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Con mio grande stupore, girando per Debaser, mi sono accorto che nessuno si era preso la briga di recensire un disco dei Corrosion Of Conformity!
Ma come? Ci stanno le recensioni di Gatto Panceri e nessuno ha mai pensato a questa band fondamentale per l'evoluzione moderna dell'hard-heavy rock? Ok, i Corrosion non sono mai stati divi da prima pagina, ma proprio per questo, lavorando nelle retrovie hanno contribuito non poco alla nascita di ben due sottogeneri musicali!! Negli anni '80 tra i primi a dar vita alla nascita del movimento crossover tra hardcore e metal e nei primi anni '90, dopo un graduale cambiamento di stile ad indicare la strada dello stoner andando a ripescare le atmosfere settantaiane dei vecchi Sabbath. Nati nel 1982 come band hardcore, grazie a tre dischi dall'impatto metallico e liriche sociali come "EyeFor An Eye" (1983), "Animosity" (1985) e "Technocracy" (1987), i Corrosion fanno parte insieme a D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, Crumbsuckers e SOD di quella schiera di bands che osarono mischiare tra loro generi differenti, dando vita alla corrente crossover che segnera' gli anni '90 della musica pesante.
Ma proprio quando il Crossover diventa di pubblico dominio i Corrosion cambiano pelle. Prima con "Blind" del 1991 ancora legato al THRASH in cui pero' si intravedono gia' dei richiami all'hard rock '70 e poi la trasformazione completa con questo "Deliverance" del 1994. Da questo disco il cantante nonche' chitarrista diviene Pepper Keenan e il suo carisma segnera' notevolmente il proseguo della band. Con Woody Weatherman alle chitarre, l'istrionico Mike Dean al basso e il bravo batterista Reed Mullin (che lascera' la band nei primi anni del 2000) i COC incidono il loro capolavoro. Imbastardito il peasante Thrash metal del disco precedente con notevoli richiami al doom-sabbathiano dei primi anni settanta con Keenan che in alcuni pezzi (ALBATROSS e SEVEN DAYS) fa anche il verso al vecchio OZZY il disco viaggia tra canzoni con riff-blues pesantissimi e settantiani fino al midollo come l'iniziale HEAVEN'S NOT OVERFLOVING e BROKEN MAN ad episodi piu' vivaci e southern rock come CLEAR MY WOUNDS, che ti si stampa in testa, SENOR LIMPIO ad episodi piu' hard-psychedelici come SHAKE LIKE YOU o la conclusiva PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.
Menzione anche per l'acustica e quasi country SHELTER e per l'ipnotica title-track DELIVERANCE cantata dal bassista Mike Dean, il tutto intervallato da brevi intermezzi acustici (WITHOUT WINGS, MANO DE MONO, #2121313) come amava fare Tony IOMMI nei vecchi vinili dei Black Sabbath. Insomma un disco che aprira' le porte al movimento Stoner ma che nessuno riconoscera' mai come tale. Un disco che i Metallica cercheranno di emulare inutilmente con i loro "Load" e "Reload", non a caso i COC furono chiamati ad aprire il tour di "Load", un disco che Zakk Wylde avra' consumato di ascolti.
I Corrosion Of Conformity incideranno poi "Wiseblood" nel 1996, un gradino sotto a questo, America's Volume Dealer" del 2000 piu' leggero ed propriamente Hard rock e southern e il recente "In The Arms Of God" (2005) con un ritorno alla pesantezza doomy. Da notare l'importanza della presenza di Pepper Keenan nel progetto DOWN messo in piedi con Phil Anselmo e svariati componenti dei Crowbar.
Inutile consigliarvi il disco se amate l'heavy metal in ogni sua forma.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
02 Albatross (05:20)
Well I'm feeling left behind
Lord what a waste of time
They're coming to get you
Run on
How can I respect your crime?
When all you criminals whine
They bought and sold you
Run on
Run on
Well you can call me crazy
You can call me wrong
Cause see I was born a liar
Albatross
Fly on
Fly on
My home is kind
Man, it pays to be blind
Well I promise to forget you
Run on
Yea
No swallowed pride
No conspiracy lined
Broken promise of virtue
Run on
Run on
Well you can call me lazy
But I know where I belong
Cause cause I was born a liar
Albatross
Fly on
With your trust in love
From your god above
Ooo I believe
The albatross is me
Well you can call me crazy
You can call me wrong
Cause cause I was born a liar
Albatross
Fly on
Fly on
I should have seen the signs
Now the memorys far behind
It was no big loss
Fly on albatross
Yea
Fly on x2
Albatross
Yea
Fly on x2
03 Clean My Wounds (03:32)
I see the world through bloodshot eyes
Streets filled with blood from distant lies.
The dogs of war never compromise,
No real time for rearranging.
"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.
Knock it down.
Black on black gives me a heart attack
And the silence makes it deadly.
Some choose to kill with simple will.
I've seen them fall fast and steady.
"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.
Twist of fate won't give me a break
And myself, I'm slow and tired.
I've got to rise with these bloodshot eyes
But I keep falling when I'm higher.
"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
We are bleeding sins but our sins
Are always fading...
Knock it Down,
Knock it Down.
06 Señor Limpio (03:53)
Sleeping on the wing
Busted flat and dusted boy your minds a terrible thing
Said the man with a dirty hand who claimed that he was king
Choking angels from inside trying to make them sing
C ause your short of breath and close to death from sleeping on
The wing
Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for
The ride- its so hard to be a fighter when
Your hands are always tied.
Mr. Innocent blood says he kills but just for love
Toobad the good ones always have to take the blame
"hey" sharp toungue liar making pay ina bed of fire
To bad your dreams are always made of losing games
Dirty king dirty king now your shrapped in for
The ride, its so hard to be a fighter when your hands are always tied.
But i want to i want to iwannt to but my hands were always tied up
But i want to i want to iwant to but my hands were alw ys tied
And i wish i had myself a dime for every time i cursed your
Goddamn name...
Mister clean
Sweatin on the line doin 40 wasting time
Aint it funny how dat money rots your brain
Put your soul on trial cause you lost it all to a tiny vial
Look in the mirror when you tell me whos insane
Dirty king dirty king now your strapped in for
The ride, it so hard to be a fighter when your hands are always tied.
But i want to but my hands are alays tied up
But i want to i wantto iwant to but my hands were always tied up
But i wish i had myself a dime for every time i cursed your
Goddamn name..
Mister clean
08 Seven Days (04:56)
Over time mistakes were few but I believe they're mine
Faded mind youth was old and the years were so unkind
I'm the one I face the change I know that stands before me
Believe in me cause I damn sure don't believe in you
I cannot deny myself my anger and pride
I cannot deny another lie
Waiting to find another spike right through my hand
Hope I'm killed before I die
Worlds divide, long ago the memorys still inside
Chances shine, seven days our fears become entwined
Seasons change our time is gone our souls have
grown much colder
Believe in me cause I damn sure don't believe in you
Never again are words that echo in my mind
Leaving still hold back the tide
Crucified with lies my blood turns in wine
Take a sip before I die
I cannot deny myself my anger and pride
I cannot deny another lie
Waiting to find another spike right through my hand
Hope I'm killed before I die
I cannot deny...
Before I...
10 My Grain (03:20)
Grace, pride, tell me what's your name
crippled will with tomorrow's pill
cause I feel no pain and I can't remember who's to blame...
this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain
I beg, you steal, do you show me your signs of sin
blistered and torn by the pure and reborn
when they're just like us and remember man, they cave in...
this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain
this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain
war stone, do you write your name in trust?
word to the wise my instincts rise
all your heroes are gone and the proud ones have turned to dust, seven dust
you can kill my pride but my heads still flying
my grain
my grain
my grain
my.......
11 Deliverance (04:23)
is there no one to deliver you from your ignorance?
maybe you'll look and see there'll be no deliverance
turn to vulture parasites who prey on lost souls
suck the life from hapless fools who give them control
No, no deliverance
pick your own, your own deliverance
No, no deliverance
pick your own, your own deliverance
sad domination by those who say more than they'll ever know
take you to the depths of dogma hollow... it's them you follow
No, no deliverance
pick your own, your own deliverance
irredemption, pure deception, won't see what's if or you
shutter your world and it won't be shut out, the devistating truth
will your denial ever come to trial? it's devistating proof
denial on trial like a jumbo cap, vile brother are you through?
is there no one to deliver you from your ignorance?
maybe you'll look and see there'll be no deliverance
turn to vulture parasites who prey on lost souls
suck the life from hapless fools who give them control
sad domination by those who say more than they'll ever know
to the depths of dogma hollow... it's them you follow
breathing inside, breathing with pride they tow the line
we feed the crime with borrowed time select and find
no longer will they know, we amputate the shown
12 Shake Like You (04:19)
Give it up
Beginning of this world swelled with mankind
who built a tool to kill a fool and lead the blind
invent the rules to keep you down and call it sin
then stand behind the wall and watch the games begin
seperate by class and keep the middle low
instill the order with a border just for show
give them weapons and let them have their piece of mind
then tip them off so they can kill what's not their kind
Watch them shake like you
Watch them shake like you
Do it
if tales come true and judgment's due they'll call us liars
and put us in their hell and set our souls on fire
remember sin your only friend he brought you through
hallucinate with hate and watch them shake like you
Watch them shake like you
Watch them shake like you
Watch them shake like you and you
Watch them shake like you and you and you
Watch them shake like you
Watch them shake like you
13 Shelter (03:25)
Once in a while you
Be better listening to the fools for a change
I can see it in your eyes, it's the ones not like you
You despise
I'm no different than you, it's just that I do whatever I want to
That's what sets us apart I was free from the start, now your leaving
Tell me whose heart is bleeding
So, once in a while you'd
Be better listening to the fools for a change
What comes around follows and the truth becomes harder to swallow
So, bang, bang they shoot you down
No one says a word as your body hits the ground
Pick her up and put her down
The crowd screams aloud "she's not breathing"
And the only hands that reaches, is the one alone
You've been cheating my friend
Tell me whose heart is bleeding again
So, once in a while you'll
Be better listening to the fools for a change
Once in a while you'll
Be better listening to the fools...
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