Virginia Beach, VA – On a rainy Friday night, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Corrosion Of Conformity rocked Virginia Beach with support from Austin, Texas’ The Sword and Portland, Oregon’s Hippie Death Cult.
The night got off to a bad start when I arrived at Elevation 27 and Hippie Death Cult was playing. The tour manager pushed up the show a half hour and they started playing early at 7pm instead of 7:30pm. I showed up at 7:15 and by the time I got through security and checked in, I was able to catch the last song. I liked them a lot, I just wished I could have seen more. Here are a few photos I captured from the crowd:
SETLIST:
Arise
Squid
Grit, Blood & Bone
Toxic Annihilator
This was my first time seeing The Sword play live and I had no idea what to expect. While they sounded really good, a guy I hang out with at shows and I noticed that songs started sounding very similar to each other. The crowd didn’t seem to mind as they headbanged and created a brief playful circle pit.
SETLIST:
Celestial Crown
Barael’s Blade
Maiden, Mother & Crone
Night City
The Horned Goddess
Cloak of Feathers
Deadly Nightshade
Necron 99
Empty Temples
Born a Ghost
How Heavy This Axe
Seven Sisters
Lawless Lands
Freya
Winter’s Wolves
This was my third time seeing Corrosion Of Conformity live and all I can say is that they were on fire!!!!! I had never seen them this fired up and the crowd loved it!!!! Playing a set of songs that included six from their newest effort “Good God/Baad Man” to a song from 1991’s “Blind”, there was something for every Corrosion Of Conformity fan. At one point Pepper yelled to the lighting technician to turn off the white lights because he felt like he was being arrested, or words to that effect. I thought it was funny as Hell. Good Times.
SETLIST:
Asleep on the Killing Floor
My Grain
The Handler
Seven Days
You or Me
Gimme Some Moore
Diablo Blvd.
Shake Like You
13 Angels
Baad Man
Who’s Got the Fire
Lose Yourself
Vote With a Bullet
Albatross
Clean My Wounds
The tour runs through November 19th with the last stop at the Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola, Florida.
Show Date: 11.06.2026
