Down will likely be releasing their extremely anticipated new album on Nuclear Blast Data in 2026, asserting a brand new file cope with the celebrated steel label. The signing additionally entails reissues of the band’s again catalog.
The NOLA sludge supergroup is at the moment within the ultimate levels of recording its fourth full-length effort — Down’s first new music in over a decade — with a launch deliberate for 2026, per a press launch. The band’s present lineup consists of vocalist Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera), guitarists Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) and Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), drummer Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod), and bassist Pat Bruders (Crowbar, Goatwhore).
“It’s good to signal with Nuclear Blast Data,” Anselmo said within the press launch. “It’s an excellent label house and we’re able to make some superior recordings!”
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Added Keenan, “Having already been part of the Nuclear Blast household with Corrosion of Conformity, it’s an honor and a privilege to be right here as effectively with my brothers in Down. The staff at Nuclear Blast is a well-oiled machine and you’ll positively inform they love what they do. We’re in the fitting place.”
The label commented, “Nuclear Blast is proud to be within the trenches with NOLA legends Down as their associate of their lengthy overdue return to the steel world. As well as, we’re excited to carry a few of their key previous catalog releases again into the highlight, particularly on the vinyl facet. There are such a lot of longtime Down followers at Nuclear Blast who’re excited to be working with one in all their all-time favourite bands. 2026 can’t come quickly sufficient!”
Additional updates on the album will likely be offered “within the coming months,” per the press launch. In the meantime, Down have one stay date remaining in 2025 at Milwaukee Metallic Fest on Could sixteenth (get tickets right here), having wrapped up dates with Danzig earlier this 12 months.
Anselmo, in the meantime, is at the moment on the highway with Pantera supporting Metallica on the most recent North American leg of the latter’s ongoing “M72 World tour. Choose up tickets right here.