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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DOWN ANNOUNCES THE WEED AND SPEED TOUR
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HEADLINING TOUR BEGINS WINTER 2013 w/ SUPPORT FROM WARBEAST
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DOWN IV PART 1
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OUT NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“…a typically aggressive Anselmo vocal against a twisting, grinding musical backdrop.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“… Southern broasted, neck-snapping riffs, power-meets-sludge metal grooves, and Anselmo’s signature gravelly, dynamic vocals.”<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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“If the darkest corners of the New Orleans underground has an official sound, it is the gloriously bleak, punishing chug of Down.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Down exist in a space of their own. They're not worried about trends. They're not worried about expectations. They're not worried
about anyone's opinion. All that matters is the music..”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New York, NY November 6, 2012</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> –Heavy metal icon collective
<b>DOWN</b> will be hitting the road in January 2013 for a string of nationwide tour dates in support of their latest record,
<b><i>Down IV Part I</i></b>. Released <b>September 18, 2012</b> (<i>Down Records/Independent Label Group</i>), The EP – a collection of dark, dangerous, and decisive metal tracks -- debuted at the top of the Hard Music Album Chart and sat comfortably at the
#1 spot on Metal Radio for several weeks. See full tour dates below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Live, the metal five-piece is larger than life. Their notorious dark and unique southern-infused brand of hard rock/metal aggressively rips through the audience, and the mix
of lead singer Phil Anslemo’s (<i>Pantera</i>) gut-wrenching vocals, Pepper Keenan (<i>C.O.C</i>.) and Kirk Windstein’s (<i>Crowbar</i>) grinding guitar riffs, Jimmy Bower’s (<i>Eye Hate God</i>) thunderous drums, and Pat Brunder’s (<i>Crowbar</i>) blasting
bass cords leave even the most dedicated and hardcore of fans in complete shock and awe.
<b>DOWN</b> are back with a vengeance, and intend to show everyone exactly why they are one of heavy metal’s most iconic figures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PRESS
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<i>DOWN IV PART I <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2012/09/exclusive-watch-downs-frightening-video-for-witchtripper"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">UPCOMING TOUR DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/11 Warehouse Live -- Ballroom Houston, TX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/12 Backstage Live San Antonio, TX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/14 Marquee Tempe, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/16 Key Club Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/18 City National Grove Anaheim, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/19 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/20 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/22 Showbox @ the Market Seattle, WA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/23 Roseland Theater Portland, OR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/24 Knitting Factory Boise, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/26 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/28 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/29 The Rave Milwaukee, WI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1/30 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2/1 Track 29 Chattanooga, TN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5/25 Maryland Deathfest 2013 Baltimore, MD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>DOWN</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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