Revolution Is My Name" *
"Death Rattle" *
"We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time" *
"Uplift" *
"It Makes Them Disappear" *
"I'll Cast A Shadow" *

Reinventing The Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition 2LP tracklisting:

LP One: New Terry Date Mix
Side One
"Hellbound"
"Goddamn Electric"
"Yesterday Don't Mean Sh*t"
"You've Got To Belong To It"
"Revolution Is My Name"

Side Two
"Death Rattle"
"We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time"
"Uplift"
"It Makes Them Disappear"
"I'll Cast A Shadow"

LP Two: Bonus Tracks
Side One
"Avoid The Light"
"Immortally Insane"
"Cat Scratch Fever"
"Hole In The Sky"

Side Two
"Electric Funeral"
"Goddamn Electric" - Radio Mix
"Revolution Is My Name" - Radio Edit
"I'll Cast A Shadow" - Radio Edit

* previously unreleased