NOLA (Album)
Occupation
- Phil Anselmo - vocals, guitar on Pray for the Locust, mandolin in Jail
- Pepper Keenan - Guitar
- Kirk Windstein - Guitar, E -Bass
- Jimmy Bower - Drums
- Todd Strange - whistling at the beginning of Lifer & bass ( provided but did not play )
- Big Ross Karpelman - Keyboards at Jail
- Lil 'Daddy and Sid Montz - percussion in Jail
- Lil 'Daddy - water pipes solo on Hail the Leaf
NOLA (English acronym for New Orleans, Louisiana) is the debut album by the American band Down. It was published in September 1995 by Elektra / East West.
Formation and style
The album was written in the years 1990-95 mainly by Pepper Keenan ( Corrosion of Conformity ) and Phil Anselmo. In the early 1990s three demos were first published. Finally, the band was taken after a gig in her hometown of Elektra under contract. The album was from the summer of 1994 in the Ultrasonic Studios in New Orleans. Contrary to the expectations of some preliminary that emanated from the music of the bands of the four members, NOLA contains less hard metal elements, but is influenced by classic rock and bands like Black Sabbath.
Reception
The album reached # 57 on the Billboard 200 David Reamer of Allmusic called down a supergroup playing on NOLA also how such a. The album was a landmark that should be included in each metal music collection. He forgave 4.5 out of five stars and the award " AMG Album Pick". Eike Schmitz of Powermetal.de wrote about NOLA, it was a " chunk Southern metal that sounds so tough and monumental, as if Satan highly personal puked a tar balls from which then formed the band in swamp fever in New Orleans, Louisiana a hearty piece of Metal has. "