unofficial import reissue on colored vinyl - Pantera's oft-forgotten third album, 1985's I Am the Night, was, like its two predecessors, an Abbott family affair, financed and produced by Diamond Darrell and Vinnie Paul's father, then independently released and therefore doomed to almost certain failure for lack of record company muscle to promote it. Those who hear Pantera's first three albums will realize that, come I Am the Night, the quartet had discarded many of its worst glam rock offenses and balanced the rest (including sporadic bits of electronic percussion) with ample doses of both traditional and speed metal. Diamond Darrell's often jaw-dropping riffs and solos, held the songs together with iron-fisted precision, while he continued to expand his guitar-shredding arsenal with the expertly controlled dissonant effects (like impossibly bent strings, squealing harmonics, and dive-bombing runs) that would years later distinguish Pantera's sound from all their competitors.
| A1 | Hot And Heavy |
| A2 | I Am The Night |
| A3 | Onward We Rock |
| A4 | D*G*T*T*M |
| A5 | Daughters Of The Queen |
| B1 | Down Below |
| B2 | Come-On Eyes |
| B3 | Right On The Edge |
| B4 | Valhalla |
| B5 | Forever Tonight |
