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March 1, 2012 6:03 PM

Corrosion of Conformity: An oral history of 30 years of the legendary hardcore/thrash metal/sludge metal outfit from Raleigh, NC.

Broken Will from Eye for an Eye
Mad World from Animosity
Technocracy from Technocracy
Vote With a Bullet from Blind
Heaven's Not Overflowing from Deliverance
Wiseblood from Wiseblood
Infinite War from In the Arms of God
The Doom from Corrosion of Conformity

posted by NoMich (17 comments total)

Excellent, It's about time for a good doc on these guys. Thanks for posting this.
posted by Liquidwolf at 6:14 PM on March 1, 2012

This is awesome. I got into them assbackwards, starting with Down and then back-tracking the discographies of the members. A very under-appreciated band.
posted by Dark Messiah at 6:15 PM on March 1, 2012

Oh well its not a doc, but a formal oral history will do.
posted by Liquidwolf at 6:20 PM on March 1, 2012

Awesome. I started listening to them starting with Technocracy, and it's been years, but I'm looking forward to digging into this... I always thought their influence on all sorts of other artists from just about everybody in the NYHC scene all the way to Metallica (there's no way those angular, sludgy riffs of theirs didn't inspire some of the guitar work on "Justice for All," IMO) was grossly under-acknowledged.
posted by saulgoodman at 6:24 PM on March 1, 2012

GET THE NEW ONE IT JUST CAME OUT

It's super dark and doomy and old and fast and reverbed out (and I mean that in the best possible way).
posted by Existential Dread at 6:34 PM on March 1, 2012 [2 favorites]

Seriously, new COC and Crowbar! Definitely some lifesblood for the downtrodden.
posted by Dark Messiah at 6:36 PM on March 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Them and Valient Thorr are playing Raleigh Saturday night. Can't wait to check 'em out.
posted by NoMich at 7:00 PM on March 1, 2012

For the second time in as many days, an oral history for me to enjoy! I swear I'd read an oral history of the phone book if someone wrote one.
posted by padraigin at 7:39 PM on March 1, 2012

This is the third time in the last week that CoC has come up. It must be a sign!
posted by djeo at 7:42 PM on March 1, 2012

Wow, CoC used to play in Flint, Michigan all the time! Thanks for the memories.
posted by sfkiddo at 8:10 PM on March 1, 2012

I think I wore out the tape of Technocracy I had, playing it over and over in my shitty off-brand walkman. Neat to see that they are still plugging along, decades later.
posted by Forktine at 10:35 PM on March 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

I move that America's Volume Dealer be struck from the record. Or at least let's pretend it was a different band that made that album.
posted by vanar sena at 12:58 AM on March 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

I got into them even more ass backwards than Dark Messiah. A former coworker and friend became was the lead guitarist for Righteous Fool and also played with COC BLiND - which led me to backtrack to CoC proper.
posted by COD at 5:37 AM on March 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

I move that America's Volume Dealer be struck from the record.

I pretend it's a Load-era Metallica album with a different singer. It definitely does not feel like the other albums.
posted by Dark Messiah at 7:38 AM on March 2, 2012

New CoC, new Crowbar and upcoming new Melvins! Woo!

Thanks for this.
posted by knapah at 8:24 AM on March 2, 2012

Found this today - new CoC video.
posted by COD at 6:52 AM on March 6, 2012

Haven't liked anything since Animosity.
posted by melt away at 7:12 AM on March 6, 2012