The Great Southern Trendkill
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| Studio album by Pantera | ||||
| Released | May 7, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
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| Genre | Groove metal, thrash metal | |||
| Length | 53:05 | |||
| Label | EastWest | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
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| BBC Music | favorable |
| Chronicles of Chaos | (9/10) |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
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| Pitchfork | 7.7/10 |
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.
"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.
Being Pantera's most aggressive album to date,The Great Southern Trendkill is known for featuring lots of 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 drop G tuning) that the band ever recorded. It also has a more experimental nature, such as the acoustic guitars and ballads.
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