Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Down, a NOLA sludge metal supergroup, will release a new music video to cap off the workweek, as per theprp. There is a teaser for the clip here, and the complete video will be released this Friday, February 13. Recording sessions for the band’s eagerly anticipated fourth studio album began in 2025, and it is roughly anticipated to be released this year. The band’s final official full-length album was released back in 2007.
You know it’s Down as soon as you hear them. That’s the way it’s always been, and nothing will ever change that. There’s no mistaking those gargantuan riffs, swamp blues leads, crashing drums, and hypnotic howls for absolutely anybody else under the sun. Philip H. Anselmo, Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower, Pat Bruders, and Bobby Landgraf uphold a certain tradition that countless fans celebrate, expanding their own musical mythos as they leave its pillars intact and untouched.
With a collective resume encompassing Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, and Eyehategod, the quintet puffed out its first haze of sonic smoke from the belly of gritty old New Orleans on the 1995 platinum-selling classic, “Nola”. At that moment, they naturally summoned something akin to a ritual, continually partaking in it with critically revered offerings—”Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow” in 2002, “Down III: Over the Under” in 2007, and “Down IV – Part One” in 2012. Their shows built a certain live lore with unforgettable runs alongside Metallica and Heaven & Hell as well as coveted spots on Download, Soundwave, and OZZfest. On 2014’s “Down IV – Part Two” [Available via Down Records/ADA-Music], the boys once again deliver passionate, powerful, and pure heavy music.
You won’t simply know it when you hear it, you’ll feel it as well. Let’s stay tuned and wait for the new album to arrive later this year, hopefully!
