Monday, September 21, 2009 The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., www.thevogue.ws 8 p.m., $25 advance (without ticket fees), $27 door, 21+ Fronted by Pantera singer Phil Anselmo and featuring Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Pepper Keenan, Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein, Eyehategod drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Danny Theriot (filling in for Pantera bassist Rex Brown while he’s down with a bad pancreas), Down is a supergroup that sounds like a lean and hungry up-and-comer. Starting with 1995’s landmark NOLA the band has mastered a southern fried metal sound that’s equal parts stoner, boogie and blues-rock. Monday’s stop is part of a two-year tour supporting Down III: Over the Under, the band’s potent statement on, among other things, Dimebag Darnell’s death and Katrina’s impact on their New Orleans hometown. The Melvins slow, sludgy path has influenced everybody from Nirvana to Eyehategod and Crowbar. Led by long time members Buzz "King Buzzo" Osborne and Dale Crover, not much has changed since the days when young Cobain was their no. 1 fan boy. They are still Kiss obsessed, and they still mix liberal doses of Black Flag hardcore and Black Sabbath heaviness at full volume. With Wilmington, N.C. southern rockers Weedeater and Memphis’ heaviest band of the moment, Evil Army. —Jeff Napier