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Last August, Southern sludge supergroup Down celebrated the 25th anniversary of their classic debut LP, NOLA, with a special livestreamed event dubbed "The Quarter Century Throwdown." Today (July 7th), they announced plans for a follow-up virtual concert, this one fittingly titled "NOLA Town Throwdown." The event will see the band — featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, bassist Pat Bruders and drummer Jimmy Bower — return to the stage on Friday,...

(Woodsman Music Group, digital) Being a metalhead in the 80s seemed so romantic. To be fair, I was a little kid. But the Satanic Panic was on, pentagrams were all over the backs of denim jackets, the Parents Music Resource Center folks were out there wagging their fingers, my mom let me have a mullet for a hot minute ... It was wild. In contrast, I always thought metalheads in the 90s were so ... I dont know, morose? Pre-emo? Particularly the death-metal kids. There was such a woe-is-me ...