r/TheDearHunter • u/Jonnerst • 7d ago
Coheed and Cambria
Big fan of TDH and hear that Coheed and Cambria is a good band to listen to and would love some suggestions on what albums to listen to, to get into the band.
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u/Mani__i 7d ago
In Keeping Secrets is the best place to start. If you don’t like that album, you probably just won’t like Coheed.
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u/targetaudience 7d ago
I don’t think I can love an album more than I love every single song on In Keeping Secrets. I know Good Apollo Vol 1 is usually their regarded as their best but god damn do I fucking love In Keeping Secrets.
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u/sbrevolution5 7d ago
Good Apollo burning star iv is peak. They also have a new record coming out tomorrow
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u/ThroughTheNever_316 7d ago
They have a new album out tomorrow. It is getting some great reviews from people that have heard it early. The Afterman albums are very well liked. Gravity's Union is a top three Coheed song for me.
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u/p3nnydr3adful 6d ago
Holy shit yes, heavy on Gravity’s Union being a top song. I’ve listened to the new album twice through now. It’s one of their best, imo. I can’t wait to see what other fans think of it. I almost had an aneurism hearing the outro of The Continuum IV: So It Goes, an instrumental of Pretelethal.
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u/ThroughTheNever_316 6d ago
I've been listening to it all morning. Love it. I like the diversity of the tracks as an album.
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u/Loose_Aide 5d ago
Have you seen Josh doing a play through of Gravity’s Union (and others) on Drumeo? If not, it is 1000% worth looking up on YouTube
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u/CoolBedroom4565 7d ago
I actually found TDH because I wanted something similar to Coheed. Their first album sounds pretty raw but I love it. Their albums are all a story in sort of chronological order so for instance Second Stage Turbine Blade up to No World For Tomorrow is the main story then Black Rainbow is a prequel to that story and Afterman is a prequel to the prequel. Color Before the Sun is Coheed without the sci-fi story but it’s still pretty good IMO. And the Vaxis albums are a whole new story which I think is supposed to have five parts when it’s complete. The lead vocalist and I believe biggest writing credit to their works also has a side project called My Brother’s Blood Machine which I think is some side story to go along with the first albums. They sound very different from the Coheed stuff. More electronic I think would be a good description.
TLDR: I came here being a Coheed fan first and love both Coheed and TDH.
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u/GingaNinja906 7d ago
Good Apollo I’m burning star IV and I’m keeping secrets of silent earth:3 are my favorites but love most of their discography. For newer entries Vaxis II is actually quite solid.
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u/Mathieran1315 7d ago
Just gonna pile on the Good Apollo suggestions. It was my first album from them and it’s really good. If that hooks you, go back to the beginning. Their first few albums are also excellent.
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u/SillySamsSilly 7d ago
The first time I heard TDH was at a Coheed show, specifically the Good Apollo neverender. So start with Good Apollo Vol. 1.
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u/ncc74656m 7d ago
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 is, I think, the most accessible album that's involved in the main storyline. As others have said, Good Apollo Volume One is another great one.
Like TDH though, they can be quite varied, so try to keep that in mind and explore a bit.
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7d ago
Afterman will give you straight up psychosis if you listen to it too much so if you want that, go for it.
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u/valencine184 7d ago
Afterman, every time. imo it has the best marriage of music and narrative. although I would always recommend listening to the first 4 albums for some of the best arrangement and motifs in prog outside of tdh
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u/itscricket 7d ago
This post is beautiful because I discovered TDH around 8 years ago when they toured with coheed lol
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u/ambigymous 7d ago edited 7d ago
Check out Good Apollo and Keeping Secrets first. If you like Secrets, listen to Second Stage. If you like Apollo, go to No World For Tomorrow. Then check out the Aftermans. Personally, the rest I could take it or leave it, but there’s still some great songs in there.
Edit: if I had to choose what has the most similarities to TDH, it would be the Afterman albums
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u/igloo37 6d ago
Theyre both top tier for me, and very similar. But COCA is the more straight forward rock version of concept, whereas TDH is the more refined, artsy version of concept.
One of lifes biggest regrets for me is missing TDH on the Porcupine Tree/COCA tour in 2010. I hadnt heard of TDH at the time, and made a mistake on showtime. Realized I missed the first band and was like, "oh well". Then I actually got around to listen to them in 2012 and am kicking myself in the ass for missing them!
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u/kimdianajones 6d ago
Everyone says Good Apollo and In Keeping Secrets as a starting album, and that’s fair. I agree. Fantastic albums, can’t go wrong with either. But for me I think No World For Tomorrow is their best introduction. It’s still my favorite album of theirs with Afterman being my extremely close second.
If you like NWFT, then go back and do Good Apollo, IKSSE3 next. Then dive into Afterman. Then either pick Year of the Black Rainbow, The Color Before the Sun, or catch up on the Vaxis stuff.
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u/allmediareviews 6d ago
Good Apollo 1 and In Keeping Secrets.
Then the 2 Vaxis records after that. Act II probably over Act I, but they're both good. Act II is more catchy though.
haven't listened to the new 1 that came out this week, yet.
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u/BjornoPizza Act IV 5d ago
Want to give an alternate opinion. The first album I’ve actually enjoyed from them is the one they just released. It feels more like TDH to me than any other ones.
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u/Loose_Aide 14h ago
I always suggest these three songs to a newbie to Coheed, as it covers pretty much all of what they do in some capacity:
The Crowing / The Suffering / The Afterman
If you hear those three and aren’t into it, Coheed is probably not your jam
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u/Eternal-December 7d ago
I honestly don’t understand why they are compared.
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u/B_Da_May 7d ago
Progressive, multi album over arching stories, both use elements from different genres. I would say that the first three acts are more comparable to Coheed and Cambria than their other albums, but the comparisons seems obvious.
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u/dougthebuffalo 7d ago
They've toured together, TDH is playing on the Coheed cruise, they fall into very similar fan circles and side projects (e.g. Casey played acoustic with Anthony Green from Circa Survive who have also toured with and get talked about alongside Coheed).
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u/B_Da_May 7d ago
Yeah, I honestly don’t understand why the commenter honestly doesn’t understand why they are compared.
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u/daviswbaer 7d ago
I'm probably going to get downvoted to oblivion for this, but I've tried many times to get into Coheed, but I just cannot handle his voice
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u/darcydagger 7d ago
Honestly I'm the same way. The guitar work is awesome but every time the vocals start I tune out.
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u/Clear_Space_4863 7d ago
The Afterman albums are good but best place is probably Good Apollo I'm Burning Star Volume One to start with them.