Corrosion of Conformity – Good God / Baad Man
Release Date: 3rd April 2026
Label: Nuclear Blast
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Genre: Heavy Metal, Stoner/Doom.
FFO: Down, Crowbar, Kyuss, Black Label Society.
Review By: Eric Wilt
Good news for fans of riff-laden, southern metal, CoC is back, and they sound pissed! It’s going on a decade since their last record dropped, but they’re making up for lost time with a double album entitled Good God/Baad Man. Accompanied by Nola legend Stanton Moore on drums and Bobby “Rock” Landgraf on bass, Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman recorded 14 songs that they divided into two albums. According to Keenan, “Each album is its own tiny universe, has its own identity. Good God leans toward the heavier/pissed end of the spectrum. Baad Man is more on the throwdown rock scope.” And while the two halves of the album have their own flavor, CoC’s DNA runs through every song.
Good God kicks off the album with both guns blazing, and CoC barely gives listeners a chance to come up for air for the next four tracks. You or Me does feature an interlude that slows things down for a minute, but before you know it, they jump back in with a literal gunshot and their off and flying again. Bedouin Hand is kind of a Planet Caravan-style instrumental that bridges the gap between the high-octane heavy metal of the first four songs and disc one closer, Run For Your Life, which is the closest thing to a ballad you’ll hear on this album. All in all, Good God is a fun romp for CoC’s first music since 2018.
Baad Man begins with a big groove that is the general thread throughout album number two. Lose Yourself follows with a hot beat courtesy of the ever-funky Moore on drums. Handcuff Country sounds like ZZ Top on steroids while Swallow the Anchor sees the band get their rockstar on. The album ends on a high note with the doomy Forever Amplified that features guest singing from Moore’s Galactic bandmate Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph. While not quite as memorable as the Good God album, Baad Man has enough sonic gems to make you glad they didn’t try to cut this thing down to one album.
Taken as a whole, Good God/Baad Man reaffirms everything that has made CoC such a cornerstone of southern metal for decades. The bite is still there, the grooves still hit with authority, and the band’s ability to shift between southern rock, swampy doom, and outright aggression remains as sharp as ever. If Good God delivers the fire and fury, Baad Man provides the grit and groove, and together they paint a complete picture of a band that hasn’t lost a step
(4 / 5)
