Stephanie Opal Weinstein
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Stephanie Opal Weinstein (born 1973) AKA 'Opal Enthroned' is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 musician. She is the ex-wife of Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

 frontman Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an American musician who is best known as the lead singer for the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for the Louisiana-based metal act Down. He is also the owner of Housecore Records....

. They were married on the 31st of October 2001, on Philip's property in Louisiana. That same year they created an acoustic band called Southern Isolation
Southern Isolation
Southern Isolation was a Southern rock group from Louisiana, USA, formed in 1995 by Phil Anselmo and then wife Stephanie Opal Weinstein. The band released one self-titled EP before disbanding following the pair's divorce...

, releasing a self-titled EP. The original EP contained four songs, with the re-release containing a fifth song, "Southern Man I Am" in which Philip joined Opal on vocals. Before Southern Isolation
Southern Isolation
Southern Isolation was a Southern rock group from Louisiana, USA, formed in 1995 by Phil Anselmo and then wife Stephanie Opal Weinstein. The band released one self-titled EP before disbanding following the pair's divorce...

, Stephanie was in a New Orleans based band called Virago. They released one album called Transition on St. Rock records. Stephanie sang and wrote/co-wrote several of their songs. During her time with Philip, Stephanie joined several of his side projects including Viking Crown, the unreleased Body and Blood, and the death metal band Necrophagia
Necrophagia
Necrophagia is an American death metal band. The group was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 and are credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre. The group was founded by Frank Pucci...

. She appeared in Necrophagia's DVD release "Through the Eyes of the Dead", and sang back up vocals along with Philip's sister on Down's song "Landing on the Mountains of Meggido" from Down II, A Bustle in your Hedgegrow. In 2004, Weinstein and Anselmo divorced. Later that year she auctioned off some items she was given by Anselmo during the time they were together. The comment on the auctions said:
"To all of you who question my motives for putting items on eBay — RELAX — these are things that will mean more to you than me. I simply am keeping those possessions and memories that I wanted. There's nothing more to it. Thanks & enjoy!"


Stephanie took a hiatus from the music scene after her divorce with Anselmo, but has since reunited with Necrophagia
Necrophagia
Necrophagia is an American death metal band. The group was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 and are credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre. The group was founded by Frank Pucci...

 but has yet to be on any of their new material.

Christ Inversion

  • Obey The Will Of Hell (1994)
  • 13th Century Luciferian Rites (1995)
  • To Lord Lucifer My First Born (2004)

Necrophagia

  • Cannibal Holocaust (EP)
    Cannibal Holocaust (EP)
    Cannibal Holocaust is the second EP by the death metal band Necrophagia. It was released in 2001 on the Season of Mist label. It is the first release to feature Opal Enthroned.-Track listing:#"Cannibal Holocaust" - 06:23#"Burning Moon Sickness" - 03:58...

    (2001)
  • Necrophagia: Through The Eyes Of The Dead DVD (2002)
  • Draped In Treachery (2005)

Viking Crown

  • Unorthodox Steps Of Ritual (1999)
  • Innocence From Hell
    Innocence from Hell
    Innocence from Hell is the second album by Viking Crown and was released November 13, 2001.-Track listing:#"Intro: Song of Sadus" – 1:31#"Innocence from Hell" – 2:16#"The Burning Embers of Mockery" – 6:02#"Birth of the Devil Fetus" – 1:36...

    (2000)
  • Banished Rhythmic Hate
    Banished Rhythmic Hate
    Banished Rhythmic Hate is the third and last album by Viking Crown and was released November 13, 2001. This album was also released in a two CD set alongside the Necrophagia EP Cannibal Holocaust.-Track listing:# "Christianity Has No Chance" – 4:14...

    (2001)
  • Draped In Treachery (2005)
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