With bassist Michael Todd and drummer Josh Eppard leaving the band mid-tour, things were looking a little hazy for Coheed & Cambria. After enjoying the success and massive buzz of their previous albums ‘The Second Stage Turbine Blade’ (February 2002), ‘In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3′ (October 2003), ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness’ (September 2005) - the band was in a precarious position as it was about to begin work on the ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow’ album. But as luck would have it, bassist Todd returned to the fold and former Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie took over the drummer’s stool. Due to contractual obligations Pennie was not able to play on the album but Foo Fighters’ skinsman Taylor Hawkins appears in his place. Coheed & Cambria play a complex but infectious brand of Progressive Rock that is simply littered with melodic hooks and harmonies that leave you wanting more after each and every listen. Couple all this with some classic guitar riffing and lead crooner Claudio Sanchez’s high pitch Geddy Lee-esque vocals and you end up with (yet another) amazing Coheed & Cambria album! Yet amongst all the prog-rock craziness, there are some brilliant pop moments as these guys have an uncanny knack of writing what is catchy and memorable all at once. Standout tracks for me right now are ‘The Running Free’ and title track ‘No World For Tomorrow’. Bottom line, it’s a Coheed & Cambria album and with that in mind, you are guaranteed a multitude of glorious melodies, serious riffage and the continual nerd-nirvana of the three album space-rock-opera that has even made it onto the pages of a comic book! Geek bliss!
i never got coheed and cambria. i bought one of their albums a while ago because people were raving about how good they were, but i honestly thought it was one of the worst cd’s i’d ever purchased. i can’t remember what the album was, i think i listened to it twice and it’s now sitting in a pile discarded, right next to my ‘deep blue something’ album.
I hear ya! They honestly take a few listens before you can really get into them. First time I heard them I was like “Ech!” but on subsequent listens - they grew on me… big time! Claudio’s unique singing style takes some getting used to - but if you are a fan of Mars Volta et al, then you could quite easily get into Coheed, who of course, wipe the floor with the Volta!
The new album is awesome. JR is right. Coheed and Cambria grows on you. I had to listen a few times. But, I am a life long Rush fan and Coheed and Cambria are similar. I have all of the Coheed albums and “No World for Tomorrow” is right up there with the other albums. The albums have an interesting story arc that unites all of them.
wtf are you all talking about!
coheed is fkn amazing!
they dont grow onto you!
their fkn great from the first time you listen!
i swear, sometimes as i listen to thie albums, im just there, thinking of a word to describe their awsommness, buh their isnt!
i dont beleive there is a word that can describe their greatness, buh for now, their are definitly fkn orgasmic :]
yes, the new CD is fkn uhhhhhhhhhh
ha luff it (:
i just wish you ould come to montreal..
just, withought fkn linkin park. :/
coheed and cambria rock. everything about them is unique and they have so much skill and talent. the lyrics are very good and alot of their songs actually mean something. your a fuckhead if you dont like them and think they are shit because you obviously dont know music at all. you have to listen carefully and pick up on eveyrthing to get into them.
coheed for life
chow
Well, what can I say…ure dead on man… and this band deserves respect for there work. Even without the comicbook-story, this is a real and honest way for CS and crew the get something said about the world of today…RESPECT!!!
This is what music is all about, telling something and making u feel…so feel it!
Cant wait until april 9:th when they come to Stockholm, Sweden, Ill be there!!!
Hey JR, are you off to see them at Billboards?