20th Anniversary Edition 180g Vinyl LP Includes Previously Unreleased Early Mixes, Live & Instrumental Versions Of Each Original Track!
Features Brand New Mix Of "The Great Southern Trendkill!"
The Great Southern Outtakes features a 10 previously unreleased mixes from the 1996 The Great Southern Trendkill sessions.
"One of the preeminent metal bands of all time, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. As one of metal's most ferocious acts, with one of its most insanely devoted audiences, it's clear as an empty whiskey bottle that Pantera's impact and influence on heavy music is still being felt. Loathe to admit it, the Texas band had in fact been one of those '80s metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful (and later disowned) glam-inspired music throughout much of the decade. The about-face came with the addition of vocalist Phil Anselmo, and the key turning point was the band's major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990). Pantera's mainstream breakthrough came next with Vulgar Display of Power(1992), their second major-label album, which thrust the band to the forefront of the metal scene, alongside such veteran bands Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, as well as fellow up-and-comers Sepultura and White Zombie. By the time Pantera unleashed Far Beyond Driven (1994), after two long years of touring, they were the most popular metal band in the land: the new album debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 as its lead single, 'I'm Broken,' was getting massive airplay. At the height of their popularity and influence, Pantera began to self-destruct. Less than two months after the release of The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) -- an album ridden with allusions to drug abuse and personal destruction --Anselmo overdosed on heroin after a homecoming concert in Texas, and as tensions rose between him and his fellow bandmembers, he began engaging with a growing list of side projects that kept him away from Pantera. A live album, Official Live: 101 Proof (1997), was compiled for release when it became evident that no new studio album was forthcoming any time soon. One final studio album did result, Reinventing the Steel (2000), but that was more or less it for the briefly reunited Pantera. The bandmembers once again went their separate ways, forming such bands as Damageplan, Down, and Superjoint Ritual. The end of Pantera then became official on December 8, 2004, when guitarist Dimebag Darrell was murdered on-stage by a deranged fan. This much-publicized murder shone the spotlight back on Pantera for an extended moment, and amid all of the emotional outpouring and tributes, a consensus arose: in retrospect, there was no greater metal band during the early to mid-'90s than Pantera, who inspired a legion of rabid fans and whose oft-termed "groove metal" style bucked all prevailing trends of the day -- from hair metal and grunge to nu-metal and rap-metal -- and remains singular to this day, as defined by the vocals o fAnselmo as it is by the guitar of Dimebag." - allmusic.com
Features:
20th Anniversary Edition
180g vinyl LP
Previously unreleased alternate versions
Includes early mixes, live & instrumental versions of each original track
Brand new mix of "The Great Southern Trendkill"
Selections:
Side 1:
1. The Great Southern Trendkill (2016 mix)
2. War Nerve (live '98)
3. Drag The Waters (early mix)
4. 10's (early mix)
5. 13 Steps To Nowhere (instrumental version)
Side 2:
1. Suicide Note Pt. II (live '98)
2. Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath) (instrumental version)
3. Floods (early mix)
4. The Underground In America (early mix)
5. Sandblasted Skin (reprise) (live '98)
Features Brand New Mix Of "The Great Southern Trendkill!"
The Great Southern Outtakes features a 10 previously unreleased mixes from the 1996 The Great Southern Trendkill sessions.
"One of the preeminent metal bands of all time, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. As one of metal's most ferocious acts, with one of its most insanely devoted audiences, it's clear as an empty whiskey bottle that Pantera's impact and influence on heavy music is still being felt. Loathe to admit it, the Texas band had in fact been one of those '80s metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful (and later disowned) glam-inspired music throughout much of the decade. The about-face came with the addition of vocalist Phil Anselmo, and the key turning point was the band's major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990). Pantera's mainstream breakthrough came next with Vulgar Display of Power(1992), their second major-label album, which thrust the band to the forefront of the metal scene, alongside such veteran bands Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, as well as fellow up-and-comers Sepultura and White Zombie. By the time Pantera unleashed Far Beyond Driven (1994), after two long years of touring, they were the most popular metal band in the land: the new album debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 as its lead single, 'I'm Broken,' was getting massive airplay. At the height of their popularity and influence, Pantera began to self-destruct. Less than two months after the release of The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) -- an album ridden with allusions to drug abuse and personal destruction --Anselmo overdosed on heroin after a homecoming concert in Texas, and as tensions rose between him and his fellow bandmembers, he began engaging with a growing list of side projects that kept him away from Pantera. A live album, Official Live: 101 Proof (1997), was compiled for release when it became evident that no new studio album was forthcoming any time soon. One final studio album did result, Reinventing the Steel (2000), but that was more or less it for the briefly reunited Pantera. The bandmembers once again went their separate ways, forming such bands as Damageplan, Down, and Superjoint Ritual. The end of Pantera then became official on December 8, 2004, when guitarist Dimebag Darrell was murdered on-stage by a deranged fan. This much-publicized murder shone the spotlight back on Pantera for an extended moment, and amid all of the emotional outpouring and tributes, a consensus arose: in retrospect, there was no greater metal band during the early to mid-'90s than Pantera, who inspired a legion of rabid fans and whose oft-termed "groove metal" style bucked all prevailing trends of the day -- from hair metal and grunge to nu-metal and rap-metal -- and remains singular to this day, as defined by the vocals o fAnselmo as it is by the guitar of Dimebag." - allmusic.com
Features:
20th Anniversary Edition
180g vinyl LP
Previously unreleased alternate versions
Includes early mixes, live & instrumental versions of each original track
Brand new mix of "The Great Southern Trendkill"
Selections:
Side 1:
1. The Great Southern Trendkill (2016 mix)
2. War Nerve (live '98)
3. Drag The Waters (early mix)
4. 10's (early mix)
5. 13 Steps To Nowhere (instrumental version)
Side 2:
1. Suicide Note Pt. II (live '98)
2. Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath) (instrumental version)
3. Floods (early mix)
4. The Underground In America (early mix)
5. Sandblasted Skin (reprise) (live '98)
