Corrosion of Conformity

North Carolina's Corrosion of Conformity are one of the pioneering bands to fuse punk and metal. They gained a reputation in the 1980s for their ferocious sound, incisive 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 through the Deep South -- brought them closer to the alt-metal Zeitgeist and earned them a measure of mainstream popularity. Over the decades, the group has experienced numerous lineup changes, with guitarist Woody Weathe...