Editing Reinventing the Steel (section)

===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>