Pantera
1.The Great Southern Trendkill
2.War Nerve
3.Drag the Waters
4.10's
5.13 Steps to Nowhere
6.Suicide Note Pt. I
7.Suicide Note Pt. II
8.Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)
9.Floods
10.The Underground in America
11.(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin
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The Great Southern Trendkill is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on May 7, 1996, through East West Records. It reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals alone at Trent Reznor’s Nothing Studios in New Orleans[3] while Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in Dalworthington Gardens.
« 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, Darrell’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 the video game Rock Band, with the exception of « Suicide Note Pt. I ».
Considered Pantera’s most aggressive album,[4] The Great Southern Trendkill is known for featuring much screaming, 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 standard D flat tuning, with the 6th string tuned to a low G flat.)[citation needed] that the band ever recorded. It also has a more experimental nature, such as the acoustic guitars and ballads.
Unlike Pantera’s first three major label albums, the vocals are often double-tracked and layered to create a more « demonic » effect.[citation needed] 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. Screams done by Anselmo on the song « The Great Southern Trendkill » were compared to Putnam.
The lyrical themes on The Great Southern Trendkill include drugs, a flood that ends mankind, finding deeper meaning, anger, and the media. The album features elements of thrash metal and death metal, but is mostly considered a groove metal album overall.
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