In the Arms of God

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In the Arms of God
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Studio album by
Corrosion of Conformity
ReleasedApril 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)
RecordedJuly 9 – December 8, 2004
Genre
Length64:27
Label Sanctuary
Producer Corrosion of Conformity
John Custer
Corrosion of Conformity chronology
Live Volume
(2001)		In the Arms of God
(2005)		Your Tomorrow Parts 1 & 2
(2010)

In the Arms of God is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Corrosion of Conformity, released on April 5, 2005. It is the only album of the band to not feature drummer Reed Mullin and the last to feature Pepper Keenan on vocals and guitar until 2018's No Cross No Crown ; although he rejoined the band in 2014. Stanton Moore of the band Galactic played drums on this album.

Contents

An early version of "It Is That Way" had appeared in 2004 on the compilation "High Volume - The Stoner Rock Collection". [1]

An early version of "World on Fire" had appeared in 2000 on the japanese edition of America's Volume Dealer. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blabbermouth.net 10/10 [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [5]
PopMatters 8/10 [6]
Rock Hard 8/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

In 2005, In the Arms of God was ranked number 330 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [9]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Pepper Keenan except "Infinite War", co-written with Mike Dean. All music written by Dean, Keenan, and Woody Weatherman unless noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Stone Breaker" 5:16
2."Paranoid Opioid" 6:30
3."It Is That Way"Dean, Keenan, Weatherman, Stanton Moore, Merrit Partridge5:17
4."Dirty Hands Empty Pockets / Already Gone" 4:51
5."Rise River Rise"Dean, Keenan, Weatherman, John Custer 5:06
6."Never Turns to More" 8:15
7."Infinite War" 3:46
8."So Much Left Behind" 5:18
9."The Backslider" 6:29
10."World on Fire"Dean, Keenan, Weatherman, Moore, Custer, Reed Mullin 4:01
11."Crown of Thorns"Dean, Keenan, Weatherman, Custer2:33
12."In the Arms of God" 6:55
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Jaguar"2:49

Personnel

Corrosion of Conformity

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2005)Position
Billboard 200 108 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Various - High Volume The Stoner Rock Collection". Discogs .
  2. ↑ "Corrosion Of Conformity - Americas Volume Dealer". Discogs .
  3. ↑ "In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Alisoglu, Scott. "In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 90. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
  6. ↑ Begrand, Adrien (April 5, 2005). "Corrosion of Conformity: In the Arms of God". PopMatters . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
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  8. ↑ Fricke, David (April 7, 2005). "Big Rock". Rolling Stone . No. 971. p. 72.
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