The instrumental part of the album is well performed. A track like the thrashy "Damned for All Time" and the fact that Agell´s voice and delivery sometimes enter James Hetfield (Metallica) territory are probably the most weighty reasons that people sometimes label "Blind" a thrash metal release.Īgell´s voice and performance are decent enough, but when Keenan steps up to the michophone to sing "Vote With a Bullet" it´s obvious here is a singer with a much greater personality and a stronger and more distinct sounding voice. Labelling the music on "Blind" thrash or crossover thrash is wrong in my book as especially the influence from 70s Black Sabbath is much stronger. "Blind" features a combination of thrash and stoner metal elements, with the scale predominantly tipping to the latter. Stylistically the music has also developed quite a lot since "Technocracy (1987)" and the other early releases by the band, which featured a hardcore/crossover thrash metal sound. Bassist Mike Dean temporarily left Corrosion of Conformity in the years 1987-1993 and is replaced here by Phil Swisher. In addition to a new lead vocalist, second guitarist Pepper Keenan has also been added to the lineup. On "Technocracy (1987)" lead vocalist Simon Bob was added to the lineup, but he is not featured on "Blind" where he is replaced by Karl Agell. "Animosity (1985)" featured the original trio lineup of Mike Dean (bass, lead vocals), Woody Weatherman (guitar), and Reed Mullin (drums, additional vocals). It´s the successor to "Animosity" from 1985, although the two albums are bridged by the "Technocracy" EP from 1987. The album was released through Relativity Records in November 1991. The band announced the death of Reed Mullin on January 27, 2020."Blind" is the 3rd full-length studio album by US hardcore/heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity. reunited with Keenan and began work on their tenth studio long-player, No Cross No Crown, which dropped in January 2018. Shortly after the latter LP's release, C.O.C. Their ninth album, aptly titled IX, arrived in 2014. The remaining trio began work on new material, and in 2012 released their eighth album, the eponymous Corrosion of Conformity, on Candlelight Records. went on hiatus, with the members working on various side projects until 2010, when drummer Reed Mullin rejoined the band, reuniting the Animosity lineup while Pepper Keenan continued working with his other band, Down. It wasn't until April of 2005 that the band regrouped for the hard-hitting and complex In the Arms of God. Another break ensued, resulting in the release of the live recording Live Volume in 2001. returned with a new album in the fall of 2000, titled America's Volume Dealer. After a lengthy break from recording and a world tour with Metallica, C.O.C. found themselves with a larger audience than ever before when they released 1996's Wiseblood, which continued and expanded their rock radio success. Thanks to a shift in popular taste in favor of the ultra-heavy brand of alternative metal, the group had helped pioneer, C.O.C. During 1995, Keenan took a short detour into the Southern metal supergroup Down (which also featured Pantera's Phil Anselmo and members of Crowbar).
Agell was fired following its success, and he and Swisher went on to form Leadfoot meanwhile, Keenan became the full-time lead vocalist on 1994's even more Sabbath-esque Deliverance, which also featured the return of original bassist Mike Dean. It took several years for a new lineup to come together - featuring Weatherman, guitarist Pepper Keenan, Mullin, vocalist Karl Agell, and bassist Phil Swisher - but when it did, the result was 1991's Blind, a powerful, focused, more metallic record that increased their audience by leaps and bounds. They began to build up a cult following with 1985's Animosity, but their label at the time, Death, grew tired of their internal instability - lineup changes found Eycke replaced by vocalist Simon Bob - and dropped them following 1987's Technocracy. debuted in 1983 with the thrashy, Black Flag-influenced Eye for an Eye, featuring a lineup of Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin, vocalist Eric Eycke, and bassist Mike Dean. In the '90s, their shift to a more stripped-down, deliberate sound - sort of Black Sabbath filtered through the Deep South - brought them enough in line with the alt-metal Zeitgeist to bring them a measure of mainstream popularity.Ĭ.O.C. became known for their aggressive sound, intelligent political lyrics, and willingness to break away from both hardcore and metal conventions. One of the first punk-metal fusion bands, Corrosion of Conformity were formed in North Carolina by guitarist Woody Weatherman during the early '80s.
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