Nev Pearce of Australia's "Rabid Noise" podcast recently conducted an interview with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY bassist/vocalist Mike Dean. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's new album, "IX", was released on July 1 via Candlelight. The CD was produced by the band and longtime comrade John Custer."The making of 'IX' was drawn out because of us having to step away to do other projects," comments Dean. "I think being forced to step away kept us hungry and then being back on the case with deadlines casting a shadow gave us a 'failure is no option' vibe and that really helped the final product." "This album is another step forward for us," adds Weatherman. "It seems like we keep heading more and more toward our rawer live sound with the studio recordings." "IX" track listing:01. Brand New Sleep02. Elphyn03. Denmark Vesey04. The Nectar05. Interlude06. On Your Way07. Trucker08. The Hanged Man09. Tarquinius Superbus10. Who You Need To Blame11. The Nectar RevisedIn a recent interview with 69 Faces Of Rock, Dean stated about "IX": "When we did the previous record, we haven't been playing that many shows. So we had to sort of find out what our identity was as a three-piece band. We wanted to make it authentic, both from the historical perspective and from the current perspective. And the best way to do that is to get out in front of people and play shows. We did that, and once we did that, the next batch of ideas were born out of playing live. With 'IX', we wanted to sound like us live, and the key to that is getting Woody Weatherman's live guitar rig set up in the studio. Set it up like you're gonna play live, and put some microphones in front of it until it feels like you're there at the show. Once we did that, it really came together, and the stuff that we worked out in the practice translated into the studio better. This album and the previous EP were just an attempt to start from the documentarian point of view, and just enhance that a little bit."
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