Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

Rock · 2005 · 15 tracks

Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

Coheed and Cambria

A maximalist collision of 70s prog-rock ambition and 2000s post-hardcore grit. Dense, cinematic, and fueled by soaring falsetto and intricate guitar duels.

It's like a sci-fi epic directed by a guy who grew up on Iron Maiden and emo.

A high-stakes descent into madness that balances technical aggression with soaring, melodic catharsis.

Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness · vs · Coheed and Cambria

Cathedral+1.6σ

Cathedral saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

Keeping the Blade

2:09

02

Always & Never

2:24

03

Welcome Home

6:15

04

Ten Speed (of God’s Blood & Burial)

3:47

05

Crossing the Frame

3:27

06

Apollo I: The Writing Writer

5:15

07

Once Upon Your Dead Body

3:19

08

Wake Up

3:36

09

The Suffering

3:44

10

The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court

3:17

11

Mother May I

4:32

12

The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End

7:17

13

The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

7:28

14

The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth

7:19

15

The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut

7:40

Moments Worth Waiting For

The menacing acoustic strumming of Always and Never suddenly cutting to the thunderous, Middle Eastern-tinged riff of Welcome Home.

The transition into the Willing Well suite where the album sheds its pop-rock skin for pure, unadulterated progressive metal complexity.

The visceral, bluesy aggression of the slide guitar solo in The Final Cut that feels like a physical release of the album's tension.

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