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Meet American metal's sludgiest supergroup, Down

InThisWeek Kirk Windstein has earned a little R&R. The 44-year-old dipped his big mitts into Louisiana's underground metal scene in 1987, and hasn't silenced his guitar since. In 1989, he...

Concert Review: Down, Melvins, Weedeater In L.A...

Indiepit.com   Down, Melvins and Weedeater delivered something fierce in Los Angeles on Saturday night at the Wiltern (LG or whatever). And all day today, we’ve been flabberjawed by the...

Band mixes variety of influences, twisting old ...

Hard rockers Down -- from left, Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower, Rex Brown, Phil Anselmo and Kirk Windstein -- are a Southern supergroup of sorts, consisting of current and former members...

Guitarist Pepper Keenan discusses his band's cu...

ArtistDirect.com Pepper Keenan can sling an axe with the best of 'em. On III: Over the Under, the Down guitarist anchors the songs with sludgy, infectious guitar riffs and hypnotic,...

Philip Anselmo Performs Live with Voivod

WorldMovesFast.com DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo joined Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD on stage at the August 11, 2009 concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to perform the song “Nothingface”. Fan-filmed video...

Vancouver Show Review

Exclaim.ca Down / Voivod / Danava / Weedeater Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC August 10 By Greg Pratt Although New Orleans stoner metallers Down were headlining this bill, in a way...