Editing Reinventing the Steel (section)

=== 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>