Heavy-metal supergroup Down will release their new EP, simply titled The Purple EP, next week. But why wait? Stream the full think in the SoundCloud player below, courtesy of Billboard.
The Purple EP is the first of four planned EPs from Down, who appear to have shunned, at least temporarily, the album format after 2007's Down III: Over the Under (buy on iTunes).
Down IV Part I – The Purple EP is out September 18.
Get The Pick Newsletter
All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!
Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.
“He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different
“There are better players, better lyricists, better songwriters – but there’s an energy to their combined powers that is hard to rival at the moment”: The best guitar albums of 2024