DOWN

[Jon22]

1st full-length in 5 years from heralded hard rock pioneers, Down. Featuring Philip Anselmo, Rex Brown, Pepper Keenan, Kirk Windstein and Jimmy Bower, ‘Over The Under’ is 60 minutes plus of groundbreaking music combining elements of Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and everything in between that sets the group apart from anything in the marketplace today. This record documents the lives of these New Orleans natives through the last 5 years of catastrophe, tragedy and ultimately triumph.

Down-I Scream

http://media.roadrunnerworld.com/Down/Down-IScream.wma

[Jon22]

Re: DOWN

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/...over_the_underDown


Down III - Over The Under


RS: 4of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

2007
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Ex-pantera singer Phil Anselmo doesn't believe in A's for effort. "Never try/You either do it or don't waste your time," he growls in "Never Try," in a voice etched with scars from his own blues and trouble (the messy breakup of his old band, a personal war with hard drugs -- he's been clean since 2002 -- and the near-destruction of his New Orleans home to Hurricane Katrina). But Down, originally started as a Pantera side project, are a clear-cut victory in their own right, making Southern metal of depth and color as well as of scrap-iron constitution. Guitarists Pepper Keenan (from Corrosion of Conformity) and Kirk Windstein stutter in furious Thin Lizzy tandem in "N.O.D.," then swim like black-fuzz snakes through swamp water in "Beneath the Tides." The backing harmonies in "I Scream" have the scuffed-brass sheen of classic Van Halen, while Anselmo has hit on a strange but perfect vocal truce of James Hetfield and Deep Purple-era David Coverdale: avenging metal and overheated white soul. Over the Under is not yet the hard-rock album of '07; there is some time to go. But it is a main contender.

DAVID FRICKE
(Posted: Oct 4, 2007)

[Heelfan71]

Re: DOWN

will have to check it out. Liked the first album.

[SLAYER]

Re: DOWN

will have to check it out. Liked the first album.

You should check out Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow. Little more diverse, but better album than NOLA IMO.

[injunwal]

Re: DOWN

I really liked NOLA but was not a fan of A Bustle In Your Hedgerow. The only track I heard of the new one so far was more of the "sludgy" sound of Down II so I was not really into it. I still look forward to hearing the full release though.



Must be something with Phil outside of Pantera. I loved the first Superjoint Ritual but was not impressed with the second release.

[Heelfan71]

Re: DOWN

You should check out Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow. Little more diverse, but better album than NOLA IMO.

stupid me. I thought Down II was their first. That is the one I liked. Haven't heard much from Nola.