Pantera: The Story of the Great Southern Trendkill

With Pantera announcing a reunion or tribute for next year, we thought we'd take a look at their 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill.
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#pantera #dimebagdarrell #philanselmo
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[@rnrtruestories]

Here's the story behind how Phil joined Pantera kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHqki3-LmNmIpbM

[@710Canuck]

Really sad that you guys keep promoting Phil after his long recorded history of racism. It's a bad look, I'll be unsubscribing.

[@kornboy22]

Good vid but it was already put up in "PANTERA IS REUNITING! ......With Zakk Wylde & Charlie Benante?"

[@bartbullock9742]

@@710Canuck you are right... It seems some people just can't get above they're raising..... I never knew he was such a bigot..... Hopefully as he got older... He realizes the truth... And can admit when he has made a mistake.... Some people can go their whole life and not get a grip.... I can only hope this isn't one of those cases

[@bartbullock9742]

@@NO-FINISHLINE-MENTALITY if it was Liberace.... Abba.... Martha and the vandellas.... That doesn't change the fact that this dude in the UK was sick.... To hang any form of music on that is nothing but a scapegoat!!!!!

[@doomguy8324]

Phil was living in his car when they found him. They made him. He turned his back in the best thing that ever happened to him.

[@Coachesser]

Trendkill lost Pantera a ton of main stream fans that had jumped on the band wagon with Far Beyond Driven. It was so heavy! Underrated album.

[@Heisenbinks]

Yeah major respect to these guys for sticking to their guns and not conforming to the mainstream at the time. I love all their records but trendkill is their heaviest offering for sure

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@Heisenbinks true true 🤘🎵🎶

[@DeaseNootz]

Pantera just doesn't have a bad major label record. Even their pre cowboys from hell shit is top tier.

[@americanagothic7851]

Yeah, suicide note pt 2 is sooo heavy! So is TGSTK song

[@rasslor1742]

I lived in Arlington in the 90’s and was lucky enough to kick it at Vinnie’s place a few times, didn’t like Trendkill when it came out, but now it’s one of my favorite albums all time…so freaking heavy and innovative . Those dudes were committed to their vision..no apologies. Wish we had more like them

[@Aeis_Kalt]

Trendkill was good from the get-go, just a lot of people that thought they were into Metal, were into Hard Rock. That album was how they found out.

[@ShadDennis]

I remember getting that album the day it came out, sooooo excited to finally hear it. Put it in the CD player and was blown away...it was like a new dimension of heavy...those were some of the best Pantera live shows I ever saw, too

[@martinwakefield8138]

Exactly. If they liked the album they were definitely into hard rock.

[@Codevil.]

Damn, that is very insightful

[@devinappleton4906]

My dad had a massive collection of cds (he loved all types of music but southern rock was his favorite)when he passed away when I was 16 I got my hands on the collection I never really seen and when I found The Great Southern Trendkill I knew of Pantera but mostly just CFH and I remember I was hitting a time where my music taste was needing something new and this album made me realize I like my metal with a bit more weight lol always will love Metallica but this album weeds out the new wave of "metal"(stranger things) fans lol I just hope those people being exposed to some metal with Metallica can find this album and the rest is history

[@WinterInTheForest]

I'm inclined to agree with the band on this one. It may be heavy but it's not a good album. There is a complete lack of focus in the songwriting. Their performance is all over the place- you have vocals recorded elsewhere and everybody is burnt out. It shows.

[@MrRiceRKT]

My favorite Pantera album. Floods is a masterpiece.

[@HolyShnikeez_1975]

Wash away us all 🤘

[@tomstark28]

Floods was my guitar goal for a very long time. I can still play it pretty well but the final "horse whinney" tremolo effect at the end of the solo as the thunder crashes has always eluded me. Truly a masterpiece. Die, die, die, die, die.....

[@Roberto-de8xv]

@@tomstark28 the outro solo to floods is the best

[@canatolakhoemini6728]

Floods solo is ridiculous. It's amazing!

[@danielbryant263]

You got that shit right!! Floods is probably my favorite Pantera song of ALL TIME. It shows Phil's vocal talent as a singer and screamer both. But Dimebag's talent absolutely shines to me more than anything. TGST is my favorite Pantera album and always will be.

[@spencera.4223]

People don't understand how important this album was for metal in the 90's and the fact they filled arenas playing it. My fav pantera record hands down.

[@pantera89]

\m/

[@bricknmotor]

Please let everyone know then

[@xxOldSouL]

Drag the Waters is so good

[@animalwillopus79]

A very dark yet powerful record. Trendkill was a middle finger to everyone everywhere!!!

[@ronaldshank7589]

I'd have to agree with you on that. When I heard what Metallica did that year, I thought to myself:"It's over for Metallica. They went soft! Even cut their hair, and looked like friggin' models, instead of Metal Dudes!

[@fR_eN]

I started listening to Pantera in middle shcool back in the early 90`s. Now 40+ years old and they are the one group that still does not disappoint.

[@johnmccaffrey9712]

Yeah same here. I saw them 5 times through the 90s. Best heavy metal band of all time.

[@revwillyg6450]

Yep. I am 50, and Drag the Waters was my top streaming song of 2021. I will always love Pantera music

[@scotthabshi843]

School Rocks 🤘

[@canatolakhoemini6728]

Me too! Since the world premiere of CFH on MTV I have been huge fan.

[@dzemoski45]

I feel the same about Testament.

[@vintagepokeopenings178]

When I was younger I didn’t like Trendkill that much. I hadn’t acquired the taste for it yet. One summer I had to go on a work trip and I brought the album with me. The CD player in the vehicle ate my CD. I couldn’t get it out but fortunately the CD still played. Needless to say I listened to the album on repeat all week and I probably played it through 7 or 8 times. When I got back to my work headquarters I let them know that I couldn’t get the CD out of the car but they weren’t in a big rush to fix it. The next person who drove the car was blasted by Phil’s scream on the opening track and it scared the heck out of them. Good times.

[@tomtucker1984]

Opening scream ain't Phil.

[@vintagepokeopenings178]

@@tomtucker1984 ohh shoot is that the vocalist from AC?

[@icarogois7116]

@@tomtucker1984 i didn't know that who is it?

[@tomtucker1984]

@@icarogois7116 Seth Putnam, he does vocals on a few tunes. War nerve is another.

[@tomtucker1984]

@@vintagepokeopenings178 Yes sir, does vocals on a few tunes.

[@elstifo]

I have being a diehard Pantera since since I was 12 years old. It's been almost 26 years and their music still puts a smile on my face

[@JackTorrance333]

Same. Every single time bro. Cheers

[@mbnsw]

Me too brother! 26 years ago at 12 years old this year they turned me into a mad fan and put me on a path of discovery of metal in all its forms.

[@danielk8149]

Your still just a pup and Phil messed up and blames heroin

[@pantera89]

\m/

[@noitby]

i have been a diehard pantera fan since 12 and i am 13

[@jamesgeorge4874]

My freind foreshadowed the future, when he paused the CD after 13 steps, and said, "this is it. How the f--- are they going to top this ?" RIP Abbot Brothers, your legacy lives on.

[@pantera89]

thank you! \m/

[@willwade8050]

Pantera with Phil is one of the best metal bands of all time. Those 4 guys destroyed it, every song, every time and every show 👊🏻

[@Static-ash]

Top 10 for sure

[@docvader82]

My brother in law typically doesn't like music as heavy as Pantera. He doesn't like that style of vocals at all. We went to an ozzfest where Pantera opened for Sabbath, and he walked out wanting to listen to anything he could from Pantera. He even liked the vocals he swore he could never tolerate.

[@ReinventingTheSteve]

@@DarkLabProductions Power Metal is pretty sweet. first album with Phil

[@lotsathedetox]

Unless Phil was out of his mind on heroin

[@lotsathedetox]

@@DarkLabProductions okay lol. Some logic. Metallica haven't either because I don't count St.Anger. lmao

[@joshjacobs3906]

The first 15 seconds of Trendkill is the heaviest, most devastating, brutal, in your fkn face, ears, and heart of any album ever. God damn I miss this band. I so look forward to the shows with Zakk and Charlie. Were going to laugh, were going to cry, we are going to shred!!!🤘😠

[@michaelws6247]

I can’t wait. It’s the closest we’ll ever have of the original. Nothing will ever top Phil Rex Vince & dime.. but damnit… this is keeping the music alive. And I can’t help but think Dime would want Panteras music to keep on going. Getchu pull 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@drugmate9710]

My alarm ringtone for when I really need to wake up on time.

[@martinwakefield8138]

Dude are you serious? How can you say that dumb shit with a Straight face when just months earlier Symbolic was released? or Vile was relased that year. Trendkill is for children

[@alexandercurtis4427]

@@drugmate9710 Same bro

[@thomasdunn2875]

​@@michaelws6247Getchr Pull! Hell Yeah Bud!

[@SethHMG]

Suicide Note 1 & 2 are a cross-hook combo to the soul. Goddamn, they hit hard. 10s proves you can have a slow song heavier than most bands discographies. Phil screamed this album nightly on tour. Think about that.

[@johngavin1175]

Floods dude. The whole band was running on all cylinders on that one.

[@SethHMG]

@@johngavin1175 As a son of NOLA, I blast Floods on repeat every year on August 29th. And as far as opening tracks (and title tracks) go, ya can’t get any more metal than TGSTK: “If I hit bottom and everything’s gone, will the great Mississippi please drown me and run!”

[@johngavin1175]

@@SethHMG When I was learning bass,I definitely played along to the title track. I got into metal between 94 95. Trendkill was one of the first cds I bought. Heaviest shit I heard then.

[@techdeathhippie6319]

Dude when they opened with the PA playing Part 1 and then when curtains drop they played Part2 fr : holy shit madness . Greatest heavy metal moment ever . It was so powerful

[@SethHMG]

@@techdeathhippie6319 Easily one of the best moments I’ve ever seen at a concert.

[@ash80510]

This is their best album. The intensity is unmatched

[@jhamilton1007]

Reinventing was kind of a mix of Trendkills intensity and the groove of the previous albums.

[@ryand4533]

@@jhamilton1007 That’s their true best Album they got better every new album man!!!

Agree

[@martinsmartians]

It's my favorite Pantera album. I was going through a dark time in my life: depression, resentment, rage, etc. The album was so dark and unrelenting that it was, oddly enough, like therapy. Musically, it was the equivalent of a friend saying "YES! I know how you feel! You're not alone!" No other album affected me the way "Trendkill" did. To this day, I look back fondly on those years. Like Vinnie said: Take a negative and turn it into a positive.

[@nwerd7584]

Trendkill is still one of the heaviest albums of all time, theres so much hatred weaved through the music.

[@MichaelGrubbEvolvedMinistry]

Hatred doesn't make something heavy. It is a great album, but, there are songs out there that do heavy with no hate involved.

[@MichaelGrubbEvolvedMinistry]

@bubba burdle Guess who these guys cite as one of their influences? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYG4k6mlqdWmec0

[@nwerd7584]

@@MichaelGrubbEvolvedMinistry Actually it can. Some of Mayhems earliest albums are filled with hate and some of the heaviest tones ever recorded. Suicide Note Part 2 is one of the heaviest songs ever recorded.

[@nwerd7584]

@bubba burdle And what is heavy to you then? Anvils first album? Any Black Sabbath album? Unless your naming off doom bands you have no idea what heavy is. Candlemass is one of the heaviest bands of all time everyone shooshoos away because their understanding is abysmal.

[@revwillyg6450]

That tape lived in my car during a particularly shitty year. The hate got me through! Lol

[@_sssnips]

Trendkill is a no fun, depressing, pure unrelenting pain. But that's why I love it, it's honest, relatable and seriously heavy. Very underrated album. Dimes solo in 10s, the dark acoustic suicide note part 1....love it!!!!

[@pantera89]

Getcha pull! \m/

[@_sssnips]

@@pantera89 3!!! 👂🏽👈🏽

[@hrorm]

Love Pantera !! I remember Pantera being on the radio in the mid 90s :D

[@christophersavino6377]

Metallica doesn't have the balls Pantera has as far as talent and musicianship goes!!!

[@jefferykovacs4211]

Love Pantera. As a addict in recovery absolutely love suicide note part 1. Really made me look at my life choices. It's no fun being a slave to drugs. Ty guys for all the great music!

[@josephpe90]

How long you been clean for?

[@jefferykovacs4211]

@@josephpe90 18 months.

[@justinjames2436]

@@jefferykovacs4211 I just got 7 months yesterday

[@JamesLee-lk4kx]

Good luck brothers,hope to be where you are one day.

[@canatolakhoemini6728]

I'm getting ready to start. Uggg. So nervous.

[@robwood1987]

You gotta love Rex, such an honest dude. He never let ego get in the way of shit. I always thought his choice to play with Down combined with Vinny and Dime’s reaction to be pretty telling.

[@UpNthatBasshole]

You most have not read his book

[@INFIDEL82AA]

I agree... 100%

[@ashdoglsu]

The intro to TGSTK sets the tone for the whole album and makes a perfect ringtone. If you don’t mind the occasional WTF is that noise look from family and coworkers.

[@80nighttime]

Link for ringtone?

[@timbarnett5771]

To this day listening to "10s" gives me goosebumps..... Pantera is and always will be my favorite band, so obviously I love their popular songs, but that song speaks to my soul.

[@rkje112]

Trendkill is part of my teenage years. Young me loved the aggression and playing Floods w our instruments in my garage w my friends will always be in my memory.

[@tastelesstouch]

I think the Great Southern Trendkill is kind of like Alice In Chains’ self-titled album from the same year. It’s a much darker departure than any of their other material. They’re both important albums but they are definitely not for everyone lol

[@Heisenbinks]

100% agree. Love both bands and their both my favourite albums in their respective discography! They may not get as much mainstream love but both are uncompromising metal records that show the heaviest side of these bands

[@1848revolt]

I love both those albums. The darker the better.

[@speedking7224]

Another one I'd like to add is sabotage. It's a very angry album filled with social commentary.

[@brainoneill7639]

That's drugs for ya.both amazing albums.

[@megadethfanfartballsgaming]

and i love both those albums with all my heart bro theyre amazing

[@PacRimElectric]

I remember when I first got into Pantera I was reading a magazine about Dime's top solos and "Floods," was high on that list so the very next day I went to my local Tower records and bought the album. "Trendkill," is one of my favorite albums and "Floods," is an awesome song

[@Gr8ApeNappa]

The thing I've always loved most about Phil Anselmo is his positive, cheerful personality. So upbeat!

[@jameswest4259]

Trendkill is so fucking brutal and I love it!! I have seen Pantera 5 times and that tour was my favorite! 🤘

[@HolyShnikeez_1975]

Phil Od'd and 3 days later played at the show I was at in LA. He somewhat apologized to the crowd in typical Phil fashion. They still rocked it harder than any band I've ever seen live🤘🤘

[@jameswest4259]

@@HolyShnikeez_1975 hell yeah they did dude, people just don't know unless they were there, KZbin doesn't do those shows justice. I never thought any band would outdo Slayer live and it was close but Pantera was unmatched! 🤘by the way, great damn name brother! Lol

[@1848revolt]

I've one upped you. I've seen them 6x and will be adding to that total

[@jameswest4259]

@@1848revolt awesome dude 🤘

[@EsotericSyncretism]

I never truly loved Pantera until Trendkill came out. I was hooked from the very first blast

[@ottotheawesome5008]

I love this album. Got it the day it came out and still listen to it often. Never gets old.

[@swordguy1243]

Phil's movements on live shows were insane . No wonder dude hurt his back

[@Geewunner4life]

I brought TGST the first week it was released and upon hearing it for the first time it just didn't catch my attention like the previous 3 Pantera albums did. I rarely played it but as the years went by it actually started to grow on me and now 26 years later I consider it as my top 3 Pantera albums.

[@LMStemmedBackingTracks]

Just curious what’s your top 3.

[@Geewunner4life]

@@LMStemmedBackingTracks 1. Cowboys From Hell 2. Far Beyond Driven 3. The Great Southern Trendkill

[@johngavin1175]

G1 For Life,I take it you're a Transformers fan as well?

[@LMStemmedBackingTracks]

@@Geewunner4life mines always changing but 1-far beyond drivin 2-cowboys from hell reinventing the steel

[@pantera89]

\m/

[@danadane2501]

The Black Album was at least Heavy Metal. It's one of the records I learned to play guitar on some 14 years ago. However what came after I won't comment. The Great Southern Trendkill was absolutely incredible. It's about aggressive and Heavy as a band can get. Reinventing The Steel was more anthem based and I believe if they continues we'd have the greatest Pantera record ever.. That being said I'm absolutely stoked with Zakk and Charlie help Rex and Phil fly the PANTERA brand once again. We can speculate what happens there after 2023 but I'm there for the tour.

[@pantera89]

\m/

[@JOEMAMMADRINK40Z]

ITSA OVER GO TO BED

[@ronaldshank7589]

Really, a lot of "Metal" fans put Metallica's Black Album down, simply because it has no Speed Metal on it, and also because of the "Softer" treatment that they gave "The Unforgiven ", and"Nothing Else Matters ". However, even though a lot of the songs on the Black Album were mid-tempo at best, there's still a lot of power in and on the Black Album. Now, 31 years later, the Black Album has sold at least 16,000,000-17,000,000 here in the U. S. alone, and has sold over 30,000,000 copies World-wide! Load, however, was where Metallica really began falling off. Re-Load was even worse. St. Anger? Forget it! Death Magnetic? Now-THIS is the Album, where Metallica started to get back to form. Hardwired...To Self-Destruct? As far as a lot of people are concerned, this is the Album where Metallica FINALLY came back around, full-circle! Cuts like Hardwired to Self-Destruct, Murder One, and Spit out the Bone, are some very wild songs...songs that they wouldn't have even thought of, back in 1996, when they did Load.

[@JOEMAMMADRINK40Z]

@@ronaldshank7589 metal in "quotes"?................since when, mister IT $OLD THIS MUCH!!! sorry cool guy, you don't belong here. get off yer money cross.

[@ronaldshank7589]

@@JOEMAMMADRINK40Z Nah... I'm having too much fun! Are you SERIOUSLY gonna try to tell me what to say and do, though? Did SOMEBODY forget about the U. S. Constitution, which GUARANTEES me the Freedoms of not only Speech, but of Expression and Opinion? That's all I'm doing-Exercising my Constitutionally guaranteed rights. You have an opinion, and so do I. You have a great weekend.

[@VCADD]

I was a backstage security guy for D&L at that Starplex show. All the sudden the Pantera crew guys started running to the buses spreading the word to get all the "shit" out of the buses. Then they rolled Phil right by me and he was fucking blue, I mean blue. They worked on him inside the ambulance and it wasn't long before he came out. He sat on the back of the ambulance for about 45 minutes and was ready to party again after that. I also worked the Release Party for Trend Kill at The Clubhouse. They brought in about 100 of the hottest dancers from around the metroplex. It was crazy. Not sure what started it but some dude got in Vinnies face upstairs . Their personal security carried the guy out horizontally and knocked his head on every stair rail and corner and wall all the way out the front door. Good times.

[@praetor47]

i get the chills just reading the tracklist... their best album and one that defined my childhood

[@pantera89]

\m/

[@zapusama67]

I dig a lot of music, but thrash makes me happy. PANTERA & OVERKILL got me through the 90s!!

[@ryanmozert]

SET THE WORLD AFIRE MEGADETH ORIGINAL NOT RE MASTER. Best thrash song ever. mary jane 2nd

[@zacksguitarhacks6390]

Literally just decided yesterday to put this album on after not listening to it for probably a year. Really cool album and amazing vocal performances even If Phil was a bit drugged out or whatever

[@ronaldshank7589]

When I listened to "Drag the waters", and heard those screams coming from Phil, I thought to myself:"If he keeps screaming like that, he ain't gonna be able to sing anymore! This has GOT to be ruining his vocal chords! It's so brutal, and very heart-wrenching, to hear him screaming like that!

[@fliegendersarg4478]

@@ronaldshank7589 It's hard not to squeal when a cactus plunges into the anus during recording

[@keithheames992]

Love all their albums, this one is my absolute favorite. Heavy and dark.

[@tomsandoval3089]

I remember first hearing this album when I was like 9 from my older brother, was already going down the metal rabbit hole, and this album blew my fuckn mind. Was my all time favorite album from PanterA back then and still is. Wasn't til about my mid 20s that I heard more about the behind the scenes of what happend during this album and even learning more from this video, that I realized how dark it is. I knew it had a lot of emotion when I was younger and as I got older I could feel it even more. Really under rated album, and since back then even til now, when I'm in a sad or pissed off mood, I always just crank this album and it calms me for some odd reason. Good video man, and all the ones in the past

[@mafiabosslvl1007]

my dad literally made trendkill his gamer tag in every single game because he loved the album so much. he even has a framed picture of the album cover in his office.

[@danieljessop7140]

Vulgar, Far Beyond and Trendkill will always be absolute gold to me.

[@rozzie101]

I never got into heavy drugs, or drug use at all. I have family and friends who are into drugs. It's sad listing to Phil talk about him Doing, talk about how he felt about life at the time. Heartbreaking....

[@adamaizenberg756]

Hearing them drums on 13 steps… my buddy and I were like, alright this album kicks ass! The heaviness of this album was in your face, and we needed that then and still now!!!

[@warbound91]

1st Pantera album I bought when I was a kid I was blown away by how heavy it was. I expected walk and cowboys from hell but i got something much heavier and darker I loved it so much. The songs still hold up and I think it's an underrated album as I never hear covers from it or people discuss it.

[@jl.c.8673]

I have a garage gym ( I live in Texas,) trendkill blasts through the walls while lifting iron. Good clips here. That’s an insightful young Anselmo. I’m waiting on that tour coming up with Zack.

[@justinbell3640]

"that is something Pantera fans can never say about their band" .Yep ❤️ 🤘

[@solpd3183]

TGSTK is PanterA's heaviest and, for me, their best album. It's such a fantastically brutal, underrated record.

[@ZenMountain]

What a hilarious thumbnail!!! He looks like my 5 year old nephew when his mom refuses to give him more bacon.

[@FuhkYub]

Hopefully your nephew learns the conflicts with our legal system so he doesn't desire more bacon.

[@ZenMountain]

@@FuhkYub What conflict are you referring to?? Are you speaking on behalf of pigs?

[@LeatherRebel75]

"Great Southern Trendkill" is actually my least favorite of Pantera's major label albums. But it still crushes. It's gritty and grimy and absolutely dangerous, and gives no quarter and zero f**ks.

[@fanofgodjimindiva2497]

It's way better than Reiventing the Steel, though. If GST was plagued with conflict and turmoil, RTS was plagued with ¨going throught the motions / we don't give a shit anymore¨ attitude

[@jameslandon4126]

Vulgar display of power is my least favorite.

[@raulfigueroa588]

@@jameslandon4126interesting. Why?

[@jameslandon4126]

@@raulfigueroa588 Vulgar Display of Power is to Pantera as The Black Album is to Metallica. It's their most easy to digest, appeal to the masses album. This Love is the only song on it I go back to.

[@raulfigueroa588]

@@jameslandon4126 The question is what masses are you referring to? Metalheads maybe, outside of that many non-heavy music fans don’t know much about Pantera. Either, I was curious what you meant by that

[@cefalu63]

Trendkill is and always has been my favorite Pantera album. I remember when it came out and I put it in the CD player. The album opening just slapped you in the face. Sooooo good.

[@weirdowilliams3723]

Best pantera record by far in my opinion.

[@Static-ash]

I love Trendkill. It's got everything to do with the industrial elements. Oddly enough I really don't like NIN or Manson but Fear Factory and Static-x are my favorite bands...

[@danielhamby9448]

Trendkill is my favorite Pantera album by a mile. I remember I was in 8th grade when it came out, the day I got it I played it while playing Road Rash 2 on Sega.. the good old days!

[@manichispanic999]

Great southern trendkill is my favorite pantera album

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Those 5 legendary albums where would the metal world be without out them ⭐

[@j.christiansonsr.7285]

The older I get the more I appreciate the record.

[@matthewmitchell3253]

Great video! Very unexpected, but very welcome!

[@jamesmoore4385]

Can still remember putting on that cd being bout 14 so heavy made my teenage years so memorable

[@ultralyrics1]

Phil's screams brutal as fuck on Trendkill

[@1848revolt]

He didn't do all the screams

[@KnozLo]

Still remember putting Trendkill on and when it kicks of with Anselmo's and Putnam's scream I was fucking blown away.

[@sa373372]

Trendkill is my best PanterA album. Living through me the best song

[@666AbbeyRoad]

Floods is still my favorite Pantera song!

[@nosajiksnektoouglyforporn3204]

My favorite album by them.

[@jacksonrich6398]

Wonderful video. Thx for sharing!!!

[@cogline9]

Trendkill will always have a special place in my heart because it came out right before I graduated High School. That album was the soundtrack to many a party that summer and many more thereafter!

[@colonelhstinkmeaner8547]

Damn the radio punks didn't like Pantera. You know what they say you don't like Pantera walk on home boy.

[@kristophertibbets5986]

I’m good with it brotha, because that means they went to the top by word of mouth! I am proud of them for that and I wouldn’t have it any other way. 🤘🔥🤘

[@travman1987]

I’d say pantera and Metallica are very similar when it comes to Metallicas earliest albums during their angry days. I love both bands and they do have very similar styles. Powerful guitar riffs, a band that can be loud fast and aggressive but sometimes soft, melodic and beautiful.

[@The_Last_Ninja]

Not in Pantera’s early glam/hair metal days though. Metallica and their fans would have called Pantera posers. Lucky they changed singer, musical style and look, otherwise who knows what would have happened to them.

[@rycor9117]

@@The_Last_Ninja They were posers and then changed to pose for metal. It is just who they are.

[@The_Last_Ninja]

@@rycor9117 I feel they changed for the better. While their early glam music is good, their post glam music is off the scale 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@coldvoid]

This is such a legendary album. So great.

[@mortalexo103]

I remember my buddy didn't like this release at first but the way that album kicks off I was home and never left.

[@JesusChrist-xb7jq]

Either I’m in a time loop or this is a “Reload”.

[@17DEAD17DEAD]

That's what I was thinking

[@Doomzdayxx]

I don't really think Trendkill was really heavier than FBD. Sure as hell wasn't lighter. Hard to get heavier than FBD, basically impossible. Trendkill just didn't have as many hooks as FBD. Killer album though, either way.

[@jonwanrocks]

TGSTK was my introduction to pantera and they've been my favorite band since then

[@xxCOMBATzz]

I fucking love Pantera. In the 90's I had a Pantera shirt for every day of the week plus Tuesday. Lol love you Phil and Rex. RIP V&D. Pantera has gotten me through the roughest times in my life. Mainly my combat PTSD from the Marine Corps.

[@nintendad1166]

Phil opened shows in support of RTS with his proclamation to sold out shows, "We're the fucking kings of Metal". He was absolutely correct. Pantera went out on top.

[@rycor9117]

@derping for americants and never were the Kings of Metal.. ever

[@davidbrothers3788]

My favorite pantera record next to vulgar display I like it better than reinventing the steel which I always thought lacked something

[@Cycopace]

The production on Reinventing the Steel was weaker because Terry Date wasn’t producing it

[@tastelesstouch]

I love reinventing the steel and it’s a badass album but I do think it doesn’t have a “mood” or “vibe” like the other ones do, it seemed more like an album they made from just having a good time and jamming not really thinking too much about it

[@Cycopace]

you can try a listen to the Terry Date's Remix of Reinventing. It sounds waaayyy better than the OG version but you're also right saying this album lac king something...

[@GEricG]

I love this channel - no hyperbole, no attempts to be controversial, just great storytelling.

[@thefinaldispatch]

Man I was like 10 years old when trendkill came out and I thought it was absolutely incredible. I used to listen to it over and over even at such a young age

[@motodiablo]

Moby is right. War Nerve rips!

[@daBEAGLE1017]

The whole album is brutal.

[@Rob_Cary]

"Why Pantera didn't want to be Metallica" Got more abrasive with each album, wasn't in it for the money, had a good drummer, wasn't looking to be a corporate store brand band.... Yea, Pantera couldn't have been Metallica if they tried. And that's a good thing.

[@lowmelody5569]

Metallica didn't start off being a glam hair band (not in it for the money LOL) and end up doing nazi salutes on stage but sure.

[@Rob_Cary]

I'm a die hard lefty and even almost wanted to vomit at your social justice response. Got anything else?

[@lowmelody5569]

@@Rob_Cary Yup, bashing neo nazi trash sure is SJW. You don't know what these words even mean Mr. Hard Lefty. LMAO

[@Rob_Cary]

The work ethic of selling out and being a brand? Good!

[@eelson2]

like the honest interviews. Kids need to hear this type of stuff. When your heros go through it too, it can help you in the muck.

[@jayluck8047]

4 minutes of bliss. I hear ya brother.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Yup. They kept on pushing it. I was 10 when I saw the video for One and bought everything by Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and more, even picked up Cowboys From Hell when I saw it. When the Black album came out I was so bummed. Had some good songs but I wanted more Jusitce style stuff. Haven't bothered with them since. Pantera though? Bought all they put out for sure. Their last album, Reinventing the Steel was even heavier than Trendkill. They knew what we wanted.

[@Mr.CoachBeaulieu]

Do you look back now and realize how much of a masterpiece the black album was or do you still feel the same?

[@MikeysMorgue]

Something they could never say about their band? They wore lipstick and panties on stage with teased hair! They dressed in drag! Vinnie said Metallica and Slayer inspired them to ditch the makeup. And there are tons of examples of bands "selling out "

[@Re-Todd_Howard]

Thank you for pointing this out. So many people ignore the 80s Pantera. They looked like Poison in the 80s 🤣

[@mrowley7300]

Alice n chains where the same

[@nosajiksnektoouglyforporn3204]

And Slayer wore eyeliner in their earlier days, and Metallica in the 90's. Not to mention Lars wearing spandex during the Mustaine era. No one was innocent.

[@scottkeys6212]

Let's not forget Slayer wore makeup in the beginning

[@kurth4255]

Except Slayer wore make up & the like in the very early days. Never bought this argument. But than again i’ve never understood the sheer hatred of anything associated w glam from the “Metal” crowd.

[@stretchhfab7315]

I saw them in 96 in the southern trend kill tour. Amazing show...no other way to say it.

[@andyjg13]

My very first concert was Skid Row with Pantera, so they were the very first live act I ever saw. I wasn't ready for them, but I've been a fan ever since.

[@tonymcnamara9368]

You can tell the band weren't together, physically or, spiritually. It's difficult to listen to at times, the struggle is right in your face! It's a record they had to make, not a record they wanted to make. The record company shouldn't have pushed them, especially with Phil being the way he was at the time, physically, and mentally.

[@David5676-k7o]

I like all of their albums hard to say which one is the best but the great southern tread kill I listen to the most. I’ve seen them 4 times in concert also.

[@nwerd7584]

you really said the 90s was a weird time for metal? Many people could rightfully argue the 90s were some of the best times of metal period. Certainly better than today in terms of differences between bands. They werent all death n roll, like todays mainly metalcore.

[@Re-Todd_Howard]

In comparison to the 80s. The 90s was dominated by grunge pop punk and nu metal. A lot of the metal bands from the 80s had a hard time adjusting to the changes that came in the 90s. Nobody’s talking about todays metal.

[@nwerd7584]

@@Re-Todd_Howard I wasnt talking about what was the most popular of the time nor do I much care. The masses like dogshit and music written for it isnt done organically, its written in a formula as to what "kids" of the day liked. Pop punk was big but it sucked ass. As a whole the 90s had the biggest and most diverse set of underground bands from rock, metal and rap. The 80s was fairly small and not very diverse in terms of metal. Thats when grindcore really becomes big, in the 90s and creates total legends. Also 90s death metal has a very specific sound thats lost these days. Labels like metal blade become gigantic, earache gains traction mostly in the later 80s. Yeah maybe bands of certain genres felt the burn, but I mean motley crue still fills stadiums. If you have enough quality behind you and no inner turmoil you were set on a track. A lot of it is the label control of those times though, they controlled and killed a lot of things and while it still exists now they dont have the hold they once did. In my personal opinion the majority of grunge was god awful but it was popular for like 6ish years. And while that was happening cannibal corpse was appearing in films and shredding across the US. So I guess my point is its there, its just not on the surface.. and most fans of this stuff also dont care about surface music.

[@nwerd7584]

@@Re-Todd_Howard also people forget the "rise of grunge" directly coincides with Panteras, start and climb to the top and they'd fill the fuck out of places. So I push back on it was a weird time and metal or rock was dying. Glam was dying, thats about it. Hell even Ozzy was still tearing it up through the early 90s.

[@mtguitar5150]

I remember buying this, first Pantera album i bought. Never looked back

[@gangstersquadbros]

Great video mate I love pantera and thing u made great points

[@kurth4255]

Trendkill is my least favorite but would still take it over any Metallica album from any era. Trendkill is def the heaviest album. Speed,explosion & brutality. Just doesnt quite have that classic Pantera seminole riffage or groove for some of us.

[@rycor9117]

LMAO you can have my copy of it and Ill take Metallica RtL

[@wotanskarl192]

If you say you're a Pantera fan but you didn't like trendkilll, then I'd argue you're not much of a Pantera fan. This was the album that cemented them as the metal standard bearers. It's a fucking nasty album made by a band that was at a crossroads and not happy with, well, much of anything. They could have just copied themselves and no one would've batted an eye (looking at you reinventing the steel) but they put out this and 101 proof with its 2 awesome studio tracks and immortal insane and avoid the light.... Hells wrath may be the most honest metal song I've ever heard about heroin addiction, war nerve is the quintessential fuck shit up song, and underground in America and sandblasted skin are some of Pantera's best written and arranged work. Suicide note 1+2 are great and it has the greatest 60 seconds to start a metal album ever. Floods may be dimes best solo. It is somewhat incoherent as a whole, I get that criticism. Its reflective of a band that wasn't really united in making it. Speaking personally tho, this is my favorite Panter album. THis is the mighty Pantera and they are at their most raw here. This is what your 5th fist fight with your step-dad sounds like. This is what seagrams 7 and wild turkey sound like. This is what METAL sounds like.

[@anthonyconvery4331]

Reinventing the steel was a "cut and paste" album? Not arguing, just wondering why you think that

[@jon-quijano]

For the GSTK tour, Pantera took it upon themselves to come through Bismarck, ND, to play, where I was in the audience, 16 years old, at my first concert. That town got almost no rock shows of any kind. It was fucking legendary. Between songs, Phil said, “I only know one thing about North Dakota, and that’s Virgil Hill.” (Phil was a big boxing fan, and Hill was the light heavy weight champ, from ND.) I still listen to 100 Proof to remember the vast feeling of their live show.

[@oddtimekeeper]

It’s my favorite Pantera album hands down! Heavy,angry, attitude…. Badass!👊

[@fanofgodjimindiva2497]

I really like this album, it wasn't as good as Vulgar Display of Power or Far Beyond Driven, but definetly better than Reinventing the Steel. The band didn't give a shit anymore at that point. It's better an album plagued with problems like GST than one plagued with apathy and weariness

[@issacrodriguez91]

Wasn't Pantera Glam ?? Lol They were definitely following trends and changed when music started changing around them. Metallica did what they wanted regardless of scrutiny. Love both bands but there's a lot more to the story

[@kristophertibbets5986]

Dude, they were playing Van Halen, Ozzy, and Judas Priest back in the day. Not Poison and non jovi. The image I’ll give you, but not the music. So your statement is half true. And then they went against the grain and the mainstream.

[@issacrodriguez91]

@@kristophertibbets5986 You're absolutely correct but I'm talking about what was trendy in the 80s and how they applied it to their look. Their first two albums were cliche power/glamish metal stuff. So going from their first 2 to all of sudden heavy was always strange to me, just like how Priest went from badass BHM to Glam turbo stuff was lame

[@JackTorrance333]

@@issacrodriguez91 turbo is a great song. I see your point though.

[@jnb756]

Trendkill made all of their prior records sound so light - not that they were, they were absolutely heavy - but Trendkill really hit the first 15 or so seconds in and never let up - even the slower stuff just ground broken glass into your ears...

[@olber289]

Trendkill is a masterpiece, so dark and brutal.. crazy ambience in this album

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

Pantera absolutely crushed Metallica. They sold out, which is something Pantera NEVER did.

[@Thebullshitdebunker]

Pantera never "sold out", but they did trend-chase glam metal for their first 3 albums. And I say that as a Pantera fan. But everthing from Power Metal on is diamonds.

[@Miist3rDuce1]

No they didn't

[@jarumsuntik4099]

@@Thebullshitdebunker they sold out in reverse

[@rycor9117]

EDGY STUFF one band still tours and sells out the other............................

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

​@@jarumsuntik4099,😂😂😂

[@donaldsalkovick396]

I stand behind Phil no matter what. He's a total badass

[@phillipm3179]

Pantera was and still is my favorite bands of all time with dimebag and Vinnie Paul

[@aplus1080]

Sick video. Hella wisdom edited in there 💪