Review
A rolling train horn dissolves into Eastern scales before giving way to the massive hammer of the riff, immediately signaling that Corrosion of Conformity are back to their heaviest, dirtiest tricks. On Good God / Baad Man, the North Carolina titans deliver an hour-plus double LP that critics are hailing as a "twenty-ton aural behemoth". Bolstered by the addition of powerhouse drummer Stanton Moore, who plays like a "rolling, jazzed-up John Bonham," the band seamlessly bridges the historical gap between hardcore punk rage and swampy, doom-laden boogie.
Divided into two distinct halves, the record balances what reviewers identify as the "yin and the yang" of the group's long history. The first side serves as a "true alloy" of their classic, heavier discography, while the second leans squarely into the "grit and grease" of classic-rock worship, showing a band playing with a renewed sense of freedom.
