Album Rating: 3.5

I loved listening to Coheed for the lyrics early on. Claudio's cryptic, poetic stuff was awesome, especially in songs like Three Evils ("slowly discarded were the remains of his lonely youth") and Delirium Trigger.

I wish I liked this album more but I actually think I've grown off it a bit on my limited returns. It doesn't come anywhere close to their first 3 releases, nor Ascension for me.

If you all haven't checked it out yet, you should watch Claudio's 2 hour Hardlore interview. He's such an interesting dude with and gives some really cool nuggets of info that he'd never told before.

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm not getting much Coheed out of Astronoid but I think they're pretty good. Instrumentally they're way different and I guess the vocals are similar in some ways but they're kind of flat/emotionless. I think it mostly works for their sound but Claudio's always had a ton of personality in his delivery.



There's a band called Session 606 that released an EP called Rebirth back in 2012 that reminded me a decent bit of Coheed. They're sort of like if Year of the Black Rainbow was way catchier and a little darker in tone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPiNeMsjuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmaUUsI818Q

Album Rating: 4.5

I do miss Claudio's more obscure lyrics as well. Don't think we'll ever get back to that stage but oh well.



Four out of my five Spotify wrapped songs were from this album so that probably tells you everything you need to know about how much I've loved it.



I haven't listened to the Hardlore interview but I would probably dig it. There was an interview of his I found on youtube one drunken night (it was LONG so i think it might have been the one attached to the Neverender DVD) in which he breaks down everything from the band lore to his own process. I loved it but haven't watched it in probably a decade. If you like Coheed, that's the one to check for sure.

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm sure I've seen it since I have the Neverender box set and part of me feels like The Afterman might've come with a documentary style thing too? I could be wrong.

My favorite thing Claudio shared on Hardlore was that the Blood Red Summer riff with "Jesse, bad boy / Just come look at what your brother did..." from the bridge of The Willing Well III was originally in Everything Evil and I think it was how the song was going to end but he scrapped it for the ending we all know and love now. However, that bit was in his mind for years so he turned it into Blood Red Summer and The Telling Truth.

Album Rating: 4.5

Well the Jesse stuff is still in Everything Evil, it's just not the ending right?



Also, the fact that IRO-BOT isn't on the actual album is a damn crime. Coheed has the best/worst track record of writing amazing demos that they don't actually produce.

"Random Reality Shifts"

"Chamberlain"

"The Lost Sheppard"

"Homecoming"

Are some of their best tracks. If I ever win the lottery, I will pay them to go back into the studio and actually produce some of those.

Album Rating: 5.0

I agree. The Black Rainbow demos easily top most of the final album tracks (besides The Broken, Far and Skeletons, which are sweet). Finished The Afterman demos would be interesting but if they touched Carol Ann, I think it'd better be left acoustic. The current version works beautifully.



Going off on a tangent now, but I found Vaxis III demos uploaded on YT some day, and... well, they sound rough as sand but that has its charm. Plus the vocals aren't messed up by effects, which is cool. I love how unintelligible Sonny is in there.



https://youtu.be/CykOrQH6kA0?si=SYX1leRj5jAaiZaF

Album Rating: 3.5

The Jesse thing is sort of in there but it's sung completely differently and with slightly different lyrics.

IRO-bot is on the album but it's a hidden track, which is annoying.

My favorite Coheed demo ever has to be the Al the Killer acoustic one. I used to play the intro bit all the time when I was first learning guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPRrAsuWjA

Album Rating: 4.5

Number 1 most listened to album this year. This was just such a nice comfy listen. It wasn't mind-blowing, it wasn't necessarily unique, it was just good rock tunes with some massive stadium choruses.

Album Rating: 4.0

Same for me!

Album Rating: 5.0

Same. In terms of listens it's rivalled by the latest Allegaeon, Beach Bunny and Katatonia, but it's way superior to each (excluding vocal production, in this respect they all suck equally).

Album Rating: 4.5

This album dominated my wrapped. Normally I have one or two songs from an album, but this year there were four from this bad boy. When Coheed hits for me, it really hits.

Album Rating: 4.0

title track appeared on mine

Album Rating: 3.5

This was my number 2 on the year (though I don't totally believe that because Spotify seemed to have borked all kinds of stuff for me). The title track was my #4 song though.

Album Rating: 4.0

first leg of this is all time coheed