Over the Under

This came five years after Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow. It was released internationally on 24 September 2007 and in the United States the next day. The lyrics take in the band's anger about Hurricane Katrina, Phil Anselmo's frustration over the murder of the Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, and the bad blood between the two men up to that death. The guitarist Pepper Keenan put it this way: "Phil's really good at lyrics. Several songs address Katrina's aftermath and how life changes on you, man. We've got a lot of ammunition for this one, I'll put it that way — a lot of things have not necessarily gone right for everybody these last couple of years. Everybody's just trying to stay positive. We're not writing Christian songs. These are still angry, frustrated songs." Another remark of his describes how the record was made: "We've progressed a lot, but we didn't forget those first Down demos. We still get off on those big, giant, heavy riffs. But at the same time, we're not afraid to play acoustic guitars in a circle. It's not a one-direction evolution for us." It entered the Billboard 200 at number 26 on about 29,000 copies in its first week, and it placed fourth in Revolver's twenty best albums of 2007, second in Metal Hammer's year-end list and 37th in Rolling Stone's top fifty. The running order here is the original's as printed.