corrosion of conformity is the eponymous titled eighth studio album by the american metal band corrosion of conformity, which was released on february 28, 2012, by candlelight records. it is corrosion of conformity's first album since "in the arms of god" (2005), their longest gap to date between studio albums. it is also the band's first album with reed mullin on drums since 2000's "america's volume dealer" and the first to not feature pepper keenan on vocals or guitar since 1987's "technocracy".