I CAN SEE DEATH IN YOUR EYES.

DOWNER could have been a nineties gem. They had everything going for them, the name, their HELMET meets TOOL approach, some cool Pushead artwork and a deal with roadrunner records. Pretty much all the ingredients to become one of those semi-legendary post-hardcore acts that still have cult followings in certain circles. You’d think they’d be set after touring the states with EARTH CRISIS (Destroy The Machines-era) and a spot on lollapalooza but due to a lot of mishap they didn’t release this until years later, in 2001, and at a time when Roadrunner was too busy with putting out new records for bigger bands like SLIPKNOT (Iowa), FEAR FACTORY (digimortal) and SEPULTURA (nation). As a result, DOWNER received very little publicity and ended up being disillusioned one more time before finally calling it quits shortly after this eponymous debut came out. The only form of promotion they got besides a video for Last Time were numerous spots on those samplers that seemed to come with every heavy metal mag out there and that’s pretty much how I got into them as well. Ironically, I bought those magazines to keep myself updated on those bigger bands but I guess I cared enough to dig a little deeper and I still do. The sampler that initially got me into DOWNER (as well as GLASSJAW) may have vanished into the fog of time and it would take me over half a decade to finally score an actual copy of their record but this band still holds up so fucking well. If you like your post-hardcore metallic and topped off with James Maynard Keenan-styled vocals this is definitely right up your alley. So good…


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Peace.