 the great southern trendkill is the eighth studio album by american heavy metal band pantera, released on may 7, 1996 by eastwest records. it reached number 4 on the billboard 200 chart, and managed to stay on the chart for over 16 weeks. due to tension and conflicts within the band, 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 dallas. ==album information== "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 15th greatest guitar solo of all-time, dimebag'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). the album is available as downloadable content for rock band, with the exception of "suicide note pt. i". "10's" was featured in the funimation dub version of the dragon ball z film dragon ball z: broly â the legendary super saiyan. ==lyrics and style== the great southern trendkill is known for featuring relentless screaming throughout the album most notably on "suicide note pt.ii" while also featuring some of the fastest tempos and most down-tuned guitars that the band ever recorded. it also has a more experimental nature to its songs, such as the acoustic guitar and keyboard-laden "suicide note pt. i", the long breakdowns in the middle or near the end of songs like "suicide note pt. ii", "sandblasted skin", "drag the waters" and "war nerve". possibly the most high pitched vocal tracks from phil anselmo{{cl
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