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| In the Arms of God | 
 enlarge | Artist: Corrosion Of Conformity
Label: Sanctuary Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 70836
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 84739
UPC: 060768473928
EAN: 0060768473928
ASIN: B0007X9UJC
Release Date: April 5, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Stone Breakers | | • | Paranoid Opioid | | • | Is It That Way | | • | Dirty Hands Empty Pockets (Already Gone) | | • | Rise River Rise | | • | Never Turns to More | | • | Infinite War | | • | So Much Left Behind | | • | The Backslider | | • | World on Fire | | • | Crown of Thorns | | • | In the Arms of God |
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After a lengthy break from recording, Corrosion of Conformity have come back strong on this 2005 release. As direct and tight as Wiseblood, this new outing displays the grooves and heaviness apparent with other NOLA bands, exemplified by heavyweights Down and Crowbar. It's hard and heavy yet melodic throughout. C.O.C. remain one of the more overtly political bands on the hard rock scene. Tracks "Dirty Hands, Empty Pockets," and "Never Turns To More" are direct odes to the tarnished American dream and the struggle to remain individual as a human. The album also has a sublime and spiritual feel to it. The combination of these factors, along with the sludgy metal, makes this album feel like the direct descendent of such Black Sabbath classics as Masters of Reality and Sabotage, which is pretty amazing lineage. --Robert Arambel
Album Description
Corrosion Of Conformity In The Arms Of God 12 NEW TRACKS PRODUCED BY JOHN CUSTER PEPPER KEENAN - vocals/guitar, WOODY WEATHERMAN - guitar/vocals, MIKE DEAN - bass/vocals and special guest STANTON MOORE (from GALACTIC) on drums NO STRANGER TO BUCKING TRENDS, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THE CORE WITH BOTH MUSICAL AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AND THE AGGRESSION THAT THRU TIME HAS BECOME THEIR CALLING CARD. IN THE ARMS OF GOD, THE LONG AWAITED STUDIO RETURN, IS BRUTAL PROOF THAT THE UNDERGROUND UNREST OF MIDDLE AMERICA IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL ... AND SCARY AS HELL! THE ALBUM IS A BLEND OF COC DARK CORE ROOTS SMEARED WITH THE HEAVY TAUNTING OF A 'SABBATH' ON STEROIDS. BY FAR ONE OF THE BAND'S HEAVIEST EFFORTS IN MANY YEARS, THE ALBUM REFLECTS AN EVOLVED HEAVY CLASSIC SOUND BLESSED WITH MODERN WISDOM. DESTINED TO DELIVER A JOLT TO METAL AND ACTIVE RADIO, IN THE ARMS OF GOD WILL SATISFY THE LOYAL AND SOLEMLY CONVERT NEWBIES TO WHAT IS... THE REAL DEAL.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 Meh June 17, 2005
18 out of 38 found this review helpful
I'm a COC fan from way way back, and I'll admit that I have a certain bias that follows that. I really liked Eye For An Eye, but Animosity was the album that really made me a fan. That was around 20 years ago. The boys in COC were just that- boys, full of punk rock piss and hardcore vinegar. Today, they're middle aged men. (I'm no spring chicken anymore either)
Six years after Animosity, they released the follow up album, Blind. For the most part, I hated it. The music was arguably good as far as heavy metal goes, but it wasn't the COC I knew and loved. They sounded like a completely different band. Soon after that, Pepper Keenan essentially took over and they went in a more southern-fried direction. Eventually I came to accept that 'my' COC was dead and gone and this new Frankenstein's reanimated corpse was all that was left. Actually, I truly liked a lot of Deliverance and Wiseblood. But America's Volume Dealer bored me, and it sounded like it bored COC too. A few months ago I'd heard rumblings that COC's next album was shaping up to be the best thing they'd done since Animosity. I didn't know what that meant, but I was really anxious to hear it. I bought it the day it came out, only to find that it's about as good AVD. I have nothing personal against Pepper, I just don't have a taste for his style. I don't like Lynyrd Skynrd or the Allman Bros. I don't like Southern Rock. I don't like this album. I know COC's super fans will incredulously disagree and accuse me of being deaf or brain dead or both, but this album has no good, satisfying riffs to sink my teeth into. And a lot of it sounds like Soundgarden. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
EDIT: "C O C has never bent over for MTV and always stayed true to themselves and there fans. The new CD is is proof that pure Heavy Metal lives on. The no talent jump on the MTV C-rap bandwagon wigger poser bands like Limpsync Bizketstreet Boys or Wigger Park make me want to puke."
Man, if only that were true. My worst COC memory was seeing them interviewed on MTV Headgivers Ball circa 1992, and Reed was denying that they'd changed their sound on Blind. "Actually, we've always sounded like this. It's just that the metal scene is finally catching up to us now." It was a colossal load of b.s. and I lost a chunk of respect for COC that day.
"I think the reviewer had pre-concieved notions about COC. There is no way he could have listened to this CD."
Allow me to repeat myself: "...I was really anxious to hear it. I bought it the day it came out". Is it so mind-boggling to you that my opinion of this record differs from yours that the only way you can comprehend it is by denying that I've heard it? I've listened to it several times.
 In The Arms Of 'Thank God' April 29, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I can say without blinking or batting an eye that "In The Arms Of God" is easily my most anticipated album of the past 3 years. Though many people seem to hate "America's Volume Dealers", I personally find the album very gratifying once you dig beneath the surface. With it's smooth tones and crafty songwriting, AVD may not have been Sabbath-laden slab of heaviness of albums prior but it had a mature sensibility to go with the occasional lashings-out. For those who chose to turn away due to AVD, they have seriously short-changed themselves on an album that is a surefire "Album Of The Year" candidate.
I was fortunate enough to hear most of this album before it's actual release which gave me some extra time to soak it all in before reviewing it here. While it was nice to hear prior to April 5th, there's always something special about tearing open a new release and awaiting unheard songs to grace your ears and despite knowing what to expect, the difference in quality was enough to keep my senses peaked.
I've read quite a few reviews that are calling ITAOG a "return to form" for COC which I'm not completely buying. From my perspective, each album from "Blind" until now has a different attitude or final coating but overall, the expert quality of musicianship was always at the forefront of every song this band has crafted. Everything about COC has always been top-notch so before I even heard one singular note, I was of the mind that not much could be added to this formula...until now.
Enter Stanton Moore, drummer of jazz outfit Galactic. As a close friend of lead vocalist Pepper Keenan, he brought Mr. Moore aboard to handle the backbeat for "In The Arms Of God" and throughout each song, his drumming brings COC's sound to the next level (a phrase I usually find pretentious or overblown). Here, it's fits like a glove. Since the days of Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath, most drum sounds have been tightened and the resonance has been filtered out to make for a crisper and more lifeless overall sound. Stanton Moore's drumming does quite the opposite as his combination of free-form technique and classic tones bring forth a rare feeling that when he's hitting the drums, they are almost hitting back. It's seriously a beautiful thing to behold.
As for the rest, the Corrosion lads are up to their same old tricks: awe-inspiring riffs, trippy melodies, hypnotic bass rumblings and leads that would make Hendrix himself raise an eyebrow all laced with Pepper Keenan's bayou-basted vocal genius; a talent that James Hetfield could only dream of having. Did I mention that this is your next purchase? Album Of The Year? Yeah.....you've wasted enough time already by not buying this album.
C O C Why wigger music f-ing sucks. April 28, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
C O C has never bent over for MTV and always stayed true to themselves and there fans. The new CD is is proof that pure Heavy Metal lives on. The no talent jump on the MTV C-rap bandwagon wigger poser bands like Limpsync Bizketstreet Boys or Wigger Park make me want to puke. And to have the crap they play be associated with Metal Music is just wrong. It reminds me of the Richard Pryor bit about the wigger hanging around with the brothers. I got a lot of soul don't I fellas? Yeah you got a lot of soul! Now give us two dollars!
 Good, though a bit overrated February 19, 2006
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
Being a fan of Pepper Keenan's other material, I decided to trust the critics (this album rave reviews) and pick up Corrosion of Conformity's new album, "In The Arms of God," even though I hadn't heard any material off of it. Before listening to the album, I expected it to be super heavy, and sound along the same lines of (Keenan's other band) Down. What I heard, however, when I listened to the album, was something completely different. I was, at first, a little disappointed in this C.D., but then I started to warm up to it, and, eventually, I took a real shine to it. Now, this album is still a little bit overrated, because it doesn't even come close to living up to the hype the critics say about it. It's not at all heavy or angry, and it certainly isn't as good as some claim (some even go so far as to compare it to Black Sabbath classics.) But "In The Arms of God" is actually pretty good! In some ways, it was kind of a pleasant surprise, because it proves that Corrosion of Conformity aren't just another unoriginal metal band that only gets by on volume. On the contrary, "ITAOG" is very laid back, melodic, catchy, and almost bluesy at times, and it makes for an enjoyable and kind of soothing listen.
"Pepper" Keenan's crooning never becomes very loud, the half-volume guitars aren't overbearing, either, and drummer Stanton Moore (who is new to the band) fits in well with the rest of the band because he clearly has jazz influence somewhere in his background.
The album begins with the soft, chugging rhythm of "Stone Breaker," a song which sounds like it's straight out of the 1960's. Other highlights include the rhythmic, grooving "Paranoid Opioid," the gently wailing guitars on "Dirty Hands Empty Pockets," the gentle, acoustic string arrangement and soft percussion on "Rise River Rise," "The Backslider," which features some very Ozzy-esque singing, and the semi-crunchy, album closing, title track.
"In The Arms of God" is recommended to fans of relaxed, southern rock, and all music fans in general should be able to enjoy it, but, mind you, if you're a metalhead, be careful about what you buy. This disc is much closer to being stoner metal or bluesy rock than crossover thrash or sludge/doom metal. Download a few songs before buying this album, and don't expect the songs to be full of huge, jackhammer riffs and machine gun blast beats.
In the arms of C.O.C. August 3, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Five years since Corrosion of Conformity's last studio album, 2000's stripped down sounding "America's Volume Dealer", C.O.C. have returned with a vengeance with "In the Arms of God". Original drummer Reed Mullin is gone, with Galactic's Stanton Moore filling in to great effect. Opening track "Stone Breaker" finds Pepper Keenan and co. seemingly trying to recapture the sludgy, southern influenced hard rock that made "Deliverance" and "Wiseblood" modern day classics, and while not every C.O.C. fan will agree, it works. "It is That Way" is well orchestrated with Woody Weatherman and Mike Dean supplying a solid rhythm section, and Pepper's voice hasn't sounded this good in years. "Never Turns to More", "So Much Left Behind", and "Crown of Thorns" are songs that make most of "America's Volume Dealer" sound lame by comparison, and the album as a whole is the best material C.O.C. has recorded since "Wiseblood" almost ten years ago. Fans who have been longing for a return to form of C.O.C.'s pre-Pepper days will be disappointed here, but for the rest of us, "In the Arms of God" may very well be the best hard rock release of the year.
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