Pantera - Great Southern Trendkill

Limited edition marbled white and sandblasted orange vinyl

Cut from the original masters

Atlantic Records is reissuing Pantera's classic five albums on colored vinyl. Great Southern Trendkill, Cowboys From Hell, Reinventing The Steel, Far Beyond Driven and Vulgar Display Of Power will all be reissued as exclusive colored vinyl editions. Heavy Metal thrashers Pantera broke up in 2003. Guitarist Dimebag Darrell was the victim of a tragic shooting in 2004 while playing with his band Damage Plan.

Cowboys From Hell is on "marbled white and whiskey brown," Vulgar Display of Power is on "marbled white and true metal gray," Far Beyond Driven is on "marbled white and stronger than blue," The Great Southern Trendkill is on "marbled white and sandblasted orange," and Reinventing the Steel is on "marbled white and southern flames yellow."

The Great Southern Trendkill reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. Released on May 7, 1996, The Great Southern Trendkill was Pantera's re-dedication of purpose to thrash metal, at a time radio and MTV were endorsing friendlier styles of alternative metal.

By the time they set out to make Trendkill in late '95, Pantera were one of the lone remaining thrash-era metal acts that were still selling a lot of records (1994's Far Beyond Driven debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart). More crucially, they were one of the only ones doing so without diluting their sound. In fact, while Pantera were growing more successful by getting heavier with each record, most of Pantera's peers had hit steep career drop-offs and were struggling to remain visible. Perhaps it's understandable that they felt like the world was closing in on them.

"Phil was going through a lot of mental distress and it's all on that record," Vinnie Paul said 1997. "You can feel the pain, you can see it, you can hear it. And it affected all of us, no doubt."

Pantera was at its most hostile, writing riffs that were dissonant and disorientating. Anselmo is an electrifying performer-one of metal's all-time greatest frontmen-and Trendkill was the first time that he truly showed his fragility. Pantera no longer sound larger-than-life as they had on Far Beyond Driven but instead like three-dimensional people.

To a large extent, Pantera lashed out, as did Anselmo, but for entirely different reasons. As a result, Trendkill writhes and rails with desperation and self-loathing and roars with intensity, making it the heaviest album Pantera ever released. It also has one of the boldest album cover designs in their history, featuring the apex predator, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Great Southern Trendkill

War Nerve

Drag the Waters

10's

13 Steps to Nowhere

Suicide Note, Pt. 2

Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath)

Floods

The Underground in America

(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin

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