Coheed and Cambria Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind
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zaruyache
May 1st 2023


27434 Comments


First pit I was ever actually in, albeit against my will ;__; Took advantage of a lull to skip through to the front tho 😎

Storm In A Teacup
July 21st 2023


45809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Problem with this band is their music these years just doesnt have enough ambition and that stops all the good stuff that could still be created from even having a chance at existing.

Sowing
Moderator
July 22nd 2023


43962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

After making a massively positive first impression on me, this went through a long phase where it kind of dipped. But I just listened to it again today and now I'm trying to decide if it's...like...their best since From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness?

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 22nd 2023


60588 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

lol in absolutely no universe is this their best anything

CaliggyJack
July 22nd 2023


10055 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Straight up one of the worst things I've ever listened to.

Storm In A Teacup
July 22nd 2023


45809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I listened to the first 3 or 4 songs once and havent tried since. My 3.5 is just benevolence.

Sowing
Moderator
July 22nd 2023


43962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thing is catchy and riffy af



Feels like Welcome Home the album

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 22nd 2023


60588 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

the thought that anything here outside of the end trio sounds anything like Welcome Home (esp over certain other tracks on GA1) just stalled my brain so violently that you're gonna have to unpack that one from the ground up

Storm In A Teacup
July 22nd 2023


45809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Same as Johnny. Brain stall was violent. Sew us back sowing.

Sowing
Moderator
July 22nd 2023


43962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok you have me cornered



"Thing is catchy and riffy af"



I just got excited

Storm In A Teacup
July 22nd 2023


45809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Extremely excited. This is more synthy than riffy lmao

Sowing
Moderator
July 22nd 2023


43962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is catchy and riffy

This is catchy and synthy

This is catchy

This is

Nomos2
January 26th 2024


1888 Comments


So I let Coheed die in my head years ago, satisfied with their outpout up until about 2010 and a few songs on Ascension maybe. Last album was so bad I didn't even try touch this.

With Coheed dead and listening to this like a new project, I'm not so mad. Expectations were rock bottom but there's a few nice catchy moments here. Maybe I'm just really, really high. Honestly, I missed the melodic poppy sound they used to bring out before it turned too dull and saccharine. There seems to be a bit more of that here so I ain't mad.

A Disappearing Act and Love Murder One are pop nonsense but...I like em

Odal
Staff Reviewer
January 26th 2024


2103 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That's kinda wild imo.



Afterman as a whole is such a triumph in my eyes.



Color is a swing and a miss, but then the band is right back at it with both Vaxis volumes so far. I think they could use some trimming, but damn they are fun.

Feather
January 26th 2024


10169 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Vaxis I is awful except the opening track. Vaxis 2 is wonderful

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
January 26th 2024


47661 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

it's... kinda the opposite lol. the pacing and production of 1 is kinda off, but Toys, Gutter, Old Flames, Love Protocol etc are easily high points in their post-Apollo stuff. this one sounds nice n glossy but every song is the exact same and super fuckin boring

WalrusTusk
January 26th 2024


1815 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Not to mention the lyricism isn't there. It arguably hasn't been super consistent since GA2 but it's really lacking on this one.

bowlermicah
January 26th 2024


206 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Vaxis I is good but kind of exhausting because every song is like, 5 and a half minutes long and it's 80 minutes long. Feel like Vaxis II is paced much better, and songs are edited down that need to be, which makes the few longer ones have a better impact.

Odal
Staff Reviewer
January 26th 2024


2103 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Vaxis I had me convinced the band was pretty much the new late-era Iron Maiden (including the lengthy runtimes lol) where they pretty much found a groove that emulated their most popular enough stuff but in a respectful way where the quality was good enough to stand on its own still. Rowan pretty much took the words out of my mouth with the songs he dropped. It's an incrdible album



Vaxis II stands on shakier ground, but I was actually surprised at how creative it was. The main thing that irks me still is how much they phone in the guitars during the verses, but other than that this might be their most ambitious album since Black Rainbow imo.



I can't believe we still have three volumes of Vaxis left lol These guys are gonna be 60 by the time it's done

Storm In A Teacup
March 24th 2024


45809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Embers of Fire/Beautiful Losers is the most offensive thing Coheed has ever done probably



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