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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img width="215" height="85" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD926E.E7A23E80" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CD926C.63D48DD0"></span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BILLBOARD.COM</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> STREAMS
<i>DOWN IV PART I – THE PURPLE EP </i>TODAY!</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EP OUT SEPTEMBER 18</span></b>;
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">U.S. TOUR DATES SCHEDULED FOR FALL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“…a typically aggressive Anselmo vocal against a twisting, grinding musical backdrop.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEW YORK, NY September 14, 2012—</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For fans of Metal’s favorite collective
<b>DOWN, </b>the five year wait is over! <b><i>Billboard.com</i></b> is exclusively streaming the band’s upcoming EP
<b><i>Down IV Part I – The Purple EP</i></b> in its entirety NOW,<b> </b>before it’s September 18 release via Down Records/Independent Label Group. Visit the
<b><i>Billboard.com</i></b> homepage to listen or </span><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.billboard.com/features/down-the-purple-ep-exclusive-first-listen-1007949382.story#/features/down-the-purple-ep-exclusive-first-listen-1007949382.story"><span style="color:blue">PRESS
HERE</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 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.<span style="color:red"> </span><b>DOWN</b>,
which includes Philip Anselmo <i>(Pantera, Supertjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem)</i></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">on vocals, Pepper Keenan <i>(C.O.C.)</i> on lead guitars, Kirk Windstein <i>(Crowbar)</i> on guitar, Jimmy
Bower <i>(Eye Hate God)</i> on drums, and Pat Brudners <i>(Crowbar), </i>the newest addition to the line-up, on bass, will also kick off a string of tour dates on<span style="color:red"> </span>release day, beginning in Fort Worth, TX, and ending October 2
in Charlotte, NC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Self-produced and recorded at Nodfertu’s Lair, located at Anselmo’s New Orleans home, <b><i>Down IV Part I – The Purple EP</i></b> is undeniably the product of the iconic collective
that is <b>DOWN</b>, 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 <b>DOWN</b> at their best.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"I do believe that we have delivered a record that will be accepted and hopefully enjoyed by the
<b>DOWN</b> horde—if you will.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With an album sales history totaling over 725k, these New Orleans natives are no strangers to success. Count on
<b><i>Down IV Part I – The Purple EP</i></b><i> </i>to garner similar achievements!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Visit
<i>BILLBOARD.COM</i> to stream DOWN’s’ <i>Purple EP’<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Track Listing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Witchtripper<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Open Coffins<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Curse Is A Lie<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This Work Is Timeless<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Misfortune Teller<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TOUR DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/18 Ridglea Theatre Fort Worth, TX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/19 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/21 Pop’s Nightclub Sauget, IL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/22 House of Blues Chicago, IL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/23 The Crofoot Pontiac, MI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/25 House of Blues Boston, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/26 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/28 Best Buy Theatre New York, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/29 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9/30 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10/2 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.down-nola.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">www.down-nola.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/down"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">www.facebook.com/down</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@downnola<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For More Information on
<b>DOWN</b> Please Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Angela Burke at PRESS HERE Publicity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:angela@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">angela@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Angela Burke</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">P: (212) 246-2640</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Angela@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Angela@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(Los Angeles)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">8105 West Third St.,<b><span style="color:#C00000"> </span></b>Los Angeles, CA 90048<b><span style="color:#C00000"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">P: (323) 556-9752 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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