Coheed and Cambria Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe
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Confessed2005
March 15th 2025


7558 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Best album since their first three. Has a very good return to form.

twlight
March 15th 2025


10641 Comments


I would agree with that statement on first listen

gravityswitch
March 15th 2025


2445 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I would say best since Ascension

MyMentality
March 15th 2025


1766 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

NWFT is criminally underrated. I feel if they dropped that album today you folk would be gushing over it.

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

First half of NWFT is fantastic but it kind of peaks at feathers and fizzles out from there with a few more good moments for me. Running Free is one of their worst singles imo and the 2 non BSS singles from this dunk on it.

vult
March 15th 2025


3422 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Holy fuck I’m hyped to hear this

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Also saying YOTBR is better/has more highlights than Afterman is insane. It feels like people really didn't give those albums a proper go (I don't even really separate them in my mind I always listen back to back) and it took me a long time to give them a fair shake because I disliked the previous 2 so much but I think they're a lot better than even NWFT on the whole and just behind the first 3.

LOCKED IN PERPETUAL MO SHUN

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 15th 2025


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Last time I heard it Descension was mid but Ascension is awesome

osmark86
March 15th 2025


12576 Comments


Wait is this really that good? Kinda gave up on the new stuff a few years back

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Manage your expectations vs the hype for sure but I think this is a very solid execution of their newer sound and a great course correction from the last record.

Odal
Emeritus
March 15th 2025


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

I will stand ten toes down and say the hype is warranted.



I listened to both aftermans and vaxis I yesterday. I adore those records to no end, but I do think this is a step above.

RustCohle
March 15th 2025


444 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Why is this THAT good?

zakalwe
March 15th 2025


41927 Comments


Fucking abysmal

RadioNew03
March 15th 2025


211 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

WOW THIS IS IT !! Stunning record definitely, powerful emotional just everything about this record makes me smile and cry. Corner my Confidence had me on tears and Someone Who Can is everything I love about this band. Growing up with Coheed & Cambria since the beginning I knew they would evolve into what they are now.

5 out of 5

Nomos2
March 15th 2025


2132 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Whoah whoah whoah, it's post-2010 and Coheed released a good album? Cautiously optimistic...

LightAndGlass
March 15th 2025


1716 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm settling at a 3.5 right now but can see this growing to a 4 for me. I don't think it reaches the highs that Coheed is capable of but a few songs come close. I think V1 and V2 have some stronger highlights but lower lows. This is really consistent throughout without songs I want to skip (though One Last Miracle is borderline) but I think the verses of some of these songs are just kind of meh to me rather than keeping me engaged the entire time.



IKSSE:3 > SSTB = GA1 > Ascension > NWFT > V3 > V2 = V1 > YOTBR > Descension > TCBTS for me.

ShapeOfJizzToCum
March 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's def like a 3.75-3.8 yeah, largely because we've seen them do so much better.



Descension deserves to be higher for Pretelethal and Gravity's Union alone. The stronger tracks are on Asc for sure overall but I'm not rly getting the hate for the other half in comparison, I always pair them and never hit a point where I want to stop.



Otw not a bad ranking butI put SSTB=GA1>IKSSE these days. All 3 are pretty fantastic tho.

eames91
March 15th 2025


178 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

NWFT strong

WatchItExplode
March 15th 2025


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This starts strong out of the gates, I'll give it that

LightAndGlass
March 15th 2025


1716 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Can't go wrong with picking any of their first 3 as their best album. Gravity's Union has never done a lot for me as a song. I feel like I should like it more but I'm pretty lukewarm on it. Number City and Iron Fist were the only songs off Descension I really liked. The rest range from my most disliked songs by them to just eh. I try to return to it every once in a while to see if my opinions have changed but so far no luck.



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