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Details Lead Performance: Corrosion of Conformity; Genre: Metal

While many latter-day headbangers continue to churn out artless thrash-and-bash hokum, this long-running North Carolina band is making metal exciting again with Wiseblood. Corrosion of Conformity's guitarists shred clichés as well as notes, adding groove, nuance, and melody without diluting the music's brute force. Here's hoping Metallica fans who buy this for James Hetfield's cameo on ''Man or Ash'' will know what they've lucked into. A-

Originally posted Nov 29, 1996 Published in issue #355 Nov 29, 1996 Order article reprints

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