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{{Short description|American heavy metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Down
| image             = Down au Hellfest 2022.jpg
| caption           = Down at [[Hellfest]] 2022. L–R: Phil Anselmo, Pat Bruders, Pepper Keenan
| landscape         = yes
| origin            = [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Sludge metal]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chantler |first1=Chris |title=The 10 essential sludge metal albums |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-essential-sludge-metal-albums |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Southern metal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steininger |first=Adam |date=July 24, 2013 |title=The ten best Southern metal bands |url=https://www.westword.com/music/the-ten-best-southern-metal-bands-5674847?storyPage=3 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=[[Westword]]}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[stoner metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-essential-stoner-metal-albums#down-nola |title=10 Essential Stoner Metal Albums |work=[[Revolver magazine|Revolver]] |date=April 20, 2018 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>}}
}}
| years_active      = 1991–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
* [[East West Records|East West]]
* [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
* [[Nuclear Blast Records|Nuclear Blast]]
}}
| website           = {{url|down-nola.com}}
| current_members   = * [[Phil Anselmo]]
* [[Jimmy Bower]]
* [[Pepper Keenan]]
* [[Kirk Windstein]]
* [[Pat Bruders]]
| past_members      = * Todd Strange
* [[Rex Brown]]
* Bobby Landgraf
}}

'''Down''' is an American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] that formed in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, in 1991. The current lineup consists of vocalist [[Phil Anselmo]] ([[Pantera]] and [[Superjoint Ritual]]), drummer [[Jimmy Bower]] ([[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]], [[Eyehategod]], Superjoint Ritual), guitarists [[Pepper Keenan]] ([[Corrosion of Conformity]]) and [[Kirk Windstein]] (Crowbar), and bassist [[Pat Bruders]] ([[Goatwhore]]).

Since their formation, Down has gone on hiatus twice and has released five studio albums. The first three were LPs entitled ''[[NOLA (album)|NOLA]]'' (1995), ''[[Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow]]'' (2002), and ''[[Down III: Over the Under]]'' (2007). In 2008, the band began working on additional material, which resulted in two EPs entitled ''[[Down IV – Part I]]'', released in September 2012, and ''[[Down IV – Part II]]'', released in May 2014.

==History==
===Formation and ''NOLA'' (1991–1998)===
{{Main|NOLA (album)}}

{{Quote box |align=left |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=center |width=20em |quote=NOLA has always reminded me sound-wise and approach-wise as a really loud demo, and it was based on three three-song demos that we did just for fun. We were still growing and finding out what we were as a band, and we were into a lot of bands that were influenced by Black Sabbath, like St. Vitus, Trouble and Witchfinder General.|source=[[Phil Anselmo]] on Down's first album<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453044/pantera-frontman-gets-down-dirty.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629145119/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453044/pantera-frontman-gets-down-dirty.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |title=Pantera's Phil Anselmo Gets Down And Dirty – Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV.com |date=2002-03-25 |access-date=2012-05-10}}</ref>}}

Down formed in 1991 with vocalist [[Phil Anselmo]] of [[Pantera]], drummer [[Jimmy Bower]] of [[Eyehategod]], guitarists [[Pepper Keenan]] of [[Corrosion of Conformity]] and [[Kirk Windstein]] of [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] and bassist Todd Strange, also of Crowbar. All of the band members were longtime friends, and shared interest in bands such as [[Black Sabbath]], [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]], and [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]], which would significantly influence the music they made.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} The band made a three-track demo for underground trading. In an effort to build a fan base, Anselmo and Keenan would ask heavy metal fans if they had ever "heard of this band, Down" and hand them copies of the tape without telling the person that they were in the band.<ref name="Revolver">{{cite journal| author=Geist, Brandon |date=November 2007 |title=Never Say Die |journal=[[Revolver Magazine]] }}</ref><ref name="Stormbringer">{{cite web|url=http://www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk/Interviews/Pepper_Keenan.htm |title=Interview with Pepper Keenan (Down and C.O.C.) |publisher=Stormbringerwebzine.co.uk |access-date=February 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107020249/http://www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk/Interviews/Pepper_Keenan.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2007 }}</ref> Eventually, the tape was distributed throughout the United States and Down played a small concert in its hometown. A record executive from [[Elektra Records]] was attending the show. When he found out who the members of the band were, he signed Down to a recording contract.<ref name="Stormbringer"/>

Down released its debut album, ''[[NOLA (album)|NOLA]]'', on September 19, 1995,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=J. |date=2008-07-01 |title=Down - "NOLA" |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2008/07/01/down-nola/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Decibel Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> debuting at number 55 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. [[AllMusic]] reviewer David Reamer gave the album a nearly perfect 4.5 out of 5 stars, praising the songs "Temptations Wings", "[[Stone the Crow]]", and "Bury Me in Smoke". Reamer stated that "this is a landmark album that combines the talents of dedicated rock musicians, and should be included in any collection of heavy metal music."<ref>{{cite web| author=Reamer, David |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r224086|pure_url=yes}} |title=''NOLA'' overview |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 27, 2008}}</ref> ''NOLA'' was supported by a 13-date tour, and afterward the band went on hiatus in order to return to their respective bands.<ref name="Revolver"/>

===''A Bustle in Your Hedgerow'' and ''Over the Under'' (1999–2008)===
{{Main|Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow|Down III: Over the Under}}
[[File:RexBrown.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rex Brown]] joined the band in 1999.]]
In 1999, while Down was on hiatus, Strange left the band and was replaced by Pantera bassist [[Rex Brown]]. In late November 2001, Down came back from hiatus to make another record. The band wrote and recorded ''[[Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow]]'' in 28 "drug and booze induced" days in Phil Anselmo's barn called "Nödferatu's Lair."<ref name="Decibel">{{cite journal|author=Parks, Andrew |date=October 2007 |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/features/oct2007/down.aspx?terms=Over+the+Under&searchtype=2&fragment=True |title=Down |journal=[[Decibel Magazine]] |access-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709005301/http://decibelmagazine.com/features/oct2007/down.aspx?terms=Over+the+Under&searchtype=2&fragment=True |archive-date=July 9, 2011 }}</ref> The album was released on March 26, 2002, but was not received with the same positive reviews as ''NOLA.'' [[Blabbermouth.net]] reviewer Borivoj Krgin stated, "''Down II'' appears to have been thrown together more haphazardly, with much of the material falling short of the standard set by the Down's classic debut offering."<ref>{{cite news |author=Krgin, Borivoj Phil stated recently that: "I honestly cannot say that Down II was really a high point in my life. Matter of fact I would have to say it was one of the lowest points. I felt like I sleep walked through those lyrics, I was screaming on paper, I was pleading with myself. I knew that the reservoir of strength was there it was just covered by, what I like to say; mountains and mountains of blankets. As you come clean a layer of blankets comes of little by little, by little. You don't just come clean and see the light, you got to take some layers off first. There was a lot of truth on that record I just wasn’t there yet." |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=72 |title=CD reviews&nbsp;– ''Down II'' |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019173454/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=72 |archive-date=October 19, 2008 }}</ref> Despite mixed reviews, the album debuted at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=down|chart=all}}|title=Down Album & Song Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> To support the album, Down toured on the second stage of [[Ozzfest]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ozzfest.com/static_content/view/alumni.html |title=Ozzfest alumni |publisher=Ozzfest.com |access-date=February 28, 2008}}</ref> Also in 2002, the band recorded an acoustic version of "[[Stone the Crow]]" that was never officially released although it can be heard on YouTube. Afterward, the band once again entered an indefinite hiatus to focus on their respective bands.

Newly signed to [[Warner Bros. Records]], Down once again reformed in 2006. The band wrote an album over the course of a year. The lyrical content of ''[[Down III: Over the Under]]'' covers subjects such as the breakup of Pantera, [[Columbus nightclub shooting|the murder]] of ex-Pantera guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]], the band's anger at the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], and Anselmo's recovery from back surgery and drug addiction.<ref name="Revolver"/><ref name="Decibel"/> Debuting at number 26 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the album was released on September 25, 2007, and received generally positive reviews.<ref name="billboard"/> Kirk Miller of ''[[Decibel Magazine]]'' said of the album, "for almost an hour, it's like the metal world was set right again."<ref>{{cite web|author=Miller, Kirk |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/reviews/nov2007/down.aspx?terms=Over+the+Under&searchtype=2&fragment=True |title=''Down III: Over the Under'' |publisher=Decibel Magazine |access-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709005307/http://decibelmagazine.com/reviews/nov2007/down.aspx?terms=Over+the+Under&searchtype=2&fragment=True |archive-date=July 9, 2011 }}</ref>

The release of ''Over the Under'' was preceded by a tour with [[Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell]] and [[Megadeth]]. To further support their album, Down headlined a tour starting at the end of September 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=65651 |title=Megadeth and Down to support Heaven and Hell in Canada |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=January 20, 2007 |access-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303120137/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=65651 |archive-date=March 3, 2008 }}</ref>

On April 22, 2008, the [[BBC Radio 1]] Rockshow broadcast a new session of Down recordings featuring alternate versions of "N.O.D.", "Beneath the Tides", and "Jail", along with a cover of "[[When the Levee Breaks]]" (written by [[Kansas Joe McCoy]] and his wife [[Memphis Minnie]], and famously covered by [[Led Zeppelin]]).{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===''Diary of a Mad Band'' (2008–2010)===
{{Main|Diary of a Mad Band: Europe in the Year of VI}}
[[file:Down-madrid.jpg|thumb|left|Down live in Madrid, 2008. L–R: Kirk Windstein, Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown, Jimmy Bower]]

On July 24, 2008, frontman [[Phil Anselmo]] mentioned in a post on the band's [[Myspace]] blog that Down had been "fucking around with some new material" and had "enough material already recorded"—at least six new songs in addition to those that did not make the final cut on ''Down III: Over the Under''.<ref name="newmaterial">{{cite web |date=July 29, 2008 |title=Down: Six New Songs Recorded |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/down_six_new_songs_recorded.html |access-date=July 29, 2008 |publisher=Ultimate-Guitar.com}}</ref> What or how much will be included on the tentative ''Down IV'' is uncertain, but according to Anselmo, there is  "definitely enough for an awesome EP, with some surprises within."<ref name="newmaterial" />

Asked in November 2008 what the current status of the new album was, bassist [[Rex Brown]] told [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]] that Down had been "writing constantly on the road. We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out. Hopefully, we can get back in the studio in the fall and work on something."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043532/down-gets-busy-on-new-album-while-touring |title=Down Gets Busy On New Album While Touring |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]] |date=November 11, 2008 |access-date=November 11, 2008}}</ref>

On February 18, 2009, Down was announced in the lineup for the 2009 [[Roskilde Festival]] in Denmark. Following these live dates, the band toured the United States and Canada during August and September 2009. On March 30, 2009, Down posted a statement on their message board indicating that they will be back in the studio from October through November writing and recording what will eventually become ''Down IV''. In the summer of 2009, Down began a US tour without Rex on bass, who had developed acute pancreatitis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 3, 2009|title=DOWN/Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN Diagnosed With Acute Pancreatitis|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/down-ex-pantera-bassist-rex-brown-diagnosed-with-acute-pancreatitis/|access-date=December 3, 2020|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>

On January 27, 2010, it was announced that Brown had nearly fully recuperated from his fight with pancreatitis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://down-nola.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/416070/pid/400042 |title=Rex is Back in the Saddle |publisher=Down-nola.com |date=October 1, 2010 |access-date=July 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410080638/http://www.down-nola.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/416070/pid/400042 |archive-date=April 10, 2010 }}</ref> Down had discussed reconvening in New Orleans sometime after the [[Super Bowl XLIV|2010 Super Bowl]] to begin work on a new album. With a release date yet to be announced, the new album will be the band's fourth studio offering. After legal issues with Warner Brothers Records regarding the rights to the music, Down released the live album ''[[Diary of a Mad Band: Europe in the Year of VI]]'' on October 5, 2010, via Roadrunner Records. The title is a reference to ''[[Diary of a Madman (album)|Diary of a Madman]]'', an [[Ozzy Osbourne]] album.

===Brown's and Windstein's departures and EPs (2011–2014)===
{{Main|Down IV – Part I|Down IV – Part II}}
[[File:Down - Hellfest 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Down performing at [[Hellfest]] 2013. L–R: Pat Bruders, Kirk Windstein, Phil Anselmo, Pepper Keenan]]
In 2011, Phil Anselmo commented on the future of Down, stating: "Man, there will be a time for Down. Matter of fact we had a meeting this past week, and I know Jimmy's gotta go do an Eyehategod tour in February. But after that, I think we're looking to do some shows starting in March. Maybe local around here, maybe even some Mardi Gras gigs. But yeah, last week we sat around and they played me some new stuff they're working on, and it sounds good. Sounds like it's got a lot of promise, and really they just need me in the fuckin' practice room. So all this is going to happen this year. It has to happen. I know there's a responsibility here. Down has a fanbase and they are very very very loyal. So I don't want to let those people down. They deserve some new music, we have it. We've demoed other songs, there's songs that haven't even been released that people have never heard, so there's always Down there. For all you people out there, don't you stress. We got the Down coming."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/work-material-announce-2011-shows|title=DOWN To Work On New Material; Announce 2011 Shows|date=January 31, 2011|website=Metalinjection.net|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>

On May 11, 2011, Down announced on their [[Facebook]] page that they "demoed a brand new tune."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158058 |title=Down Demoing New Material |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514212032/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158058 |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> Down played at [[Download Festival]] on Saturday June 11, 2011. They played alongside [[System of a Down]], [[Avenged Sevenfold]] and [[Alice Cooper]]. Rex did not tour with Down during their spring 2011 shows. Crowbar bassist [[Pat Bruders]] filled in for Rex during those shows. "Rex is not gonna be with us," said Keenan. "He's got things he needs to deal with, and we gave him an ultimatum and he's trying to work things out. We've got Pat (Bruders) from Crowbar playing bass, and he's ass-kickin' in the same way. He plays with his fingers—which is really cool; he's got the whole [[Geezer Butler]] thing going on." When asked whether or not Brown was still considered a part of the band, Keenan was hopeful but hesitant: "I don't know what to really say on that; he's not out of the band, but he's not playing with us live." On June 22, 2011, Jimmy Bower announced that Rex Brown would not be returning to Down, and that Pat Bruders is his replacement.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159766 |title=Bassist REX BROWN Will Not Return To DOWN, Says Drummer JIMMY BOWER |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626140444/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159766 |archive-date=June 26, 2011 }}</ref>

The band spoke on their Facebook page and said they started recording new material on October 20. On January 16, 2012, they revealed track names for the new EP on Facebook. Initially, rumors spread about the possibility of Down releasing four EPs, instead of an album. However, when asked about it in an interview with [[Scuzz]] TV, Anselmo said that "It would be too pretentious, we try not to think as far ahead as that, and just go with what we feel at the time."{{fact|date=December 2019}} In the summer of 2013, [[Kirk Windstein]] quit the band and was replaced by Bobby Landgraf. ''[[Down IV&nbsp;– Part II]]'' was released on May 13, 2014.

Following [[Phil Anselmo#Racial controversies|Anselmo's white power and Nazi salute controversy]] during the Dimebash event in the United States, the organizers of FortaRock Festival decided to cancel the appearance of the band for the 2016 event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fortarock.nl/en/festival-info/news/down-cancelled-for-fortarock-2016|title=FortaRock|website=Fortarock.nl|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>

===Next album (2018–present)===
When speaking to Max Morin of Bucketlist Music Reviews in January 2018, Anselmo said about the follow-up album to 2007's ''Over the Under'': {{quote|"I have to focus on this new stuff for the time being because really, to clear it up and make it loud and clear for everyone: Down, when Down got together, we knew we were a band made up of many other bands. It's always been out of brotherhood and love that when any of our 'real' bands such as C.O.C. and Eyehategod, specifically get on a roll, at the time, even Pantera, [...] we always make room for that band. A tour like for Superjoint, for what it's worth, when Superjoint is working, there's no real time for Down, of course. It's a complete and just, I think, clear, very crystal-clear understanding between all of us that the day will come when things will slow down and we'll feel primed enough and ready for it and moods will alter as they do over time, especially musically. If you play certain songs, no matter what band you're in, if you play those songs enough times and enough nights, in a row, night after night, you're going to want to change tastes here and there. Yes, we will record another Down record. Everybody's committed to it. It's just right now, everybody's committed to it."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-on-status-of-down-we-will-record-another-record-everybodys-committed-to-it/|title=PHILIP ANSELMO On Status Of DOWN: 'We Will Record Another Record. Everybody's Committed To It'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>}}

In November 2019, Down announced they would be reuniting for a series of shows in 2020, including [[Graspop Metal Meeting]], set to take place June 18–21, 2020 in Dessel, Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/down-confirms-first-show-of-2020/|title=DOWN Confirms First Show Of 2020|last=Blabbermouth|date=November 12, 2019|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> In anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Down's first album ''[[NOLA (album)|NOLA]]'', founding member Kirk Windstein confirmed he was returning to the band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/kirk-windstein-returning-down-2020/|title=Kirk Windstein Returning to Down for 2020 Shows|last=Childers|first=Chad|website=Loudwire|date=December 17, 2019 |language=en|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref>

In an interview published August 4th, 2025, Windstein confirmed that the band was past the halfway point of recording the new album, stating the drums, bass and rhythm guitar parts had all been completed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2025-08-04 |title=DOWN Is 'Past The Middle Point' Of Recording New Album |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/down-is-past-the-middle-point-of-recording-new-album |access-date=2025-08-06 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>

==Band members==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Current members
* [[Phil Anselmo]] – lead vocals <small>(1991–present)</small>
* [[Pepper Keenan]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(1991–present)</small>
* [[Jimmy Bower]] – drums <small>(1991–present)</small>
* [[Kirk Windstein]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(1991–2013, 2019–present)</small>
* [[Pat Bruders]] – bass <small>(2011–present)</small>
{{col-2}}
;Former members
* Todd Strange – bass <small>(1991–1999)</small>
* [[Rex Brown]] – bass <small>(1999–2011)</small>
* Bobby Landgraf – guitars, backing vocals <small>(2013–2019)</small> live <small>(2024)</small>

;Live members
* Danny Theriot – bass <small>(2009)</small>
{{col-end}}

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===Gallery===
<gallery>
File:W0829-Hellfest2013 Down PhilAnselmo 69245.JPG|Phil Anselmo, 2013
File:W0828-Hellfest2013 Down PepperKeenan 69263.JPG|Pepper Keenan, 2013
File:Hellfest2013 Down PatrickBruders (cropped).JPG|Pat Bruders, 2013
File:Down 19.jpg|Rex Brown (left) and Kirk Windstein, 2009
</gallery>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="8"|Peak chart positions
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|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="billboard"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Down|title=Discography Down|publisher=australian-charts.com}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Finland's Official List|FIN]]<br><ref name=fi>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Down|title=Discography Down|publisher=finnishcharts.com}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Down|title=Discographie Down|publisher=lescharts.com|language=fr}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Down/longplay|title=Down > Longplay-Chartverfolgung|publisher=Musicline.de|language=de|access-date=August 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018081113/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Down/longplay|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRL]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Down|title=Discography Down|publisher=irish-charts.com}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Down|title=Discography Down|publisher=swedishcharts.com}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/down/|title=Down UK Chart History|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''[[NOLA (album)|NOLA]]''
* Released: September 19, 1995
* Label: [[East West Records|EastWest]]
| style="text-align:center;"|57
| style="text-align:center;"|75
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|68
|
* US: 232,847<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=2002-04-30|title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|''[[Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow]]''
* Released: March 26, 2002
* Label: [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| style="text-align:center;"|44
| style="text-align:center;"|45
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|67
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|80
|
* US: 121,002<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sludge|first=Metal|title=Sludge Scans For September 2002 {{!}} Metal Sludge|url=http://metalsludge.tv/classic/?p=30362|access-date=2022-02-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|''[[Down III: Over the Under]]''
* Released: September 25, 2007
* Label: [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| style="text-align:center;"|26
| style="text-align:center;"|60
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| style="text-align:center;"|114
| style="text-align:center;"|65
| style="text-align:center;"|42
| style="text-align:center;"|45
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|
|-
| colspan="12" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;" |"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
|}

===Extended plays===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="6"|Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="billboard"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Finland's Official List|FIN]]<br><ref name=fi/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="GER"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="ukchart"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/black-keys-tops-aria-album-chart-20140517|title=Black Keys Tops ARIA Album Chart|first=Gavin|last=Ryan|date=May 17, 2014|website=Noise11.com|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''[[Down IV – Part I]]''
* Released: September 18, 2012
| style="text-align:center;"|35
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|163
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| style="text-align:center;"|57
| style="text-align:center;"|58
|-
|2014
|''[[Down IV – Part II]]''
* Released: May 13, 2014
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|81
| style="text-align:center;"|88
| style="text-align:center;"|50
| style="text-align:center;"|79
|}

===Live albums===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="2"|Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|FRA<br><ref name="FRA"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|GER<br><ref name="GER"/>
|-
|2010
|''[[Diary of a Mad Band: Europe in the Year of VI|Diary of a Mad Band]]''
* Released: October 5, 2010
| style="text-align:center;"|147
| style="text-align:center;"|93
|}

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Song
!Album
!Music video
|-
|rowspan="3"|1995
|"Lifer"
|rowspan="4"|''NOLA''
|No
|-
|"[[Stone the Crow]]"
|rowspan="2"|Yes
|-
|"Temptations Wings"
|-
|1996
|"Rehab"
|rowspan="2"|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
|"Beautifully Depressed"
|rowspan="2"|''Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow''
|-
|"Ghosts Along the Mississippi"
|rowspan="2"|Yes
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|"On March the Saints"
|rowspan="4"|''Down III: Over the Under''
|-
|"I Scream"
|rowspan="2"|No
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|"Mourn"
|-
|"N.O.D."
|rowspan="4"|Yes
|-
|rowspan="1"|2012
|"Witchtripper"
|rowspan="1"|''Down IV – Part I''
|-
|rowspan=""|2014
|"We Knew Him Well"
|rowspan="2"|''Down IV – Part II''
|-
|rowspan=""|2015
|"Conjure"
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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