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"Suicide Note" is a two-part song by American heavy metal band Pantera from their eighth studio album, The Great Southern Trendkill. The first half of the song was released as the album's second single in 1996. The combination total time is 9 minutes and 3 seconds. The first part of the song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997. [3]
The album featured songs from five studio albums with Anselmo, and also included three cover tracks. A bonus DVD was also made, containing all of the band's music videos. Later that year, Pantera disbanded over communication problems and accusations that Anselmo had neglected the band.
The Abbott brothers officially disbanded Pantera in November 2003, [62] also the year when their best-of compilation album was released, when the two concluded that Anselmo had abandoned them and would not return. The dissolution of the band was not amicable and subsequently a war of words was waged between the former bandmates via the press.
The song is about the back pain that Pantera's vocalist Phil Anselmo felt. Phil Anselmo said "This is right when I started feeling the pain in my lower back, and it felt scary," says Anselmo. "I think this is one of the first times in my life, man, that I had this thing called 'vulnerability' kick in, and that was a very uncomfortable feeling."
Unlike Pantera's first three major label albums, the vocals are often double-tracked and layered to create a more "demonic" effect. [ citation needed ] An example of this can be heard in the chorus of "13 Steps to Nowhere", when Phil Anselmo 's singing voice is backed up by high-pitched screaming, done by Seth Putnam of the band Anal Cunt . [ 12 ]
The song is considered to be one of the band's best tracks and is also one of the band's most well known songs to both Pantera fans and casual listeners. The song is the most viewed Pantera song on YouTube, with over 284 million views as of 2024. In March 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Walk" at number 29 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of ...
The song is composed in the key of A minor. [3] It was demoed before producer Terry Date came in to work on the album. [4] Pantera's vocalist Phil Anselmo commented about the song: "A New Level was the ultimate chip-on-your-shoulder-type song at the time for me."
The video is a mix of different elements: between performances by the band and live footage. It also includes comical snippets of a sitcom -like interpretation of the band's childhood, in which the musicians are portrayed as small children (with facial hair) listening to Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top while jumping on the bed and playing oversized ...