It seems sure now that "Down III" - the long-awaited third full-length studio album by the southern metal supergroup Down - is going to surface no later than this autumn. The follow-uo to "Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow" (2002) was produced by Warren Riker and shall be released via the label ILG.

For those who've fotgotten, Down's line-up features vocalist Phil Anselmo (on the photo; ex-Pantera and Superjoint Ritual), guitarists Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) and Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), bass player Rex Brown (ex-Pantera) and drummer Jimmy Bower (Crowbar, Eyehategod, ex-Superjoint Ritual).