Cowboys From Hell (studio album)
by Pantera

Cowboys From Hell by Pantera
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 2,170th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 292 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (382nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,170th)

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Pantera bestography

Cowboys From Hell is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Pantera on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pantera is Vulgar Display Of Power which is ranked number 853 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,023.

Pantera album bestography « Higher ranked (853rd)
Vulgar Display Of Power
This album (2,170th)
Cowboys From Hell
Lower ranked (2,253rd) »
Far Beyond Driven

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 292 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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85/100
From 08/27/2025 00:30
Goodish album, with an amazing title track, very solid 1st side, but the second half of it really drops off.
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70/100
From 06/23/2025 06:01
Not too heavy, not too light. Good memories of discovering Pantera with this anlbum and keeping me semi- interested in metal as the wave of Grunge came crashing in.
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From 12/20/2022 22:58
Pedrada boa pra burro!
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From 04/10/2022 19:21
Musically superior to Vulgar Display of Power, more variety and some genuinly great songs like the title track, Cemetery Gates, Domination and Primal Concrete Sledge.
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90/100
From 06/28/2019 12:41
Great album. When I was younger I used to detest Phil's high vocals, now I like them! Cemetery Gates and Domination may be the best songs Pantera has ever done.
#238534 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 04/15/2018 10:31
My favorite Pantera record, the production is amazing and all 4 members sound great. Some of Dime's best riffs and solos, and Anselmo's vocals are off the charts. It is definitely their thrashiest record, which is probably one of the reasons it is the Pantera album I go back to most frequently.
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From 03/12/2018 09:31
Sumidos en la mediocridad absoluta, podemos considerar 'Cowboys From Hell' como el auténtico debut de los legendarios Pantera, que se habían pegado dando tumbos durante todos los 80 con una música edulcorada con la que no habían conseguido nada. Pocos podían augurar que una banda con tan bochornosa trayectoria fuera a ser la gran dominadora de los 90 reinventando el Metal. De los últimos estertores de un Thrash que poco a poco agonizaba y con una base rítmica que perdía velocidad en favor del machaque puro, 'Cowboys From Hell' se presenta como uno de los discos definitivos del Metal. Obra maestra del género que sentaría las bases del Groove Metal, un género basado en la agresividad del Thrash pero con una velocidad completamente distinta. El disco en cuestión está lleno de clásicos y sin él no entenderíamos el Metal de los 90 como lo entendemos.
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From 06/22/2016 16:23
Favoritas: Cowboys From Hell, Cemetery Gates, Domination, The Sleep, The Art Of Shredding
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From 10/08/2015 16:27
pantera's breakout album and change of style
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From 05/11/2011 14:53
Title track is amazing! Very loud album and one which I can sit a listen to till the end.
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