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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. During the album's production, 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. This would be the Pantera's last studio album to be produced by Terry Date, who had worked with the band since Cowboys from Hell (1990).

The Great Southern Trendkill
Studio album by Pantera
Released	May 7, 1996 (1996-05-07)[1]
Recorded	October 1995 – February 1996[2]
Studio	Chasin Jason Studios in Dalworthington Gardens, Texas, U.S. Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Groove metal
Length	53:05
Label	East West
Producer	Terry Date
Pantera chronology
Far Beyond Driven (1994) The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) Official Live: 101 Proof (1997)
Singles from The Great Southern Trendkill
"Drag the Waters" Released: 1996 "Suicide Note" Released: 1996 "Floods" Released: 1996

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 32nd greatest guitar solo of all-time,[4] 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".

Music and lyrics

Considered Pantera's most aggressive album,[5] The Great Southern Trendkill is known for featuring much screaming,[6][7] 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 A=425Hz standard D tuning, with the 6th string tuned to a low G.)^{[citation needed]} that the band ever recorded. It also has a more experimental nature, such as the acoustic guitars[5] and ballads.[8]

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.[9] Screams done by Anselmo on the song "The Great Southern Trendkill" were compared to Putnam.[10]

The lyrical themes on The Great Southern Trendkill include drugs, a flood that ends mankind, finding deeper meaning, anger, and the media.[5][8][11][12][13][14] The album features elements of thrash metal[6][15] and death metal,[10] but is mostly considered a groove metal album overall.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Artistdirect	[5]
BBC Music	favorable[15]
Chronicles of Chaos	9/10[10]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[16]
Los Angeles Times	[17]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[18]

• Melody Maker (May 25, 1996, p. 49) - "It makes my brain hurt, my eyes water and my genitalia retract like a startled turtle. I cannot think of higher recommendation, considering the kind of album it is. If it made me feel all warm and gooey or tearful and lovelorn, then it would be a pitiful failure by its own lights."
• Spin (July 1996, p. 96) - "...mature speedmetal and perfect summer fun: twisted power ballads, rap-style toasting, almost radio-worthy melodies, plus all the right jackhammer drum jolts, wrestler bellows, and guitar lurch..."

Reissue

On August 12, 2016, Pantera announced the release of a 20th anniversary edition of The Great Southern Trendkill for October 21.[19] The reissue features two discs, including a remastered version of the original album as well as 12 unreleased tracks (these include instrumentals, as well as alternative mixes and live recordings from the Dynamo Festival in 1998).[20] In addition, a separate LP named The Great Southern Outtakes was released. It consists of songs also released on disc 2 of Trendkill's reissue except for the intro and early mix of "Suicide Note Part l".[21]

Track listing

Personnel

Pantera

• Phil Anselmo – lead vocals, backing vocals, production
• Dimebag Darrell – guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Suicide Note Pt. I", backing vocals, production
• Rex Brown – bass, backing vocals, production
• Vinnie Paul – drums, backing vocals, production, recording, mixing

Additional personnel

• Seth Putnam – additional vocals on "The Great Southern Trendkill", "War Nerve", "13 Steps to Nowhere", and "Suicide Note Pt. II"
• Ross Karpelman – keyboards on "Suicide Note Pt. I" and "Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)"

Technical personnel

• Terry Date – producer, recording, mixing
• Ulrich Wild – recording

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[22]	2
Austrian Albums Chart[23]	14
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[24]	22
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[25]	19
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[26]	14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27]	61
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[28]	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29]	29
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[30]	21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[32]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[33]	61
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade[35]	37
UK Albums (OCC)[36]	17
US Billboard 200[37]	4

Certifications

[38]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[39]	Gold	35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[40]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[41]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] The Great Southern Trendkill

The Great Southern Trendkill ist das achte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Metal-Band Pantera. Es wurde am 7. Mai 1996 durch EastWest Records veröffentlicht.[1] Das Album erreichte Platz vier der Billboard 200 und wurde in den USA in seinem Veröffentlichungsjahr mit Gold und 2004 mit einer Platin-Schallplatte zertifiziert.

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- [en] The Great Southern Trendkill

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[es] The Great Southern Trendkill

The Great Southern Trendkill es el octavo álbum de la banda de groove metal Pantera, publicado en mayo de 1996. A causa de los problemas internos de la banda, Phil Anselmo tuvo que grabar sus partes vocales para el álbum en un estudio de Nueva Orleans, propiedad de Trent Reznor, líder de Nine Inch Nails, mientras que el resto de la banda estaba grabando el disco en Dallas, Texas. El disco llegó al cuarto puesto en las listas de álbumes más exitosos del Billboard, llegando a disco de platino por la venta de 1 000 000 de copias. En este trabajo se pueden apreciar las influencias del metal alternativo y del naciente nu metal, ya que los tempos de las canciones son más altos y los registros del sonido de la guitarra son más graves, condiciones propias que adoptó el nu metal de la influencia de la banda. También, se puede observar las ganas de experimentación de la banda, ya que, el disco, posee la única canción acústica de la discografía de la banda, Suicide Note Pt. I.

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[ru] The Great Southern Trendkill

The Great Southern Trendkill — восьмой студийный альбом американской метал-группы Pantera, который был выпущен 7 мая 1996 года на лейбле East West Records. Из-за внутренних конфликтов и напряжённости между участниками группы, Даймбэг Даррелл, Винни Пол и Рэкс Браун записывали музыку в студии Chasin Jason в Арлингтоне (штат Техас) в то время, когда Фил Ансельмо записывал вокал в студии Nothing в Новом Орлеане (штат Луизиана).

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