Doom metal icon Scott "Wino" Weinrich—the voice of The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan and Saint Vitus—has shared "Anhedonia," the new single from his fourth solo album, "Create or Die" (Oct. 24, 2025, Ripple Music; pre-order it here). On the new album, Weinrich plugs in and turns up the heat. "Create or Die" trades the stark acoustics of... Continue Reading →
The Obsessed and The Skull will join forces in summer 2021 to co-headline a U.S. tour. Set to commence July 29 in Cleveland, Ohio, the doom rock caravan will wind its way through nearly two dozen cities, drawing to a close on Aug. 16 in Rochester, New York. Tickets are on sale now. Tour dates: 7/29/2021 Now That’s Class... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, The Obsessed, Mothership-----Review by Greg Maki-----There’s nothing better in music than a good, heavy guitar riff. And this winter, there’s no better place to get all the heavy riffs you want—and more—than Corrosion of Conformity’s U.S. tour, also featuring New Orleans sludge-meisters Crowbar, Texas heavy rockers Mothership and, on... Continue Reading →
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A year after the release of “No Cross No Crown,” Corrosion of Conformity’s first album with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in the fold since 2005’s “In the Arms of God,” the band is gearing up for a North American headline tour starting Jan. 19. Support on the run will come from Crowbar, Weedeater, The Obsessed and... Continue Reading →
Corrosion of Conformity will kick off 2019 with a North American headlining tour. Set to commence Jan. 19, in San Antonio, Texas, and run through Feb. 27 in Nashville, Tennessee, the month-long trek will include support from Crowbar and Mothership, as well as Weedeater and The Obsessed on select shows. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov.... Continue Reading →
Corrosion of Conformity, or COC, has a long, complicated history, starting with its formation in the early 1980s as a punk band and enduring a multitude of lineup changes until reaching the peak of its popularity in the ‘90s. After the band went on hiatus in 2006, the trio that recorded the 1985 album “Animosity”—bassist/vocalist... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki-----Let’s get one thing straight: “Unblackened” does not equal “unplugged.” Many people, including fans, are under the impression that Black Label Society’s “Unblackened” tour is an acoustic affair, despite the presence of a 2013 live album of the same name that offers definitive proof otherwise. (Of course, the Wikipedia entry on the... Continue Reading →
