Editing Reinventing the Steel (section)

==Release==
===Commercial performance===
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/reinventing-the-steel-mw0000053175|title=Reinventing the Steel – Pantera|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Steve|last=Huey|access-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="cduniverse" />
| rev3 = ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="austin">{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-05-05/77098/|title=Review: Pantera Reinventing the Steel (EastWest) – Music|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|first=Jerry|last=Renshaw|date=May 5, 2000|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = [[Blabbermouth.net]]
| rev4Score = 8/10<ref name="blabber">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=9|title=Pantera – Reinventing the Steel|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|first=Borivoj|last=Krgin|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]
| rev5Score = 7/10<ref name="coc">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-1657_pantera_reinventing_the_steel.aspx|title=Pantera – Reinventing the Steel : Review|magazine=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]|first=Paul|last=Schwarz|date=August 12, 2000|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev6Score = B+<ref name="ew" />
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 6/10<ref name="cduniverse" />
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="cduniverse" />
| rev9 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev9Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref name="christgau">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pantera|title=CG: Pantera|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|first=Robert|last=Christgau|author-link=Robert Christgau|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="rs" />
}}

''Reinventing the Steel'' debuted at number four on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number five on the Top Internet Albums, selling 161,105 copies in its first week of release according to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen Soundscan]]. On its second week, it fell to number 24, selling only 59,962 copies, a 62.8% drop in sales. In total, the album only appeared on that chart for twelve weeks. On May 2, the album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), denoting 500,000 units sold.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913111030/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=pantera&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Pantera at the RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program database]</ref> However, it has yet to reach platinum status, making it Pantera's only major-label studio album not to reach sales of 1,000,000. According to [[Luminate (company)|Nielsen SoundScan]], the album has sold 593,000 copies domestically as of October 2003. It also debuted at number eight on the Top Canadian Albums chart.

In a 2022 interview with ''Gibson TV'', [[Rex Brown]] blamed the album's lacklustre success compared to the band's previous albums on the dominance of the [[nu metal]] genre at the time of its release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Pantera's Rex Brown Blames Nu-Metal for 'Reinventing the Steel''s Lukewarm Reception |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/panteras-rex-brown-blames-nu-metal-reinventing-steels-lukewarm-reception |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref>

=== Reception ===
The album was generally well received upon release, though reviews were less enthusiastic than on their previous albums. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album a score of 3.5/5, and called it "Metal-revivalist....relying on the genre's primal elements of rage and analog noise...chopped up with squealing dissonance....brutal enough to please underground purists and familiar enough for weekend headbangers."<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|title=Pantera: Reinventing The Steel : Music Reviews|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Matt|last=Diehl|date=May 25, 2000|access-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013132509/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/187575/review/6067311/reinventing_the_steel|archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that it "...resumes their scorched-earth policy with vigor....dropping aural anvils [along] with a dash of inventiveness..."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/03/24/reinventing-steel/|title=Reinventing the Steel Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=David|last=Hiltbrand|date=March 24, 2000|access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref>

''[[Q magazine|Q]]'' magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars and said it was "Pantera's attempt to upgrade <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Judas Priest]]'s] ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''-era pure metal spirit."<ref name="cduniverse">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1096301&style=music|title=Pantera – Reinventing the Steel CD Album|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' echoed this sentiment, calling it "An undiluted, unvarnished slab of riffs paying distinct homage to Judas Priest's ''British Steel'', and not just in a titular sense, but in basic song construction."<ref name="cduniverse" /> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Steve Huey gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, and stated "''Reinventing the Steel'' is a nonstop assault on the senses, offering no respite from the intensity until the album has stopped playing. Yet somehow, it comes off as a cut below their best albums; perhaps it's that the band's sound lacks the sense of freshness that sparked ''Cowboys from Hell'', ''Vulgar Display of Power'', and ''Far Beyond Driven''."<ref>{{Citation |title=Reinventing the Steel - Pantera {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reinventing-the-steel-mw0000053175 |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en}}</ref>

===Accolades===
In the 2000 ''[[Metal Edge]]'' Readers' Choice Awards, the album was voted "Album of the Year" and "Album Cover of the Year" (tying with [[Iron Maiden]]'s ''[[Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)|Brave New World]]'' for the latter), while the single "[[Revolution Is My Name]]" won "Song of the Year".<ref>Metal Edge, June 2001</ref>

"Revolution Is My Name" was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Metal Performance]] in 2001, but lost to [[Deftones]]' "Elite".

The album was ranked at No. 2 on ''[[Guitar World]]'''s Readers Poll for "The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000#slide-8 |title=Readers Poll Results: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 2000 {{!}} Guitar World |website=www.guitarworld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103230850/http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-2000 |archive-date=2012-01-03}}</ref>

A section of "Death Rattle" was rerecorded and renamed to “Pre-Hibernation” for the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 2)|2001]] episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' called "Pre-Hibernation Week".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/remember_when_pantera_were_featured_on_that_episode_of_spongebob/|title=Remember when Pantera were featured on that episode of Spongebob?|date=March 30, 2015|publisher=Alternative Press|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> The song appears in the SpongeBob Original Theme Highlights album.