It's officially announced that Coheed and Cambria's 5th studio album will be titled Year of the Black Rainbow and should be released next year in April. For those of you who don't know, the band's music is all based on a story, with each album continuing the long going plot. This album will be the first in the series, being released later, similar to the first starwars trilogy. I am a little disappointed that they didn't include a number in the album title like they have been doing since their first release, but I guess I can deal. I am so stoked about this album though. Yet another thing in 2010 to look forward to.
I'm really excited for this! And apparently there's also a deluxe edition that is going to be released with a 300 page novel based on the album.
I read it on sputnikmusic. A bit odd, I admit, but I guess it continues in the vein of their graphic novel/story kinda thing.
He is right. The deluxe edition comes with a 300 or so page novel. Just like he was writing the comic books he is writing a novel for this one. Maybe now I can actually understand the plot of these things lol. I find it funny how much I love their music when I have no idea what the plot is about...
Kid's entire family gets killed in a government plot, but he gets away and it turns out he has badass superpowers, so he uses them to blow up the universe and get revenge. That's my best attempt to sum up the Amory Wars saga in one sentence.
That's because the story, like most stories written by musicians for concepts albums, is batshit fucking insane.