{"id":1694,"date":"2014-07-09T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2014-07-17T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:33:13","slug":"corrosion-of-conformity-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/corrosion-of-conformity-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrosion of Conformity <br>IX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/coc-ix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1695\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/coc-ix.jpg\" alt=\"Corrosion of Conformity, IX\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/coc-ix.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/coc-ix-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It was quite the surprise when North Carolina\u2019s Corrosion of Conformity reunited the <i>Animosity<\/i>-era line-up after singer\/guitarist Pepper Keenan\u2019s commitments with Down kept the band on ice from 2006 to 2010. The resulting self-titled album, released in 2012, was an overview of the band\u2019s sonic history, encompassing hardcode and metal and everything in between. It was a stunning return from a band that could have easily been lost to an indefinite hiatus. Thankfully, COC hasn\u2019t rested on its laurels, and with Keenan still not back in the fold, has pushed ahead and released its ninth album, the appropriately titled <i>IX<\/i> (Candlelight Records).<\/p>\n<p>COC has always occupied an interesting place over the course of its career. They\u2019ve spent time in various camps while never declaring any overt allegiance to any of them. As a result, for some people they\u2019re a punk band, and for others, they\u2019re a dyed in the wool metal band. On the <i>Corrosion of Conformity<\/i> record, the band seemed to consciously lean into that schism so that nearly every type of COC was represented. <i>IX<\/i> doesn\u2019t have that same sensibility. This go around the band has a slightly greater interest in exploring the swampier side of metal. It\u2019s something they\u2019ve done before, so it\u2019s not unexpected. However, taken as a direct sequel, it\u2019s a slight disappointment that things aren\u2019t slightly more varied. Still, the band does let the punk side out to play. On \u201cDenmark Vesey,\u201d a quick history lesson about the former slave who planned a massive rebellion in 1822 before being arrested and executed before his plan could be put into motion, the band sounds as if it was recorded live in front of a surging pit. This contrasts sharply with other portions of <i>IX<\/i> where the band digs its heels in and slows it way down.<\/p>\n<p>As compared to the explosive immediacy of <i>Corrosion of Conformity<\/i>, <i>IX<\/i> feels labored over, and there are a few instances when extended playing times cause the songs to get away from them. It\u2019s not as if the band doesn\u2019t have the technical prowess, quite the contrary, but the more concise tracks show them at their best. It\u2019s not as if COC is going for extended psych rock jams, but some songs drag to the point that they seem longer than they actually are. There are some standout songs on the record (\u201cTarquinius Superbus,\u201d for one), but the rest of the album doesn\u2019t quite support them. <i>IX<\/i> might have been one for the ages, but as it is, it\u2019s an underachieving album with only fleeting pockets of greatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was quite the surprise when North Carolina\u2019s Corrosion of Conformity reunited the <i>Animosity<\/i>-era line-up after singer\/guitarist Pepper Keenan\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,722,721],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-candlelight-records","tag-corrosion-of-conformity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Corrosion of Conformity IX - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/corrosion-of-conformity-ix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Corrosion of Conformity IX - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was quite the surprise when North Carolina\u2019s Corrosion of Conformity reunited the Animosity-era line-up after singer\/guitarist Pepper Keenan\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/corrosion-of-conformity-ix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-09T13:48:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-17T14:33:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/coc-ix.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dorian S. 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