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Limited 2012 reissue with the Six Songs With Mike Singing EP from 1989 as bonus

Kicking off a recording career covering three decades, this aggressive debut from Raleigh North Carolina’s legendary Corrosion of Conformity announced the group’s destructive musical intentions. The original line-up of Eric Eycke on vocals, bassist Mike Dean, and co-founders Woody Weatherman (guitars) and Reed Mullin (bass), plows through 20 tracks of leftist hardcore on Eye for an Eye. More punk sounding than early ’80s thrash-metal contemporaries Metallica, from the west coast, and Anthrax, from the East, C.O.C. claimed the title of hardcore’s southern ambassadors with this release. Being somewhat isolated from the coastal hardcore movements worked heavily in the band’s favor. Unbound by the edicts of punk fashion, Corrosion of Conformity forged a unique sound that generated a loyal fan base, and critical recognition. The group maintained their continuity, and surprisingly expanded their audience despite the fact that they featured a new lead singer in each of their first five full-length releases. On Eye for an Eye Eycke’s hyperventilating sounds appropriate enough as the vocalist keeps pace with the rapid-fire guitar and drum exchanges. Fans of the band’s Pepper Keenan-era sludgy-’70s-groove might not quite comprehend this 1983 release, but forward-thinking metalheads and punkers alike should enjoy and appreciate Eye for an Eye.

Track listing:
1. Tell Me
2. Minds Are Controlled
3. Indifferent
4. Broken Will
5. Rabid Dogs
6. L.S.
7. Rednekkk
8. Coexist
9. Excluded
10. Dark Thoughts
11. Poison Planet
12. What
13. Negative Outlook
14. Positive Outlook
15. No Drunk
16. College Town
17. Not Safe
18. Eye For An Eye
19. Nothings Gonna Change
20. Green Manalishi
21. Eye For An Eye-with Mike on vocals
22. Center Of The World-with Mike on vocals
23. Citizen-with Mike on vocals
24. Not For Me-with Mike on vocals
25. What-with Mike on vocals
26. Negative Outlook-with Mike on vocals