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 devil & a fro Nov 20, 2008
god bless red bull.
michael and his angels fought against the dragon
and the dragon fought and his angels pervailed him not
neither was there place found anymore in heaven
and that old serpent called the devil, SATAN
which decieveth the whole world!!!!!
and he was cast down like a bolt of lightning
AND HIS ANGELS WAS CAST OUT WITH HIM!!!
 Unaware that it was a 4pt concept album... Sep 16, 2008
Unaware that it was a 4pt concept album, I purchased *Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness* as my first Coheed and Cambria CD. Later I purchased their other CDs, but I still love Good Apollo.
Why? The songs are... edgy, but in the best sense of the term. They are real and raw they scream of the darkest emotions in some songs - some lyrics professing a desire to kill straying lovers - and others of spurned love and desire. Emotive and deeply moving, this CD is amazing. A must get.
Incredible Sound! Aug 05, 2008
The sound of this album is just amazing, the layers of gutiars, the pristine drumming, if the songs dont stick in your head the sound sure will
 Stunning Jun 03, 2008
To say the least, I was thoroughly surprised by this band. A lot of their older stuff didn't seem to click, really, for me anyways. In particular, the main single from the album before this, In Keeping the Secrets of Silent Earth 3, "A Favor House Atlantic," sounded a kind of, well, annoying to me.
Here, though, it comes round excellently. Slick production opens right with both "Keeping the Blade," and "Always & Never," a pair of softer songs which lead straight into the pounding intensity of "Welcome Home," all of which are three of the best tracks on this album.
Many elements of this album will have you good and hooked with ease. Songs like "Ten Speed," "Crossing the Frame," and another of the band's singles "The Suffering" will have you wanting more, but only for a time.
Whatever it is, it feels almost as though there is something about this album itself that turns me off from it from time to time. If I see Coheed and Cambria on my computer or my iPod, I now tend to turn my attention to part 2 of this album, the superior No World For Tomorrow. Somewhere behind all the catchyness is something that just feels undesirable.
Whatever the case, this album still deserves a good long listen, and many more beyond that. Check out part 2 if you like this and the rest of their albums if you're interested in the sci-fi concept behind the two main characters, Coheed and Cambria, who are remanents of a military project and their children, as a result, carry a sort of virus that ultimately begins to lead to global apocalypse. The two characters don't want this, just wanting to raise their children, and they try to make the best of it for them, confronting all of the dangers along the way.
****4 out of 5 stars****
My favorite tracks:
- "Keeping the Blade"
- "Always and Never"
- "Welcome Home"
- "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)"
- "The Suffering"
- "The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth"
Amazing. Flat out amazing. May 19, 2008
This is a great album... best consumed whole. The truth is, there's almost 200 5 star reviews on here that go on at great length about how great it is. I'll spare you that. It's one of my favorite albums so of course I think you should get it. Take a quick listen to the samples and if you think you like what you hear at all - then just get it, you won't regret it. I stumbled on it in the used record store and I haven't stopped listening since. I hit up Amazon for the rest of their catalog... great stuff. Albums that are great start to finish are hard to find these days... and C&C keeps knocking em out...
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