Candlelight Records will release the new self-titled album from Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY on February 28th in North America. An e-card for the release is now available at this location.

Recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles, the album was produced by the band in cooperation with long-time collaborator John Custer. It was mixed by John Lousteau (FOO FIGHTERS) and features artwork by Seldon Hunt (MELVINS, HIGH ON FIRE). The album will be available on standard CD, deluxe digipak, and two exclusive vinyl formats.

Featuring the esteemed Animosity line-up of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin, the album’s release closes a six year recording gap and completes over a year of concentrated writing and recording for the band.

Corrosion Of Conformity features eleven new songs with the deluxe digipak and vinyl formats including two additional songs. Vinyl collectors will want to seek out both formats of the record; the European configuration confirmed as a double 180-gram clear vinyl and the American version featuring a single 180-gram black-and-white splatter vinyl with a limited 7-inch which will include the album’s bonus songs. Both versions will feature a gatefold sleeve.

With over 1.1 million albums sold in the United States alone, the new album will be the band’s first since 2005’s In The Arms Of God. The album artwork can be seen below:

Corrosion Of Conformity tracklisting:

'Psychic Vampire'

'River Of Stone'

'Leeches'

'El Lamento de Las Cabras'

'Your Tomorrow'

'The Doom'

'The Moneychangers'

'Come Not Here'

'What We Become'

'Rat City'

'Time Of Trials'

'Canyon Man' (deluxe/vinyl only)

'The Same Way' (deluxe/vinyl only)

The tracks, 'The Doom' and 'Time Of Trials' can be heard in the YouTube clip below:

Following a short batch of dates with CLUTCH in December, C.O.C. have announced a US headlining tour this March. Set to commence on March 1st at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, the trek will hit 15 cities including two performances at this year's SXSW Music Conference in Austin. The band will be joined by TORCHE, VALIENT THORR and A STORM OF LIGHT.

Commented vocalist/bassist Mike Dean of the upcoming shows: "We think the lineup of music on this tour is really compatible without every band doing the same thing. We're really proud to be on this bill and touring on a new album."

As a precursor to the tour, the band will play one-off show with HAIL!HORNET at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on January 22nd. The special performance will coincide with a screening of Slow Southern Steel, the long-anticipated southern metal documentary produced by RWAKE vocalist, CT.

C.O.C. tour dates:

January

22 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC (with Hail!Hornet)

March (with Torche, Valient Thorr, A Storm Of Light)

1 - Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
2 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
3 - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC
5 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
6 - Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI
7 - Double Door - Chicago, IL
8 - Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
9 - Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
10 - Downtown Music Hall - Little Rock, AR
11 - Hi-Tone Café - Memphis, TN
12 - Trees - Dallas, TX
14 - SXSW - Austin, TX ! #
15 - SXSW - Austin, TX ! #
17 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA #
18 - Zydeco - Birmingham, AL #

! = No Torche

# = No Valient Thorr

Desertfest 2012 is scheduled for April 6th - 8th in London, England. C.O.C. have been confirmed as headliners.

Organizers state: "We are extremley psyched to confirm that the mighty Corrosion Of Conformity will be headlining at Desertfest. The founders of C.O.C. - Dean, Weatherman and Mullin - will be smashing us with their mix of hardcore punk metal. Formed back in '82, they are now into their fourth decade and with seven albums to their name that are about to release a new album in Febuary. The North Carolina 3-piece have reached the 30th year of their existence and will be bringing the first Desertfest to a close on the Sunday on the main stage (The Underworld)."

Complete Desertfest 2012 details at this location.