Desertfest 2012 is scheduled for April 6th - 8th in London, England. Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY 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.

Candlelight Records has confirmed February 28th as the North American release date for the self-titled new album from Corrosion Of Conformity.

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.

Reflecting on the past year and the album’s recording process, Mike Dean notes, ”we tracked the songs at Studio 606 then headed for Europe, toured the US, and returned to Europe. We then did some vocals at home in North Carolina but not where we originally planned; the studio was flattened by a system of spring tornadoes. We made our way back to 606 about seven months later and mixed twelve songs in ten days. The whole time we were out there, we were living in the onion fields of Ventura County and had to drive over the Santa Susana Pass to the San Fernando Valley every day. That was some fuel intensive time to reflect. As a whole, the album was an inspired and efficient collaboration. John Custer told me he thought we were all working together as one organism; which is an apt description.”

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.

Dean notes, “We like the idea of pressing this music on vinyl because so much of our inspiration comes from music that precedes the digital era. It’s also cool to have that large format for the artwork and the lyrics and the credits. It’s such a tangible physical product you can hold in your hands. In Europe, the vinyl will include a CD so you can get the files into your digital realm. In the US, a download card is included”

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