Year of the Black Rainbow

Rock · 2010 · 12 tracks · 54m

Year of the Black Rainbow

Coheed and Cambria

A dense, industrial-tinged prequel to the Amory Wars saga. Polyrhythmic drumming and glitchy synths meet soaring falsetto hooks in a dark sci-fi landscape.

April 12, 2010 · Columbia

A high-tension, dystopian atmosphere that balances technical aggression with cinematic melancholy.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 54m

01

One

1:54

02

The Broken

3:53

03

Guns of Summer

4:48

04

Here We Are Juggernaut

3:44

05

Far

4:54

06

This Shattered Symphony

4:26

07

World of Lines

3:18

08

Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am)

4:39

09

Pearl of the Stars

5:05

10

In the Flame of Error

5:28

11

When Skeletons Live

4:18

12

The Black Rainbow

7:35

Moments Worth Listening For

The chaotic, polyrhythmic drum assault that opens Guns of Summer, pushing the band into near-math-metal territory.

The transition from the atmospheric piano of One into the crushing, distorted riff of The Broken.

The haunting, stripped-back acoustic vulnerability of Pearl of the Stars before the soaring guitar solo takes over.

Reviews

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Where This Album Departs

How does Year of the Black Rainbow sound next to the rest of Coheed and Cambria's catalogue?

Thunderstorm+1.6σ

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

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