APRIL 7, 2005

Corrosion of Conformity
In The Arms Of God
By David Fricke

It's as if Metallica swapped drummer Lars Ulrich for the Meters' Ziggy Modeliste. But Stanton Moore, a friend of Corrosion singer-guitarist Pepper Keenan -- and the man who keeps the thump for New Orleans funketeers Galactic -- earns his John Bonham stripes moonlighting on CoC's first studio album in five years. Moore won't be touring with the band, but the jazzy dynamics he brings to this Dixie-Black Flag blitzkrieg makes you wish he would.