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New Release Information uu January CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Release Date Pre-Order Start No Cross No Crown uu 12/01/2018 uu 10/11/2017 uu advertising in many important music magazines NOV/DEZ 2017 uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Europe’s NOV/DEZ 2017 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations Price Code: CD03 uu spotify playlists in all European territories NE 4243-0 CD-Digi uu retail marketing campaigns (incl. bonus track) uu instore decoration: flyers, poster A1 uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a back- ground on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release Price Code: LP17 NE 4243-1 2LP NEW RECORD WITH THE CLASSIC LINE UP (black in gatefold) the road hard. “Reed called me and men- On »No Cross No Crown,« beefy Southern tioned maybe playing a couple shows,” stompers like ‘The Luddite,’ ‘Little Man’ and Keenan recalls. “I said, ‘Let’s just go to Eu- ‘Forgive Me’ are interspersed with mel- uu Tracklists: rope and see if it works.’ So we went to ancholy guitar interludes like ‘No Cross,’ DIGI: Europe and then ended up going back four ‘Matre’s Diem’ and ‘Sacred Isolation’ - 01. Novus Deus times in one year. Then Nuclear Blast gave just like SABBATH used to do in the ’70s. 02. The Luddite us an offer and we didn’t even think about “We started doing that on »Deliverance,«” 03. Cast The First Stone 04. No Cross going anywhere else. We ended up touring Keenan points out. “My theory on that is 05. Wolf Named Crow for a year and then started tracking about that if you’re trying to make a record flow, 06. Little Man ten or 11 months ago.” you need to break it up a little. When you 07. Matre’s Diem Ladies and gentlemen, the long wait is need a breather, write an interlude. I like 08. Forgive Me 09. Nothing Left To Say over. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY writing those mellow pieces just to space 10. Sacred Isolation have returned with »No Cross No Crown« things out and make the next thing come 11. Old Disaster - an album that somehow sounds as though in heavier.” 12. E.L.M. 13. No Cross No Crown no time has passed between 2005’s »In The Of course, C.O.C. with Pepper Keenan is 14. A Quest To Believe (A Call To The Void) Arms Of God« and today. Some of these a very different proposition than the three- Bonus: new jams sound like could’ve easily been piece C.O.C. that recorded 2012’s self-ti- 15. Son And Daughter on »Wiseblood« or »Deliverance,« two tled album and 2014’s »IX« in his absence. 2LP (140g, 33 RPM): of C.O.C.’s most revered records. “Yeah, “It’s two different animals, which is a weird Side A that was kind of intentional,” Keenan nods. position to be in because we’re not doing 01. Novus Deus Line up: “We weren’t trying to manipulate it to those songs when I’m playing with them,” 02. The Luddite sound like other records, but that type of Keenan says. “We’ve got so much ammu- 03. Cast The First Stone Pepper Keenan | guitars, vocals 04. No Cross Woody Weatherman | guitars songwriting is what we do. It was impor- nition from the records that I did, so we’ve 05. Wolf Named Crow Mike Dean | bass · Reed Mullin | drums tant that we made an album - I didn’t want always kinda stuck to that.” Side B to write ten or twelve songs in the same key »No Cross No Crown« stands as irrefuta- 01. Little Man 02. Matre’s Diem Whenever CORROSION OF CONFORM- with the same guitar tone or some shit. We ble proof of C.O.C.’s ability to overcome. 03. Forgive Me ITY releases a new album, folks take notice. took each song on its own and tracked ’em “C.O.C. and the prior records I’ve done Side C But their latest is a true event. It’s been a completely individually.” with them didn’t just go away,” Keenan ob- 01. Nothing Left To Say dozen years since C.O.C. recorded new Of course, the band recognized that any serves. “It’s an honor to be back out there 02. Sacred Isolation 03. Old Disaster material with vocalist/guitarist Pepper new C.O.C. album with Keenan out front and have an opportunity to do it again in 04. E.L.M. Keenan at the helm. In that time, there would be analyzed, scrutinized and held a real way and not some washed-up reun- Side D have been rumors, whispers and outright up for comparison with aforementioned ion thing. Even before we wrote the record, 01. No Cross No Crown 02. A Quest To Believe (A Call To The Void) allegations that the legendary Southern gems like »Deliverance« and »Wise- we were out there for a year seeing there Bonus: rock outfit would reunite to blow the doors blood«. “That was in the back of my mind was a demand for it and that there was a 03. Son And Daughter off the whole damn scene again. In 2014, the whole time,” Keenan acknowledges. void that we could fill. That’s been C.O.C.’s after nearly a straight decade traversing “The big thing for me was trying to write deal from day one. We’re not chasing an- the globe as a guitarist with New Orleans songs that have the same attitude and ca- ybody around. We’re not gonna worry supergroup DOWN, Keenan reconnected liber that we were used to doing. I didn’t about what the new trends are. C.O.C. is with the core C.O.C. trio of Woody Weath- wanna get out there like some 50-year old C.O.C.” Territory: World erman, Mike Dean and Reed Mullin to hit dude making a mediocre record.” Style: Heavy Metal www.coc.com · www.facebook.com/corrosionofconformity · www.nuclearblast.de/corrosionofconformity NUCLEAR BLAST Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs-GmbH · OESCHSTRASSE 40 · D-73072 DONZDORF · GERMANY · PHONE +49-7162-9280-13 / -20 / -25 · FAX +49-7162-24554 uu www.facebook.com/nuclearblasteurope · www.twitter.com/nuclearblasteu uu LINKS: uu Nuclear Blast Video Clips · Nuclear Blast Bands on Tour · Nuclear Blast albums in the Charts · New Songs on Spotify uu www.nuclearblast.de.