Corrosia Metalla
Encyclopedia
Corrosia Metalla is a Russian (formerly Soviet) thrash metal
band. It is notorious for its provocative black humour lyrics and public performances. Different transcriptions also include Korrozia, Korrosija, and others.
ist Sergey Troitsky, better known under stage name Pauk (Spider). All other members of the band have also taken stage names: Boar (Sergey Vysokosov) - guitars, Schizophrenic - vocals, Clutch (Roman Lebedev) - guitars, Sucks (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 (КТР- Russian abbreviation). 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
).
During Perestroika
, censorship was lifted, and Corrosia soon became notorious for lyrics and imagery that, although consistent with western death metal 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, describing violence, bloodshed and sodomy
. 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. During the promotional tour for Computer Hitler album, Corrosia even employed a Hitler impersonator for their live shows. Pauk again indicated his interest in politics when nominated himself for mayor of Moscow. Currently he 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
and Aggressor.
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band. It is notorious for its provocative black humour lyrics and public performances. Different transcriptions also include Korrozia, Korrosija, and others.
Biography
Corrosia was founded in 1984 in Moscow by bass guitarBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist Sergey Troitsky, better known under stage name Pauk (Spider). All other members of the band have also taken stage names: Boar (Sergey Vysokosov) - guitars, Schizophrenic - vocals, Clutch (Roman Lebedev) - guitars, Sucks (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 (КТР- Russian abbreviation). 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
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
with heavy hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
influence (the so-called crossover thrash
Crossover thrash
__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...
).
During Perestroika
Perestroika
Perestroika was a political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during 1980s, widely associated with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev...
, censorship was lifted, and Corrosia soon became notorious for lyrics and imagery that, although consistent with western death metal traditions, were quite provocative by Soviet Russia's measures. For their live shows, they employed strip girls
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
to dance on stage and decorated it with pyrotechnics and "satanic" imagery. Similarly, the band's lyrics consisted of black humour, describing violence, bloodshed and sodomy
Sodomy
Sodomy is an anal or other copulation-like act, especially between male persons or between a man and animal, and one who practices sodomy is a "sodomite"...
. 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!
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
bands. During the promotional tour for Computer Hitler album, Corrosia even employed a Hitler impersonator for their live shows. Pauk again indicated his interest in politics when nominated himself for mayor of Moscow. Currently he 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
Koldbrann
Koldbrann is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001.Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone...
and Aggressor.
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)
Literature
- Klaus Miehling: Gewaltmusik-Musikgewalt: Populäre Musik und die Folgen. Königshausen & Neumann, 2006, ISBN 978-3-826033-94-0, 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.
External links
- Official Website
- MySpace
- Corrosia Metalla on MetalArchives.