Deliverance - Corrosion Of Conformity

Corrosion of Conformity's album Deliverance is a bit of a masterpiece in my eyes. Whilst the band started off as hardcore punk moving on to crossover thrash in the 80s by 87 they decided to clean up the vocals and change their style hunting out a new singer and acquiring a new sound. The transformation took a while and although the album Blind was a pretty good effort I think that Deliverance with Pepper Keenan on vocals was the best. The band have a distinct sound albeit with a few bands coming close, their brand of stoner metal lends itself to the Southern states of America, the sludgey riffs are quite similar to early Sabbath but the vocals are more like a ...  Read the complete review

After combining several genres with expertise on their classic 'Blind,' Corrosion of Conformity disappointing travelled down the well-worn path of stoner metal practiced by many bands in their Southern United States to varying degrees of success. The band's obvious talent keeps them ahead of the game, but it's still disappointing to hear this overly familiar sound in place of anything truly groundbreaking, and the period of adjustment between a thrash band fully-fledged Southern stoners is handled a little awkwardly. Guitarist Pepper Keenan now handles vocal responsibilities as well, and his performance is a confusing mix of influences that never sounds ...  Read the complete review

Delivers....sorry I'm in pun mode! But this is one fine, fine LP. I'm a huge Sabbath fan, and anything which mixes riffs, a nice dollop of heaviness and some good lyrics is IT. Fronted by the mad Pepper Keenan, Deliverance has all this. My favourites are the title track, Albatross, and Clean my Wounds, but nothing on this album is less than great. I just don't tire of listening to it over and over. In short,if riffy, blues tinged metal with a style of it's own sounds good, go for it! ...  Read the complete review

Deliverance, by Corrosion of Conformity, is my all time favourite album. It once sat in my player for three months solid. That's not an exagerration. Blues-fueled rock at it's finest, this is easy to listen to, while retaining a hard edge. You feel cool just to own the album. I can't recommend this cd any higher. The songs may lack the production of it's follow-up, Wiseblood, but they are better for it, and you feel like you've walked into a jam session in New Orleans. You'll have to excuse this outpouring of praise, but I feel extremely strongly about this record. All I can say is go out and buy this record. The band are big ...  Read the complete review

This albumn, and C.O.C. in general, is one of the best you've (especially if you were born after 1990) probably never heard of! Originally considered a form of punk-metal at the time, C.O.C. were one of the first to mash the aesthetics of the two genres. Their style, still as unique as when it was new, has stood the test of my rotating library of music. I buy and sell CD's when I get sick of them from overkill; some of them only for a while and then it pulls me back. "Deliverance" is one such work that I have bought on tape and CD 4 or 5 times. A friend of mine I introduced them to instantly loved it; saying it sounded like a mix of Black Sabbath and Lynrd ...  Read the complete review