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{{Infobox album
| name       = Down IV – Part II
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Down (band)|Down]]
| cover      = Down_IV_–_Part_II_(album_cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 13, 2014
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Nodferatu's Lair, Louisiana
| genre      = *[[Sludge metal]]
*[[stoner metal]]
*[[southern metal]]<ref name="AllMusic" />
| length     = 36:44
| label      = Down Records, [[Independent Label Group]]
| producer   = Michael Thompson,<ref name="RockHard" /> Down
| prev_title = [[Down IV – Part&nbsp;I]]
| prev_year  = 2012
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC        = 84/100<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Down IV, Pt. II [EP] - Down|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/down-iv-pt-ii-ep/down|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=June 16, 2014}}</ref>
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| Rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Heaney|first1=Gregory|title=Down Down IV, Pt. II|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/down-iv-pt-ii-mw0002637785|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=June 16, 2014}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| Rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0" />
| rev3      = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| Rev3Score = (9/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/down-down_iv_x2013_part_ii|title=Down - Down IV|website=[[Exclaim!]]|last=Falzon|first=Denise|date=May 12, 2014|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| Rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawson|first1=Dom|title=Down: Down IV – Part II review – upholding the downbeat Sabbath ethos|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/08/down-iv-part-ii-review|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 8, 2014 |accessdate=June 16, 2014}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| Rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=":0" />
}}
'''''Down IV – Part II''''' is the second [[Extended play|EP]] by American [[sludge metal]] band [[Down (band)|Down]]. It was released in May 2014 via Down Records. It is the only release by the band featuring guitarist Bobby Landgraf, who replaced founding member [[Kirk Windstein]] in 2013, before Windstein returned to the band in late 2019. The album was recorded in frontman [[Phil Anselmo]]'s home studio Nodferatu's Lair in Louisiana.<ref name="RockHard">{{Cite web|date=February 28, 2014|title=Down: "Down IV - Part Two"-EP kommt im Mai|url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/down_-_down-iv-part-two_-ep-kommt-im-mai_156658.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de}}</ref>
''Part II'' was preceded by ''[[Down IV – Part I|Part I]]'' in 2012. In certain territories (mainly Japan), both EPs were combined as a singular album under the title '''''Down IV'''''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6795839-Down-IV/images |title=Down IV Credits |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |id=WPCR-15739 |type=liner notes |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Down
| total_length = 36:44
| title1 = Steeple
| length1 = 5:45
| title2 = We Knew Him Well...
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Hogshead/Dogshead
| length3 = 3:52
| title4 = Conjure
| length4 = 8:31
| title5 = Sufferer's Years
| length5 = 5:37
| title6 = Bacchanalia
| length6 = 8:55
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Phil Anselmo]] − vocals
* [[Pepper Keenan]] − guitar
* Bobby Landgraf − guitar
* [[Pat Bruders]] − bass
* Jimmy Bower − drums
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;Production
*[[Record producer|Produced]] by Michael Thompson and Down
*[[Audio engineer|Engineered]] by Michael Thompson and Stephen "The Big Fella" Berrigan
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by Michael Thompson and Phil Anselmo, assisted by Stephen Berrigan
*[[Audio mastering|Mastered]] by Eric Conn
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