DOWN - Progress Report on Down IV, Part 1!

It has been over 4 years since Down released their critically acclaimed album titled "Down III: Over the Under". Since the band knows that the fans are hungry for new Down music and that they don't want to wait 4+ years between albums, the Down boys decided to release four EP's within the next few years. This is what Pepper Keenan had to say about this.

"We're going to do four EPs, and they'll all be different. We have many elements to our sound, so each one will have its own characteristics. Like, for example, this one we're writing right now and are about to start recording will be really hard, with heavy Down stuff. Then we'll have a mellow one, then a doom one — you know, slower and doomy stuff. A little bit of everything."

Down recently entered "Nodfaratu's Lair" (Philip Anselmo's home studio) and began work on Down IV, Part 1. Here is a progress report from riffmeister Kirk Windstein!

- Friday, December 16, 2011 at 11:30 PM:

NEW DOWN WILL RULE EVERYTHING ELSE...PERIOD!!! GET READY, THIS IS RAW AND ORGANIC, NO "COMPUTER FIXING" SHIT. WE DID IT THE OLD SCHOOL WAY, AND IT'S GONNA RULE!!!

- Friday, December 16, 2011 at 2:00 AM:

MOUNTAINS UPON MOUNTAINS OF GARGANTUAN GUITARS TODAY...THIS NEW DOWN IS GONNA BE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL!!!

- Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 8:00 AM:

OFF TO THE STUDIO @ NOON... TIME FOR SOME DOWN RIFFAGE!!!

- Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 11:10 AM:

GUITARS TODAY... CAN'T WAIT, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE!!!

- Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 11:40 AM:

RETURNING TO THE STUDIO NEXT WEEK TO FINISH UP THE NEW DOWN!!!

- Friday, November 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM:

BED-BOUND SHORTLY...PHIL STARTED VOCALS TODAY, SO GET READY Y'ALL!!!

- Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 12:30 AM:

TORE UP THE SOLOS @ THE LAIR TODAY/NIGHT...FELT LIKE MICHAEL SCHENKER, ONLY SHITTIER!!!

- Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 10:32 AM:

BACK TO THE LAIR TODAY...MORE RIFFAGE, AND DON'T FORGET, DOWN SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY @ SOUTHPORT MUSIC HALL IN NOLA!!!

- Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:00 AM:

PEPPER JUST DROPPED ME OFF AFTER AN AMAZING DAY @ THE LAIR...GREAT PERFORMANCES, GREAT TONES, AND READY FOR TOMORROW'S JAM AFTER TODAYS RIFFAGE!!! GOOD NIGHT Y'ALL...

- Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM:

STARTED GUITARS YESTERDAY...BUSY, BUSY DAY WITH TONS OF RECORDING TO DO!!! HAVE A GOOD ONE, Y'ALL!!!

- Friday, October 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM:

HEADING TO THE LAIR TODAY TO RECORD SOME NEW DOWN...GET READY, ROCKERS, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

- Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:57 PM:

GREAT DOWN JAM TODAY...WE START RECORDING NEW CD TOMORROW!!!

- Monday, October 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM:

READY TO ROCK WITH DOWN TODAY... STARTING DRUM TRACKS FRIDAY!!!

- Friday, October 14, 2011 at 8:22 PM:

DOWN JAMS, AND RECORDING EVERY DAMN DAY TIL WE'RE DONE WITH THIS NEW RECORD...IT WILL BE A MONSTER!!!

- Monday, October 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM:

DOWN JAM @ NOON...SO FAR WE'RE KILLING IT, CAN'T WAIT TO ROCK!!!

- Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:03 AM:

STUDIO WITH DOWN TODAY!!!

- Tuesday, October 4 at 11:12 AM:

DOWN JAM @ NOON...GETTING READY TO HIT THE STUDIO THIS MONTH!!!

If you live in the New Orleans area, don't forger that Down will be playing two shows during Halloween weekend. The events are scheduled to happen at the Southport Music Hall on October 29th and October 30th in New Orleans, Louisiana.

During a recent interview we conducted with Kirk Windstein, he told us that Down is scheduled to release the first EP in early 2012.



Discography:

- NOLA, released on September 19, 1995.
- Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow, released on March 26, 2002.
- Down III: Over the Under, released on September 24, 2007.

Down is:

- Philip Anselmo (Pantera, Superjoint Ritual): Vocals
- Kirk Windstein (Crowbar): Guitars
- Pepper Keenan (Corrosion Of Conformity): Guitars/Vocals
- Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod, Superjoint Ritual): Drums
- Patrick Bruders (Crowbar): Bass

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