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| recorded = October 1995 – February 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Great Southern Trendkill 1996 – Pantera|url=http://pantera.com/thegreatsoutherntrendkill/|website=pantera.com}}</ref>
Length = 53:11 |
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'''''The Great Southern Trendkill''''' is a ] album by ]. It was released in May, 1996 through ]. Due to inner tensions, Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals separately from the other members of the band at ] Nothing Studios in ]; Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in ]. It reached #4 on the ] chart. '''''The Great Southern Trendkill''''' is the eighth studio album by American ] band ], released on May 7, 1996, through ] and ]. It reached number 4 on the ] chart and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. During the album's production, ] recorded the vocals alone at ]'s ] in New Orleans,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pantera. "It's a long way to the top, if you wanna rock and roll, you know, the AC/DC song? And that's the fuckin' truth". - Rex Brown |url=https://www.eonmusic.co.uk/rex-brown-pantera-eonmusic-interview-february-2021.html |accessdate=February 15, 2021 |work=Eon Music}}</ref> while ], ], and ] recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in ]. This would be Pantera's last studio album to be produced by ], who had worked with the band since '']'' (1990).


==Content==
The album is often considered Pantera's overlooked album, as it came out during the rise of rap-metal. It has a more experimental nature to its songs, such as the acoustic "]". 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 ]'s singing voice is backed up by high pitched screaming.<ref name="donkaye">{{cite news | last = Kaye | first = Don | title = The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! | date = ] | publisher = Warner Music Group | url = http://www.wmg.com}}</ref></blockquote>
"]", the album's longest song, contains a guitar solo considered by many to be Dimebag Darrell's finest. '']'' magazine voted it as the 32nd greatest guitar solo of all-time,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-25 |title=The 50 greatest guitar solos of all time |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-50-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time/2 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=]}}</ref> Darrell's highest ranking of three solos to make the list (the other two being his solos from "]", ranked 35th, and "]", ranked 57th).


"10's" appears in the English dub of '']''.
The lyrics tackle topics such as singer Phil Anselmo's hate for the media ("]"), suicide ("]"), drug abuse ("Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)") and the end of the world ("]").

The album is available as ] for the video game '']'', with the exception of "]".

==Music and lyrics==
Considered Pantera's most aggressive album, the album features elements of ]<ref name="Life" /><ref name=BBC /> and ],<ref name=CoC /> but is mostly considered a ] album overall.<ref name="Life">{{cite web |url=http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/pantera.htm |title=CD Gallery - Pantera |publisher=No Life 'til Metal}}</ref><ref name=artistdirect /> ''The Great Southern Trendkill'' is known for featuring much ],<ref name="Life" /><ref>. ''The Spectator'' - Hamilton, Ont. Krewen, Nick. June 20, 1996 Page: 4</ref> most notably on "]" and "The Great Southern Trendkill" while also featuring some of the fastest tempos and most ]: "The Underground in America" and "(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin", in particular, were played in A=425&nbsp;Hz standard D tuning, with the 6th string tuned to a low G.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-greatest-pantera-songs-ever/1|title= The 50 best Pantera Songs ever |last=Lawson|first=Dom |date= February 4, 2019|work=] |access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> It also has a more experimental nature, such as the ]s<ref name=artistdirect /> and ].<ref name=AM />

Unlike Pantera's first three major label albums, the vocals are often double-tracked and layered to create a more "demonic" effect.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} An example of this can be heard in the chorus of "13 Steps to Nowhere", when ]'s singing voice is backed up by high-pitched screaming, done by ] of the band ].<ref name="donkaye">{{cite news | last = Kaye | first = Don | title = The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! | year = 2003 | publisher = Warner Music Group | url = http://www.wmg.com}}</ref> Screams done by Anselmo on the song "The Great Southern Trendkill" were compared to Putnam.<ref name=CoC />

The lyrical themes on ''The Great Southern Trendkill'' include drugs, a flood that ends mankind, finding deeper meaning, anger, and the media.<ref name=artistdirect /><ref name=AM /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2791 |title=Floods by Pantera |publisher=Songfacts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4999 |title=Drag The Waters by Pantera |publisher=Songfacts}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/27/arts/2-bands-2-kinds-of-anger.html |title=2 Bands, 2 Kinds Of Anger |newspaper=] |last=Strauss |first=Neil}} (August 27, 1996)</ref><ref name=RS />

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-southern-trendkill-mw0000180076|title=The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera|website=]|first=Steve|last=Huey|access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="artistdirect">{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/retrospective-pantera-the-great-southern-trendkill-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10202481|title=Retrospective: Pantera "The Great Southern Trendkill" Review — 5 out of 5 stars|publisher=]|first=Rick|last=Florino|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref>
| rev3 = ]
| rev3Score = favorable<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c83q|title=Review of Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill|work=]|first=Alex|last=Deller|date=July 27, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = '']''
| rev4Score = 9/10<ref name="CoC">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-149_pantera_the_great_southern_trendkill.aspx|title=Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill : Review|magazine=]|first=Adrian|last=Bromley|date=June 9, 1996|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = '']''
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=] |year=2007 |location=], ] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=335}}</ref>
| rev6 = '']''
| rev6Score = C+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292488,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109034658/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292488,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2008|title=The Great Southern Trendkill Review|magazine=]|first=Devon|last=Jackson|date=May 10, 1996|access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref>
| rev7 = '']''
|rev7score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news|title=The Great Southern Trendkill|last=Appleford|first=Steve|date=June 2, 1996|newspaper=]|via=]|access-date=August 8, 2020|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56950735/estefans-pop-retains-strong-tropical/}}</ref>
| rev8 = '']''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/241961/review/5941528/the_great_southern_trendkill|title=Pantera: The Great Southern Trendkill : Music Reviews|magazine=]|first=Sandy|last=Masuo|date=June 13, 1996|access-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013203859/http://rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/241961/review/5941528/the_great_southern_trendkill|archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = '']''
| rev9Score = 7.7/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22559-the-great-southern-trendkill-20th-anniversary-edition/|title=The Great Southern Trendkill Review|publisher=]|first= Savy|last=Reyes-Kulkarni|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=December 22, 2012}}</ref>
}}''The Great Southern Trendkill'' received mixed to positive reviews from music critics upon release and was more polarizing than Pantera's previous albums. Steve Huey of ] gave it a score of 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Longtime Pantera fans will find plenty to enjoy here, and the band's expanding range bodes well, but overall, ''Trendkill'' is an inconsistent outing."<ref name="AM" />

In retrospective analysis, the album has often been looked on more favorably, being noted as their heaviest and most aggressive work. In a retrospective review for '']'', Saby Reyes-Kulkarni awarded it a score of 7.7/10 and summarized their review by saying "Intended as a rallying cry against shifting trends, Pantera's most abrasive album comes off more like a cry for help that reveals the turmoil eating the band from within. It's also thrilling."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes-Kulkarni |first=Saby |title=Pantera: The Great Southern Trendkill |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22559-the-great-southern-trendkill-20th-anniversary-edition/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, Jon Wiederhorn of '']'' stated "''The Great Southern Trendkill'' writhes and rails with desperation and self-loathing and roars with a new reservoir of aggression and intensity, making it the heaviest album Pantera ever released."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon|date=2023-05-07 |title=28 Years Ago: Pantera Release 'The Great Southern Trendkill' |url=https://loudwire.com/pantera-the-great-southern-trendkill-album-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, '']'' ranked it as the best Pantera album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-06 |title=Every Pantera Album Ranked From Worst To Best |url=https://www.kerrang.com/every-pantera-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref>

==Reissue==
On August 12, 2016, Pantera announced the release of a 20th anniversary edition of ''The Great Southern Trendkill'' for October 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Pantera/photos/a.264927659696.137401.19058419696/10154491000179697/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/19058419696/10154491000179697 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Pantera - We know you have been waiting (not so) patiently... - Facebook|website=] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/pantera-the-great-southern-trendkill-20th-anniversary-edition-to-include-previously-unreleased-recordings/|title=PANTERA's 'The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition' To Include Previously Unreleased Recordings|date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> 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 "]".<ref name="loudwire.com">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/pantera-the-great-southern-trendkill-20th-anniversary-edition/|title=Pantera's 'The Great Southern Trendkill' Gets 20th Anniversary Edition|website=] }}</ref>


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{Track listing
*All tracks by Pantera.
| all_writing = Pantera
#"The Great Southern Trendkill" – 3:46
| title1 = The Great Southern Trendkill
#"]" – 4:53
| length1 = 3:47
#"]" – 4:55
| title2 = War Nerve
#"10's" – 4:49
| length2 = 4:53
#"13 Steps to Nowhere" – 3:37
| title3 = ]
#"]" – 4:44
| length3 = 4:55
#"Suicide Note Pt. II" – 4:19
| title4 = 10's
#"Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)" – 4:50
| length4 = 4:49
#"]" – 6:59
| title5 = 13 Steps to Nowhere
#"The Underground in America" – 4:33
| length5 = 3:37
#"(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin" – 5:39
| title6 = ]
| length6 = 4:44
| title7 = ]
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)
| length8 = 4:50
| title9 = ]
| length9 = 6:59
| title10 = The Underground in America
| length10 = 4:33
| title11 = (Reprise) Sandblasted Skin
| length11 = 5:39
| total_length = 53:05<!--All track times sourced from CD release "7559-61908-2".-->
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title12 = ]
| note12 = Live at the Hollywood Palladium, CA, June 27, 1992
| length12 = 5:29
| total_length = 59:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 2 (from ''The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition''<ref name="loudwire.com"/>)
| title1 = The Great Southern Trendkill
| note1 = 2016 Mix
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = War Nerve
| note2 = Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998
| length2 = 5:21
| title3 = Drag the Waters
| note3 = Alternative Early Mix
| length3 = 5:00
| title4 = 10's
| note4 = Alternative Early Mix
| length4 = 4:53
| title5 = 13 Steps to Nowhere
| note5 = Instrumental Version
| length5 = 3:40
| title6 = Suicide Note Pt. I
| note6 = Intro
| length6 = 1:13
| title7 = Suicide Note Pt. I
| note7 = Alternative Early Mix
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = Suicide Note Pt. II
| note8 = Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)
| note9 = Instrumental Version
| length9 = 4:54
| title10 = Floods
| note10 = Alternative Early Mix
| length10 = 7:19
| title11 = The Underground in America
| note11 = Alternative Early Mix
| length11 = 3:56
| title12 = (Reprise) Sandblasted Skin
| note12 = Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998
| length12 = 4:34
| total_length = 53:38
}}

==Personnel==
'''Pantera'''
*] – lead vocals, backing vocals
*] – guitars, backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Suicide Note Pt. I"
*] – bass, backing vocals
*] – drums, backing vocals

'''Additional personnel'''
*] – 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'''
*] – production, recording, mixing
*Vinnie Paul – production, recording, mixing
*Pantera – co-production
*] – recording

==Charts==
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!Chart (1996)
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{{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|14|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|22|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|19|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|35|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|chartid=2998|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Danish Albums (])<ref name="Listen">{{cite news |title=Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 19 |work=] |location=] |language=da |date=May 12, 1996 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
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{{album chart|Netherlands|61|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|4|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|29|id=2305|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|21|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|year=1996|week=21|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 43
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|61|date=19960512|access-date=November 24, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|37|artist=Pantera|album=The Great Southern Trendkill|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|17|date=19960512|access-date=November 24, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|3|date=19960512|access-date=November 24, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=Pantera|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}


==Credits== ==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
*] – Vocals
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Pantera|award=Gold|title=The Great Southern Trendkill|relyear=1996|certyear=1996}}<ref name=ryan>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>
*] – Bass, Vocals (background)
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Pantera|title=The Great Southern Trendkill |award=Gold|id=1996-07-05|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1996}}
*] – Guitar, Vocals (background)
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Pantera|award=Silver|title=The Great Southern Trendkill|relyear=1996|certyear=2013|id=11346-2238-2}}
*] – Drums, Vocals (background), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Pantera|award=Platinum|title=The Great Southern Trendkill|relyear=1996|certyear=2004}}
*Tom Baker – Mastering
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
*Aaron Barnes – Engineer
*Sean Beavan – Assistant Engineer
*Terry Date – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
*Jim De Barros – Art Direction, Design
*Joe Giron – Photography
*Lamont Hyde – Mixing Assistant
*Ted Jensen – Mastering
*Zig Leszczynski – Photography
*David Manteau – Design Assistant
*] – Voices
*Ulrich Wild – Engineer
*Sterling Winfield – Engineer


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Latest revision as of 04:59, 31 December 2024

1996 studio album by Pantera
The Great Southern Trendkill
Studio album by Pantera
ReleasedMay 7, 1996 (1996-05-07)
RecordedOctober 1995 – February 1996
Studio
GenreGroove metal
Length53:05
Label
Producer
Pantera chronology
Far Beyond Driven
(1994) 		The Great Southern Trendkill
(1996) 		The Singles 1991–1996
(1996)
Pantera studio album chronology
Far Beyond Driven
(1994) 		The Great Southern Trendkill
(1996) 		Reinventing the Steel
(2000)

The Great Southern Trendkill is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on May 7, 1996, through Elektra Records and 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, while Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul recorded the music at Chasin Jason Studios in Dalworthington Gardens. This would be Pantera's last studio album to be produced by Terry Date, who had worked with the band since Cowboys from Hell (1990).

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, 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).

"10's" appears in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan.

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, the album features elements of thrash metal and death metal, but is mostly considered a groove metal album overall. 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", in particular, were played in A=425 Hz standard D tuning, with the 6th string tuned to a low G. 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. 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Artistdirect
BBC Musicfavorable
Chronicles of Chaos9/10
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10
Entertainment WeeklyC+
Los Angeles Times
Rolling Stone
Pitchfork7.7/10

The Great Southern Trendkill received mixed to positive reviews from music critics upon release and was more polarizing than Pantera's previous albums. Steve Huey of AllMusic gave it a score of 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Longtime Pantera fans will find plenty to enjoy here, and the band's expanding range bodes well, but overall, Trendkill is an inconsistent outing."

In retrospective analysis, the album has often been looked on more favorably, being noted as their heaviest and most aggressive work. In a retrospective review for Pitchfork, Saby Reyes-Kulkarni awarded it a score of 7.7/10 and summarized their review by saying "Intended as a rallying cry against shifting trends, Pantera's most abrasive album comes off more like a cry for help that reveals the turmoil eating the band from within. It's also thrilling." In 2024, Jon Wiederhorn of Loudwire stated "The Great Southern Trendkill writhes and rails with desperation and self-loathing and roars with a new reservoir of aggression and intensity, making it the heaviest album Pantera ever released." In 2019, Kerrang! ranked it as the best Pantera album.

Reissue

On August 12, 2016, Pantera announced the release of a 20th anniversary edition of The Great Southern Trendkill for October 21. 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). 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".

Track listing

All tracks are 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
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Walk" (Live at the Hollywood Palladium, CA, June 27, 1992)5:29
Total length:59:07
Disc 2 (from The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition)
No.TitleLength
1."The Great Southern Trendkill" (2016 Mix)4:07
2."War Nerve" (Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998)5:21
3."Drag the Waters" (Alternative Early Mix)5:00
4."10's" (Alternative Early Mix)4:53
5."13 Steps to Nowhere" (Instrumental Version)3:40
6."Suicide Note Pt. I" (Intro)1:13
7."Suicide Note Pt. I" (Alternative Early Mix)3:53
8."Suicide Note Pt. II" (Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998)4:48
9."Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)" (Instrumental Version)4:54
10."Floods" (Alternative Early Mix)7:19
11."The Underground in America" (Alternative Early Mix)3:56
12."(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin" (Live at Dynamo Festival, 1998)4:34
Total length:53:38

Personnel

Pantera

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 – production, recording, mixing
  • Vinnie Paul – production, recording, mixing
  • Pantera – co-production
  • Ulrich Wild – recording

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 19
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 35
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 61
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 29
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 21
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 43
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 14
Scottish Albums (OCC) 61
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 37
UK Albums (OCC) 17
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) 3
US Billboard 200 4

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) Gold 35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 60,000
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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