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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Amit Sharma

“I wish things had panned out differently. The lyrics were a message saying, ‘Meet us in the middle.’ It didn’t work out that way”: An armed robbery, a returning drummer and a new label brought this American band back from near oblivion

Coheed.

In 2012 Coheed And Cambria released sixth album The Afterman: Ascension, the first part of a double-length record complete with The Afterman: Descension the following year. The new instalments of The Amory Wars saga came after the band had endured a series of offstage challenges, resulting in the replacement of bassist Mic Todd and the return of original drummer Josh Eppard. Ahead of Ascension’s arrival they told Prog about their new lease of life.

Over many years, the boundaries of music genres have been slowly eroding against the crashing waves of evolution to create a world of music that’s rich in experimentation and brimming with wonderment. Artists are getting harder and harder to pigeonhole through music that refuses to be categorised, from the musicians at the top of the charts to the ones at the heart of the underground.

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