3dotmag November 2012

WRITER | Rob Grissom PHOTOGRAPHY | Scott Smallin

he three-piece hardcore, metal, thrash, punk, sludge band from Raleigh, North Carolina has once again raised the proverbial bar for its younger competition. After 30 years of stone cold heavy-hitting tracks, Corrosion of Conformity ( COC) can spar toe-to-toe with any group half its age and remain the undisputed champions of the game. The band has consistently produced head banging tracks for its die-hard fans and has seemingly never disappointed them, with or without Pepper Keenan, currently a member of the Phil Anselmo-led band, Down. The line- up has evolved over the years but the band has returned to its founding roots with the classic trio of axeman Woody Weatherman, master of the “Z minor sharp,” and the white-knuckle, tight combo of Mike Dean on bass and vox and Reed Mullin still pounding the skins like a madman.

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