We caught up with COC co-founder and bassist Mike Dean recently, as the band heads out on tour to end the year with Spirit Adrift and The Native Howl. We chatted about the tour, their last album No Cross, No Crown, a change at the drum throne for both the tour and the next album, Mike’s other bands, and more.
So far, 2020 has been a cruel mistress as the reaper has claimed several giants of the drumming world. One that hits us particularly hard is the sudden death of Wiliam “Reed” Mullin of Corrosion of Conformity, at the young age of 53. Reed was not only a stellar drummer and musician, but he was also almost universally loved by the Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Doom and Stoner Rock community, which is both amazing and insane. It just goes to show the talent Reed had and the breadth of different styles he helped encompass with C.O.C. Equal to his impact on record and behind the drumkit and the microphone, Mullin impacted a ton of people in the scene with his kindness and sense of humor. Continue reading
Stoner Metal greats Corrosion of Conformity (a.k.a., C.O.C.) has announced a run of spring 2020 tour dates for Europe and the UK! The twelve headline show dates will see direct support from Arizona’s Spirit Adrift. The remaining dates will be festival shows, including appearances at Desertfest London and Berlin. The band is still touring behind early 2018’s No Cross No Crown, which was released via Nuclear Blast Records. Continue reading
Corrosion of Conformity has announced a European tour to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their classic Deliverance album in 2019. All dates below are on sale now. The band released their latest album, No Cross, No Crown via Nuclear Blast Records in 2017.Continue reading
Corrosion of Conformity, continue to tour behind their excellent early 2018 release No Cross, No Crown, out now on Nuclear Blast. They have teamed up with their brethren in Crowbar for a US tour. COC frontman Pepper Keenan and Crowbar leader Kirk Windstein have a friendship that goes back decades and they were both members of doom metal supergroup Down from 1991 to 2013. Mothership will act as direct support on all shows with Weedeater or The Obsessed taking the open slot on some dates. Continue reading
Corrosion Of Conformity has added extra dates to their already planned UK tour with Orange Goblin, Fireball Ministry, and Black Moth. Tickets for COC headline shows in Dublin, Limerick and Belfast are on sale now. The band continues to tour behind early 2018’s excellent comeback album No Cross, No Crown (Nuclear Blast). It is their first album with Pepper Keenan since 2005’s In The Arms Of God. Continue reading
In what is sure to be one of the highlight tours this fall, Corrosion Of Conformity has locked down UK tour dates with fellow stoner-doom mashers Orange Goblin for a co-headline tour. Direct support will come from Fireball Ministry and Black Moth. All dates go on sale on June 15th . Orange Goblin’s new album The Wolf Bites Back drops next week via Candlelight Records, while COC continues to tour in support of 2017’s No Cross, No Crown (Nuclear Blast). COC plays Download festival tomorrow,.Continue reading
The comeback of the classic version of Corrosion of Conformity rolls onward as the band have previously booked summer tour dates all over, including festivals in Europe. Now the band has added more dates to flesh out the schedule. All dates on sale below. Continue reading
