{"id":8951,"date":"2013-02-06T17:10:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8951"},"modified":"2013-02-06T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:16:15","slug":"coheed-and-cambria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/02\/coheed-and-cambria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COHEED AND CAMBRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The eclectic rockers release the second half of an ambitious set \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Claudio Sanchez is chilling in the Florida sunshine. The frontman for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria is decompressing after spending the last two years writing and recording the group\u2019s epic double-volume albums\u00a0The Afterman: Ascension<\/em> (October 2012) and the sequel released four months later, The Afterman: Descension<\/em>. Like the band\u2019s previous projects, Afterman<\/em> is a conceptual record\u2014but loosely so. \u201cI wanted to write a record that didn\u2019t really have walls or boundaries,\u201d says Sanchez. \u201cI wrote the songs about what I was experiencing in the two years it took to make those records. I wanted a record inspired by\u00a0the time I was having.\u201d<\/p>\n

And what a time it has been. The Puerto Rican musician with the leonine mane of hair has helmed Coheed and Cambria over the course of five earlier albums, dating back to 2002. As with those records, Sanchez began the writing process for\u00a0The Afterman: Descension<\/em> by gathering his tools. \u201cI always have some sort of device to record on,\u201d he says. \u201cUsually it\u2019s a laptop. I\u2019ll start with instrumentation. I create a melody against it, and that will form the words\u2014and from there I\u2019ll find what that song is about. Once that skeleton is complete, I\u2019ll show it to the band, and they\u2019ll arrange\u00a0the sections around it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lineup that fleshed out the songs on Descension<\/em> included newcomer bassist Zach Cooper, along with Sanchez and guitarist Travis Stever. The album also features the return of original drummer Josh Eppard, as well as producers Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner, who had worked on the group\u2019s first four albums. \u201cThere\u2019s a comfort zone there,\u201d admits Sanchez, who liked the fact that their studio was near his home. \u201cI wanted to be able to go back home and work on stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Sanchez, there are always irons in the fire. He\u2019s been creating comic books and graphic novels since 2000, and he co-wrote the 2010 novel Year of the Black Rainbow <\/em>with Peter David. Entourage<\/em> producer<\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg is developing Sanchez\u2019s comic book series The Amory Wars <\/em>into a full-length live-action film. On top of that, Sanchez just launched his own\u00a0label\u2014Everything Evil Records\u2014making the twin Afterman<\/em> albums his first releases. \u201cIt felt really good, but it was a lot of work,\u201d he sighs. \u201cIt was a real sense of accomplishment. We went for the vibe and what felt right. It\u2019s honest, and all those little mistakes and happy accidents are there. I think the album totally captured\u00a0everything I wanted it to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Steve Rosen<\/p>\n

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA\u00a0 \u00a0 The eclectic rockers release the second half of an ambitious set \u00a0 Claudio Sanchez is chilling in the Florida sunshine. The frontman for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria is decompressing after spending the last two years writing and recording the group\u2019s epic double-volume albums\u00a0The Afterman: Ascension (October 2012) and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[6017,6018,5594,5595,6019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8954,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8951\/revisions\/8954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}