YEAR OF THE BLACK RAINBOW

Now this is the first album released by Coheed since I have become a fan, so I was very pumped up to see this album come out! However, I will admit that I was a little disappointed at first. Coheed did seem to lose a little of their progginess in this album. I thought Chris Pennie would have added a lot to Coheed's new sound, and I was un-impressed with his work here. But as I continued to listen, the songs grew on me, Especially In the Flame or Error, and When Skeletons live. The best songs on the album is Far by far, no pun intended, but it is a very contemporary pop song. Since this is a prog website, this album is not essential, but I will give this album 4 stars. A pretty strong effort, but certainly not their best.