10 heavy metal bands that Erick Rowan has represented on WWE SmackDown Live

#9 Corrosion of Conformity

Corrosion of Conformity (also known as C.O.C.) is a heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The band started as a punk band in 1982 when the band members were in their teens and released some demos.

On their full-length releases, the band opted for a crossover/thrash oriented sound and later became a heavy metal band while incorporating elements of Southern rock and blues in their music.

The band has gone through many line-up changes with guitarist Woody Weatherman remaining as the sole original member. Weatherman, founding bassist Mike Dean, founding drummer Reed Mullin, and vocalist and rhythm guitarist Pepper Keenan are widely regarded as its original line-up.

The band currently consists of bassist Mike Dean, drummer Reed Mullin, lead guitarist Woody Weatherman, and guitarist Pepper Keenan. Their lyrical subject deals with themes of politics, society, and people.

Rowan wearing a T-shirt of the band on the June 18 episode of SmackDown Live.

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#10 Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is a death metal band from Buffalo, New York credited with being one of the most influential and commercially successful bands in the genre and helping put death metal in the mainstream music scene.

Formed in 1988 by bassist Alex Webster, and vocalist and lyricist Chris Barnes, who would leave the band in 1995 and go on to form another death metal band named Six Feet Under, the band has undergone many line-up changes and currently comprises of Alex Webster, drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, rhythm guitarist Rob Barrett, lead guitarist Pat O'Brien and vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher.

Alex Webster came up with the name for the band and describes a Cannibal Corpse as "an undead corpse that's going to eat you". Due to the grotesque nature of their album artworks which often depicts gory and NSFW scenes and lyrics that revolve around cannibalism, zombies horror fiction and torture, the band has often been banned from performing in several countries.

In the video, you can see Rowan wearing a t-shirt of the said band on the recent episode of SmackDown Live.