Down III - Over The Under review

Release Date: 09/25/2007
Label: Independant

It has been five years since the last album by Down and they sure have progressed a lot since then! Over The Under is the most satisfying surprise I’ve had all year! I went in with the lowest of expectations. Down’s second album, ‘A Bustle In Your Hedgerow’ did nothing for me, and recent supergroups (cough cough Hellyeah) haven’t released anything worth listening to.

Over The Under is the balls! It’s an album full of huge, dirty guitar riffs…thundering drums…and lyrics filled with anger! With songs inspired by the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and the death of former Pantera/Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell, you know this album is going to kick your ass. But it’s so much more than just a good boot up the bum. It has emotion, it has melody and most important of all it has replay value.

This is the kind of album you put on when you need to get fired up! Something to listen to before an important sporting event, or whilst strapped to the hood of a car on the freeway, with no clothes on, $2 worth of change in your mouth and a monkey behind the wheel.

It seems that Down spent a lot more time on this album then they did with ‘A Bustle In Your Hedgerow’. With the success I expect this album to achieve we might see Down become more than just a side project. Definitely a contender for Best album of 2007!

Rating: 5/5
Choice Lyric: “There's no such thing as a good time for bad luck”
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