Corrosia Metalla

Коррозия металла
Background information
Origin	USSR, Russia
Genres	Crossover thrash
Years active	1984 onward
Associated acts	Anal Nosorog

Corrosia Metalla (Коррозия Металла, rus. for Corrosion of metal) 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.

Biography

Corrosia was founded in 1984 in Moscow by bass guitarist 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.^[1] 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^[2] and Aggressor.^[3]

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.

References

1. ^ Mayor of Moscow? Spider the Metalhead Is Ready to Serve, Wall Street Journal, 18. February 1993
2. ^ KOLDBRANN: 'Russian Vodka / Metalni Bog' Seven-Inch Single Now Available - Sep. 9, 2009
3. ^ Estonian metal: Aggressor biography