"Floods" is a song by heavy metal band Pantera off of 1996's The Great Southern Trendkill. It is about a flood that destroys mankind. [[ For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... The Great Southern Trendkill is a groove metal album by Pantera. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Groove metal, also called neo-thrash or post-thrash, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... old logo current logo Eastwest Records was started in 1955 as a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Terry Date Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specialising in the rock and metal genres. ... The Great Southern Trendkill is a groove metal album by Pantera. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed between 1969 and 1974. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Great Southern Trendkill is a groove metal album by Pantera. ... Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ... Look up Mankind in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Guitar World magazine voted Dimebag Darrell's guitar solo in "Floods" as the 15th greatest of all-time (out of 100).[1] The solo was originally a riff written by guitarist Dimebag Darrell in the late 1980s. This is revealed in the first Dimevision DVD, which features a video from 1988 of the then 22-year-old Darrell playing what would later be the ending of the solo to "Floods". Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a musical magazine. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dimebag Darrell (born Darrell Lance Abbott August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also known as Diamond Darrell until mid 1992, was the lead guitarist for the heavy metal bands Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...