Corrosion of Conformity “Animosity” LP

Animosity shows Corrosion Of Conformity starting to take themselves seriously as it is much better played and much better put together than Eye For An Eye. They start adding more thrash metal influence to their sound a-la Suicidal Tendencies and learn how to play their instruments better. This album shows metal influence growing within their music as solos and more metallic riffs plant themselves in the music. It's still hardcore punk through and through, it just has a few metallic trimmings to spruce it up. And spruce it up those trimmings did. The mix of instruments sounds overall more refined and talented than Eye For An Eye. Corrosion Of Conformity are no longer just dicking around and playing their instruments just to play, but have now put on the big boy pants and are playing at a much more professional level. The rhythms flow much better and the instruments actually harmonize to create sinister anthems for the punk crypt. Animosity feels very complete, energetic, insidious in this more tightly-knit and concentrated package. Animosity gives off a feeling of invasive evil that attacks you at all angles and leaves you battered and bruised with thrashing punk anthems such as Mad World and Hungry Child. Sludgier songs such as the almighty Holier and Intervention with their static and distortion effects only cake on more layers of sinister insidiousness. It ends on the creeping instrumental Animosity, which could easily fit itself onto a Black Sabbath album. Animosity has extremely thick bass to it and has a muddy feel to it that makes the songs have more density to them and actually jive somewhat due to thumping drive it adds to the sound. The whole momentum on the album is a nonstop ass-kicking that holds no bars and hates to stop. Animosity is a swift, slicing, thrash-stained hardcore album with oodles of punchy riffs, static-y fuzz, insidious atmosphere, and pure undiluted evil fueling these dark anthems of the murky punk underground. It's aggressiveness and punch cement it's reputation as a classic among punk fans and a tasty little listen for metal fans. If you're into Corrosion Of Conformity as a punk band, this is some of their best material from their punk days and I would definitely recommend to them. Even if you just know Corrosion as a metal band, give it a few listens. ( Metal Archives )