DOWN To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Debut Album At Denmark's Copenhell 2020; KISS, OPETH, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST And Others Confirmed
November 15, 2019, 5 years ago
Phil Anselmo's sludge metal supergroup, Down, are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Nola, with performances next summer. The band have just been added to the bill for Denmark's Copenhell 2020 festival, taking place June 17 - 20 in Copenhagen. Other acts on the bill for the festival include Iron Maiden, KISS, Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, Opeth, Emperor, Destruction, and more. Festival details here.
Down were previously confiirmed for the 2020 edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting festival, taking place June 18 - 21, 2020 in Dessel, Belgium. Down are scheduled to perform June 20.
Down's debut album, Nola, featured Anselmo, Corrosion Of Conformity's Pepper Keenan, Crowbar's Kirk Windstein and Todd Strange, and Eyehategod's Jimmy Bower. Strange was later replaced by Rex Brown, who then left the band with Patrick Bruders taking over bass duties. Windstein parted ways with Down in 2013, replaced by Bobby Landgraf. The lineup for the band's summer dates remains to be confirmed.
Headlining Graspop Metal Meeting 2020 are Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, with performances scheduled from Deep Purple, Dimmu Borgir, Exciter, Foreigner, Killswitch Engage, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, My Dying Bride, Obituary, Opeth, Sepultura and many more.
Further festival details here.
