Corrosion of Conformity Finish Tracking New Album
The first Corrosion of Conformity album in 20 years to feature Stanton Moore on drums. The first C.O.C. album in 34 years, just one of two in their catalog, without bassist Mike Dean in the lineup. And, to boot, a double-LP following up on 2018’s No Cross No Crown (review here), which ran nearly an hour long and also took place over two 12″ platters.
I’m intrigued. A little worried about it, if we’re honest, but in my view C.O.C. don’t have a bad record. The early hardcore stuff isn’t my thing, but it’s not bad, and from there, well, they were one of the first rock bands I ever really took to. I was a little baby no-bloggy boy. The internet was barely in houses. So I’ve got nerd-fan’s certain amount of trust in how it’ll pan out, despite the oh-no-it’s-different situation 2025 finds the band in with Woodroe Weatherman as the lone remaining founding member and Pepper Keenan likely in the driver’s seat in terms of songwriting. Curiouser and curiouser.
They’re touring with Judas Priest and Alice Cooper this Fall. I don’t know that I could get a photo pass for that, but I want to badly. We’ll see.
On to mixing the record goes. I’m assuming it’s an early ’26 release, also assuming that it’s through Nuclear Blast. This was posted on socials:
For all the freethinkers and beer drinkers….
Woody and Pepper have just finished tracking one of the most meaningful and powerful records we have ever been a part of. This would not have been possible without the skills of all those that have joined this caravan, that is still in hot pursuit. Stanton Moore, Bobby Rock and Mr. Warren Riker between the speakers and never telling us to turn down…now he’s off to mixland..There’s many others that this would have not been possible without and whom will not be forgotten .This is what was in our head for three years and today we can say it is no longer ours.
Thank you all …see you on the horizon
oh yeah ..
It’s a double album.
FOREVER AMPLIFIED
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