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Animosity

Corrosion of Conformity

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Album Review

Released in 1985, this second full-length Corrosion of Conformity offering features Mike Dean (bass and vocals,) Reed Mullin (drums), and Woody Weatherman on guitar. Just as the N.C. group's lineup constantly shifted, so did their music. While still plenty hyper, Animosity has a bit more metal mixed in with the hardcore punk of the band's debut, Eye for an Eye. Weatherman's guitars and Mullin's drums get a more sophisticated studio treatment, creating a thicker sound that reflects a mid-80s thrash influence. C.O.C. weren't following any trends, they just incorporated all the things they liked about thrash, punk and '70s metal originators Black Sabbath into their constantly evolving brand of down-home hardcore. The politically charged lyrics that marked the group's early-career progressive outspokenness are very evident on tracks like "Mad World" and "Intervention." With its thematic and sonic improvements to their successfully established punk, Animosity secured Corrosion of Conformity's artistic and commercial credibility.

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Classic Hardcore

Few albums are able to capture pure, unfiltered, crystalline anger like Animosity does. This one goes along with Cro-Mags Age of Quarrel as quintessential american hardcore classics. Back in the day, the craziest friend you had was always the one with the Animosity tape.

All the NCxHC kids had this one in '85-'86

You had to have it. It set the terms for hardcore in NC and beyond. It wasn't until a few years later, when I would see pictures of people like James Hetfield and even Joey Ramone wearing the spiky-skull COC shirts, that I realized how big an influence the record had had. I can't think of a better hardcore record from that era.

nice....

i had heard some of thier other albums but this one i like most out off all of them, they sound more thrashy and the beats are faster. the song albatross i like but this is some better stuff..loss for words is good.

Biography

Formed: 1983 in Raleigh, NC

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

One of the first punk-metal fusion bands, Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C. for short) were formed in North Carolina by guitarist Woody Weatherman during the early '80s. In their early years, C.O.C. became known for their aggressive sound, intelligent political lyrics, and willingness to break away from both hardcore and metal conventions. In the '90s, their shift to a more stripped-down, deliberate sound — sort of Black Sabbath filtered...
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