Blind

Love this album. Only had a live album and wiseblood previously, but this was a lot heavier in places than those two. Best c.o.c album I've heard so far. Dare I say that the singer on this album Karl agell is a better singer than pepper?!? Maybe! Highly recommended. Service quick and CD worked fine after a quick clean of the disk.

Good album, vocals are terrible however.

Had it on tape, great cd

Excellent,everything is ok!It arrived earlier than it was described!

let me start by saying, that this album was not what i thought it was when i bought it. i love all of coc's stuff with pepper, and i bought the new self titled album with trepidation, it is fookin' amazing and easily as good if not better in some ways than the pepper material. i bought this album, (stupidly i admit) thinking that this was the same lineup as the new album. i was wrong, this album has pepper, but only on guitar, and the vocals were handled by karl agell.i have to say this album is amazing, i love this album, i know i bought it thinking it was something else and i know people might wanna call me on it, but i don't care. i like this band and have done for ages, but since this album, (and the new self titled album) i have come to love this band in a way i wouldn't have guessed before.people might suggest starting with deliverance(another classic) or in the arms of god(equally as good) but i would say start with this, it the perfect blend of pepper era and pre pepper era coc.

When Metallica had decided to become the next Judas Priest/Accept, Anthrax had become simply comical, and Slayer were stuck in a rut (still the same sound and ideas), this album came completely out of the blue and left the competition and pundits like rabbits in a headlight. If your looking for a sound-bite for this opus, then power is the theme that runs straight though it. Whether you consider the guitar sound, vocals, production or lyrics you're left in no doubt that these guys knew their business and how best to get the message across. Songs like "Vote with a bullet" and "Damned for all time" are executed in a way that most bands, then and now, can only dream of. There is not a note out of place and every phrase is judged for best impact. Unlike a lot of their contemporaries, speed is matched with pace, and balanced with control (they never showed off how well they could play, just for the sake of it). The best thing though, is that unlike all the rest, this had a real live feel to the overall sound, and was not dogged by stale production which plagued early Metallica and Slayer albums up to that time.

This showcases a band with an penchant for doing anything they want and doing it brilliantly!. If you loved metallica's black album this will be right up your street and lets face it who did'nt love that record. This may not have the radio friendliness but the quality of the songs is amazing and the understated yet fantastic lead lines that plaguee this album from start to finish create a very personal feeling to the record.C.O.C's later fans may not wholly enjoy it as it does not contain the usual southern guitar influences and the zeppeliesque free form song structures but this really is worth checking out for any thrash fan of the eighties and those who can accept the evolution of this astoundingly talented band.Download: with a bullet. For fans of metallica, testament, anthrax and pantera

Many Thanks

RIFFWALZE, die damals (`91/`92) so ziemlich alles andere im Bereich der harten Musik plattgemacht hat und die für den damals gerade aufkommenden GRUNGE nur ein müdes Lächeln übrig hatte.Dieses Album bietet alles: Herrlich brutale, schrammelnde Doomgitarren, brachiale Hardcore-Dynamik, das Ganze kombiniert mit einem untrüglichen Gespür für Rhythmus und Melodie, und dazu noch tolle Gesangslinien. Wer auf schwere, doomige Gitarren - gepaart mit intensivem Gesang - steht, kann hier eigentlich nichts falsch machen. Die richtig wilde Hardcore-Sau lassen C.O.C. auf `BLIND` allerdings nur selten raus, stattdessen dreht die Band lieber BLACK SABBATH, Hardcore und Thrash-Metal gemeinsam durch den Fleischwolf und heraus kommt ein Sound, der so schwer wie gegossenes Blei aus den Boxen quillt und so HEAVY wie irgendwas rüberkommt. Zum Glück übertreibt man es aber nicht mit den bleiernen Zeitlupen-Riffs, so wie z. Bsp. TROUBLE, bei deren ersten Scheiben man sich ja zwischen zwei Drumbeats mal eben locker `n Bier holen konnte.`Vote With A Bullet` war ein echter Clubhit, und das nicht umsonst, denn das Ding ist einfach ein megamäßig groovender Stampfer! Dabei ist dieser Song beileibe nicht der einzige Hammersong auf dem Album. Einige willkürliche Bsp.e: `Damned for all time`, `Break the circle`, `Buried`, `White Noise`, etc..Meiner Meinung nach ist `BLIND` eines der wichtigsten HEAVY METAL Alben der 90er Jahre und Wegbereiter für diverse andere CROSSOVER-Bands !ANMERKUNG:Dieses Teil braucht u. U. etwas Zeit, um sich in den Gehörgängen festzufressen und benötigt daher evtl. mehrere Durchläufe, um sich im Kopf zu manifestieren - aber dann wirst Du diese phänomenale Scheibe garantiert NIE mehr los ! (Außer man lässt einen EXORZISMUS vornehmen...)Im Gegensatz zu meiner alten LP kommt die CD mit 3 netten Bonustracks.

Blind has to be one of my all time favorites....this is doom on speed, dripping in Sabbath riffs and bursting in an orgasmic frenzy all the way through until the very end where your journey is confronted by a dark void of no return....place this classic alongside the first Down, Saint Vitus and Pentagram albums for absolute enjoyment....almost thirty years since its creation and I still anticipate hearing it again....kind of like your favourite food....you never lose the craving..A new direction for the band that continued changing and growing into Sabbath and southern rock influenced metal from then on.....

Probably the best Corrosion of Conformity album released. Controversial track " Vote with a Bullet" included. A great metal band for the times!

Not one of their better albums.

...zum Sludge.War die Band auf den ersten beiden Alben noch dem Hardcore Punk und Thrash Metal zuzuordnen, wechselte sie bald zur Welt des Stonerrocks. (dank Kyuss auch als Desert-Rock bekannt) Später fügten die Jungs noch Grunge, Heavy Metal und Southern Rock hinzu. Jedoch erreichten die Kalifornier erst mit diesem Album den glücklichen Höhepunkt. Dieses Album schwingt sich zwischen Sludge Metal, Thrash Metal und Alternative Metal und zählt damit als Inspiration für Bands wie KoRn, Limp Bizkit und H-Blockx.Und der Fakt, dass die Musik teilweise eher langsam gespielt wird, macht das Album nur noch düsterer.Anspieltipps gibt es nicht wirklich, denn eigentlich funktioniert das Album nur als Gesamtwerk.Fazit: wer auf Heavy Metal steht, und nichts gegen ein paar etwas groovigere, langsame Riffe hat, sollte zuschlagen.

一時期この」アルバムが廃盤になって以降、新品、中古問わず探しつづけやっと見つけて感無量って感じです。内容はCOC初期のハードコア色をだしながらもヘビーロックの重量感を思わせるナンバーが勢ぞろいのカッコイイ一枚です。MC5のカバーなんかも入れてバラエティーな仕上がりです。名作です。

Siehe Rezension zu dem Album "In The Arms Of God" vom heutigen Tag.Diese Rezension gilt auch für dieses Album.

Blind - Ich war mit dem Kauf dieses Artikels sehr zufrieden und kann ihn nur weiterempfehlen. Der Artikel gefällt mir gut.

the album that introduced me to COC-I head of them but never knowingly heard their music/till dance of the dead video.then I bought the blind cd.they seamed to be a hidden talent but then finding they had a hardcore/punk start which I like both but not their brand,but blind was had thunderous metal sound wow this is heavy and different. I found this was a rebuilding album and band members the singer,the bass player and the newest leader the 2nd guitarist pepper keenan soon to be the face& main writer of the band after vote with a bullet song/video.This was a smooth, tremendously heavy and powerful mixture of raw and violent music, a mixture of all before them that was great and burial of their old school hardcore/punk albums(eye for an eye,6 songs, technocracy and Animosity cds) a fresh orignal sounding start with the power of black Sabbath, fury of thrash metal and the difference musically between them and everyone else, but if I remember they opened for pantera with white zombie for a U.S. tour,if memory serves me that a tour of birds of a different feather flocking together,each being stars in a few years but very different styles.this cd has a place in musical history for me possibly before all other coc cds because it stand strong and true and yet alone 20 years old and never re-attempted.then next albums Deliverance & Wiseblood were not even in blinds neighborhood each cd having great songs but you wouldn't expect the same band to record these two cd and blind.

This album remains on rotation in my player all the time,such a great transition from their punk days(although good this puts it in another direction) The album has a great singer in my opinion,altho his career with COC was short-lived because Pepper took over on vocals on their following albums(Deliverance,Wiseblood,Americas Volume Dealer,In the Arms of God) i love the range on the album. Songs like Echoes in the Well and Break the Circle are hauntingly beautiful. Vote with a Bullet(peppers intro to vocals) Dance of the Dead is so great the vocals are some of the best. One of COC's best albums ever. Songs like Shallow Ground,White Noise,Damned for all Time,&Jim Beam & the Coon's A**. The best guitar and bass levels i have ever heard since Americas Volume such great lyrical and vocal range. The drums are hard hitting and i just cannot get over how well produced the album is.Check it out it is one of their best,get a good look at their transition & progression.

I gave this album 4 stars because I remember this cd from back when I was in school was great back then now a days not so much because music changes but the song VOTE WITH A BULLET never gets old one great song

Blind occupies a curious space in the career of Corrosion of Conformity. It's either the metal tail to their punk/thrash crossover 80s period, or it's the hardcore beginnings to their Southern metal 90s period. Figure in the absence of departed Mike Dean (who would shortly thereafter rejoin) and the sole appearances of bassist Phil Swisher and singer Karl Agell, and Blind sticks out in their catalog from whichever direction you view it.And stick out it should. It's quite simply one of the most devastating metal albums ever created. From Karl Agell's haunting, Ozzy-like scream, to the absolutely perfect production (particularly of Reed Mullin's superb and varied drum work and Swisher's bass), I don't think there's a dull moment on this album, thematically encapsulated by "These Shrouded Temples . . . Remain."While COC would eventually go overboard with the light interludes on Deliverance, "Shallow Ground" here perfectly bridges the eastern-tinged speed metal of "Mine are the Eyes of God" and the heavy distortion of "Vote with a Bullet." Yes, that's a real song name on the album! The sheer severity of COC's left-wing lyrical content reaches its zenith here; in subsequent albums it would largely take a backseat to Pepper Keenan's inscrutable "poetics."In every way - lyrics, production, riffs, solos (which never come close to over-the-top guitar heroics but remain more drawn and sorrowful), vocals, and drumming in particular, Blind is a complete metal masterpiece, almost shamefully under-recognized for its contribution to the metal mind.(Having never owned the CD version, I can't speak to the three bonus tracks.)

If your a CoC fan this is a must have. Not as good as Deliverance or Wiseblood but worth owning. There are some live staples here.

I've never been a huge fan of Corrosion of conformity, but I decided to become one. Of course I know 'Vote with a bullet' as one of their best songs. This album really rocks and thrashes. It's good for any metal fan, nevertheless it's very stylish, different kind of music that you never mix up with the other band. The price is rather low, there are some bonus tracks and packaging is all right. Just buy. Never regret. By the way don't forget about their WISEBLOOD album!

obtained in good condition