Pantera’s next album, The Great Southern Trendkill (released May 22, 1996). It is often considered Pantera’s “overlooked” album.[5] Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals for this release in Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor’s studio in New Orleans while the rest of the band members recorded in Dallas, evidence of the continued distancing between Anselmo and the rest of the band. In comparison to the band’s previous efforts, there was a heavier emphasis on vocal overdubbing in a somewhat “demonic” fashion. Drug abuse is a recurring theme in Trendkill, as exemplified by tracks such as “Suicide Note Pt. I”, “Suicide Note Pt. II” and “Living Through Me (Hell’s Wrath)”. “Drag the Waters” became the album’s only music video, and likewise, the only track from the album to appear on the band’s compilation album. Another Trendkill single, “Floods”, achieved acclaim largely because of Darrell’s complex guitar solo in the song, which ranked #15 on Guitar World magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Solos” of all-time.[13]
In an episode of the short-lived Australian sex advice show “Sex Life”, in a segment discussing what to make of a man’s CD collection when first going back to his place, the host drew out a copy of The Great Southern Trendkill and referred to Pantera as “the loudest band in the world.”
Overdose, Official Live: 101 Proof, and side projects (1996–2000)
On July 13, 1996, Anselmo overdosed on heroin an hour after a Texas homecoming gig.[14][15] After his heart stopped beating for almost five minutes, paramedics gave Anselmo a shot of adrenaline and sent him to the hospital. After waking up in the hospital, the nurse working in his room said “Welcome back to life, oh and you have overdosed on heroin.” Anselmo apologized to his bandmates the next night, and said he would quit using drugs.[16] The revelation of heroin use came as a shock to Vinnie and Darrell who were embarrassed by Anselmo’s actions, according to Rita Haney, the guitarist’s girlfriend. Anselmo said he had already overdosed twice before and guilt overcame him.[3]
Some of the band’s live performances were eventually compiled in its July 29, 1997 release, Official Live: 101 Proof, which included fourteen live tracks and two new studio recordings: “Where You Come From” and “I Can’t Hide”. Two weeks before the live album’s release, Pantera received its first platinum album, for Cowboys from Hell. Just four months later, both Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven went platinum as well.[17] The band also received their second and third “Best Metal Performance” Grammy Nominations for Trendkill’s “Suicide Note (Pt. I)” and Cowboys’s “Cemetery Gates” in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
Also in 1997, Pantera played on the mainstage of Ozzfest alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Powerman 5000. Additionally, the band played on the 1998 UK Ozzfest tour alongside Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters, Slayer, Soulfly, Fear Factory, and Therapy?, as well as touring with Clutch and Neurosis.[18]
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