FIRST LISTEN: Billboard.com Premieres Down's 'The Purple EP' Today

[Angela Burke]

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BILLBOARD.COM STREAMS DOWN IV PART I - THE PURPLE EP TODAY!

EP OUT SEPTEMBER 18; U.S. TOUR DATES SCHEDULED FOR FALL

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"...a typically aggressive Anselmo vocal against a twisting, grinding musical backdrop."
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"The six-song Purple EP avoids any monotonous agro-level riffs often found in sludge or doom metal, instead crafting a new batch of NOLA-Zeppelin stoner rock starting Down's quartet of EPs on the right path."
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NEW YORK, NY September 14, 2012-For fans of Metal's favorite collective DOWN, the five year wait is over!  Billboard.com is exclusively streaming the band's upcoming EP Down IV Part I - The Purple EP in its entirety NOW, before it's September 18 release via Down Records/Independent Label Group. Visit the Billboard.com homepage to listen or PRESS HERE<http://www.billboard.com/features/down-the-purple-ep-exclusive-first-listen-1007949382.story#/features/down-the-purple-ep-exclusive-first-listen-1007949382.story> to go directly to the full story.   The six song EP is the first in a series of four EP's planned for release over the next 18 months. DOWN, which includes Philip Anselmo (Pantera, Supertjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem) on vocals, Pepper Keenan (C.O.C.) on lead guitars, Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) on guitar, Jimmy Bower (Eye Hate God) on drums, and Pat Brudners (Crowbar), the newest addition to the line-up, on bass, will also kick off a string of tour dates on release day, beginning in Fort Worth, TX, and ending October 2 in Charlotte, NC.

Self-produced and recorded at Nodfertu's Lair, located at Anselmo's New Orleans home, Down IV Part I - The Purple EP is undeniably the product of the iconic collective that is DOWN, whose members origins span from Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, and Eyehategod.  Staggering riffs, thunderous drums, and Anselmo's inimitable delivery crush and captivate over the course of the collection's six songs. It's dark. It's dangerous. It's decisive. It's DOWN at their best.
"I do believe that we have delivered a record that will be accepted and hopefully enjoyed by the DOWN horde-if you will."

With an album sales history totaling over 725k, these New Orleans natives are no strangers to success.  Count on Down IV Part I - The Purple EP to garner similar achievements!
Visit BILLBOARD.COM to stream DOWN's' Purple EP'
Track Listing:

  1.  Levitation
  2.  Witchtripper
  3.  Open Coffins
  4.  The Curse Is A Lie
  5.  This Work Is Timeless
  6.  Misfortune Teller

TOUR DATES:
9/18                  Ridglea Theatre                         Fort Worth, TX
9/19                  Cain's Ballroom                         Tulsa, OK
9/21                  Pop's Nightclub                        Sauget, IL
9/22                  House of Blues                         Chicago, IL
9/23                  The Crofoot                              Pontiac, MI
9/25                  House of Blues                         Boston, MA
9/26                  Electric Factory                         Philadelphia, PA
9/28                  Best Buy Theatre                       New York, NY
9/29                  Starland Ballroom                      Sayreville, NJ
9/30                  The Fillmore                              Silver Spring, MD
10/2                  Tremont Music Hall                    Charlotte, NC

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