Coheed and Cambria is quite intriguing group, since their music is fairly peculiar - they really have a style of their own. On their third studio album "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV | Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" they explore multifaceted musical fields with basis on laid-back progressive rock. The songs have a strong emotional charge and are quite lyrical. Claudio Sanchez's (the vocalist) transparent voice definitely plays an important role in making the music as emotional as it is.

As a whole, Coheed and Cambria's latest record offers a refreshingly original musical journey, which seems to endure even the torrid listening régime consisting of several ensuing plays. The glamour of the material just doesn't wear off, instead one finds something new with every listen. "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV | Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" is a remarkable concept album, which definitely belongs to every sophisticated progrock listener's record collection. The use of dynamics and variety of the material makes this simply a must-have record.

This album was exorcised at Applehead Studios in Woodstock, NY between February and June, 2005. All the songs were mixed at Soundtrack Studios, NYC and the mastering took place at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Overall, the sounds are really good, and there's not much to complain about anything. So I guess now would be the time to place your order for this record...

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- MAGE (April 25th, 2006)

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LINE-UP:
Sanchez, Claudio: Voice, Guitar Stever, Travis: Guitar, Lap Steel, Vocals Todd, Michael: Bass, Vocals Eppard, Joshua: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals with Louis, Danny: Keyboards on Tracks 5-10 Jacobs, Sarah Kathryn: Vocals on Tracks 9 & 15 Sadownick, Daniel: Percussion on Tracks 6 & 8 Sanchez, Janiris: Child's Voice on Tracks 2 & 15 Berger, Karl: String Arrangement on Tracks 1, 3 & 8 Lawrence, Ron: Viola Ulrich, Tomas: Cello Okura, Meg: Violin Klopotic, Julianne: Violin
Producer:	Birnbaum, Michael; Bittner, Chris & Coheed and Cambria
Mixing by:	Bottrill, David except for "The Suffering" (Wallace, Andy)
Mastering by:	Gardner, Brian "Big Bass"

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Keeping the Blade 02. Always & Never 03. Welcome Home 04. Ten Speed (of God's Blood & Burial) 05. Crossing the Frame 06. Apollo I: The Writing Writer 07. Once Upon Your Dead Body 08. Wake Up 09. The Suffering 10. The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court 11. Mother May I The Willing Well 12. I - Fuel for the Feeding End 13. II - From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness 14. III - Apollo II: The Telling Truth 15. IV - The Final Cut Length: 71:29