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Year of the Black Rainbow (Deluxe Version)

Coheed and Cambria

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Year of the Black Rainbow serves as a concluding prequel to The Armory Wars, both a comic-book saga and a five-volume conceptual album series birthed by Coheed and Cambria’s frontman Claudio Sanchez. But enthusiasm for the sci-fi workings of Sanchez’s fantastical chronicles is not a prerequisite to enjoying the monolithic music contained within. The instrumental “One” sets the stage with stark eye-of-the-storm atmospheres while tension subtly swells until “The Broken” bursts through the calm with chaotic aplomb as it throws the listener in the middle of an intergalactic battle. Coheed and Cambria narrate this war with dramatic and progressive rock underscored by drummer Chris Pennie’s unpredictable rhythms that approximate cannon blasts one moment and rapid artillery fire the next. The triumphant-sounding “Here We Are Juggernaut” gets anthemic in the ascending chorus as Sanchez’s singing soars skyward to combat the emotions and repercussions of his protagonist’s forbidden love.

Customer Reviews

Worst Album

This is not the Coheed I’ve come to love. I’ve been a fan since 2002. I absolutely loved every album, except this one. Where’s that melodic, creative style we’ve gotten addicted to? Claudio’s vocals are surprisingly and grossly out of tune on YOTBR. “The Broken” seems to be falling apart at the seams. And “Far,” which everyone seems to love, sounds like any other pop song, with a boy-band sort of melody. There aren’t multiple hooks and creative instrumentals on YOTBR. Each song is almost just Claudio yelling for a few minutes compared to Coheed’s previous albums. I know there are people who agree with me.
There is such thing as too much passion. I think Coheed has jammed too much passion into these songs to the point of sounding indulgent. When the intensity of a song is too high, its musicality suffers. That’s what’s happening to Coheed right now.

Great Album, Great Band

In a time of mediocre, skinny jean wearing, teen friendly pop, Coheed and Cambria shines and takes us all back to a time when music was creative and ground breaking. Do yourself a favor and treat your ears to the best rock group of the 2000's, and I'm not just a fanboy, this band is truly the best. Join us "among the fence."

WHERE IS THE EXCLUSIVE TRACK AND DIGITAL BOOKLET THAT EXPECTED IN THE PREORDER???

STUPID ITUNES STRIKES AGAIN!! even YESTERDAY it still showed the exclusive track and digital booklet in the list of stuff i would get with this album. but now for some reason, the exclusive track is gone, the digital booklet, the "making of" doc....ALL GONE??? REALLY ITUNES??? how about a HEADS UP??? honestly, i will never EVER preorder ANYTHING with itunes EVER AGAIN!!! not only did they cut 3 HUGE items from a preorder on their site, but they did it with MY FAVORITE BAND!!!! ITUNES.....SERIOUSLY??? WTH!!!

Biography

Formed: 2001 in Nyack, NY

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Although originally forming as a rock trio in 1995, New York's Coheed and Cambria officially took root in 2001, shedding their former name of Shabutie and embracing a fusion of progressive rock, emocore, and highly conceptual album themes. Vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez, guitarist Travis Stever, bassist Michael Todd, and drummer Joshua Eppard issued their group's full-length debut, 2002's The Second Stage Turbine Blade, on the Albany-based Equal Vision Records. The band toured extensively for...
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