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Part four of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's No Cross No Crown video blog series is now playing. In an interview conducted by J. Bennett, the band discusses their sound evolution from their earliest days to now.
Watch the clip at the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel HERE.
View previous clips: Part One - How It Feels To Be "Back:" HERE Part Two - Working With John Custer: HERE Part Three - Expectations Of Making A New Record With Pepper Keenan: HERE
No Cross No Crown, which marks the first recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in over a decade, will see worldwide release on January 12th, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment on CD, digital, vinyl, and cassette formats. Various preorder bundles are currently available at nuclearblast.com/coc-nocrossnocrown.
Listen to CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's first single from No Cross No Crown, "Cast The First Stone" HERE.
Watch the band's recently-issued video for "Wolf Named Crow" at THIS LOCATION.
Recording in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, No Cross No Crown sounds as though no time has passed between 2005's In The Arms Of God and today. Some of these new jams sound like they could've easily appeared on Wiseblood or Deliverance, two of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's most revered records. Beefy Southern stompers like "The Luddite," "Little Man," and "Forgive Me" are interspersed with melancholy guitar interludes like "No Cross," "Matre's Diem," and "Sacred Isolation" - just like Sabbath used to do in the '70s. "We started doing that on Deliverance," Keenan points out. "My theory on that is that if you're trying to make a record flow, you need to break it up a little. When you need a breather, write an interlude. I like writing those mellow pieces just to space things out and make the next thing come in heavier."
Of course, the band recognized that any new CORROSION OF CONFORMITY album with Keenan out front would be analyzed, scrutinized, and held up for comparison with aforementioned gems like Deliverance and Wiseblood. "That was in the back of my mind the whole time," Keenan acknowledges. "The big thing for me was trying to write songs that have the same attitude and caliber that we were used to doing. I didn't wanna get out there like some 50-year old dude making a mediocre record."
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will join Black Label Society for a mammoth North American live takeover this winter. The tour begins December 27th, 2017 in Denver, Colorado and will wind its way through nearly four dozen cities, the journey coming to a close February 27th, 2018. Additional support will be provided by Eyehategod and Red Fang on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Black Label Society, Eyehategod (12/29 - 1/20; 2/11 - 2/27), Red Fang (1/26 - 2/09): 12/27/2017 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO 12/29/2017 Anthem at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Sioux City, IA ^ 12/30/2017 Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO ^ 12/31/2017 Pop's Nightclub - Sauget, IL^ 1/02/2018 Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE^ 1/03/2018 House Of Blues - Chicago, IL ^ 1/04/2018 Egyptian Room at Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN ^ 1/05/2018 The Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI ^ 1/07/2018 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY ^ 1/08/2018 M Telus - Montreal, QC ^ 1/09/2018 Rebel - Toronto, ON ^ 1/10/2018 20 Monroe Live - Grand Rapids, MI ^ 1/12/2018 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK ^ 1/13/2018 Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX ^ 1/14/2018 Emo's - Austin, TX ^ 1/15/2018 House Of Blues - Houston, TX ^ 1/17/2018 House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA ^ 1/18/2018 Marathon Music Works - Nashville, TN ^ 1/19/2018 Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH ^ 1/20/2018 Center Stage - Atlanta, GA ^ 1/26/2018 Jannus Live - St. Petersburg, FL * 1/27/2018 House Of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC * 1/28/2018 The Ritz - Raleigh, NC * 1/29/2018 The Fillmore Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD * 1/31/2018 PlayStation Theater - New York, NY * 2/01/2018 The Palladium - Worcester, MA * 2/02/2018 Aura - Portland, ME * 2/03/2018 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA * 2/05/2018 Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY * 2/06/2018 The Goodyear Theater at East End - Akron, OH * 2/07/2018 Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA * 2/08/2018 Eagles Ballroom Club Stage - Milwaukee, WI * 2/09/2018 Myth Live - St. Paul, MN * 2/11/2018 O'Brians Event Centre - Saskatoon, SK ^ 2/12/2018 The Ranch Roadhouse - Edmonton, AB ^ 2/14/2018 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC ^ 2/16/2018 Bowes Event Center at Revolution Place - Grande Prairie, AB ^ 2/17/2018 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB ^ 2/19/2018 Showbox SoDo - Seattle, W ^ 2/20/2018 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR ^ 2/21/2018 Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA ^ 2/23/2018 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV ^ 2/24/2018 The Marquee - Tempe, AZ ^ 2/25/2018 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM ^ 2/27/2018 The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA ^ ^ w/ Eyehategod * w/ Red Fang
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is: Pepper Keenan - vocals, guitar Woodroe Weatherman - guitar Mike Dean - bass, vocals Reed Mullin - drums, vocals
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