CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Technocracy CD-EP Special Edition (1987)

Before COC became the riff-worship institution they are today, they were three guys from Raleigh tearing crossover thrash apart at the seams. Technocracy, originally released in 1987, is the hinge point, the moment sludge started bleeding into the hardcore and something heavier and uglier was being born in real time.

This CD special edition packages the original EP with four added tracks, giving you the full picture of a band mid-mutation. The raw, grinding energy here predates the Southern doom swagger of Deliverance by years, but you can already hear the weight starting to accumulate. Essential document for anyone serious about understanding how punk crossover curdled into something genuinely monstrous, and how the American underground was quietly reshaping metal before anyone had a name for what was happening.

CD special edition with 4 bonus tracks. US pressing. Genre: punk crossover, sludge metal.

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