26 Years Ago: Pantera Release 'The Great Southern Trendkill'
Their most vicious album.
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Their most vicious album.
Their most vicious album.
As Pantera wrote and recorded the songs that would make up their fourth major label album (eighth total) The Great Southern Trendkill – which came out May 7, 1996 – it was clear to anyone within proximity that something was seriously amiss. Drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott and Rex Brown were hard at work in Chasin’ Jason Studio in Dallas, Texas and vocalist Phil Anselmo was hundreds of miles away, recording at Trent Reznor’s Nothing Studios in New Orleans. Any questions about what had divided the once-tightknit musicians was answered on July 13 when Anselm...
Celebrating the band's 25 greatest moments from that era is the easy part — the hard part is acknowledging that Pantera, primarily due to the tragic deaths of founding brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, will never again play live and never again record new music. Fortunately, the vast Pantera catalog — the music that made the group one of the most important and exciting metal acts of all time — will live forever. From that extensive archive of material, we present to you our picks for the 25 greatest Pantera songs of all time. Video of Pantera - Goddamn Electric (2020 Terry Date ...