The Top Ten Most Anticipated Hard Rock & Metal Albums of 2014: DOWN

January 7, 2014

Hot off last year’s phenomenal Walk Through Exits Only, Philip H. Anselmo returns to the sludgy Sabbathian swamps of Southern groove with Down for the group’s second EP and follow-up to the mind-blowing 2012 Down IV Part I – The Purple EP.

Recording has been wrapped back at Anselmo’s home studio, Nodferatu’s Lair, and it’s only a matter of time before listeners get to take another transcendent trip back to the heart of Nola for some real heavy metal. Nobody comes close to Down when it comes to grooves. Pepper Keenan is a riff lord! Nobody matches Anselmo as far as cinematic lyrics either. Simply put, hold on to your hats because you’re going for one hell of a ride yet again.

—Rick Florino

ArtistDirect.com Features the top 10 most anticipated hard rock metal albums of 2014. Check out the full list below.

2014 is going to be a hell of a year for metal and hard rock.

There are a slew of anxiously awaited releases on the horizon from the genre’s heaviest hitters. We’ve compiled a list of the biggest and best monsters looming on the horizon.

Without further pomp and circumstance, check out each one below!

The Top Ten Most Anticipated Hard Rock & Metal Albums of 2014