Coheed And Cambria-Year Of The Black Rainbow-(DE)-2010-SiRE

Artist: Coheed And Cambria

Title: Year Of The Black Rainbow

Label: Columbia

Genre: Progressive Rock

Bitrate: 209kbit av.

Time: 01:02:25

Size: 98.18 mb

Rip Date: 2010-04-08

Str Date: 2010-04-13



01. One 1:54

02. The Broken 3:53

03. Guns Of Summer 4:47

04. Here We Are Juggernaut 3:44

05. Far 4:53

06. This Shattered Symphony 4:25

07. World Of Lines 3:17

08. Made Out Of Nothing (All That I Am) 4:39

09. Pearl Of The Stars 5:04

10. In The Flame Of Error 5:27

11. When Skeletons Live 4:17

12. The Black Rainbow 7:35

13. Chamberlain (Demo) (Bonus Track) 4:21

14. The Lost Shepherd (Demo) (Bonus Track) 4:09



Release Notes:



So, in the process of writing this review, I wrote at least 4 different

introductory paragraphs TRYING to come up with something epic enough to

represent how incredibly badass Year of the Black Rainbow is, but the

best I came up with was an image of Claudio Sanchez holding up a

machine gun guitar and blasting apart Nazis that may have been zombies.

Seeing as how I am not a skilled enough artist/photoshopper to actually

put this mind-blowing picture together, this could very well be totally

worthless. However, all is not lost: just imagine that picture in your

head, and youÆll find a pretty good place to rest your thoughts as to

how Year of the Black Rainbow sounds.



In all honesty, you can also find a pretty easy sketch of the album by

thinking back to his solo project, The Prize Fighter Inferno. A lot

will be made of the albumÆs more electronic/industrial sound being

caused by Chris PennieÆs input, but a lot of the sounds can be traced

back pretty definitively to that side projects sound. In A+ B = C

terms, itÆs In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 plus My BrotherÆs

Blood Machine. For fans of the hair-metal of No World For Tomorrow and

who were expecting even more bombastic arena-filling riffs and

choruses, this may come as a slight disappointment. To older fans of

Coheedàwell, at least there isnÆt a song like ôJustice in Murderö here.

The shift to a more pop-industrial sound is probably going to be just

as controversial as either of the Good ApolloÆs shifts in sound.



For fans who just love Coheed or newcomers though, it really isnÆt any

sort of deal. The album kicks off with the duo of ôThe Brokenö and

ôGuns of Summerö which in their own ways display the new sides to the

band. ôThe Brokenö features the penchant Coheed still has for writing

epic, off kilter metal songs. The transition from the groove-metal

verse to the almost post rock atmosphere of the chorus is sublime, and

the weird ôblah blah blahö after the chorus add some flair to the whole

affair. Meanwhile, ôGuns of Summerö is easily the craziest sounding

song theyÆve ever written, and a point where you could absolutely say

Chris Pennie definitely helped out in a big way. The song constantly

shifts between mathy-rock and soaring choruses, but it never sounds

forced, something Coheed have had problems with in the past.



And thatÆs how much of the album progresses. ôFarö is a dreamy

electronic ballad that conquers its cheesiness by sublimely changing

its tones, even if its goes on a bit too long still. ôThis Shattered

Symphony/World of Linesö bring back some of that NWFT sound, but

without all the stupid guitar solos and voice modulation. ôThe Black

Rainbowö is an incredibly odd closer, eschewing the previous standards

set for Coheed epics and simply progressing through a macabre, melodic

first couples minutes till the concluding wails of ôitÆs over, itÆs all

fallen apartàö, never exploding into some great climax but instead

transitioning perfectly into what would be the next chapter in the

ÆstoryÆ of Coheed & Cambria.



ThereÆs a lot of goodness to be found here (with only a brief mention,

ôHere We Are Juggernautös chorus could be one of the defining moments

of the bands career), and thatÆs good considering that itÆs biggest

weakness is it doesnÆt really feel like an evolution. The sound is

different, but it doesnÆt deviate from the formula that Coheed have

established. ItÆs mostly all the same pieces from the bands previous

records put into a different context. While itÆs sort of a fresh take

on their musical canon, it could afford with more new songwriting

techniques and maybe less vocal effects. Still, Year of the Black

Rainbow is a consistently great album that may have required just a bit

more panache, and certainly lives up to its predecessors.



Deluxe edition including 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Enjoy!



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