Philip Anselmo on Dark Days Behind Pantera's 'The Great Southern Trendkill'

1996's 'The Great Southern Trendkill' is Pantera's most extreme and abrasive album, hands down. Characteristically defiant and contrarian, the band followed up its No. 1 Billboard-charting 'Far Beyond Driven' with an LP that was far beyond confrontational - musically experimental, sonically bombastic and lyrically scathing. For the 20th anniversary of the landmark record (released on May 7th), we talked to singer Philip Anselmo about the dark days that inspired such dark music.
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[@BassistBreakdown]

No album has a better opening

[@richmondwilkes6952]

I remember grabbing this tape. Putting it on cranking it and looking at my buddy laughing saying holy fucking shit man!!!!!!!!!!!

[@battousai12]

Also, no album has a better ending

[@buvabu]

IDK man. Welcome to the jungle in AFD or Holy Wars in RIP.

[@lopolik]

@@buvabu Ganja Burn is also a great opening song (nicki minaj).

[@Stevejoohee]

Agreed

[@KarlRock]

I bought that album without even knowing what was on it when I was a kid. It was my first ever metal album. I think it was my first ever CD too. Quite an introduction 🤣

[@jimbodavis1944]

Hahaha... I can’t imagine. I at least had some training wheels before The Great Southern Trendkill. Talk about 0-to-100 in under 3 seconds. Well done!

[@desensitizedtv9862]

I had my old school, ranch girl Mexican grandma buy me that CD when we were in Mexico one day when I was about 11 or 12. I still remember, it was about 13 pesos, and she didn't know what it was. I played it as soon as I got back home, and that first 'BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAH' just fried my hide into the wall, immediately. I knew some Pantera by then, but that really did me in. Good fuckin memories.

[@jimbodavis1944]

@@desensitizedtv9862 That’s a great story. This is how albums should be experienced.

[@jonathanjamesbuzza4957]

"11 and hearing that blaaaaaaaahhhhhh fried my hide into the wall. ". Dude I could not imagine that for my first CD that would have been on repeat constantly. He'll of a thought and description. That's prob my #1 fav opener for an album. Great sound track for my youth would have been a better name

[@rakeshs9678]

arre karl rock ji , aap bhi pantera sunte the? sahi baat hai.. hum bhi bachpan mein bathroom mein zor zor se gaate the “THE TREND... IS... DEEEAAAADDDD!!!” , hume nahi pata kaunsa trend par fir bhi masti mein !

[@pondscumbaits8834]

I have always felt that Phil’s voice was never better than it was on Trendkill. He really showed his chops. The falsetto in “Floods”, the emotion in the Suicide Note songs. Just fantastic.

[@floridianthrasher5426]

Don't forget Seth putnam in part two

[@adriandossantos4318]

@@floridianthrasher5426 And War Nerve, if I'm not mistaken?

[@Nissardpertugiu]

I think some albums show his chops . Power metal and CFH definitivly show his chops , schizophrenic performance . Vulgar is like an extension of that but morphed in his own , more gritty and tough Still the shriek and the brightness still there of previous years . Just more mature . Far beyond driven showed a more " Suffocation " and hardcore kind of stuff vocal approach TGST showed a more dark , bluesy , and more grindcore / black metal kind of vocals ... As strange as it sounds beign more extreme and depth it showed more range than FBD . FBD , and i took a little time to like , even.it has planet caravan in all , but its kind of the lower , mid part of his range , except Sheddin skin , throes of rejection , few stuff on Use my third arm and im broken when it have kind of rest of old school higher resonance . TGST , you have more modulation between the low / mid register and Upped belting and the higher schrieking . And Ballads obviously And thats unique case falsetto in his career in Pantera ( no , his Judas prietesque singing was full extended / mixed voice with high larynx technique , this is NOT falsetto or even pure headbvoice either ) in floods , but in a disturbing way . Reinventing the steel show case more his matured raspy voice with the years of experience pushing extreme while backing into a more old school register again . And doing great range . Even its more distorted and direct like Vulgar , if you listen well on headphones , especially in the layers behind, he did have the brightness back of his earlier years . Theres few high notes in that album .

[@raffiequler7510]

Yeah, Phil totally blew the opportunity to make a great album there. You are a donkey.

[@JO3B1Shinobi]

@@Nissardpertugiu great breakdown!

[@DemonSlide]

Lately this has turned to be my favorite Pantera album. I used to not give it the time of day. What a fool.

[@Farbeyondriven5150]

Ditto. I always come back to this album after listening to the rest of them. This album has solidified its position for sure.

[@whalenator1453]

Honestly same, i grew up listening to Pantera but it was always Cowboys, Vulgar and Far Beyond Tracks, only recently rediscovered TGSTK and some of the deeper cuts off of Reinventing the Steel. Gotta say this Band doesn’t have a bad song, the only other artists that come to mind of that Calibur would be like System of a Down, Tool.... Sublime?

[@kittywampusdrums4963]

Dude it's always been one of my favorites and I never understood why people shit on it.

[@maro6041]

Same

[@LeftSinkHandle]

And with age comes wisdom lol

[@zDialecticChaos]

Pantera will forever be THE metal band of the 90s.

[@musicminds247]

No question. They carried metal in the 90’s, end of discussion.

[@pedroandremendes8444]

Pantera is the best Metal band to ever come across this peculiar rock we're on.

[@TheMapman01]

They tower over Metallica. And I was so into Metallica at that time.

[@hardrightturn7502]

@@TheMapman01 Pantera sucked in the 80's when Metallica ruled the world. Metallica sucked in the 90s when Pantera was ruling the world. The aughts had Lamb of God as their biggest metal act but they didnt rise to near the level of Pantera or Metallica. In the world of Heavy Metal, there is Metallica and Pantera. Everyone else falls to the wayside.

[@Robert-rl7rd]

What about Meshuggah, Sepultura, Fear Factory?

[@livefreeprintguns]

More of this please... we already lost two members goddamn it. Rex and Phil's stories need to be heard and their history needs to be cataloged before we all blink and don't have the opportunity to anymore.

[@survivingthepettys6670]

I agree, it's crazy to think that they are the only members of Pantera left 😞 they ain't getting any younger, I just hope they keep on taking care of themselves.

[@VonGoldfinger]

Time for a documentary

[@SuperAnderson1997]

Everybody talks about Floods and Suicide Note but 13 steps to nowhere for me is just a MASTERPIECE

[@JCordoba1001]

THE UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA! My favorite track

[@deathmetalelitist666]

The whole album is a masterpiece

[@zachw2538]

13! 13! 13! 13! STEPS!!

[@martynilsson4731]

For me that's the worst song of the record.

[@almostaskater133]

Juiciest drum beat I’ve ever heard.

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

This mans lyrics changed my life

[@richmondwilkes6952]

And Charged!!!!!!

[@goatsmoke597]

Same bro. Grown up with Phil, been my go to since 13yrs old. Almost 40 now!!

[@jamesmarengo6222]

Knowing Phil's history I've come to think this album is what drug addiction feels and sounds like. Its a brutal and great fucking album

[@adamvmiller]

Also the Superjoint Ritual albums. That to me is the sound of a rock god hitting rock bottom. I do love those albums though. I’ve heard stories of what it was like recording the first and second superjoint. Not pretty.

[@nowimhigh]

I believe he first started dabbling with heroin slightly before Far Beyond Driven or while recording it. Just listen to his voice and the lyrics. The lyrics for Shedding Skin and Hard Lines and Sunken Cheeks says it all. By the time TGSTK came out he was beyond experimenting. I don't think he was full blown addicted until during the end of Pantera. He couldn't afford to be addicted touring the World. Its part of the reason he overdosed in Dallas in 96. He had no damn tolerance, and he was easily able to finish that tour up. Something he couldn't do if he was a full blown addict by then. I believe he was just using on and off recreationally. Now in the early 00s after Pantera split when he wrote the Down II and Superjoiny Ritual albums he was a full blown addict. Something he was able to maintain by recording at his home. Im not exactly sure weather Down nor Superjoint toured the world around this period. If not, than it's partly do to his addiction. Not considering that most of his band mates were also addicted to heroin and various other drugs then. It was the only way to take away the pain. And he wrote some of the most relatable lyrics then too in regards to drug addiction. Just analyze Stone the Crow back when he was recreationally using and from Ghost of Mississippi when he was full blown there's no going back now. He lays it all down in a great interview he did with Layola University in New Orleans. He describes how and why he started using. Described a typical day in the height of his addiction. Phil wasn't innocent by any means but what a lot of ppl fail to mention is the Abbott brothers alcoholic addiction. The two didn't mix, the brothers just loved to be the life of the party. You had to drink if you hung out with them. They also had tons of hanger ons. So Phil isolated himself which only did it's part in estranging the band. I honestly believe it was a lack of communication during this period that prevented them from going on. Reading Rex's book helped put this period into perspective for me. The brothers were devastated that Phil kept wanting to do his side projects, then Rex even left to join down. But Rex would still join the with Rebel meets Rebel , just not with Damageplan. Phil has always been known to be unhinged and to say some wild shit wild being inebriated during this period. So he said some shit that the media spun naturally. Now weather the Abbott Brothers took it to heart or not, who knows? I believe that Vinny did and even more so after his brothers untimely death. The fact of the matter is, is that they all used to be brothers back in the trenches when they were just a mere local DFW band. The had been touring non stop over the last 10yrs and they all needed a break from one another. So Vinny Paul may of took it personal, I believe Dike always held onto the possibility of Pantera reuniting again once the time is right. Phil tried to reach out to them, but whoever was managing the situation wouldn't let them talk. It's easy to point the finger here, buy by any means it wasn't Phil's fault. A lot of variables came into play and the band was burnt out simply put. No one could of imagined what would happen to Dime could ever happen. It's all so tragic in hindsight. It's bs what that pos did, he took away one of the kindest most down to earth talented metal musicians of all time. I can vouch first hand just how cool Dime was from a fans point of view. I'm fortunate to be from Dallas. I was 19yrs old, it was the summer of 03. My friends and I ventured to some random pool hall in Arlington, Tx. One of my friends was meeting up with someone there. We walk in and lo and beyond it's Dime, he was just chilling by himself. I'm sure the majority of ppl were already used to him being there. He literally lived 2 miles away. Anyways I didn't want to bother him, so my friend casually walks up and his whole demeanor changed. Here he was honestly he was drunk af, he looked somber and to me it looked like he had been stressing for quite awhile. I mean he had no entourage nothing whatsoever. So my friend confronts him and asks for an autograph and I'll never forget it. He busted out a sharpie and was like hell yeah boys I know y'all have some Pantera shit for me. I know one of y'all better have too. I never ran so fast in my life. Forunately for me I had taken my whole CD case out of my car and took it with me in my friend's car as we went to Arlington. I grabbed the first Pantera cd I saw, which was this album The Great Southern Trendkill. He signed our shit, we thanked him and went on our way. I immediately went back into my friends car to wait on him to do whatever he was doing there. About 5-10 min later came Dime staggering drunk stumbling to his ride. I believe it was an all black suburban. He was all by himself and I yelled out Dimebag you're the shit man! I honestly probably could of went up to him and had a decent conversation. But I really didn't want to bother the man. He did respond to me when I yelled out to him. That was my fortunate little encounter with the man. He honestly was all about his fans. Afterall he apparently always had a marker on him to sign shit for ppl. He wasn't an egotistical stereotypical rockstar. He easily could of told us to fuck off. Since he was all by himself he didn't have a bodyguard or an entourage to tell us to fuck off either. He truly realized how much it ment for a fan to meet their metal heroes. He just so happened to be from the same area as myself. It was truly epic af, they only one that I've failed to meet was Phil. Somewhere during the period between Vulgar and FBD. He always be in New Orleans during their time off. Which I understandable since that's where he was from anyways. The brother and Rex would always do a couple of special random shows locally. This is how I originally got my Power Metal tape signed by all 3. My mother used to go see them all the time at the Basement club and she got that tape signed for me. I was maybe 10ish then and I remember giving her my tape and telling her please get this signed if they'll let you. Sure enough she came back with my tape signed. I remember being a but bummed out that Phil wasn't there so I couldn't get his autograph. Anyways, yes it's very tragic how this legendary band ended. I know for a fact that they would of reunited if Dike was never taken away from us.

[@jdawg3629]

@@nowimhigh Put down the meth pipe

[@jdawg3629]

Drug addiction sounds like Alice in Chains. This album is the sound of drug addiction + extreme back pain, hence the extreme sound.

[@Cheddar_Curtain]

Phil talks about recording vocals at Trent Reznor's studio in NOLA which is appropriate because Trent went through the addictions and hit rock bottom as well. And still made some of the finest music of his career because of it. And then came back stronger than ever. Phil sounds more together and coherent in this interview than he has in awhile which is awesome to see.

[@WhiteManXRP]

I bought " Great Southern Trendkilll "on my 8th grade graduation in 1996 And listened to it on the bus and cranked it all that summer, along with SEPULTURA Roots album So sick !!

[@midnight347]

Were close in age I was 13 when it dropped its hard to beleive i am commenting on a KZbin video about the 25th anniversary of this album. Sounds as fresh today as it ever has and much of the subject matters fits right in with the bs trendy stuff going on today! Badass album

[@robertmacpeek424]

I was the same age as well and remember both albums coming out 7th-8th grade. FBD in '94 (6th grade for me) was my intro to PanterA. Roots was quite heavy and a bit darker in places than Chaos A.D. I still refer to these albums and ones like it for a good push at the gym. Funny too that apparently we're all gear heads too👍

[@dillinguuur79]

Ha, I was the same way with Far Beyond Driven. I was in 8th grade and got Seplutura Chaos A.D. with it.

[@chuckmoon2551]

Same age here! Pantera, Sepultura & KoRn’s Life Is Peachy were my jams in Jr.High and start of my High School years 🤘🏻

[@peaner083]

@@midnight347 Crazy hey. I was 13 when it came out also....time flys. Still crank Pantera aswell as other bands I discovered back then (Korn,Fear Factory etc) to this day. Bus driver used to let us put it on the cd player on the bus which was pretty cool

[@ajjames5489]

Phil sounds so on point in this interview. Clear minded and articulate so awesome

[@daviddelano-oakes1082]

@Aj James I second that 😁👊

[@dahness564]

He finally sounds healthier and speaks at a normal speed.He looks and sounds healthier,beside his white beard,you could not tell he was either in his 50's or in his 20' when he was bald. It's crazy how good this guy looks considering all the shit he did his whole life.

[@protestthisyouloser1093]

I think he looks amazing too!!

[@ojpistorius6369]

You forgot arrogant

[@dahness564]

@@ojpistorius6369 nah

[@keithgabbard4816]

The calmer moments of Trendkill make the heavier moments even more so .

[@davidslattery6750]

I was 16 when this album came out. I spent a whole summer cycling around the countryside of midlands ireland soaking in all the different extreme vibes and textures on offer. As a more mature listener, the album has become a reflection of a band at the height of their popularity, being torn apart by those very forces they helped create.

[@markshaver3814]

Couldn't have said it better

[@nikola_ciric]

I'm born in '79 (close to you I guess). Remember buying blank tape to get TGST recorded from CD on it..at the friends music shop. Albums like that were really changing all vibes around. Felt really good for me

[@nikola_ciric]

@Demonic Chorus yeah, kinda like Shakespeare listened to that album and wrote review :)

[@Manu-Official]

First metal album to go straight to number one in the charts, only word of mouth no advertising.

[@nikola_ciric]

@@Manu-Official Actually only Far Beyond hit no1.. Great Southern 4th in Us, and 2nd in Aus (from wikipedia, not that it matters much anyway :)

[@vaevictus4434]

I was homeless but employed when this came out. Got me through some really rough times. It's crazy how the music we enjoy is like a timestamp or a bookmark on your life. I guess that's why music is.......correction, GOOD music is so important to us.

[@jaypayton8690]

Their best album. It is also by far their most extreme album. Definitely bridged the gap to the underground. I think this album scared off the older metal Cowboys From Hell crowd and appealed more to the younger fans at the time. Phil's SuperJoint Rutual vibes were coming forward on this record

[@baloothepibble8421]

Yep, the eyehategod and acid bath vibes too.

[@elizabethrincon3231]

Acid bath 🚿 surely was just one of Phil's pizza in a bit later than Pantera but, I'm sure it's not too late for a good time for a call on a good time for a call on a new band of stuff to be done by a rap group of people who are drugs addicted dark and suicidal and then their is!!.. Tha Phsyco Suicide boy's!!.. lol thanks for letting it happen again after this one. I love it Michael J McSweeney aka Dirty Rupert fiend of you guys ever wake up idaho

[@elizabethrincon3231]

Dark blue 🔵 you too beautiful 💞 I don't think so much honey I just need me to bring anything from the store lol thanks again love u too Phil you definitely brought out the guitar 🎸 player in Dime bag Darrell green tea and stay safe out of the needle and spoon smoke meth snort coke continue smoke herb 🌿 for a bit longer drop 💧 acid!!.. lol thanks again love 💕 k see u soon as well so much fun energetic earth bound for a while now I am not a moral thing in my wallet right now I'm working on it now but I'm sure you don't know how much it is really hard on yourself a lot more then you can do you want me to get you something else like downtown or somewhere in there for a few days and a half hour drive from home so we could try another drug dealer lol I don't think I might care about what you fame up bagwhores think of me tha Dike you have come back in recovery mode from none other than me tha Phsyco Michael J McSweeney aka Tha Bagtease if you need

[@1Deep43VA]

Yo reading some of these replies is a like journey on drugs itself. ^^^^^^

[@bucknasty69]

In a lot of places it sounds like a metalcore record. It’s crazy how modern it sounds even today.

[@ReaderMeetAuthor]

I remember this album coming out when I was 16, I went down to the local independent record store and picked it up. That day was also the first time I heard Deftones - they were playing 7 Words in the shop and I just assumed it was the new Pantera record because it was the day of release and thought ‘this sounds weird for Pantera’. Then I went home and listened to the TGSTK and was like ‘that song wasn’t on there!’. I had to go back a few days later and ask the store guy what he was playing. The golden years of seeking out and buying albums. That record store guy died in a freak accident years later when a helicopter fell out of the sky and landed right on top of him. What a metal way to go out.

[@devenchinso]

Deftones- adrenaline. One of the best.

[@donsferatu]

7 words is probably my favorite song by them

[@cuteasxtreme]

That entire story is metal. Hope it was quick for the record store guy RIP

[@isickoneebner]

About the same age. .bought both Pantera and deftones albums and went to my 1st concert that summer ...white zombie , deftones , Pantera !!!!! Amazing !!!

[@floyd7146]

Saw EyehateGod & White Zombie open up for Pantera on TGSTK tour....wish I could capture that show to see again.

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

This is actually my favorite Pantera record. 🤘🏾✊🏿🖤🤎

[@bigrob7934]

Trendkill has been and always will be my fav Pantera record. IMO, it is their heaviest collection of work. What a record...

[@emanuelrayvillaflores7759]

Drag The Waters is my favorite Pantera song and I can’t believe it’s 25 years old along with all the other amazing songs on The Great Southern Trendkill

[@steves6756]

When GSTK came out I was a huge Metallica fan, and my best friend at the time was a huge Pantera fan. Well GSTK came out on the same time "Load" came out. For some reason I went with Pantera which prompted my friend to buy "Load". We both went to our respective homes to listen to our purchases. An hour later I got a call from my friend saying "This CD sucks.....can I come to your house and listen to Pantera". :D I definitely made the right choice that day!!!

[@smashdalde9713]

..ha! I remember meeting up with my mates on the day the 'black album' came out,we all bought a copy each and retired to Mickey's house to listen to it..what fucking shit,the feeling of betrayal was something that never left me after that and i've never forgiven them for it..a week later another mate of mine played me a tape by a band called PANTERA called cowboys from hell...and man,i forgot all about aaaallllll about Metallica-i still listen to the Cliff era stuff tho and 'justice' also still gets regular plays.It's impossible to convey to somebody who wasn't there in the mid-late 80's just how fucking cool Metallica were....

[@steves6756]

@@smashdalde9713 Well here is my take on the black album. GREAT ALBUM!!!! Some really awesome songs, and well written. Enter Sandman is catchy and the video was awesome. Sad But True was HEAVY! Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters are classically incredibly written. Wherever I May Roam is epic. Don't Tread On Me was an anthem. And even the filler songs were pretty good. The B-sides were fucking killer! Stone Cold Crazy and So what? Now all of this being side if this had been a brand new band just coming out, I'd instantly be a fan. But when you say "this is Metallica?" it's a bit of a let down. More so because I was afraid of the direction they were heading in. And then Load and Reload came out, and only further cemented my fears. They are trying to capture their former glory with Death Magnetic and Hardwired, but it just ain't the same. both CDs have solid tracks, I love Atlas Rise! But not to the same extent that I love Blackened, or One, Or Puppets, Battery, Orion, Creeping Death, Chtulu etc. etc. etc.

[@djkreature]

Load was a load of crap. Metallica hasn't had a decent album since And Justice

[@heyzeus9497]

God damn it, release the whole interview!

[@raumyurena5693]

Trendkill was Pantera's true masterpiece..

[@CousinPaddy]

Trendkill is the angriest album of all time. A pillar of metal!

[@hectorvegasduque2234]

Not as heavy as pantera but in terms of angry Slipknot's first couple of albums are up there too.

[@humb1s3rvant]

Oh boy is it angry...reminds me of Ren and Stimpy

[@sarzbeth]

I love Pantera. Everyone loved Pantera. So fucking good!!!

[@AlecBridges]

I remember my local record store put Trendkill on the shelves the day before release by accident. I was so stoked!

[@JPX64Channel]

And did you bought it?

[@AlecBridges]

@@JPX64Channel Most definitely.

[@scottthomas4779]

I've always felt that trendkill had more going on psychologically so to speak than the other Pantera records. Of all their records these guys said it best when they said it takes you on a journey. Everytime I listen to it by the end I'm absolutely drained. It's absolutely their most brutal and abrasive and dark record overall but also has these moments of mind blowing atmosphere and beautiful emotion.

[@theussrsatomicbomb]

My favorite Pantera record by far. I remember hearing Far Beyond Driven for the first time, and I thought that nothing could top the brutality of that album. Then I heard Trendkill, and I instantly changed my mind. From the opening title track, I was hooked. Every song is dark and heavy, lyrically if not musically. And it's so cohesive as well, I remember finishing the album the first time and thinking "That was 50 minutes? I'll play it again!" And I did, and still do to this day

[@adamturner1563]

Favourite Album, Favourite Singer. LORDS UNMATCHED! (This started it all for me) ... thank you phillip

[@integrity101]

Me 2. First album i got from them.

[@northeastslingshot1664]

Truth

[@mtc8335]

It was really amazing to see the progression on each album. They just kept upping the bar. I can remember I was a HS freshman when FBD came out which is my favorite album. I was a sophomore when Trendkill came out and I was so curious and excited to to see what they could possibly come up with next! I was blown away, what a feeling! Trendkill is a very close second place Pantera album for me.

[@integrity101]

@@mtc8335 Agree their progression was amazing.

[@adamturner1563]

Absolutely my friend.

[@kylemcgill2966]

*Me and my friend had b-days 2 days apart so we would go to "Strawberries" and buy each other CDs. One year he got me "Great Southern Trendkill" and I got him "Vile" by Cannibal Corpse. That was a good day.*

[@kylemcgill2966]

@Steve Smith Jezebel!

[@kylemcgill2966]

@Swan Ford It was. I miss those days buying physical copies of music.

[@kylemcgill2966]

@Steve Smith I have most. Some lost over the years

[@kylemcgill2966]

@Steve Smith You too! *\m/*

[@kylemcgill2966]

@Steve Smith No. I live in CT. I saw strawberries in almost all the northeast states but no Southern. They had like Sam Goody

[@NathanHoff96]

This album released the year I was born. Pantera is unparalleled, legendary, if you dont like them you should really go to the doctor

[@anthonyl1024]

I was born 7 months after this came out and I’m sad I missed this era of Pantera I would’ve killed to see them preform these songs live. If it wasn’t for this album a lot of bands wouldn’t be around right now

[@that_pinball_metal_dood169]

Born in 1996 also, man😎

[@_SliK_]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@integrity101]

.....The moment you realize youre the old guy in the Pantera comment section....... Dammit

[@that_pinball_metal_dood169]

@@integrity101 Hey I could seen Dime when I was 8! Haha. I wishhh

[@PickAxePreacherOfficial]

Best metal record of all time. I can't tell you how much destruction took place in my youth to this record. We would be at a party, and if this came on, the whole demeanor of the atmosphere changed to complete chaos. Slamming beers, moshing in cars, headbutting friends, destruction of property, complete casos. Let's just say I am glad social media didn't exist this time of my life. Long live Pantera! Long live the Abbott Brothers! \m/

[@PickAxePreacherOfficial]

@Tony Rockatansky Couldn't agree more dude!

[@tcw4731]

That whole album is insane and beautiful so much hostility and serenity in one

[@lfkk4640]

Great album!!!One of my best friends died right before this dropped. Trendkill saved me.Thank you Pantera. RIP Ryan🤘😪🤘

[@fang_uk]

🫂

[@lopolik]

My favorite Pantera album. This album always helps me from depression, it's devastating like Phil says, but it's a great thing to really listen to when you're depressed, it kinda energizes me, and I feel great afterwards.

[@atomchild2619]

Same for me, it helped me several times bring out the tons of pure rage I had to swallow almost every day at work

[@sethcook6072]

I wish they'd talk about Seth Putnam's contribution with back up vocals and time spent with him during the recording of The Great Southern Trendkill.

[@gavin6666]

Same here.

[@SuperRoo_22]

Can u imagine Seth being alive in this day & age? He would be hving a f**cken field day! 🤣

[@dinguswiffle1866]

Phil is one of the best metal singers of all time, and it’s amazing how many bands he’s been in. If Pantera doesn’t do it for you (somehow), then Down, or Superjoint, Scour, or many others might.

[@Billy_bSLAYER]

The Great Southern Trendkill was a very important soundtrack to my youth.

[@livingbeing1113]

Their best record, by far. A journey through their darkest times, with such different tones and feelings. Definitely their most brutal, advanced and experimental work. Just listen to Dimebag's riffs for example, like in The Underground In America, his most twisted and heaviest ones.

[@seanjeffery9171]

Facts

[@Mike-ix5sv]

Trendkill is so dynamic, some of the heaviest pantera songs ever, with some of the softest pantera songs ever, which in turn made the heavy hit that much harder

[@Daniel-tx7ey]

This is my f@ckin favourite album of Pantera. A masterpiece🙏😎

[@jaredbaratta8589]

You seriously cannot type fuckin like an adult? Then PANTERA is not for you.

[@clayevans2472]

This album changed my life. I’ve been a metal head ever since.

[@Lynchpin2010]

Blending the 80’s and 90’s with hate! \m/

[@douglaswalendzik4956]

A comment event for the ones who are juiced

[@chasemiller7974]

@@douglaswalendzik4956 *common

[@douglaswalendzik4956]

@@chasemiller7974 yeah.... stupid talk and text bro

[@chasemiller7974]

@@douglaswalendzik4956 Ah well then, if it is weakness that grants us the power we thrive on what's stronger than most of the world, getcha pull.

[@douglaswalendzik4956]

Getcha pull!!!

[@WhiteManXRP]

I feel the pain and I see it in Phil's face and voice I wish I could talk to him for 5 min and let him know we all love him (nohomo), and it has to be so hard for him, man, it almost brings me to tears seeing his reaction... GOD I MISS PANTERA SOMETHING AWFUL! I CRY LIKE A LITTLE GIRL AT TIMES WHEN I HEAR THEIR SONGS AND HOW THE SONGS USED TO MAKE ME FEEL, GODDAMN! ITS ALMOST TOO PAINFUL, BUT I LOVE THEM LIKE NO OTHER BAND EVER...JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER TALENT THAT IS SORELY MISSED!

[@bobbykurniawan3099]

Opening in this Album is my Favourite of All Time..,Great Southern Trendkill

[@wonderboywesley1635]

I love how Phil's voice immediately drops down when he talks about not forgetting the metal roots

[@treyhildesheim107]

I'm not ashamed to admit that this album is my favorite album of all time, regardless of genre as a southern born man, I love this album with all my heart and always and forever treasure it in my heart!

[@thunderdrummerdude]

I still blast this classic even today. I love every Pantera album. I still remember when I bought their first album “Cowboys from Hell.” I’ve been hooked ever since. RIP Abbot brother’s. 🤘🤘🤘

[@martyblack13]

One of my favorite albums...I listened to it for months non stop!

[@thrashthrasherson3803]

Only one word to describe this album, (actually let's make it 3 words)... "ABSOLUTELY FUCKING BRUTAL!!!"

[@TETRARCHFREAK666]

It's great to hear from Phil Anselmo about the the great southern trend kill after all these years

[@Buckdalorian]

Trendkill was my first Pantera album. I was 13. It was awesome.

[@YKXZWX]

Blessed 96 goddamn! How many memories! I perfect remember that day when I bought the best record from the guys (yes this album is my absolute n1 from them) there would have been other 2 albums in the next 4 years but this one left an indelible mark on the genre and for the fans like me either. Damn nostalgia. PanterA fan forever \,,/

[@TheFrasd]

This album changed my life forever.

[@costa7087]

my favourite fucking album ever. it's a trip of feelings: starts brutal and agressive, goes groovy and nice, gets darker and atmospherically dark, then closes up again with nice groovy and heavy stuff. 100% well balanced

[@baks2797]

I miss music stores!! I used to love spending a solid hour just browsing new shit.

[@blakeanderson7906]

Rip Dime and Vin! Nice to see Phil seemingly doing well! 🤘

[@rickyspanish9080]

Absolute masterpiece in every aspect. Happy bday to Trendkill ! 🙏🏻

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

Digital media leaves a lot out. I still remember the smell of opening a pack of Kiss cards (with the gum) in ‘78. That was wicked. Not to mention that every record or tape back then had the same appeal. Most things did have a story attached to acquiring them.

[@VanIsleDominion]

I agree. Every record had a unique smell when you opened it up, even CDs. It added to the experience.

[@johnwirk]

We once lived in a three dimensional reality. With all of the new technology around we are becoming 2d.

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

@@johnwirk I agree, the internet and tech is mostly driven by the limbic system in terms of giving the customers what they want.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

I’ll never forget the feeling of hearing the opening to TGSTK for the very first time back in 1996. Totally blew me away! 💥

[@HankNarrowUrethra]

Always been my favourite Pantera album as a whole - absolutely devastating! A pure expression of Pantera and probably pretty apt that it reflects the darkness of Phil's problems during many of those years. The layers upon layers of haunting backing vocals just makes it absolutely amazing to listen to over and over again!

[@labelskater613]

The day I went to treasure records to get this album I was in 8th grade. Got home and grab my small little home made bowl I made in shop class. Mom wasn't due home until 6pm. I got baked and jammed that album for 3 hours straight. Still my favorite pantera album.

[@Spthomas47]

As long as you didn't fall for the trap some of my friends did and make a bowl from pressure treated hahaha or copper fittings. ✌🏽🤘🏼

[@labelskater613]

@@Spthomas47 nope. Made it out of heat clay and oak. Fucked was awesome. Made the bowl massive lol

[@BawesomeBurf]

This has always been my favorite Pantera album since the day it came out. They somehow managed to once again put out something heavier than the previous album. There is a great variety to the tracks here and every one is killer IMO. Favorite is Underground In America.

[@seanjeffery9171]

Facts

[@shaunbritton939]

I can't wait for another Phil video thanks guys for setting this up 👍👍🤘🤘

[@MrLTW2009]

I bought this the day it came out and recently found it again about a month ago. This was the soundtrack for my teenage years and will always be my favorite pantera album

[@PeytonGehring]

The album came out on my birthday 10 years before I was born, it's my favorite album of all time

[@mikerotch9592]

That’s cool that you’re that young and know of these bands, and it’s my favorite album of theirs too

[@PeytonGehring]

@@mikerotch9592 Thanks, pantera is 100% my favorite band of all time, my username may also give that hint

[@midnight347]

I am impressed you're that young and dig this stuff. There is hope for the world after all lol. It came out when I was 13 and I still rock it today its as fresh as ever imo. Rock on!!!!

[@lifeispeachypodcastyoutube]

From such an impressive back catalogue, I would have to say this is my favourite Pantera release - it's heavy in a way that really didn't exits before, also with a lot of beautiful atmosphere and scope. And Phil's vocals ... damn - so much emotion. It's another level here. This album was a statement (after many they had already made and cemented with previous albums); incredibly intense and with no apologies. This was Pantera warts and all.

[@KenGaska]

I still remember going to the record store on my lunch hour with a buddy and buying this CD and putting it on in the car on the way back and when the album opened he just stared at me like WTF and I had a grin from ear to ear. Best album in the history of music!

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Love this album, it's my favourite

[@mawage666]

I also skipped school in 11th grade to go buy this album. There was no way I was waiting till after school to go buy it! That following summer on August 5th 1996 I saw my very 1st concert at the Minneapolis Target Center. Pantera/White Zombie with opening bands Eye Hate God and Deftones.

[@shawndidstuffbeforehehadki806]

Holy crap. I was at that concert too! It's on KZbin--which is pretty amazing for it being 1996. I was probably 16 and it was my 2nd time seeing Pantera (1st time was with Type O Negative in 95). Absolutely nothing like it.

[@mawage666]

@@shawndidstuffbeforehehadki806 That's bad ass! I saw them 4 more times in a row after that but missed the last time they were here in 2000 or whatever the Reinventing the Steel tour was because I was out of town for work. They finally played SLAUGHTERED which they never played the 5 times I saw them.

[@rightchordleadership]

Love the album. Brutal, ferocious, unyielding, furious.

[@tjkrave5811]

I took this album to visit Dime and Vince last year. RIP to two brilliant men.

[@timmycash1]

I just watched this whilst pooping at work. And I simultaneously downloaded the entire Pantera discography off of Spotify. But I am 38, so I was alive back in the good old days of going to a store and picking through physical CDs and buying off of album art. Full circle.

[@user-ke2ko9mw9r]

Trendkill and far beyond are my favorites ! All albums are good though

[@midnight347]

I agree and reinventing the steel is right there with them imo. Badass albums

[@davidstewart4310]

Phenomenal album!!! Was it really 1996??? Still my favourite Pantera album.

[@conspiracionesy]

Yes it was

[@davidstewart4310]

@J Slikbeer ??

[@eddieramirez1116]

Trendkill is my favorite Pantera album is a musical beating from beginning to end.

[@OldManDoom]

Trendkill will always be my favorite Pantera record. What a groove, and those licks will always be the ultimate Pantera sound to me

[@Proverbs31_25]

Thank you Phil ✌🏼🔥🔥🔥333 2004-2016 : Danced on stage to "Drag The Waters" .... @ The Clubhouse Dallas Texas 🌟too many times to say exactly ... (Vinnie & Darrell's Clubhouse) "Drag the Waters" was "my song" 💃🏻 i owned it 🤣 🌟Austin 🌟Texas🌟

[@adamturner1563]

I bet that's gotta feel great! That's awesome linette! Really is! ❌

[@chasing_dragons]

TGSTK album was the absolute center of my ability to get through the most miserable job I have ever had in my whole life working at Federal Express between early 1997 and very late 1998. As God as witness, Pantera was not a band. Pantera was some kind of entity.

[@HabAnagarek]

What job did you have? Courier? Handler?

[@michaelmiller9870]

A local music store would have a listening party at midnight the night before an album’s release date because obviously they could start sale of a new album then. My buddy and I went to listening party of The Great Southern Trendkill! One of the best albums ever, especially in it’s time.

[@D3DNS1D3]

My favorite Metal record of all time. Got to see Pantera 7 times. So grateful!

[@crackedsystem2158]

What a great album!

[@walkingdirt138]

As much as I love the access to infinite music, I miss record stores. This record is great from start to finish. Unfortunately, harder to play live for them because it was so layered.

[@themcrib7920]

Support local record stores! It's tough with physical media getting so expensive, but the connection to the music feels so much stronger when you can hold it in your hands. For me at least.

[@Gene-XL]

Phil’s opening scream explains the rage in my soul!

[@cmd_f5]

Trendkill is a banger to this day and always will be. It is emotional, full of great songs and some of Phil's best vox ever.

[@AllCarsUnited]

Every Pantera album release was like a blessing from the gods. Every Pantera concert was pure brutality.

[@BigMike427]

Most underrated Pantera album!

[@enemyofmyenemy6713]

1996 Pantera/White Zombie in my town Portland, OR I was as close to the stage as possible whole show & we had backstage passes for Pantera, met & hung out with Band for over an hr they gave us picks signed REX & DIME, Signed band photos and i had a full size Trendkill Band poster signed by all. still have all the gifts. saw Pantera 7 times from 1994 - 2001 final tour. 4 DOWN shows & 2 Superjoint Ritual shows NONE HEAVIER! STRONGER THAN ALL!

[@stankwilliamsjr.8949]

I was there when they hit the Gorge in Washington!!

[@r.i.prhodes7454]

My dad bought this before a road trip and snuck it in the cassette deck! I didn't even know it was out yet! Been my favorite album of all time ever since!

[@stankwilliamsjr.8949]

Your dad is the shit!

[@analozada9475]

I love when Phil grunts! 🤣🤘🔥😍

[@paulnash2027]

I’ve a version of this on vinyl without suicide note P1 only ever owned the albums on cd and didn’t realize the song was missing until I got home .

[@keithheames992]

My favorite Pantera album for sure... So, so heavy.

[@stevefisher2553]

NEVER miss an opportunity to see Phil live...

[@420mastah]

I skipped school to buy the great southern trendkill. May 7, 1996

[@kagandenizunal3440]

best pantera album for me

[@kagandenizunal3440]

@Steve Smith i feel the same way, maybe far beyond driven would be my favorite if it had a song like floods in it, floods made this spesific album best for me

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

I'm not ashamed to say that I love Great Southern Trendkill more than Far Beyond Driven.

[@Petteriks]

I played the opening track (TGST) in morning assembly at junior high school where things were usually calm and quiet 😁💥

[@DanielGarcia-sh8gk]

Their best album...in my humble opinion, period! 🤘🏻

[@TheGuitarmaster1990]

This is THE heaviest album of all time in my book, I have yet to find an album with such aggression, yet such beautiful melodies and lyrics with actual meaning. Most modern metal music is just down tuned to F# and screaming hail Satan at the top of their lungs, but no melody, emotion..etc RIPdimebag and Vinnie fucking Metal pioneers they were. 🤘

[@FrancisNull]

LOL

[@edybocman76]

For my the frst time listen to this album at 17 was a very big deal , i will go berzerk on this ... good times , but by this time in my 23 i said that mayhem deathcrush is the most evil extreme album i ever hear i was 19 and man that was hard , one of the first black metal albums i hear.

[@disco4535]

IMagine going tpo a store to buy music on a physical medium. Take me back please. I was only like 4 when Trendkill came out but I'd trade the entirety of my future to relive those days, in a heartbeat.

[@christietipton3134]

Loved every song in the album. Thank you for sharing. 💚