“Cemetery Gates,” Pantera
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 | By AnonymousThe longest song Pantera ever recorded, “Cemetery Gates” stood out on the band’s already impressive fifth album, Cowboys from Hell, which was released in 1990. Frontman Phil Anselmo has said the song is about a female friend who committed suicide. “When I wrote the lyrics I did not want them to be too personal, because that can be cheesy,” Anselmo said during a live Ustream chat last year. “I also had to make sure that the lyrics would not take away from the song, because that was one of our best songs.” – Ellen Barnes