Corrosion of Conformity has officially started work on their new album.
The band shared a photo of their studio on social media, and captioned it with “It has begun.”
This upcoming album will be their first release since 2018’s ‘No Cross No Crown.’
The band has seen some changes recently. Last October, former Down guitarist and current Pantera bass technician Bobby Landgraf was recruited as the bassist for their Headbangers Boat cruise. This followed the exit of founding member and longtime bassist Mike Dean. He announced in September 2024 that he would be leaving the band.
“Recently I made a decision to step away from Corrosion of Conformity, a band started 40-odd years ago by Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman, and myself. I’m extremely proud of everything we’ve done together, and look forward to hearing more from the band going forward,” he wrote.
“When I rejoined COC for the finishing touches of the ‘Deliverance’ album, I moved back to Raleigh, NC for an all-in creative campaign, but time, distance and side projects and life in general has changed all of that. Ever since Reed drifted away from the band and then passed away, it’s been difficult for me to collaborate on new material with bandmates who live hundreds of miles away. I look forward to putting together a new Raleigh-based outlet to create new music with more alacrity and with more of an emphasis on my own ideas than in recent times. Also, I look forward to continuing to record and produce other artists,” the rocker added.
Two years ago, Corrosion of Conformity announced that drummer Stanton Moore would return for their upcoming album.
Reed Mullin, the band’s original drummer, passed away in January 2020 at age 53. Mullin co-founded the band in 1982 as a hardcore punk act and had missed several shows in the years before his death due to health problems, including an alcohol-related seizure in June 2016.
