Coheed and Cambria Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe
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BigTuna
March 15th 2025


5998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the opener is Coheed doing Sufjan

MyMentality
March 15th 2025


1766 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That average is insane! If I'm being completely honest, I can see this sitting at a 3.7 in time.

GreyShadow
March 15th 2025


8068 Comments


Vaxis I is better but i liked this a lot. The Continuum was a very nice surprise

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Having nothing better to do than troll threads of bands you don't like while also touting led zeppelin and thinking you have something to say about being cool. thumbsup.jpg



Also where is autotune egregiously used on this album anywhere?



Also this is so much better than Vaxis 1 lmao, V1 was fine and I thought it was certainly decent enough for them to be doing this far into their career but this dunks on it in almost every way, aside from having nothing as classic epic Coheed as the Dark Sentencer, V1 is absolutely packed with songs that go no where and have no idea how to end, this is so much more tightly written and a very good slight return to form while keeping on the trajectory they've started with this album cycle.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 15th 2025


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hey man, Vaxis 1 is like, proooob 5th or 6th best Coheed (gotta consider where this slots in still). It's cheesy and also kind of too long, but a solid 4/5 regardless

JohnnyoftheWell
March 15th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

V1 had a ton of cute dorky bangers



A STALE SIDE DOUBLE FEATURE

SO BAD I COULDN'T EATCHA

bowlermicah
March 15th 2025


278 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

V1’s songs were all fine individually, but also generally too long. Too many songs that were 5+ minutes should’ve been in the 3-4 minute range, and it made the album really drag on.

Sowing
Moderator
March 15th 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I didn't even know this was out. I loved the last two Coheed albums, can't wait to jam this.

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

V1 has tons of great shit there was just a lot holding it back from being amazing on the whole.



That intro into the riff on Toys is a fav Coheed moment.

ShadowOfTheCitadel
March 15th 2025


567 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Best album of the trilogy due to the geets, but I'm hoping this is it for this part of the project.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 15th 2025


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

bowl - Yeah, the run time is fs the album's greatest detriment—there are some really great tracks though. Dark Sentencer, Unheavenly Creatures, Queen of the Dark, Pavilion, Love Protocol, The Gutter, and It Walks Among Us - all awesome

Odal
Emeritus
March 15th 2025


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

The Gutter-Old Flames is a suite in all but name imo and ends the album with a lot of force. Kind of a shame that Thank Your Lucky Stars is just empty calories.



There’s two Vaxis records planned, and it’s kinda interesting that each one has ended on extremely hokey (in a good way) notes if you treat Old Flames as the last song on V1

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The Gutter and Rise Naianasha occupy a similar space for me on each of those albums and I enjoy both immensely.



But yeah Old Flames is a great lil slapper and Lucky Stars is a wet fart.

Also wish we'd get more stuff like that vocoder part on Nighttime Walkers

DadKungFu
Emeritus
March 15th 2025


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Folks are glazing but this is still the best they've sounded in years

WatchItExplode
March 15th 2025


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Come on people... there's few bands I love more but you really gotta be huffing the nostalgia gas to give this excellent marks

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 15th 2025


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Gonna make a list ranking every Coheed song, I think

WalrusTusk
March 15th 2025


2022 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh man I actually like "Lucky Stars". After the bombast of the ending, it's a nice little "hidden track" in a world where hidden tracks no longer exist.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 15th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This was a raise on Vaxis 2 and not much else tbh - sounds so polished and without any of the roof-raising highs even the weakest Coheed albums dish out. Glad they haven't completely dropped the ball, but the chat about this being their best since Good Apollo is absolutely wild

bowlermicah
March 15th 2025


278 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Night-Time Walkers is big time underrated. Actually the whole run from Love Protocol to It Walks Among Us is pretty awesome.

WatchItExplode
March 15th 2025


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Fucking Coheed paté



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