DOWNLOAD Show Review
Metalhammer.co.uk Time to slow things down a bit over on the Main stage now, and if there’s any band guaranteed to go down a storm (oh, did you think these reviews would be pun-free?!) mid-afternoon at a festival, it’s stoner kings Down. The Southern rockers somehow manage to bring the sun out, lending their set a fittingly hazy atmosphere. And it’s not just the sun that’s blazing, judging by the smell of the dense weed smoke weaving its way through the crowd. A somewhat mellowed-out but still formidable Phil Anselmo leads the Download punters along in singing sludgy classics like Ghosts Along the Mississippi and Witchtripper. They’re as tight as ever and storm through a set filled with fan favourites and make a brief but heartfelt tribute to the late great Jeff Hannemann, to rapturous cheers, ending on a slightly bittersweet, but down-tuned note.