{"id":13503,"date":"2012-11-14T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T23:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=13503"},"modified":"2012-11-14T10:22:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T23:22:46","slug":"coheed-and-cambria-the-afterman-ascension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/11\/coheed-and-cambria-the-afterman-ascension\/","title":{"rendered":"Coheed and Cambria \u2013 The Afterman, Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 25 words or less: \u00a0“This album sees the band at perhaps their most musically accessible.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Coheed and Cambria are one of those bands that I\u2019ve just never gotten into, more so to do with the \u201cconcept album\u201d attachment to each of their releases, rather than necessarily not finding anything to like in a musical sense, although in saying that, 3 minute rock songs are generally what I can be found listening to most days of the week!\u00a0 On their 6th<\/sup> album, The Afterman: Ascension, <\/em>the band have embarked on a double concept album, with the follow up The Afterman: Descension <\/em>to be released in February 2013.\u00a0 The concept behind these albums I shall refrain from trying to explain, but essentially, it all seemingly ties into The Armory Wars, <\/em>which has encompassed all of the bands previous releases. \u00a0As with all Coheed albums, this one comes with much more than just a shiny disc, there\u2019s the artwork, the lyrics, the video clip, a deluxe version with a hard cover coffee table book\u2026and of course the soon to be released Part 2.<\/p>\n

This album sees the band at perhaps their most musically accessible.\u00a0 Whilst the strong prog rock and experimental sounds of the past are here in spades, there\u2019s definitely much here to be enjoyed in just a pure song sense for those like myself, who may attempt to digest this album in the absence of the concept.\u00a0 Key Entity Extration 1: Domino The Destitute <\/em>certainly typifies the elaborate, expansive and complex style of song arrangements for which Coheed are renowned.\u00a0 The Afterman <\/em>totally backs away the guitars and is a dreamy, atmospheric 3 minute dose of futuristic pop.\u00a0 Mothers Of Men<\/em> with it\u2019s simplistic, but addictive guitar riff is a slab of straight ahead hard rock, whilst all I have to say about Goodnight, Fair Lady <\/em>is that Claudio Sanchez must have been listening to a hell of a lot of Thin Lizzy the day he wrote this track, even the vocal delivery has Phil Lynott stamped all over it.\u00a0 The triple play of Key Entity Extraction II, III <\/em>and IV, <\/em>traverses through styles of menacing industrial metal, some My Chemical Romance styled anthemic rock, plenty of scorching guitar work, pounding rhythms from returned drummer Josh Eppard and new bass player Zach Cooper, before ending all souful, soothing and jazzy.<\/p>\n

If like me, you haven\u2019t yet jumped onto the Coheed and Cambria spaceship with any of their past releases, then I don\u2019t think this album is going to offer anything that hasn\u2019t convinced you previously.\u00a0 But for the Coheed fans out there, I\u2019m sure this album and all of it\u2019s accompaniments are being devoured with as much vigour as past releases?<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

For fans of:<\/strong> Coheed And Cambria<\/p>\n

Release Date:<\/strong> October 12th<\/sup>, 2012<\/p>\n

Producer:<\/strong> Coheed and Cambria with Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong> Everything Evil Records\/V2 Music Ltd<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.coheedandcambria.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track listing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Hollow
\n2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key Entity Extraction I: Domino The Destitute
\n3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Afterman
\n4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mothers Of Men
\n5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodnight, Fair Lady
\n6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key Entity Extraction II: Holly Wood The Cracked
\n7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key Entity Extraction III: Vic The Butcher
\n8. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key Entity Extraction IV: Evagria The Faithful
\n9. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subtraction<\/p>\n\n

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