DOWN & Helmet Concert Review — Strap It Down Tour: Night One Atlanta | Metal Nerdery Podcast 366

🤘 DOWN & Helmet — Strap It Down Tour: Night One Atlanta | Metal Nerdery Podcast 366 August 15, 2026. The Eastern, Atlanta, Georgia. Night one of the Strap It Down Summer Tour — and Metal Nerdery was there for all of it. Spirit in the Room opened things up on Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records and set the vibe perfectly. Helmet delivered 14 tight, angry, groove-locked songs — Page Hamilton on that fuchsia-colored ESP he's been playing for 30 years, and a mention that he was 7 months sober to the day. Then DOWN took the stage and played what amounted to a live version of NOLA front to back — and closed the whole night with every member of Spirit in the Room and Helmet joining them onstage for the outro of Bury Me in Smoke in what can only be described as controlled chaos. Also in this episode — a first listen to the brand new DOWN track Blood Oath (Volume V, 2026), Russell's Reflections on Extreme, Tesla & Mötley Crüe, the Honk rating system explained, why you should never put your concert shirts in the dryer, and the Waymo incident. 🎸 Full Setlists: Spirit in the Room — U R My Religion + full set Helmet — Holiday · Birth Defect · Broadcast Emotion · Blacktop · Ironhead · Welcome to Algiers · Bad Mood · Give It · Better · Milquetoast · Repetition · In Person · Wilma's Rainbow · In the Meantime DOWN — Lysergik Funeral Procession · Lifer · Hail the Leaf · Pillars of Eternity · Ghosts Along the Mississippi · Losing All · Rehab · Temptation's Wings · Swan Song · Stone the Crow · Eyes of the South · Bury Me in Smoke 📖 Full show notes: https://www.metalnerdery.com/episodes... 🎙️ Pre-Game Episode: https://www.metalnerdery.com/episodes... 🎙️ DOWN — NOLA Album Dive: https://www.metalnerdery.com/episodes... 🎙️ DOWN II: https://www.metalnerdery.com/episodes... 🎙️ Helmet — Betty: https://www.metalnerdery.com/episodes... 📻 Listen on: 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ISmu8J... 🎙️ Podbean: https://metalnerdery.podbean.com/ 🌐 Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1466271053 💬 Voicemail: 980-666-8182 📧 Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com ❤️ Patreon:   / metalnerderypodcast   📱 Facebook:   / metalnerderypodcast   📱 Instagram:   / metalnerderypodcast   📱 TikTok:   / metal.nerdery.pod   🎧 Can't Be Loud Enough Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6O2... We do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary. And Hail to all of the Artists! We Love You All #DOWN #Helmet #StrapItDownTour #MetalNerdery #ConcertReview #Atlanta #TheEastern #StonerMetal #HeavyMetal #MetalPodcast #PhilAnselmo #PageHamilton #NOLA #LiveMetal #2026