CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Animosity CD (1985)

Before COC found the groove and the riffs got swampy, there was Animosity, a record that came out swinging and didn't stop. 1985. Raleigh, North Carolina. Three kids who couldn't decide if they were a hardcore band or a metal band, so they became both at the same time and accidentally invented crossover thrash.

This is the album that put Corrosion of Conformity on the map before they had a map. Raw, chaotic, and clocking in at under 30 minutes, Animosity sits in that rare pocket where punk aggression and metal heaviness don't just coexist, they combust. If you followed the lineage from here through Blind to Deliverance, you already know. If you're coming from the sludge and doom end via Crowbar or Down, start here and work forward. Either way, it holds.

Full length album on CD. USA pressing. Genre: Punk Crossover / Sludge Metal.

Fans of: Kyuss, Orange Goblin, Crowbar, Down, Monster Magnet, Melvins, Clutch.