DOWN

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: USA
Style: angry groovy southern sludge metal

staying busy in their main bands and not making music together for long six years, yet hanging on to the exclusive NOLA pride and upbringing, they are back together passionate, focused and die-hard again: Louisiana luminaries offer no less than fifteen, quite diverse in emotions tracks on a follow-up recording [2002], serving up a sludgy sonic stew of vintage Black Sabbath influenced heaviness, yet totally trademark American spirit; however, their own, already familiar brand of groove stands out with a swampy sound, stoner-rock vibe, and dirt-bag patina of authentic, deeply rooted old-school metal or Southern rock, whatever term you like better, nowadays listed among the masterpieces of the genre; recent Dutch edition comes with authentic design