Korrozia Metalla was founded in 1984 in Moscow, USSR by bass guitarist Sergey Troitsky, better known under stage name Pauk (Spider). All other members of the band have also taken stage names: Boar (Sergey Vysokosov) - guitars, Schizophrenic - vocals, Crutch (Roman Lebedev) - guitars, Sucks (Vadim Mikhailov) - bass guitar, Morgue - drums. The band's first live show was illegally carried out in an appartement house basement. Annoyed by their noise, the neighbours called for police, which forced Korrozia to leave the stage.
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, Corporation of Heavy Rock (КТР in russian abbreviature). 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).
During Perestroika, censorship was lifted, and Korrozia soon became notorious for lyrics and imagiery that, although consistent with western death metal 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" imagiery. Similarly, the band's lyrics consisted of black humour, describing violence, bloodshed and sodomy. Korrozia Metalla albums were named Cannibal (1990) or Sadism (1992), and their 'trademark' songs include such tittles as Vampire Tank, AIDS, Eat Alive, Dead Rasputin.
Since 1993 Pauk eventually fired all the original lineup and gradually shifted to right-wing ultranationalist lyrics, similar to that of Oi! and White Power bands. During the promotional tour for Computer Hitler album, Korrozia even employed a Hitler impersonator for their live shows. Pauk again indicated his interest in politics when nominated himself for mayor of Moscow. Currently he runs grindcore side project Anal Nosorog.
Korrozia's songs were covered by the number of artists. The band's best known song, Russian vodka, was covered by Koldbrann and Aggressor.
The band's lyrics contain a lot of abuse and references to violence, satanism, sex, alcohol, and, in the recent years, neo-Nazism. In recent years their music style changed to thrash metal with grindcore, punk and industrial influences.
Later, in second half of 00's the Spider changed the band's style to previous. For example, Война миров (The War of Worlds) and 666 like albums show less nationalist and more thrash and humorous, like in 80-90's.
Russian Vodka
КОРРОЗИЯ МЕТАЛЛА Lyrics
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Вместе с Сатаной выпей за меня!
Эй, ты! Зверю дай
Водки, чтоб взорвали рай!
Выпускай торпеду - бешеный мотор
Водка - это порох, Сатаны топор!
Эй, ты! Зверю дай
Водки, чтоб взорвали рай!
Русской водкой нас встречай,
Водка - дьявол,
Водки дай!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Водки дай!
Батарея смерти, рэкет гробовой,
Поджигайте школу огненной водой!
/Припев/
Батарея смерти, рэкет гробовой
Поджигайте школу огненной водой
Эй, ты! Зверю дай
Водки, чтоб взорвали рай!
Русской водкой нас встречай,
Водка - дьявол,
Водки дай!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Водки дай!
/Припев/
Батарея смерти, рэкет гробовой
Поджигайте школу огненной водой
Эй, ты! Зверю дай
Водки, чтоб взорвали рай!
Русской водкой нас встречай,
Водка - дьявол,
Водки дай!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Водки дай!
- Толик, дай деньги!
- Але, касса
The lyrics to Коррозия Металла's song "Russian Vodka" are about the love and dependence on Russian vodka. The first two lines of the song, "Fill the glass with fire water, Drink for me with Satan!" express the desire to turn to alcohol as a coping mechanism. The singer urges someone to give him alcohol so that the "motor" of his body can become wild and explosive. The lyrics suggest that Russian vodka is almost like a weapon or a tool, that can be used to ignite a destructive and powerful force.
The chorus repeats the words "Russian Vodka" over and over, emphasizing the importance and central role of alcohol in Russian culture. The line "Meet us with Russian vodka, vodka is the devil" indicates that the desire for alcohol is so strong that it almost feels like it is taking over and leading the way. The lyrics contain a sense of rebellion and defiance towards authority as they urge the audience to "set fire to school with fire water." The song carries a tone of chaos and madness, as the lyrics seem to be celebrating the destructive power of alcohol.
Line by Line Meaning
Огненной водой наполняй стакан,
Fill the glass with fiery water,
Вместе с Сатаной выпей за меня!
Drink with Satan for me!
Эй, ты! Зверю дай Водки, чтоб взорвали рай!
Hey, you! Give the beast vodka, so that they can explode paradise!
Выпускай торпеду - бешеный мотор
Launch the torpedo - a furious engine
Водка - это порох, Сатаны топор!
Vodka is gunpowder, Satan's ax!
Русской водкой нас встречай,
Greet us with Russian vodka,
Водка - дьявол,
Vodka - devil,
Водки дай!
Give us vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Russian vodka!
Водки дай!
Give us vodka!
Батарея смерти, рэкет гробовой,
Battery of death, coffin racket,
Поджигайте школу огненной водой!
Set the school on fire with fiery water!
/Припев/
Chorus
Толик, дай деньги!
Tolik, give money!
Але, касса
Hello, cashier
Writer(s): троицкий с.е
Contributed by Nicholas R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.