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Ocean Springs, Mississippi

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Corrosion of Conformity, Black Label Society, Eyehategod @HOB

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Words and Photos by Canonblue Lalley

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The night before Black Label Society, Eyehategod and Corrosion of Conformity were set to take the stage at the House of Blues in New Orleans, a massive winter storm debilitated the entire south east. 

The entire city of New Orleans shut itself down, and fans awaited anxiously to hear news on the show, refunds, or a possible postponement. In true metal fashion, BLS and CoC would have none of it, and the show went on as scheduled. And what a show it was!

After some car trouble causing Eyehategod to take the stage a little late, the HoB quickly filled with metal heads of all ages and walks of life. There were your classic stoner metal heads, hard battened patch wearing metal heads and lines of millennial metal heads congregating near the stage to witness the greatness.

Corrosion of Conformity took the stage with classic favorites as well as a few off of their newly released album, "No Cross No Crown" and the entire energy in the room was electric. The slow, heavy opening strums to "Albatross" rang out and the entire House of Blues lost it's collective mind.  It's easy to see why after almost three decades, CoC is relevant and still bringing the heavy. They interacted with fans, going as far as to sit inside the barricade to play into the crowd, tossing out picks at every opportunity, and just connecting with their audience. 

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Black Label Society kicked off the night with heavy riffs and screaming solos. Zakk Wylde's iconic blonde main of glory head banged in unison with the crowd, who were close to coming over  the barricade. Zakk decided that he didn't much care for the barricade either, and jumped it in the same manner of CoC. He played an acoustic set up close and personal, with BLS fans screaming and clamoring to be near him. 

The entire set was amazing, and it was definitely worth the near death experience of driving through shut down roads. BLS, and CoC brought warmth and metal to the city of New Orleans on the coldest day of the year.