DOWN – To Record New Covers Album

New Orleans, Louisiana metal collective DOWN — namely Phil Anselmo (Pantera), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion OF Conformity), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod), and Pat Bruders (ex-Goatwhore, Crowbar) — tentatively plan to record an album of covers this summer.

Speaking with BraveWords writer Aaron Small, drummer Jimmy Bower had this to say about their plans:

“We’re supposed to do a covers record pretty soon, that’s the next thing. We haven’t figured out exactly when we’re going to do it, or completely what songs yet. It’s just been an idea we’ve had forever. I know that’s in the works. Down was scheduled to play some festival shows last summer in Europe, and they got cancelled. I think we’re booked again this summer, but it just depends [on the pandemic] you know.”
When asked how they’re deciding which tracks to cover, Bower offered this:

“I’m sure we have to collectively agree. There’s already been a bunch of songs thrown out, some really cool ones, but I’m not going to tell you which ones at all. There’s definitely been some weird ones that I was like, ‘Wow, that would be killer!’ It’s going to be fun to do, to put our own take on ’em. They’re not going to sound exactly like… we’ll put the Down take on it.”