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Metal Magic
Metal Magic
Studio album by Pantera
Released	June 10, 1983
Studio	Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas
Genre	Glam metal; heavy metal; hard rock;
Length	39:37
Label	Metal Magic
Producer	Jerry Abbott & Pantera
Pantera chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[4]
The Daily Vault	C+^[5]
Metal Forces	8/10^[6]

Metal Magic is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on June 10, 1983 by Metal Magic Records.^[1] Like the band's next three releases, it is musically oriented toward a glam/heavy metal sound influenced by Kiss and Van Halen, rather than the groove metal style they became famous for playing in the 1990s. The album was released on the band's own label (also called Metal Magic) and produced by Jerry Abbott (under the alias "The Eld'n"), a noted country music songwriter and producer, and father of "Diamond" Darrell and Vince Abbott, who were 16 and 19 years old, respectively, at the time of release.

Reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia gave Metal Magic a largely negative ranking of 1.5 stars out of a possible 5. He described the album as "exceedingly average hard rock and metal misfires" with only two promising songs in "I'll Be Alright" and "Widowmaker". Furthermore, the album's "strongest asset" even in these early years was Dimebag Darrell's guitar playing.^[3]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.^[7]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ride My Rocket"	Vince Abbott Darrell Abbott	4:55
2.	"I'll Be Alright"	V. Abbott D. Abbott	3:13
3.	"Tell Me If You Want It"	Terry Glaze	3:44
4.	"Latest Lover"	V. Abbott D. Abbott Glaze	2:54
5.	"Biggest Part of Me"	Glaze	4:49

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Metal Magic"	V. Abbott D. Abbott	4:17
7.	"Widowmaker"	V. Abbott D. Abbott	3:03
8.	"Nothin' On (But the Radio)"	Glaze	3:30
9.	"Sad Lover"	V. Abbott D. Abbott	3:27
10.	"Rock Out!"	Glaze	5:45
Total length:			39:37

Personnel

Pantera

Terry Glaze – vocals, guitars
Darrell Abbott – guitars
Rex Rocker – bass
Vince Abbott – drums

Production

Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
M.C. Rather – mastering
Recorded at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas

References

^ ^a ^b Wiederhorn, Jon (June 10, 2022). "39 Years Ago: Pantera Release Their First Album 'Metal Magic'". Loudwire. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
^ Ewing, Jerry (January 15, 2019). "Every Pantera album ranked from worst to best". Metal Hammer. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Metal Magic - Pantera". AllMusic. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Thalen, Christopher (January 10, 2005). "The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Metal Magic". The Daily Vault. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
^ Hammonds, Steve (1984). "Pantera - Metal Magic". Metal Forces. No. 3. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ Metal Magic (LP sleeve). Pantera. Arlington, Texas: Metal Magic Records. 1983. MMR1283.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)