Editing Down (band) (section)

===Brown's and Windstein's departures and EPs (2011–2014)===
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[[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>