The Great Southern Trendkill

The Great Southern Trendkill
Studio album by Pantera
Released May 7, 1996 (1996-05-07)
Studio
  • Chasin Jason Studios in Dallas, Texas, U.S.
  • Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre Groove metal, thrash metal
Length 53:05
Label EastWest
Producer
Pantera chronology
Far Beyond Driven
(1994)Far Beyond Driven1994		 The Great Southern Trendkill
(1996)		 Official Live: 101 Proof
(1997)Official Live: 101 Proof1997
Singles from The Great Southern Trendkill
  1. "Drag the Waters"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Suicide Note"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Floods"
    Released: 1996

The Great Southern Trendkill is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on May 7, 1996 by EastWest Records. It reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, and managed to stay on the chart for over 16 weeks. Due to tension and conflicts within the band, Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals alone at Trent Reznor's Nothing Studios in New Orleans while Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in Dallas.

Content

"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 19th 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 of the Dragon Ball Z film Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan in 2003.

Music and lyrics

Being Pantera's most aggressive album to date,[1] The Great Southern Trendkill is known for featuring lots of screaming,[2][3] most notably on "Suicide Note Pt. II" and "The Great Southern Trendkill" while also featuring some of the fastest tempos and most down-tuned guitars ("The Underground in America" and "(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin" were played in drop G tuning) that the band ever recorded. It also has a more experimental nature, such as the acoustic guitars[1] and ballads.[4]

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.[5] Screams done by Phil Anselmo on the song "The Great Southern Trendkill" were compared Seth Putnam.[6]

The lyrical themes on The Great Southern Trendkill include drugs, a flood that ends mankind, finding deeper meaning, anger and the media.[7][8][9][1][10][4] The album features elements of thrash metal[2][11] and death metal[6] while still being a groove metal album.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Artistdirect[1]
BBC Musicfavorable[11]
Chronicles of Chaos(9/10)[6]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[12]
Rolling Stone[10]
Pitchfork7.7/10[13]

Reissue

On August 12, 2016, Pantera announced via social media that a 20th anniversary edition of The Great Southern Trendkill would be released on October 21.[14] The reissue will feature two discs, including a remastered version of the original album as well as 12 unreleased tracks. These are expected to include instrumentals, as well as alternative mixes and live recordings from the Dynamo Festival in 1998.[15] In addition, a separate LP named The Great Southern Outtakes will be released. This LP will consist of songs also released on disc 2 of Trendkill's reissue.[16]

Track listing

All tracks written by Pantera.

No.TitleLength
1."The Great Southern Trendkill"3:47
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
Total length:53:05

Personnel

Pantera

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[17] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[18] 14
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[19] 22
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[20] 19
Dutch Albums Chart[21] 61
Finnish Albums Chart[22] 4
German Albums Chart[23] 33
New Zealand Albums Chart[24] 15
Norwegian Albums Chart[25] 14
Swedish Albums Chart[26] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[27] 37
UK Album Chart[28] 17
U.S. Billboard 200[29] 4

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
U.S.[30] Gold June 25, 1996 500,000
U.S.[30] Platinum August 17, 2004 1,000,000

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Florino, Rick (2012-07-30). "Retrospective: Pantera "The Great Southern Trendkill" Review — 5 out of 5 stars". Artistdirect. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "CD Gallery - Pantera". No Life 'til Metal.
  3. ↑ "Pantera offers up easy-access disc ". The Spectator - Hamilton, Ont. Krewen, Nick. Jun 20, 1996 Page: 4
  4. 1 2 3 Huey, Steve. "The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  5. ↑ Kaye, Don (2003). "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!". Warner Music Group.
  6. 1 2 3 Bromley, Adrian (1996-06-09). "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  7. ↑ "Floods by Pantera". Songfacts.
  8. ↑ "Drag The Waters by Pantera". Songfacts.
  9. ↑ Strauss, Neil. "2 Bands, 2 Kinds Of Anger". The New York Times. (August 27th, 1996)
  10. 1 2 Masuo, Sandy (1996-06-13). "Pantera: The Great Southern Trendkill : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  11. 1 2 Deller, Alex (2012-07-27). "Review of Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". BBC Online. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  12. ↑ Jackson, Devon (1996-05-10). "The Great Southern Trendkill Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  13. ↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Savy (2016-12-22). "The Great Southern Trendkill Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  14. ↑ "Pantera - We know you have been waiting (not so) patiently... - Facebook".
  15. ↑ "PANTERA's 'The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition' To Include Previously Unreleased Recordings". 12 August 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Pantera's 'The Great Southern Trendkill' Gets 20th Anniversary Edition".
  17. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". australian-charts.com.
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  19. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". ultratop.be.
  20. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". ultratop.be.
  21. ↑ "Pantera -The Great Southern Trendkill". dutchcharts.nl.
  22. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". finnishcharts.com.
  23. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Pantera / Longplay" (in German). Musicline.de.
  24. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". charts.org.nz.
  25. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". norwegiancharts.com.
  26. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". swedishcharts.com.
  27. ↑ "Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill". hitparade.ch.
  28. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel.
  29. ↑ "The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera". Billboard.
  30. 1 2 U.S. certifications (Retrieved December 22, 2009)
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