Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV

Written by Carl
Wednesday, 26 October 2005

CD ReviewArtist- Coheed and CambriaTitle- Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of MadnessRecord Label- Equal Vision/Colombia Records Genre- RockLibrary ID- 1496Reviewed By- Carl LombardiDate- 10-24-05 I’m going to be honest with you. To be blunt, Coheed’s sophomore effort, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 is one of my favorite CD’s and it just recently left heavy rotation in my CD player. The 3rd effort from the band shows that they really know how to make a long title. Would the music hold up through? In a word, YES. Claudio sings again about the plights of the fictional Coheed and Cambria (the comic book characters.) This is the continuation of the story of Coheed and Cambria that began with 2002’s The Second Stage Turbine Blade, and was continued with In Keeping Secrets… The guitars are awesome yet again, a testament to Coheed’s music. The bass and the drumming are also above average, but nothing to cry home about. In my opinion, Claudio has a great voice that goes perfect with the music, but some people are not huge fans. Musically, the album sounds very similar to In Keeping Secrets… not a huge change…On a song like The Suffering, it sounds very similar to Three Evils off the last CD….so their going to lose a little for that. But honestly, this CD is solid all the way through. Hot Tracks- Keeping The BladeThe SufferingAll the “Willing Well” Tracks Rating- 8.5/10