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If you are a long time Coheed And Cambria fan you
will know that the band have released three albums
previously and that they are progressive concept
albums that tell a huge sci-fi story featuring main
characters. Coheed and Cambria which if you didn’t
know by now is what the bands name is all about,
anyway the band have just realised their fourth
studio album 'No World For Tomorrow' which happens
to be the conclusion of the Coheed And Cambria story.
Coheed And Cambria have done musically what George
Lucas did visually with Star Wars and made a concept
story that runs across four albums with each album
taking a couple of years in between to be released.
'No World For Tomorrow' sees Coheed And Cambria
working with a new line up as the bands full time
drummer Josh Eppard left the band in the summer
of 2006 and the band have now taken on ex-Dillinger
Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie but sadly he couldn’t
appear on the album due to previous contract issues
so the drumming on 'No World For Tomorrow' is that
of Foo Fighters sticks man Taylor Hawkins and his
drumming surely stands out.
The band seem to progress their sound further and
better with the release of every album and with
'No World For Tomorrow' they have totally done that
and created the album of their career so far. The
album opens up with a soft acoustic guitar introduction
on 'The Reaping' with Claudio Sanchez's soft-spoken
vocals running throughout. Title track 'No World
For Tomorrow' opens up with some hard hitting guitar
riffs and the chorus is a catchy sing a long affair
just like you would expect from Coheed And Cambria,
the guitar riffs throughout the song are hard and
heavy. 'The Hound (Of Blood And Rank) opens up with
some strange synth sounds, the song quickly builds
up and before you know it Claudio's singing his
heart out during the outstanding chorus, the guitar
solo is spot on and quite eerie sounding.
The first song on the album that reminds me of older
Coheed And Cambria material is 'Feathers' the song
is a really poppy sounding sing a long song that
you will find your self listening to again and again
and enjoying every single moment of it with the
sing a long chorus with lyrics such as "Right
now, hide your feathers on the back porch baby,
he’s coming home for, you've been such a liar".
I’m sure most people would of heard 'The Running
Free' by now as the band posted it on their myspace
a few months before the album was released and is
the first single to be taken from 'No World For
Tomorrow' the song has a long winded opening riff
and Claudio's vocals sound more poppy than on most
of the album with a really catchy chorus, the song
has squealy sounding guitars and is the perfect
radio friendly song to be released as the lead single
for the album.
Songs like 'Mother Superior' really do show how
talented Coheed And Cambria are, after the first
couple of listens I really didn’t notice how
good the song was but now I can’t stop listening
to the song as it has really grown on me. The song
is quite a laid back song that features pianos,
violins, really laid back electric guitars and some
really beautiful vocals from frontman Claudio Sanchez.
The song runs for well over 6 minutes which is well
welcomed.
The rockiest song on the album is 'Gravemakers And
Gunslingers'. The song starts off with some heavy
guitar riffs before going into a quick guitar solo
with many more to follow throughout the song, Claudio's
vocals sounding darker and quicker than ever and
the lyrics are some of the best lyrics from the
whole album.
The album finishes with 'The End Complete' which
is a song that is broken down into 5 tracks, the
first of the five tracks is '1 - The Fall Of House
Atlantic' which is an epic sounding instrumental
track that takes you into 'II - Radio Bye Bye' which
is a song that is full of huge guitar riffs and
poppy sounding vocals giving the song a heavy yet
poppy mixed feel. 'III - The End Complete' is an
8minute long song and is very epic sounding with
a lot going on and changes from heaviness to mellowness
in no time at all. 'IV - The Road And The Damned'
sounds quite like a ballad and is a huge step away
from the sound that Coheed And Cambria are known
for but they seem to pull the sound off really well.
'V - On The Brink' is the final part of The End
Complete and also the final moment of the album,
the song has a slow and soft and instrumentally
everything is quite laid back until the stunning
outro, which ends with some stunning violin work.
'No World For Tomorrow' is such an accessible album
that you will get well into after the first listen
but at the same time it’s one of those albums
that you will get more out of the more you listen
to it and you will find that your favourite track
of the album will change after every listen due
to other songs growing on you, and that’s
just what happened to me when I first heard 'Mother
Superior' I wasn’t impressed at all and now
it’s one of my favourite tracks on the album.
Overall 'No World For Tomorrow' is musically, lyrically
and vocally outstanding, the album is the best work
Coheed And Cambria have created to date and is without
a doubt the best album I have heard this year and
I doubt anything is going to beat it with the 7
weeks we have left this year.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Claudio Sanchez (Vocals, Guitar,
Keys And Synths)
Travis Stever
(Guitar And Backing Vocals)
Michael
Todd (Bass)
Chris Pennie
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The Reaping
2. No World For Tomorrow
3. The Hound (Of BLood And Rank)
04. Feathers
05. The Running Free
06. Mother Superior
07. Gravemakers And Gunslingers
08. Justice In Murder
The End Complete
09. I - The Fall Of House Atlantic
10. II - Radio Bye Bye
11. III - The End Complete
12. IV - The Road And The Damned
13. V - On The Brink |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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