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Metal Assault: In Conversation With Mike Dean of C.O.C.

Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with vocalist / bassist Mike Dean of the reunited “Animosity”-era lineup of Corrosion of Conformity. An excerpt from the chat folows below.

Metal Assault: A new C.O.C. album is supposed to be in the works. A lot of people must be wondering what’s happening with that.

Mike: We actually have five new songs put together enough to perform now and the rest of it is kind of a work in progress. But creatively speaking, I think we’re in a process where we’re cranking out the music in a natural way and it’s coming together. So I think in another couple of months we should be ready to record in earnest. I’m not sure if we’re going to keep recording ourselves up there at the farm or we’ll go to a fancier facility. I think we have our current take on our classic style in mind. We’re definitely expanding on our past identity but we kind of have some new stuff to offer. So I’m excited about it. I want it to come together quickly without over-thinking it.

Metal Assault: So can we expect more tour dates once the album is recorded and you hit the road proper to promote it?

Mike: Yeah, that’s the plan, to do that and also do a full-length Righteous Fool recording [featuring Dean and C.O.C. drummer Reed Mullin] and keep touring together. Also there is some talk of doing some shows with Pepper Keenan, C.O.C. guitarist/vocalist and a member of Down] in the “Deliverance” lineup format. That’s sort of how this whole thing started.
We had some invitations to play High Voltage festival and perhaps do some dates in U.K. and Europe, and then it turned out Pepper was busy with Down. So we found out we couldn’t do that but the fire had kind of been lit under us and we wanted to go out and play. There were some good opportunities. I made the suggestion in just, kind of jokingly, saying that I wish we could play some three-piece shows. Nobody laughed and everybody was really quiet (laughs).

Metal Assault: I read that you were open to the idea of even recording an album with Pepper. How much truth there is to that?

Mike: Well, the truth in that is we want to do a three-piece full-length recording and we’re going to do it. But I think our next move after supporting that a little bit, will be to look toward changing it up again and depending on the schedule of Down and Pepper, doing something with him because I think people would be excited to hear that. I thought that “In The Arms Of God”, the last recording that we did with him, was really amazing. I thought he had some good ideas and really enjoyed doing it.
We didn’t tour enough on it, partially because of Down’s schedule and partially because our record company was in the process of going under, also the Hurricane Katrina striking at that time. It was bad for Pepper as he had to cancel some dates to get back to normal and all that. So we came out with a really good release but never got a chance to support it. Just the idea of expanding on what we were doing in “In The Arms Of God” and then bringing Reed back in to play drums, for me that would be really exciting.

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Crowbar To Re-release Three Influencial Records This Fall

Posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010

Newly signed to eOne Music, sludge metal legends Crowbar will re-release three influential records, Crowbar, Live +1 and Time heals Nothing on October 5th, 2010. These three records are the band’s core titles and have influenced many of today’s major metal acts including Lamb of God and Hatebreed. With each ...read more

Crowbar Sign to E1, Hope to Release New Album by November

Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

New Orleans sludge icons Crowbar have partnered up with E1 Music for the worldwide release of their next album, which is tentatively scheduled for release this fall. It will be the barge-like band’s first album since 2005 ‘Lifesblood for the Downtrodden.’ Vocalist / guitarist Kirk Windstein, also of Down, told ...read more

The Obelisk: In Conversation With Eyehategod’s Jimmy Bower; Entire Roadburn Show on Youtube

Posted on Friday, June 4th, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Eyehategod‘s Jimmy Bower about recording a new album, touring, roadburn and more. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: The Obelisk: How was Roadburn for you guys? JB: Amazing. Amazing. We played the same day Goatsnake headlined, and we’re ...read more

Philip Anselmo, Eyehategod members featured in Slow Southern Steel documentary

Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Members of Down and Eyehategod are among the musicians who featured in Slow Southern Steel, an upcoming documentary focusing on southern metal bands. A two-minute trailer for the film, which is being helmed by Karim Khan of I’m Better Than Everyone Records and C.T. of Rwake, can be viewed below. ...read more

Down’s Philip Anselmo performs with Voivod in Vancouver

Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009

Down frontman Philip Anselmo joined Canadian metal innovators Voivod on stage at the August 11, 2009 concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to perform the song ‘Nothingface’. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below (clip shot and uploaded by Ryan Stroud). Continue reading: BLABBERMOUTH.NET — PHILIP ANSELMO ...read more

Eyehategod’s Confederacy Of Ruined Lives to be released on vinyl

Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

New Orleans’ Eyehategod have spent the last two decades at odds with a corrupt music industry, using their music as a proverbial middle finger aimed at everything from government officials to sanctimonious shitheads hiding behind organized religion. They have defied all odds and continue to exist and persist despite personal ...read more

BLABBERMOUTH.NET: Crowbar back catalog to be reissued

Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Guitarist / vocalist Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down, Kingdom of Sorrow) has issued the following update: “Got a good bit of good news to announce. Crowbar will be re-releasing the majority of the back catalog through Housecore Records (Down /ex-Pantera singer Philip Anselmo’s record label). These releases will be the ONLY ...read more

Entire Saint Vitus New Orleans performance available in video

Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Legendary U.S. doom metal band SAINT VITUS played a sold-out show at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans this past Saturday night (April 11). They were joined on stage by DOWN’s Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower and Philip Anselmo for the chorus to “Saint Vitus” and Anselmo returned to sing the ...read more