Vaxis: Act III - The Father of Make Believe

by Coheed and Cambria

Vaxis: Act III - The Father of Make Believe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 March 2025
  • Label: Virgin Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:37
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing their sprawling, multi-album science fiction conceptual arc, the New York quartet balances complex progressive rock architecture with soaring alternative rock choruses. The narrative deepens its focus on existential themes of familial love and creation, propelled by Claudio Sanchez's dynamic, passionate vocal performances. It remains a highly eclectic and heavily theatrical rock opera that effortlessly integrates elements of metallic post-hardcore and emo-pop.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, existential, melodic, conceptual, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Yesterday鈥檚 Lost (3:24)
  2. Goodbye, Sunshine (4:16)
  3. Searching for Tomorrow (3:33)
  4. The Father of Make Believe (4:39)
  5. Meri of Mercy (4:16)
  6. Blind Side Sonny (2:22)
  7. Play the Poet (3:29)
  8. One Last Miracle (3:12)
  9. Corner My Confidence (4:04)
  10. Someone Who Can (3:45)
  11. The Continuum I: Welcome to Forever, Mr Nobody (3:43)
  12. The Continuum II: The Flood (6:23)
  13. The Continuum III: Tethered Together (4:36)
  14. The Continuum IV: So It Goes (5:45)
  15. Key Entity Extraction VI - Melvin The Mistake (3:49)
  16. Key Entity Extraction VII - Yuko The Trivial (3:51)
  17. Key Entity Extraction VIII - Peter The Wishing (6:28)
  18. Key Entity Extraction IX - Shiloh The Selfish (3:56)

Credits

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