Coheed and Cambria

Ive just listened to Meshuggah's "Catch 33" and Coheed's "Secrets" back-to-back.I'm not suggesting they are similar but I couldnt detect any more Prog-merit in Meshuggah compared to C&C to be honest.

They are, in my opinion, prog-related and therefore whilst not a Prog Rock band they do merit inclusion....

GoldenSpiral wrote: king16 wrote: ^ they have to much in common with prog to be dismissed to the 'catch-all' genre Prog-Related. I'd say the  description of Art Rock fits them nice!  Maybe a small twist of Experimental? there's nothing experimental about them... theyre not doing anything new.  art rock fits i suppose.

 

Art Rock fits them better

i was more of the opinion that thery should be under "prog-metal", though it definatly doesnt fit them to a Tee. At least from the songs i heard, (and very much enjoyed by the way). Maybe "prog-related" would be better. actually i believe that would be a very good sub genre for them. And i have to add... a friend of mine purchased "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" and i absolutly love a few of their songs. i think prog-archives should defiatly add them to the site. now i've said my piece, thanks...

mikey out

Art Rock, hands down.

from the above site, download welcome home or the crowing

please collaborators?

they are definitely prog. "A favor house atlantic" and "blood red summer" do them no justice (although i do enjoy the catchiness) moatilata was right in that the story and mood of the songs go along together.

even if they arent listed as prog on this site, theyre definitely a great band that is unfortunately being bundled up with pop bands like falloutboy and howthorne hieghts while they should be over there with the mars volta. and system of a down should stop touring with mars volta.

'though I do not know their music, as someone has said to me in the past... we (= ProgArchives) would be relatively stupid not to include bands that are generally regarded as prog rock/metal bands.

Maybe the problem is that no-one has taken the time to write a biography for them? Or are they totally rejected?

goose wrote: They're rather better at pop music than prog, whichever way you look at it

Agree- would NOT like to see them on this site. They sound like 100 others poppy high school bands

GoldenSpiral wrote: After months of internal debate about this band, I finally figured out why simultaneously I love and hate them.  They are a progressive rock band.  They write solid, entertaining songs.  However, I think they incorporate all of the lame, embarrassing, excessive parts of prog (i.e. extremely high vocals, disgustingly long song/album titles, and a general flair for the bombastic), and few of the real progressive elements.  Also, I can't really decide if they take themselves seriously or not.  By reading the comics and listening to the albums alone, you might think they are actually serious about their music, but watching their music videos and live shows, you might think otherwise.

About "taking themselves seriously" Claudio actually said Coheed and Cambria started off as kind of a joke after their first band "Shabutie" fell through. Which is probably why their first album Second Stage Turbine Blade doesn't sound very "proggy", but after that became so popular it seems they've changed their style to make it a lot more progressive with In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3.

I think they should be added to the archives, I've listened to bands on here that were a lot less progressive then they were.