This is interesting, because it turns out that The Unheavenly Creatures pulls back from the mild sonic experimentation of The Color Before the Sun and drills down into exactly what makes Coheed and Cambria work best as a band.

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Virtually all the outings in the Amory Wars saga are noteworthy, but here Coheed and Cambria sound rejuvenated.

Now as much as I liked The Color Before the Sun, Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures: The Prequel [UPDATED] [COLOURISED] is the band back on their shit because they recall the advantage in being utterly ridiculous; voice acting straight out of Halo has given way to an eight-minute guitar workout before you've barely registered how awfully good the cover art is.

Fans of the band’s more proggy soundscapes will also doubtless be pleased that the return of the narrative structure has led to some of the more complex elements of Coheed’s sound reappearing.

It cements how relevant, idiosyncratic, and cherishable Coheed and Cambria remains.

If the elements at play feel pretty familiar for Coheed and Cambria, there's a fresh energy imbued in these songs to keep it all feeling lively.

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ZachLlor

Best Coheed album in a while, that's for sure. One of my favorite albums this year, too.

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C&C brings us back to the “Amory Wars” storyline on “The Unheavenly Creatures”. The bizarre romance plot is interesting and the riffs, hooks and vocals from Claudio Sanchez are all pleasing to the ears as usual. But there’s only so much you can do when you’ve been repeating the same formula for over 16 years and at 79 minutes, this is the band’s most bloated record to date.

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Rock powerhouse Coheed and Cambria return to the Amory Wars saga with The Unheavenly Creatures.

Coheed and Cambria have been a band for a pretty long while now. Since ’95, originally under the name Shabutie. In 2000, Shabutie was now Coheed and Cambria, releasing songs based on lead vocalist and guitarist Claudio Sanchez’s science fiction comics. It doesn’t get more nerdy and prog than that. They released The Second Stage Turbine Blade in 2002, followed by In Keeping Secrets ... read more

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