Coheed And Cambria

The 2005 installment of Coheed & Cambria's prog rock/emo epic isn't exactly clear, plot-wise, but musically they've evolved another step. Making more grandiose gestures, C & C up the ante by integrating huge, symphonic swaths of sound into their twin-lead guitar assault. The result? Queensryche with a purpose.

Coheed and Cambria's devotion to prog-rock complexity and Dungeons and Dragons
fantasia is so over-the-top it's damn near awe-inspiring. It can also be hard to take. Good
Apollo, the third installment in a five-volume epic dreamt up by Coheed's Claudio Sanchez,
finds the frontman spitting overwrought love poetry such as "With this vial to drink I
dare/Only to cry all alone with your taste on tongue." The folky "Always and Nev... More >