#SteppingStonesSongs, or songs that are good starters for a genre/subgenre, easing curious ears in to the particulars of that style of music is the topic, suggested by @lpl, for Kitty's #TuneTuesday.
What about #ProgMetal? The genre is diverse enough to have several entry points, based on sound alone.

The Most Accessible door:

#CoheedAndCambria: Gravity's Union

https://song.link/t/35539716

This opens to The Mars Volta, Thank You Scientist, and Closure in Moscow.

Upside of going to the #CoheedAndCambria gig on my own is that I got to stand wherever I wanted and got quite a good spot in the middle near the front.

Downside is that the spot right in the middle near the front is where the moshpit opened up like a bomb dropping.

Excellent gig though.

If this life ends early, would I have spent our time right?

Here at your mercy, or lost in our biggest fight

I'm so afraid of a life lived without you

But we're made to wait for the truth to come soon

But should you go before me, I'll be right behind you

It won't get any easier as I start to get old

Please share with me something before I lose control

Life's a parade, travelers marooned

Here in a play that shortly will end soon

But should you go bеfore me, you'll know I don't want you to go

Coheed and Cambria - Yesterday's Lost

Konzerte wo einem auf dem nach Hause weg alles weh tut und die Stimme versagt vom mitsingen, DAS.

#CoheedAndCambria

This week for Thursday Five List, @HauntedOwlbear gave us a theme of Sentencing. No, not about crimes...songs with titles that are complete sentences.

Okay, let's do this.

Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You https://song.link/us/i/301664592

Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home https://song.link/us/i/307654871

Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Pronounced Thanks for the Memories) https://song.link/us/i/1440787031

Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now? https://song.link/us/i/1440747080

Meghan Trainor - No https://song.link/us/i/1229163693

#Music #ThursdayFiveList #Sentencing #FallOutBoy #CoheedAndCambria #TobyKeith #MeghanTrainor #KellyClarkson

Coheed And Cambria Announce ‘The New Entities Edition’ Of New Album ‘The Father Of Make Believe’; Hear First Offering ‘Key Entity Extraction VII: Yuko The Trivial’

There is never a dull moment in the Coheed and Cambria world. The progressive rock band announce they are releasing the deluxe version of their latest album The Father of Make Believe titled The New Entities Edition, which comes with four new songs and introduces four new characters or “Entities” to Coheed and Cambria’s Vaxis / The Amory Wars saga, and will arrive on October 3rd. The first song, or Entity, ‘Key Entity Extraction VII: Yuko the Trivial,’ arrives today alongside a lyric video. See full deluxe version tracks below.

In tandem with the announcement, Coheed and Cambria has put up a limited amount of vinyl of The Father of Make Believe including the four new tracks with two new colour options, Quintillian Blue and Purple Optic Distortion. Each option comes in pressings of 1500. A standard and retail exclusive version is also available while supplies last.

Pre-order the vinyl HERE.

Listen to new single ‘Key Entity Extraction VII: Yuko the Trivial’ on streaming services here and share the lyric video on YouTube below.

https://youtu.be/0Wk_jtkRx9A?feature=shared

In preparation for the 20 year anniversary of their landmark album, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, Coheed and Cambria and the Grammy Museum have joined together for a very special evening including an acoustic performance, a Q&A and discussion MC’d by famed MTV personality and radio DJ Matt Pinfield. The event will celebrate and discuss the aforementioned album and everything leading up to their latest release, The Father of Make Believe, out now. The special evening will take place in the scenic views of the Grammy Museum’s downtown Los Angeles rooftop on September 23rd. A very limited amount of tickets are available HERE.

Currently on their co-headline tour with Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria will perform at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater to a sold out crowd next Friday, September 12th. The band’s first time closing out Red Rocks will be streamed live via VEEPS HERE. This November, Coheed will embark on their Sold Out S.S. Neverender 2025 cruise with Thursday, L.S. Dunes, The Dear Hunter, Illuminati Hotties and more. Full live dates below, tickets available at www.coheedandcambria.com.

UK tour dates are below.

Coheed and Cambria UK headline tour dates 2025

17 Oct – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
18 Oct – University Great Hall, Cardiff, UK
20 Oct – Academy, Manchester, UK
21 Oct – O2 Academy, Brixton, UK
22 Oct – Rock City, Nottingham, UK

The Father of Make Believe marks the monumental 10th studio album from the band and includes the previously mentioned “Goodbye, Sunshine,” along with “Blind Side Sonny,” “Searching For Tomorrow” and “Someone Who Can.” The Father of Make Believe carves out new sonic territory amidst all of the wailing guitars, drums that crack like fireworks, and vocalist and primary guitarist Claudio Sanchez’s aching, powerful voice that centers us through moments both placid and pinwheeling. Narratively, The Father of Make Believe continues the story of The Amory Wars / Vaxis universe, following Coheed and Cambria’s 2022 album Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind. But where the set really forges new ground is in how Sanchez embraces the role of main character. He’s often used epic songcraft to mask the stories he wanted to tell: reflections on an addicted father, memories of his beloved grandfather, concern about raising a child in a cruel world, hopes and fears around the love of his life. This time, he’s writing more directly about his life and, especially, his unusual career. Sanchez is the Father of Make Believe, gazing down upon this world he’s wrought.

Sanchez recently announced his new guitar The Jackhammer, named after the famous line from Coheed and Cambria’s song “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3” – “man your own jackhammer.” The Jackhammer is the first presentation from Claudio’s new guitar and music company, Evil Instruments and was completely designed by Sanchez, with assistance from long-time guitar tech Kevin Allen, and fine tuned and built by Los Angeles-based Dunable Guitars. Pre-orders for those interested in purchasing can sign up HERE. Prices will start around $1700.

For the last 20 years, Coheed and Cambria have continuously broken the mold of what a rock band can be, forging their own path and building a universe around their music unlike any other. Whether it is in the way their genre-spanning approach to songwriting has allowed them to bridge worlds without being contained to one, or the multifaceted story arc of their albums and comic book series which mark the longest running concept story in music, Coheed and Cambria have consistently shaped new standards, never conformed. Comprised of Claudio Sanchez (Vocals / Guitar), Travis Stever (Guitar), Josh Eppard (Drums) and Zach Cooper (Bass) the band has gripped listeners and press around the globe with their visionary compositions and conceptual mastery.

#ALTERNATIVE #COHEEDANDCAMBRIA #EMO #METAL #NEWS #POSTHARDCORE #POSTROCK #PROGRESSIVEROCK