The two most devastating names in the world of modern progressive metal return with Year of the Black Rainbow, a prequel to the four previously released volumes of singer-guitarist Claudio Sanchez’s sprawling post-apocalyptic Armory Wars cycle, a story that spans the band’s albums, as well as a comic book series and now a novel. From the outset, Year of the Black Rainbow blends seamlessly with the epic crescendos and lyrical wizardry that give 2005’s Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (yes, that’s the name of just one album) and 2007’s equally stunning No World for Tomorrow their awesome mystique. From the peerless overtures of “The Broken” to the sunburnt afterglow of “Here We Are Juggernaut,” Coheed and Cambria pushes through a gauntlet of instrumental and vocal extremes, milking every note for maximum power and portent. Year of the Black Rainbow reverberates with the intergalactic fury of Mars Volta while remaining firmly rooted in the dust and ashes of good old terra firma.
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