Corrosion of Conformity is a heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina — ripping and running since 1982. What began as a teenage hardcore punk band has evolved across four decades into one of the most respected names in heavy music, blending doom, sludge, and Southern rock into a sound that is unmistakably C.O.C. From the raw punk fury of Eye For An Eye and Animosity, through the crossover breakthrough of Blind, to the Sabbath-soaked Southern metal of Deliverance, Wiseblood, America's Volume Dealer, and In the Arms of God — the band has never stopped evolving. After reuniting with vocalist and guitarist Pepper Keenan in 2015, COC delivered their highest-charting album ever with 2018's No Cross No Crown.
Now, after weathering the loss of founding drummer Reed Mullin and the amicable departure of bassist Mike Dean, Corrosion of Conformity returns in 2026 with Good God | Baad Man — a massive double album on Nuclear Blast, produced by Grammy-winner Warren Riker and dubbed "Dark Side of the Doom." Featuring Pepper Keenan, Woody Weatherman, bassist Bobby Landgraf, and Stanton Moore on drums, the record was forged at Keenan's Blak Shak Studios in Mississippi, Dockside Studios in Louisiana, and Barry Gibb's private studio in Miami. With newly announced touring drummer Nick Shabatura behind the kit (on the recommendation of Charlie Benante), COC hits the road in 2026 with Clutch, Whores, and Crobot, plus festival appearances at Sick New World, Download, Hellfest, Graspop, Wacken, and Aftershock. After 44 years, the riffs keep coming.
