| The Great Southern Trendkill | ||||
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| Studio album by Pantera | ||||
| Released | May 7, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Chasin Jason Studios, Dallas, Texas; vocals recorded at Nothing Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
| Genre | Groove metal | |||
| Length | 53:01 | |||
| Label | East West | |||
| Producer | Terry Date, Vinnie Paul | |||
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The Great Southern Trendkill is the eighth studio album by Pantera. It was released in May 1996 through East West Records. It reached #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Due to tension within the band, Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals alone at Trent Reznor's Nothing Studios in New Orleans; Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in Dallas, Texas.
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"Floods", the album's longest song, contains a guitar solo considered by many to be Dimebag Darrell's finest. Guitar World magazine voted it as the 15th greatest guitar solo of all-time, Dimebag's highest ranking of three solos to make the list (the other two being his solos from "Cemetery Gates", ranked 35th, and "Walk", ranked 57th).
The album is available as downloadable content for Rock Band, with the exception of "Suicide Note Pt. I".
"10's" was featured in the Funimation dub version of Dragon Ball Z movie Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan.
The Great Southern Trendkill features some of the fastest tempos and most down-tuned guitars that the band ever recorded. It also has a more experimental nature to its songs, such as the acoustic guitar and keyboard-laden "Suicide Note Pt. I".
Unlike Pantera's first three major label albums, the vocals are often double tracked and layered to create a more "demonic" effect. An example of this can be heard in the chorus of "13 Steps to Nowhere", when Phil Anselmo's singing voice is backed up by high pitched screaming, done by Seth Putnam of the band Anal Cunt.[1]
The lyrics tackle topics such as Anselmo's hate for the media ("War Nerve"), suicide ("Suicide Note Pt. I"), drug abuse ("10's", "Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)") and the end of the world ("Floods"), and Anselmo's view on trends ("The Great Southern Trendkill", "Sandblasted Skin").
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| Allmusic | [2] |
| Sputnikmusic | [3] |
All songs written and composed by Pantera.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Great Southern Trendkill" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "War Nerve" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Drag the Waters" | 4:55 |
| 4. | "10's" | 4:49 |
| 5. | "13 Steps to Nowhere" | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Suicide Note Pt. I" | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Suicide Note Pt. II" | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)" | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Floods" | 6:59 |
| 10. | "The Underground in America" | 4:33 |
| 11. | "(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin" | 5:39 |
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53:01 | |
Co-Produced by Pantera
Also Recorded by Ulrich Wild
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[4] | 2 |
| Austrian Albums Chart[5] | 14 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[6] | 22 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7] | 19 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[8] | 61 |
| Finnish Albums Chart[9] | 4 |
| German Albums Chart[10] | 33 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[11] | 15 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[12] | 14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[13] | 7 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[14] | 37 |
| UK Album Chart[15] | 17 |
| The Billboard 200[16] | 4 |
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| U.S.[17] | Gold | June 25, 1996 | 500,000 |
| U.S.[17] | Platinum | August 17, 2004 | 1,000,000 |
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