Corrosion of Conformity
- GENRE: Stoner metal
- COUNTRY: USA
When they were starting out, they were a bunch of kids blending thrash metal with hardcore punk. After the angry early days, they changed course, slowed down and developed their inimitable style. Their southern/sludge imbued with the blues feeling is full of emotional depth, heaviness as well as punchiness. Listen to these riffs once and you’re gone for – especially live.
History:
Corrosion of Conformity dates back to 1982. The band was formed in Raleigh. They quickly began to build their street cred, touring intensely and releasing a lot of material. In the first three years of their career, they already had under their belt two full-length albums, two splits and a demo. In those early stages, the Americans played a rabid hardcore punk with thrash cheek. With the 1987 EP Technocracy, they added the sludge rockfall into the mix, and on the breakthrough Blind, released in 1991, they finally came into their own. It’s a record from the intersection of sludge and southern metal, with a distinct blues groove and the remnants of the thrash aesthetics in the background. The follow-up album, Deliverance, which was even more southern and at times even ventured into stoner territory, was the band’s ticket to fame. The record went gold in the US. The following record, Wiseblood, was also a big success. In 2006, Corrosion of Conformity disbanded, only to come back four years later. Their latest album is the 2018 No Cross No Crown, but anytime now the band is to release their newest record, with which they’ll come to Mystic Festival.
Discography:
LP:
Eye for an Eye, 1984
Animosity, 1985
Blind, 1991
Deliverance, 1994
Wiseblood, 1996
America’s Volume Dealer, 2000
In the Arms of God, 2005
Corrosion of Conformity, 2012
IX, 2014
No Cross No Crown, 2018
EP:
Technocracy, 1987
Six Songs with Mike Singing: 1985, 1989
Mad World, 1992
Drowning in a Daydream, 1996
Megalodon, 2012
Demo:
Demo ’84, 1984
Demo ’88, 1988
Demo ’91, 1991
Singles:
Dance of the Dead, 1991
Dance of the Dead and Future Now, 1991
Vote with a Bullet, 1992
Vote with a Bullet – The Consolidated Re-mix Version, 1993
Albatross, 1994
Broken Man, 1994
Clean My Wounds, 1994
Seven Days, 1995
3 from Wiseblood, 1996
King of the Rotten, 1996
Pighead Shaped Picture Disc, 1996
The Rotten Remixes, 1997
Congratulations Song, 2000
Diablo Blvd., 2000
Over Me, 2000
2005 Sampler, 2005
Rise River Rise, 2005
Stone Breaker, 2005
Your Tomorrow (Parts 1 and 2), 2010
The Doom, 2012
On the Hunt, 2015
Cast the First Stone, 2017
Wolf Named Crow, 2017
On the Hunt, 2023
Fire and Water, 2025
Splits:
No Core, 1982 (z Colcor, No Labels i No Rock Stars)
Why Are We Here?, 1983 (z Bloodmobile, Stillborn Christians i No Labels)
Concrete Music Bloc Volume 8 January ’92, 1992 (z Nymphs, Slik Toxik i The Scream)
Hard Candy, 1995 (ze Sponge, Mike Watt, Lotion i Mad Season)
Ohmwork / In the Arms of God, 2005 (z Geezer)
Gathered at the Altar of Blast, 2018 (z Exodus, Immolation, Kataklysm, Possessed i Municipal Waste)
Live albums:
Live Volume, 2001
Extended Versions, 2007
Compilations:
Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity, 2010
Blind / Deliverance, 2011