"A bout of deep depression..."
What a fucking powerful intro..
My first encounter with Phil Anselmo was with Pantera. I found an article about them in a 1998 issue of Guitar World that I picked up from a dodgy second hand bookstore. (It was a front for an illegal business according to rumours.) I did my research on them and I’m so glad I found Down. The rough barks and stoner guitars became my introduction to the NOLA sound. Until today, this track shaped my mind on how my first trip to New Orleans may turn out to be; filled with smoke, a bunch of guys who could very well be hanging out with Hank Williams if born earlier and Southern snarls over guitars. This track very well paints that picture, with its soft verses on southern mode, to loud guitars in full distortion. God bless New Orleans.
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