Year Of The Black Rainbow (CD & DVD Special Edition)

I got this album on a special pre-release and I have to say it is an absolute corker, definitely Coheed at their best. It has a little instrumental opening that we've come to expect from Coheed before tearing into one of the albums best tracks 'The Broken'; this is truly a return to Coheed form, with excellent guitar work and Claudio's voice sounding stronger than ever. Guns Of Summer is something a lot heavier, with faster drums and more distorted guitars, powerchords galore, there is also a sort-of electronic sound to it.

After this there's another one sure to become a classic 'Here We Are Juggernaut' returns back to Coheed recipe and sounds great and yet again Claudio's voice really makes it stand out. The fifth track is something softer, 'Far' really highlights how much Coheed are capable of, there's a lot more melody in this and the guitar solo is simple yet incredibly satisfying, it's very mellow and will make a nice summer time song.

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I got this album on a special pre-release and I have to say it is an absolute corker, definitely Coheed at their best. It has a little instrumental opening that we've come to expect from Coheed before tearing into one of the albums best tracks 'The Broken'; this is truly a return to Coheed form, with excellent guitar work and Claudio's voice sounding stronger than ever. Guns Of Summer is something a lot heavier, with faster drums and more distorted guitars, powerchords galore, there is also a sort-of electronic sound to it.

After this there's another one sure to become a classic 'Here We Are Juggernaut' returns back to Coheed recipe and sounds great and yet again Claudio's voice really makes it stand out. The fifth track is something softer, 'Far' really highlights how much Coheed are capable of, there's a lot more melody in this and the guitar solo is simple yet incredibly satisfying, it's very mellow and will make a nice summer time song.

I haven't got around to listening to the other tracks enough to give them a fair review. Most of them are pretty good and don't stray too far from the Coheed path, 'Pearl Of The Stars' is the obligatory soft track and it's exactly what you'd expect; melancholy guitars and softer vocals. Coheed have taken leaps in terms of sound, making this album a lot heavier than Good Apollo, Claudio's voice is much stronger and he has a much better range, the melodies are better and this album could possibly be a career peak for Coheed. I would definitely recommend this to anyone, I will be buying this version, seeing as I only have a CD with "NON-RETAIL" stamped on it! Buy it! You won't regret it!