Corrosia Metalla
| Коррозия металла | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Crossover thrash |
| Years active | 1984 onward |
| Associated acts | Anal Nosorog |
Corrosia Metalla (Коррозия Металла, Russian for "Corrosion of metal",[1]) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) thrash metal band led by Sergey "Pauk" Troitsky. It is best known for black humour lyrics and provocative public performances.
Biography
Corrosia was founded in 1984 in Moscow by bass guitarist Sergey Troitsky, better known under stage name Pauk (Russian for "spider"). All other members of the band have also taken stage names: Boar (Sergey Vysokosov) - guitars, Schizophrenic - vocals, Clutch (Roman Lebedev) - guitars, Saxon (Vadim Mikhailov) - bass guitar, Morgue - drums. The band's first live show was illegally carried out in an apartment house basement. Annoyed by their noise, the neighbours called for police, which forced Corrosia to leave the stage.
Next year the band joined Moscow Rock Lab, which allowed to perform rock music legally. The band's first album, Orden Satany (Order of the Satan) was released in 1988. No Soviet state label was ready to release that kind of music, so Pauk created his own one, Corporation of Heavy Rock (Korporatsia Tyazhologo Roka, KTR, or КТР in Cyrillic). Before the album was recorded, Schizophrenic was fired and since then Boar performed vocals as well as guitar. Morgue was replaced by Yasher (Lizard). Orden Satany presented a raw thrash metal with heavy hardcore punk influence, the so-called crossover thrash.
In late Soviet years, censorship was lifted, and Corrosia became notorious for lyrics and imagery that, although consistent with western shock rock traditions, were quite provocative by Soviet Russia's measures. For their live shows, they employed strip girls to dance on stage and decorated it with pyrotechnics and "satanic" imagery. Similarly, the band's lyrics consisted of black humour and strong language, describing violence, supernatural and sex. Corrosia Metalla albums were named Cannibal (1990) or Sadism (1992), and their 'trademark' songs include such titles as Vampire Tank, AIDS, Eat Alive, Dead Rasputin.
In 90s, Pauk eventually fired all the original line-up and gradually shifted to right-wing ultranationalist lyrics, similar to that of Oi! bands, albeit keeping the band's trademark black humor in place. The album 1.966 even featured a stylized version of a swastika on the cover and the song White Power.[2] During the promotional tour for Computer Hitler album, Corrosia even employed a Hitler impersonator for their live shows. Pauk indicated his interest in politics when nominated himself for mayor of Moscow in 1993,[3] and for mayor of Khimki in 2012. He also runs grindcore side project Anal Nosorog.
Corrosia's songs were covered by the number of artists. The band's best known song, Russian vodka, was covered by Koldbrann[4] and Aggressor.[5]
Discography
- Орден Сатаны (Order of Satan, 1988)
- Russian Vodka (1989)
- Каннибал (Cannibal, 1990)
- Садизм (Sadism, 1992)
- 1.966 (1995)
- Компьютер-Гитлер (Computer Hitler, 1997)
- Языческие боги (Pagan Gods, 2002)
- Белые волки (White Wolves, 2003)
- Война миров (War of the Worlds, 2010)
- 666 Like (2013)
Literature
- Klaus Miehling: Gewaltmusik-Musikgewalt: Populäre Musik und die Folgen. Königshausen & Neumann, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8260-3394-0, S. 177.
- Michael Moynihan, Didrik Söderlind: Lords of Chaos: Satanischer Metal: Der blutige Aufstieg aus dem Untergrund. Index Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-936878-00-4, S. 343.
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References
- ↑ Different transcriptions also include Korrozia, Korrosija, and others.
- ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Коррозия_Металла/1.966/1585
- ↑ Mayor of Moscow? Spider the Metalhead Is Ready to Serve, Wall Street Journal, 18. February 1993
- ↑ KOLDBRANN: 'Russian Vodka / Metalni Bog' Seven-Inch Single Now Available - Sep. 9, 2009
- ↑ Estonian metal: Aggressor biography