Corrosia Metalla

Korrozia Metalla
The «Gold» lineup of Korrozia Metalla: Spider, Boar, Lizard, Crutch (from left to right, 1989-1995)
Background information
Origin	Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal (1982-1986) Speed metal, thrash metal, heavy metal (1987-1990) Industrial metal, crossover thrash, Rock Against Communism, death metal (1991-1995) Punk, oi!, crossover thrash, grindcore (1996-present time)
Years active	1982-2016
Labels	KTR, SNC, RiTonis, Moroz, Sony DADC Austria
Associated acts	Block Four, Anal Nosorog
Website	http://www.korroziametalla.ru
Members	Sergey "Spider" Troitsky Dmitry Ginkul Alexander "Stalin" Vladislav Tsarkov Alexandra Karaseva Alexander Skvortsov
Past members	Sergey "Boar" Vysokosov Roman "Crutch" Lebedev Alexander "Lizard" Bondarenko Andrey Shatunovsky Max "Python" Trefan Alexander Solomatin Vasily "Mole" Kasurov Konstantin "Kostya" Lepatov Maxim "Max with Screw-Bolt" Layko

Korrozia Metalla (Коррозия Металла, [kɐˈrozijɐ mʲɪˈtalɐ], Russian for "Corrosion of metal",) was a Russian (formerly Soviet) thrash metal band led by Sergey "Pauk" Troitsky. It is best known for black humour lyrics and provocative public performances.

Korrozia was founded in 1984 in Moscow by bass guitarist Sergey Troitsky, better known under stage name Pauk (Russian for "spider"). All other members of the band have also taken stage names: Boar (Sergey Vysokosov) - guitars, Schizophrenic - vocals, Clutch (Roman Lebedev) - guitars, Saxon (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 Korrozia to leave the stage. Shortly after this incident, they released their first single, a six-song cassette titled Vlast zla (The Power of Evil). The master tapes were lost, but the single kept circulating and eventually a high-quality second generation dub was given to Troitsky in 2001.

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, Hard Rock Corporation (HRC, Korporatsia Tyazhologo Roka, KTR, or КТР in Cyrillic). 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.

In late Soviet years, censorship was lifted, and Korrozia became notorious for lyrics and imagery that, although consistent with western shock rock 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 and strong language, describing violence, supernatural and sex. Korrozia Metalla albums were named Cannibal (1990) or Sadism (1992), and their 'trademark' songs include such titles as Vampire's Panzer , AIDS, Eat in the Flesh, Dead Rasputin.