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CARCASS's next sonic assault 'Surgical Steel' has already been recorded and is currently being mixed by Andy Sneap, not Colin Richardson (who quit the project). This will be the bands first studio album in 17 years. This highly anticipated release will see the light of day later this year via an as-yet-undetermined record label.
Here are the songs that the band recorded: * The Master Butcher’s Apron * The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills * A Congealed Clot Of Blood * A Wraith In The Apparatus * 316l Grade Surgical Steel * Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System * Captive Bolt Pistol * Intensive Battery Brooding * None Compliance To Astm F899-12 Standard * Mount Of Execution * 1985/Thrasher’s Abattoir * Unfit For Human Consumption * Zochrot * Livestock Marketplace
Here is CARCASS's first group shot with the NEW lineup:
- Jeff Walker - Bill Steer - Daniel Wilding - Ben Ash
CARCASS's next sonic assault 'Surgical Steel' has already been recorded and is currently being mixed by Andy Sneap, not Colin Richardson (who quit the project). This will be the bands first studio album in 17 years. This highly anticipated release will see the light of day later this year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. Here are the songs that the band recorded: * The Master Butcher’s Apron * The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills * A Congealed Clot Of Blood * A Wraith In The Apparatus * 316l Grade Surgical Steel * Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System * Captive Bolt Pistol * Intensive Battery Brooding * None Compliance To Astm F899-12 Standard * Mount Of Execution * 1985/Thrasher’s Abattoir * Unfit For Human Consumption * Zochrot * Livestock Marketplace This past Saturday, April 13, CARCASS proved their musical power at the Movistar Arena during The Metal Fest in Santiago, Chile. Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker at the gig were new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and guitarist Ben Ash (PIG IRON, DESOLATION, LIQUEFIED SKELETON). Here is footage of the bands crushing performance: Related links: CARCASS on MySpace
Recently CARCASS announced that their next sonic assault will be called 'Surgical Steel' and should see the light of day later this year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. 'Surgical Steel' will be the bands first studio album in 17 years.
The band has announced that Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY) will mix their highly anticipated comeback album, after Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH, SLIPKNOT, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) quit the project two weeks into the mixing process because he was "burned out".
CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker had this to say about Richardson's decision to quit mixing'Surgical Steel': "He quit yesterday. He was two weeks into mixing the album and he decided that he didn't want to continue. So Andy Sneap is taking over. [Colin's] produced the album. It's just that he's hit a brick wall with the mix and doesn't want to continue. And so we're bringing in Andy Sneap to do the mix now. It's a shame, but we finished recording the album three months ago. There are a lot of reasons for it, but the main reason is that he says he is burnt out. I guess it will be a positive thing to bring in some fresh ears."
The band’s first studio outing since 1996′s 'Swansong' will be the first to feature NEW drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and also features guest vocals from original sticksman Ken Owen.
Here are the songs that the band record: * The Master Butcher’s Apron
* The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills
* A Congealed Clot Of Blood
* A Wraith In The Apparatus
* 316l Grade Surgical Steel
* Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System
* Captive Bolt Pistol
* Intensive Battery Brooding
* None Compliance To Astm F899-12 Standard
* Mount Of Execution
* 1985/Thrasher’s Abattoir
* Unfit For Human Consumption
* Zochrot
* Livestock Marketplace
Guitarist Michael Amott and drummer Daniel Erlandsson, who have been touring with CARCASS since the band’s reunion was announced in 2007, are no longer involved with the group due to scheduling conflicts with their main band, ARCH ENEMY. “For live, we’ll obviously add another guitarist — we have someone in mind but we are not interested in a ‘name’ player,” Walker told Decibel magazine in December. Related links: CARCASS on MySpace
Last year, CARCASS announced that are reuniting and bringing the Heavy Music world a NEW batch of music. The bands next sonic assault will be called 'Surgical Steel' and it will be the bands first studio album in 17 years. This highly anticipated release will see the light of day later this year via an as-yet-undetermined record label.
The band’s
first studio outing since 1996′s 'Swansong' will be the first to feature NEW drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and also features guest vocals from original sticksman Ken Owen. The CD was produced by Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH, SLIPKNOT and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE).
The bands guitarist Bill Steer told U.K.’s Terrorizer magazine: “I found myself playing riffs that sounded like CARCASS.
This was after the band had finished the whole reunion cycle of shows
and festivals. So, officially, I would have been playing with other
bands and stuff, but for some reason whenever I picked up a guitar at
home I was coming up with riffs that sounded like CARCASS. I got on the phone to Jeff [Walker,
bass/vocals] and said, ‘We could have a crack at writing a couple of
tunes and seeing if they’re strong enough and take it from there.’ We
also agreed if it didn’t sound like carcass or have that kind of vibe to
it, we would just drop it. So that was the thing, we got together and
started working on some stuff and just immediately got the excitement
back very quickly.
“It definitely sounds like CARCASS. I think
we just generally by accident captured the flavor of past music that we
have done and you can’t help but push it forward. We have really been
creative and when you are looking at things like guitar harmonies, it’s
way more adventurous on this record. It’s not just parallel harmony like
we did in the past, things branch off in different directions. “A lot of what is happening now is based on rhythms rather than
actual riffs. We were discussing this a lot during record sessions about
how the riff is almost dying or dead already. People spend a lot of
time chugging on the bottom string [but] that’s a rhythm, it’s not a
riff. We can’t write a song, never mind an album, without it being
choc-full of riffs.” To this Jeff Walker added: “I’d like to feel like we are giving CARCASS fans what they want again. I’m a realist and I think Bill has realized and Dan know what people like about CARCASS. We’re definitely delivering.”
Here are the songs that the band record: * The Master Butcher’s Apron
* The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills
* A Congealed Clot Of Blood
* A Wraith In The Apparatus
* 316l Grade Surgical Steel
* Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System
* Captive Bolt Pistol
* Intensive Battery Brooding
* None Compliance To Astm F899-12 Standard
* Mount Of Execution
* 1985/Thrasher’s Abattoir
* Unfit For Human Consumption
* Zochrot
* Livestock Marketplace
Guitarist Michael Amott and drummer Daniel Erlandsson, who have been touring with CARCASS
since the band’s reunion was announced in 2007, are no longer involved
with the group due to scheduling conflicts with their main band, ARCH ENEMY. “For live, we’ll obviously add another guitarist — we have someone in mind but we are not interested in a ‘name’ player,” Walker told Decibel magazine in December. Related links: CARCASS on MySpace
Today, NOLA's DOWN is premiering a music video for their NEW song "Witchtripper". The track, which you can purchase from iTunes HERE, is part of the band's first in a series of four EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs), each touching on a different aspect of the band's sound. Watch the "Witchripper" music video right now!
"Hope everyone likes the new Down! And hope you are friggin' happy all over!" -Philip
Don't forget that DOWN is currently touring North America and that following the tour they will be taking over Europe
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP (Remaining Tour Dates):
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
On September 18, 2012, the beast will be unleashed as "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP" (DOWN's first in a
series of four EPs to be released over the next few years - with a year
between EPs) will be presented to the masses! Today, the entire EP can be streamed below, thanks to Billboard.com.
Here is what Philip Anselmo said about the NEW DOWN EP during an interview with Full Metal Jackie:
"Well really it took a lot of pressure off of any and all of us. When this question comes up I refer to the first demo we did in 1992 when we all flew into Texas with this idea in our heads and we had really no idea what was going come out of it. I had no lyrics, everything was just right on the spot and I think we came out with ‘Bury Me in Smoke,’ ‘Temptation’s Wings’ and ‘Losing All,’ which would be on the first record.
"We took this approach with this record and honestly I have never in my life taken so much pressure off of myself to do a record. We didn’t know what we were thinking and the fact that it is six songs, I think that commanded all of our attention at the time and really to do a 10 or 12 song record – there’s no room at this point in my career at all for what would be called filler. I don’t want any filler, I want the songs to be direct, I want them to be unique and I think we did pretty well with this EP.
You’ve had a pretty prolific career with eight plus bands."
Don't forget that DOWN will be touring North America this Fall, followed by a European trek. The band will be touring in support of their forthcoming NEW EP. The following dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be added soon:
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP:
09/18: Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
09/19: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
09/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
09/22: Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
09/23: Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
09/25: Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/26: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
NOLA's DOWN will be spending today and tomorrow filming a music video for their NEW song "Witchtripper". The track, which you can purchase from iTunes HERE, is part of the band's first in a series of four EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs), each touching on a different aspect of the band's sound. Listen to "Witchripper" now!
Here is what Philip Anselmo said about the NEW DOWN EP during an interview with Full Metal Jackie:
"Well really it took a lot of pressure off of any and all of us. When this question comes up I refer to the first demo we did in 1992 when we all flew into Texas with this idea in our heads and we had really no idea what was going come out of it. I had no lyrics, everything was just right on the spot and I think we came out with ‘Bury Me in Smoke,’ ‘Temptation’s Wings’ and ‘Losing All,’ which would be on the first record.
"We took this approach with this record and honestly I have never in my life taken so much pressure off of myself to do a record. We didn’t know what we were thinking and the fact that it is six songs, I think that commanded all of our attention at the time and really to do a 10 or 12 song record – there’s no room at this point in my career at all for what would be called filler. I don’t want any filler, I want the songs to be direct, I want them to be unique and I think we did pretty well with this EP.
You’ve had a pretty prolific career with eight plus bands."
Don't forget that DOWN will be touring North America this Fall, followed by a European trek. The band will be touring in support of their forthcoming NEW EP. The following dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be added soon:
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP:
09/18: Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
09/19: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
09/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
09/22: Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
09/23: Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
09/25: Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/26: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
As previously reported, DOWN is scheduled to release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years. Entitled EP ONE, the first volume of the 4 EP series will be available on September 18th.
What do you think about the NEW DOWN song? Leave your comments below! \m/
DOWN 'EP ONE' track listing:
1) 'Levitation'
2) 'Witchtripper'
3) 'Open Coffins' 4) 'The Curse Is A Lie'
5) 'This Work Is Timeless'
6) 'The Misfortune Teller'
As previously reported, Down is gearing up for a U.S. Tour this fall, followed by a European trek. The band will be touring in support of their forthcoming NEW EP (details below). The following dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be added soon:
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP:
09/18: Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
09/19: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
09/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
09/22: Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
09/23: Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
09/25: Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/26: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
Here is another NEW DOWN song called "The Misfortune Teller":
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 IV: EP ONE, to be released on September 18, 2011.
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
As previously reported, DOWN is scheduled to release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years. According to CD Universe, EP ONE (the first volume of the 4 EP series) will be available on September 18th.
DOWN 'EP ONE' track listing:
1) 'Levitation'
2) 'Witchtripper'
3) 'Open Coffins' 4) 'The Curse Is A Lie'
5) 'This Work Is Timeless'
6) 'The Misfortune Teller'
As previously reported, Down is gearing up for a U.S. Tour this fall, followed by a European trek. The band will be touring in support of their forthcoming NEW EP (details below). The following dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be added soon:
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP:
09/18: Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
09/19: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
09/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
09/22: Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
09/23: Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
09/25: Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/26: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
Here is a NEW DOWN song called "The Misfortune Teller"
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 IV: EP ONE, to be released on September 18, 2011.
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
NOLA's supergroup Down is gearing up for a U.S. Tour this fall, followed by a European trek. The band will be touring in support of their forthcoming NEW EP (details below). The following dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be added soon:
U.S. Tour Dates (*) with Saint Vitus, Warbeast and HAARP:
09/18: Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
09/19: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
09/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
09/22: Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
09/23: Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
09/25: Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/26: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
09/28: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
09/29: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
10/02: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
European Tour Dates (*):
10/19: Manchester, UK – O2 Academy
10/20: Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
10/21: London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Hall
10/24: Paris, France – Bataclan
10/25: Holland, Amsterdam – Melkweg
10/27: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
As previously reported, DOWN is scheduled to
release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years.
During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein
announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out
this summer! This is what Anselmo had to say about this:
"That's
the idea right now, but I think that after you work on a body of music,
you need to reload, you need to refresh, you need to clear your head.
Get that, digest it, get it out of your system, and then decide what
direction you're going to go. It's a good idea and I think we should see
it through. But there's no way we can rush it. Because I think if it is
a series of four, each one should be unique, and that… We've shown
flexibility — we have songs like 'Bury Me In Smoke' and then we have
songs like 'Stone The Crow'… acoustic pieces and what-not… We have all
that. So we've touched on many, I guess, dynamics, so… I would expect
each EP to have its own life."
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
Today, the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling, upheld President Obama's health care overhaul, including the controversial requirement that most Americans have health insurance.
The court handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
Chief Justice John Roberts announced the court's judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Click here to read more about this breaking story!
Here is what Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down & Kingdom Of Sorrow) had to say about this:
"IF I CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE NOW, BECAUSE UNLIKE HALF OF THE COUNTRY, I ACTUALLY PAY TAXES, HOW IN THE HELL WILL I BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT THEN? WHERE'S MY GOVERNMENT HANDOUT? THIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED!!!"
As previously reported, NOLA's supergroup DOWN is scheduled to
release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years.
During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein
announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out
this summer!
“They’re kind of a throwback to what we
were doing at the very beginning, on the NOLA record (Down’s 1995
platinum debut). I think the fans are going to love it. Windstein names
"Misfortune Teller" as one of his favorite tunes from the upcoming EP.
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
- 'Levitation'
- 'Witchtripper'
- 'The Misfortune Teller'
- 'The Curse Is A Lie'
- 'Open Coffins'
- 'This Work Is Timeless'
Right now, you can purchase the massive 172-page Metal Hammer Black Sabbath tribute issue! On this very special issue the great folks at Metal Hammer spoke with some of Metal’s biggest names about the influence of the Godfathers of Heavy Music – including Metallica, Slayer, Zakk Wylde, Slash, Behemoth and many more! Here’s what Philip Anselmo from Down (ex-Pantera) had to say:
“You know what’s strange? I remember being a very young boy, like still riding in the car with mom and shit, before they had seatbelt laws, kids riding in the back and all that crap in the 70s, and the local radio in New Orleans would play 'Am I Going Insane'. And I loved it. I loved that fucking song because I was a kid, and it stuck inside my head. I was living in the neighborhood in New Orleans, where I didn’t know that many kids around me and all my friends were several blocks away. And not all of them were chasing music as much as I was. And I was getting into the Iron Maidens and shit like that, and I had an Iron Maiden shirt, which at the time was kind of unique in my neighborhood. I guess I’m talking about ‘83. Finally I was out and about one day in the neighborhood and I saw this other kid wearing an Iron Maiden shirt, so I walked directly up to him and I was like, “Man, you like Iron Maiden?” and he’s like, “Oh yeah!” Anyway, this dude was a drummer and I was a singer. We were little kids talking about being in a band and all this shit. He ended up being the first drummer in my first garage band. And he had been a Heavy Metal collector. He was like a year older than me, so he had like a year’s worth of chasing music on me, so we went back to his house and listened to music, music, music, music. And that was obviously one of the first times that I heard the ominous-sounding Black Sabbath that we all know and love. That is definitely one of those memories – sitting in his bedroom, smoking terrible marijuana that didn’t really work at all, and listening to Black Sabbath. But I’ll never forget the day he came home with the Sabotage record, he called me up and said, “Dude, you gotta get over here right now. You gotta get over here. You thought you’d heard all the best Black Sabbath but just wait!” and we fucking listened to that Sabotage record and it just smoked us, man. It left such a fucking impact."
“In ‘96 I flew out and jammed with Iommi in the studio, when he was doing his solo record, with a lot of guest artists, and we had an incredible, productive session. Basically I was just handed a bunch of Tony Iommi riffs, while he sat back. You know this is kind of humorous, but I think he has a good enough sense of humor that if he reads this article he might chuckle… but his big ass was sitting there eating trays of sushi and sipping white wine, while I’m sitting there putting his damn riffs together! It was awesome. He was always like, “You go there, Phil!” with a big smile on his face. We were working with this engineer guy named Bob Marlette, and Bob would wear these baggy-ass fucking sweat pants in the studio, and Tony Iommi would sneak up behind him and de-pants him, it was fucking hilarious! And we came up with three songs in three days, man. I’ve known those guys for at least eighteen years or longer, and we were always the band that played right before Ozzy or right before Black Sabbath. Bless his heart, ol’ Osbourne used to go out there and do a set of Ozzy, then come back out and do a set of Black Sabbath – that hard-working, bad-ass motherfucker. Unbelievable. So we were very integrated with these guys, and they have always, always, always been the sweetest group of individuals. And not only that, I cannot leave out the fact that with Pantera and Down, I did shows with the Dio incarnation of Black Sabbath. Ronnie James Dio as a person and as a singer… when you listen to that motherfucker on stage, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anybody more powerful. There’s something about Dio that was just fucking monstrous, almost inhuman, night after night. But on a personal level – Geezer, Tony, Ozzy, Dio, Bill Ward, Vinny Appice… they’re all just the sweetest, most encouraging, taking-you-under-the-wing-type guys you could come across, man. Just always delightful. After they got to know me and knew how much I loved them them, they presented me with a gold 'Sabotage' framed record and a framed platinum 'Paranoid' record. I still have ‘em hanging up on the wall in my house. Those are prized possessions, man. That’s like dreamworld shit. Only a fool would leave out what Black Sabbath brought to the Heavy Metal genre.”
We feel ya on that. Find out who else has their say on Black Sabbath in the amazing new issue, out now and featuring a free CD and Download posters!
As previously reported, NOLA's supergroup DOWN is scheduled to
release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years.
During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein
announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out
this summer! This is what Anselmo had to say about this:
"That's
the idea right now, but I think that after you work on a body of music,
you need to reload, you need to refresh, you need to clear your head.
Get that, digest it, get it out of your system, and then decide what
direction you're going to go. It's a good idea and I think we should see
it through. But there's no way we can rush it. Because I think if it is
a series of four, each one should be unique, and that… We've shown
flexibility — we have songs like 'Bury Me In Smoke' and then we have
songs like 'Stone The Crow'… acoustic pieces and what-not… We have all
that. So we've touched on many, I guess, dynamics, so… I would expect
each EP to have its own life."
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
Former Pantera and current Down vocalist Phil Anselmo ripped the NFL, Roger Goodell, Peter King Sports Illustrated for their handling of bountygate and punishing his beloved New Orleans Saints with unsubstantiated evidence. Listen to what Anselmo had to say on the video below.
As previously reported, NOLA's supergroup DOWN is scheduled to release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years. During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out this summer! This is what Anselmo had to say about this:
"That's the idea right now, but I think that after you work on a body of music, you need to reload, you need to refresh, you need to clear your head. Get that, digest it, get it out of your system, and then decide what direction you're going to go. It's a good idea and I think we should see it through. But there's no way we can rush it. Because I think if it is a series of four, each one should be unique, and that… We've shown flexibility — we have songs like 'Bury Me In Smoke' and then we have songs like 'Stone The Crow'… acoustic pieces and what-not… We have all that. So we've touched on many, I guess, dynamics, so… I would expect each EP to have its own life."
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
Recently, Artisan News conducted an interview with DOWN's Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Patrick Bruders (bassist) at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which took place on the weekend of May 18-20 at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
As previously reported, NOLA's supergroup DOWN is scheduled to release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years. During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out this summer! This is what Anselmo had to say about this:
"That's the idea right now, but I think that after you work on a body of music, you need to reload, you need to refresh, you need to clear your head. Get that, digest it, get it out of your system, and then decide what direction you're going to go. It's a good idea and I think we should see it through. But there's no way we can rush it. Because I think if it is a series of four, each one should be unique, and that… We've shown flexibility — we have songs like 'Bury Me In Smoke' and then we have songs like 'Stone The Crow'… acoustic pieces and what-not… We have all that. So we've touched on many, I guess, dynamics, so… I would expect each EP to have its own life."
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
- 'Levitation'
- 'Witchtripper'
- 'The Misfortune Teller'
- 'The Curse Is A Lie'
- 'Open Coffins'
- 'This Work Is Timeless'
DOWN US Tour With HAARP & RED FANG:
June:
1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room 2 - Tampa, FL - Scion Rock Fest
Philip Anselmo is a non stop music machine. When he is not busy with his supergroup DOWN, he is taking care of business at Housecore Records (Anselmo's label). Somehow, he also has time to create NEW music via his various side projects. Recently, Loudwire.com chatted with PANTERA's frontman to talk about the 20th anniversary reissue of 'Vulgar Display Of Power' (available now), as well as the new series of EP's by DOWN. He also broke the news about his NEW solo project. Here are some excerpts of the interview.
“We just finished an EP, yes,” Anselmo told Loudwire.” That is done. It’s mastered, done, finished. I’m waiting on Pepper [Keenan's] artwork so I can take a good look at that. We’ll be doing a short [tour] run … this month. 10 days out in tertiary markets, to get our sea legs under us, so we can be ready for touring this fall. Expect that record no later mid-summer or early, early, early fall at the f—ing latest.”
He acknowledged that reports on a series of DOWN EPs “is a bunch of talk and f—ing ideas. They are good ideas, nonetheless. DOWN, the way I describe it, it is a genre band. When you are in a genre band, there are rules. There are borders you cannot cross. You have to be true to the genre itself. It is a subgenre within a subgenre within a subgenre. Southern Black Sabbath slash doom slash a million different things but it’s really one thing. As for the EPs, the other material, we’ve spoken about, this, that, the other, but as far as sitting down and doing it, we only have one in the can.”
About his solo album: “My solo record is recorded and has one more mix to go,” he said. The project will be called, simply, Philip H. Anselmo, and the album title is ‘Walk Through Exits Only'. It is the most deadly motherf—ing thing I have done. I cannot wait for people to hear it. If you like what I do or what I have done, this might be on of your up and coming favorites. I found a guitar player that is just out of his mind. I’ve actually known him for a long time, as long as Dime. Dime gave his respect to him, as well, and he is a great, sweet guy.”
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
- 'Levitation'
- 'Witchtripper'
- 'The Misfortune Teller'
- 'The Curse Is A Lie'
- 'Open Coffins'
- 'This Work Is Timeless'
DOWN US Tour With HAARP & RED FANG:
May: 18 - Broussard, LA - The Station 19 - Huntsville, AL - The Crossroads 20 - Columbus, OH - Rock On The Range 21 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel 23 - Little Rock, AR - Juanitas 25 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre 26 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 27 - Shreveport, LA - Municipal Auditorium 29 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall 30 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
June: 1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room 2 - Tampa, FL - Scion Rock Fest
Philip Anselmo's supergroup DOWN are ready to get on stage and do what they do best: bring back the days in which bands took names on stage night after night. The NOLA musical export will be kicking off their US Tour tonight at The Station in Broussard, Lousiana. Joining DOWN will be haarp and RED FANG!
As previously announced, the first six-song EP will be released this summer! The first of a four EP series, heralds the sound of DOWN going back to its roots, with influences from BLACK SABBATH, SAINT VITUS and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, is described by Anselmo as "a very pure Doom Metal record."
DOWN's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
- 'Levitation'
- 'Witchtripper'
- 'The Misfortune Teller'
- 'The Curse Is A Lie'
- 'Open Coffins'
- 'This Work Is Timeless'
DOWN US Tour With HAARP & RED FANG:
May:
18 - Broussard, LA - The Station
19 - Huntsville, AL - The Crossroads
20 - Columbus, OH - Rock On The Range
21 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
23 - Little Rock, AR - Juanitas
25 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre
26 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
27 - Shreveport, LA - Municipal Auditorium
29 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
30 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
June:
1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room
2 - Tampa, FL - Scion Rock Fest
As previously reported, NOLA's supergroup DOWN is scheduled to release four EP's dubbed as 'Down IV' throughout the next four years. During a recent interview the bands riff meister Kirk Windstein announced that the first EP, which contains six songs, should be out this summer!
“They’re kind of a throwback to what we were doing at the very beginning, on the NOLA record (Down’s 1995 platinum debut). I think the fans are going to love it. Windstein names "Misfortune Teller" as one of his favorite tunes from the upcoming EP.
Down's NEW EP will feature the following songs in no particular order:
- 'Levitation'
- 'Witchtripper'
- 'The Misfortune Teller'
- 'The Curse Is A Lie'
- 'Open Coffins'
- 'This Work Is Timeless'
DOWN US Tour With HAARP & RED FANG:
May: 18 - Broussard, LA - The Station 19 - Huntsville, AL - The Crossroads 20 - Columbus, OH - Rock On The Range 21 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel 23 - Little Rock, AR - Juanitas 25 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre 26 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 27 - Shreveport, LA - Municipal Auditorium 29 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall 30 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
June: 1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room 2 - Tampa, FL - Scion Rock Fest
