This was probably the best album of the year so far for me

But then again I liked One More Light so I don't know

Album Rating: 3.5

This is a weird album for me... The biggest issue I had with Vaxis I was that it was lacking any real 'punch' or energy. Vaxis II comes around with a ton of this, but fails to achieve the scope and 'atmosphere' of Vaxis I.

I've always found Coheed to be an 'album' band, but this one hits different. The songs don't seem to work well together, and I'm not immersed into the world Vaxis II is trying to create. This is one thing I can appreciate about Vaxis I, the album does a great job of setting the scene throughout it's 15 or so songs.

The songs are good on here, I just wished I was more invested into the album as a singular work of art. If the next album follows more of what the title track delivers, then I'm all for that!

Album Rating: 3.5

The bold theatricality of the title track is definitely something I would love to see the band lean into after coasting most of the last decade

Album Rating: 3.5

Absolutely! I just wish they would dive full force into something completely out of their comfort zone. An album full of Willing Well's or something, go nuts!

Album Rating: 2.0

Maybe I need convincing by other fans, but this feels really weak, even when compared to the last album... which was also weak when compared to (almost) anything pre-TCBTS. Would love to have my mind changed, but this is sounding worse and worse to me with each re-listen

Album Rating: 3.5

Anyone else find the intro track really awkward too? Like it feels a bit undercooked or something, I can't work it out...

Album Rating: 2.0

I totally agree that I wish they'd go "full force" and that the intro is a little awkward - the first 30 seconds were way closer to previous intro's than whatever the rest of that track is

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah they have this whole intro thing established that feels almost mandatory at this point. I would love them to just start an album blasting off at 160 BPM

Album Rating: 4.0

The flow of this album is probably its biggest knock. Almost all of the songs hit for me, but I do agree that the sequencing doesn't really build to anything until you're suddenly at the Ladders-Rise-Window trio to close things off.



A lot of their records kind of having that issue, but an epic opener goes a long way to bookending the album in a satisfying way. This one just kinda....starts. Mind you, I am infinitely glad they did not hit us with ANOTHER Welcome Home/Domino/Dark Sentencer arena rock sounding intro, but it would be cool to get like another slow epic like IKSSE or a more uptempo one like NWFT. I think Blood is maybe the only individual song I am not really feeling so far. I'm such a super fan that I'm sure things will "click" more when I give it more listens and learn the story....which, what the hell is goin on here lol

Album Rating: 3.5

Hit the nail on the head with the fact this album just "starts". Not that Beautiful Loser is a bad song, it just opens this album with more of a whimper than a bang. But then again, it's Coheed being different and not sticking to the same old epic grandiose opening prog banger like every other album. Maybe as a direct continuation from Vaxis I, it makes a lot more sense, but it still feels like an unusual opening song. It sounds more like a middle of the album song to slow the tempo down.

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a collection of (sometimes prog-tinged) pop-rock songs. It's not bad, but long-time fans of their older work will be left wanting something else–unless it grows on them.



I enjoyed listening to this. But it didn't make me imagine what the story could be until the end tracks. It was good background listening.

Album Rating: 3.5

Review is pretty dramatic. There are definitely some of coheed’s worst songs on here but most of the material is at least solid

Album Rating: 3.0

Coheed just pledged all proceeds from oklahoma show to reproductive rights

Album Rating: 3.5

I think it's a grower and that some of the weaker songs work best when listened to as an album. Beautiful Losers, Blood, and Old Love aren't going to be songs I'm rushing to listen to all the time but I really enjoy them when listening to all of Vaxis II.

"Coheed just pledged all proceeds from oklahoma show to reproductive rights"

common Coheed W

Album Rating: 3.0

Indeed.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Agree with the flow of this album being really disjoint compared to their other ones, especially in the middle of the album.



Otherwise I like this one more than Vaxis I. The highs of this are really fucking high and I’m glad they didn’t just settle with an 80 minute album of safe mid tempo tracks.



Title track is the best thing they’ve done since The Willing Wells.

Album Rating: 4.0

I feel like people talk about good Apollo like it’s a crazy prog album the whole time. Outside of welcome home and the willing wells it’s just as poppy as this, if not more.

Album Rating: 3.5

I can't commit to that but I thought it (Willing Wells)

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

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