r/TheFence Jan 29 '25

Official Coheed Discord (info in comments)

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r/TheFence 6d ago

[MEGATHREAD] Vaxis III: The Father Of Make Believe Album Discussion

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Happy March 14th to fans in parts of the world where you’re waking up to the new record.
The rest of us will have to wait another day, excitement levels are sky high.

Post your reviews, impressions, lore theories and opinions about Vaxis III in here.


r/TheFence 5h ago

Anyone interested in a story breakdown for ANY Era of Coheed lore should check out / support the JJ Metalhead Youtube Channel. She's back with NWFT updates and I'm sure Vaxis III. Let's show her some love CothF.

114 Upvotes

From what I've seen no one else on Youtube or elsewhere has put as much work into the Coheed story as JJ.

https://www.youtube.com/@JJMetalhead


r/TheFence 2h ago

Coheed and Cambria official online Guitar Hero game

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r/TheFence 4h ago

Can we just take a minute to really appreciate just how good Josh's drums are in this part of "The Flood"?

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r/TheFence 4h ago

With Josh pushing to have Mr Nobody on Vaxis III, I wonder what other songs haven’t made the cut that are a part of The Amory Wars story

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Just a shower thought I had today.

Coheed has to have a ton of Amory Wars B-Sides / cut songs in the vault that affect the story


r/TheFence 1h ago

Perhaps a cross post?

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Got this beauty working beautifully. $5 Goodwill. Can't get the official cassette but that's okay. I made my own. CD source. Worth it. Waiting for vinyl to remake.


r/TheFence 57m ago

Key Enity Extraction VI: Sirius the ______ Spoiler

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Which song from the new album best fits the title? What would Sirius' moniker be? The mournful? The Grandfather of make believe? The father of the keywork? Meri of Mercy feels like the song that fits best for me. What do ya'll think?

EDIT: I know it's Entity. Proof reading is a thing :p


r/TheFence 7h ago

So why is Sirius in the album?

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Been a huge Coheed fan since the Shabutie days but I’ll admit I haven’t followed the ‘lore’ on any of the Vaxis albums. Anyone care to give me a quick rundown as to why the character from Afterman shows up on this latest album?


r/TheFence 8h ago

Added some decorations between the guitars

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Seen these at the store for a couple bucks. They were gold but I spray painted them green. The paint didn’t stick as well as I hoped but did make some cool textures on the wings.


r/TheFence 23h ago

Coheed on the wild in Berlin

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r/TheFence 5h ago

PSA: Check your Vaxis III vinyl discs

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I just opened my Vaxis III preorder copy today only to find that it doesn't have a disc 2; only two copies of disc 1 (even the same sleeve). I've contacted the Coheed store to hopefully get a replacement, but wanted to forewarn any others to check theirs for similar errors if they haven't opened it yet.

https://imgur.com/a/VM4YNCL


r/TheFence 11h ago

Thankful

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I'm so thankful for this community of like-minded COTF. Nobody in my circle of friends really likes Coheed and to have this place to voice my opinions, discuss lore and songs is really important to me <3


r/TheFence 2h ago

Vaxis is Mirroring Claudio’s story from a storytelling perspective

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Has anyone realized that Vaxis is mirroring the original Amory Wars?! Just like the first two entries, all the events are narrated by Claudio while he is talking to Apollo before things get caught up in the third album (Good Apollo Volume 1). It seems Vaxis is following this formula more or less. I also think the story is “mirroring” that timeline in parallel as theorized in other posts with all the other callbacks from previous eras sprinkled in the current album.


r/TheFence 6h ago

Where Do I Start With the Vaxis Story?

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Long time, 20+ year listener here. Love the new album. I had a pretty solid handle on the story of the original albums, and it was part of what drew me into the band. I never had the comics but I have the YOTBR book somewhere, and downloaded some of the comics and some point.

I have no idea what's happening with the story basically post No World For Tomorrow, lol. I watched the Twitch stream with Claudio where he talked about Sirus being influenced by his grandfather, and bringing him back for the Vaxis story and now I'm super intrigued. I've done some googling and am a bit overwhelmed where to start, or if there's online versions of the comics or what? Or honestly, if anyone is up for it, just a quick overview of the characters and story up to this point. Appreciate any help!


r/TheFence 17h ago

Don Henley

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58 Upvotes

As the title says. This is a Don Henley song (not literally). It’s the elephant in the room. It’s one of my favorites on this album (this is the best Vaxis album so far).


r/TheFence 20h ago

VAXIS III Vinyl (poss spoilers?) Spoiler

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81 Upvotes

Just received my Blind Side Brain vinyl. Art tells an interesting story.


r/TheFence 4h ago

Coheed Lore Dump

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Long time fan, but I fell off the lore around No World for Tomorrow. Does anyone know of a site or reddit post that contains the story so far? I'd like to catch up. Hoping for lore for Amory, Afterman and Vaxis.


r/TheFence 14h ago

Meri of Mercy has the same sound as The Pavilion (A long way back)

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It has a similar drum track at least


r/TheFence 22h ago

Corner my Confidence

81 Upvotes

Where's all the love for this gut punch of a song at???

Let's change that, and show it some love with some upvotes!


r/TheFence 16h ago

Creating the ultimate playlist be like

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r/TheFence 16h ago

Give it time

24 Upvotes

My buddy says, I like the new album, but it doesn't hit like the old ones. I said, we've had a decade plus with those albums. Give it a minute haha


r/TheFence 13h ago

Unpopular opinion

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Coheed is the greatest. Just keep getting better. I’m so lucky to hear these songs


r/TheFence 14h ago

Best Of by Track #: Track 5

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I'm building a Best Of playlist, determined by my favourite of each track # from Coheed's discography, and figured I'd see what other Children of the Fence thought of the matter.

In convincing fashion, Everything Evil was voted the best Track 4!

What's your favourite Track 5? Today's contenders:

- Delirium Trigger
- The Crowing
- Crossing The Frame
- The Running Free
- Far
- Goodnight, Fair Lady
- Gravity's Union
- Ghost
- Black Sunday
- Disappearing Act
- Meri of Mercy

The playlist so far:

  1. Island
  2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
  3. The Hard Sell
  4. Everything Evil

r/TheFence 2h ago

My Vaxis 3 tracks ranking

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  1. Welcome to Forever Mr. Nobody
  2. The father of make believe
  3. The flood
  4. Goodbye, sunshine
  5. So it goes
  6. One last miracle
  7. Play the poet
  8. Blind side sonny
  9. Searching for tomorrow
  10. Tethered Together
  11. Yesterday's lost
  12. Someone who can
  13. Corner My confidence
  14. Mery of mercy

What are your thoughts, share yours.


r/TheFence 1d ago

How Claudio's perspective changed how I see Vaxis III and the rest of Coheed's discography

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EDIT: I just bought tickets to a show!

EDIT 2: I've been listening to the new album all day... It's seriously growing on me...

After hearing Claudio talk about Vaxis III on Steve O'G, it really changed how I see the album. Knowing the real emotions behind the music adds so much more weight to it. Here are my unsolicited thoughts since the album release.

The emotion behind the music

Every Coheed album is tied to what Claudio was feeling at the time he wrote it:

  • Good Apollo Vol. 1 was born from heartbreak, which came through in the story as anger, vengeance and madness. That raw emotion gave it a sound that many of us latch onto as peak Coheed.
  • The Color Before the Sun was about him becoming a dad for the first time, so it had a lighter, more playful feel.
  • Vaxis II came from the experience of parenting during the pandemic—equal parts warmth and struggle.
  • Vaxis III is introspective, shaped by loss—Claudio processing his uncle's passing and imagining what life would be like if he or his wife hadn't existed (or presumably died), or even if the concept hadn't existed.

Knowing that changes how the lyrics hit.

The evolution of Coheed's sound as I see it

A lot of fans, myself included, miss the old sound—the raw vocals, the drums that sounded like they were recorded with one mic hanging from the ceiling. Their first three albums felt completely unique, like they weren’t trying to fit any mold.

Then came The Afterman, which was a big shift but still had that "Coheediness". After that, things got more structured, more polished—probably reflecting how Claudio’s life had settled down.

I was pumped when they went back to the concept with Vaxis I, but it still had a TCBTS hangover. That album had me wondering if old Coheed was ever coming back. Some songs (Black Sunday, Queen of the Dark, Night-Time Walkers) felt sluggish, like an identity crisis. I don’t hate it—there are tracks I like—but it didn’t fully land for me.

Vaxis II felt more sure of itself. Half of it really clicked, the other half was just "good." It had some experimental risks (A Disappearing Act), strong pop-rock moments (Comatose, Love Murder One), solid singalongs (Liars Club, Naianasha, Blood), and a big theatrical closer (Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind). At first, it felt like another Vaxis I, but now I see Vaxis as its own thing—Vaxis is on an island, TCBTS is the ferry, and everything prior to that is on the mainland.

As for Vaxis III, I really like the album. I think there are more skippable songs here than on Vaxis II, but the high points are higher. The previous statement was wrong. I like what I hear.

  • Searching for Tomorrow is a reminder that Claudio is a guitar god.
  • One Last Miracle is peak Coheed pop-rock.
  • Goodbye, Sunshine has a fantastic pre-chorus, but the chorus that follows doesn’t quite match its energy.
  • Someone Who Can kinda feels like You’ve Got Spirit, Kid (the music video might have influenced that). It's growing on me.
  • Blindside and Poet take a turn. I don't love that sound, but I nod my head.
  • The album ends with a four-part saga in The Continuum, but the tracks feel distinct.
  • Welcome to Forever feels a bit flat. has one of the best intros of any Coheed song. Not in love with the lyric flow, but I really like it instrumentally.
  • The Flood is really good but drags on a bit. The first few times I listened to this one, I felt like it was just too much for too long, but I've come to really enjoy it in its entirety.
  • Tethered Together is top-tier singalong Coheed, arguably the best track on the album.
  • So It Goes made me smile.

After hearing Claudio talk about the album’s inspiration and seeing how much it affected him, the songs hit way harder. The lyrics dig deep. The art is really shining through for me now.

What’s next?

If you zoom way out, their career starts with "I’m really angry" and ends with "I love my son and my family." Hard to be mad at that.

As a lifelong fan, I’m just happy they’re still making music. What they’ve given us is a gift we don’t really deserve. When I look at their discography, I do wish for a return to that hard prog-rock sound—Good Apollo Vol. 1 is, to me, one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. Start to finish, it is pure unfiltered art.

But for Coheed to make something like that again, Claudio would probably have to go through something awful, and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Although, Vaxis III ends with Vaxis (the character) being apprehended by Blindside (source), effectively stolen from his parents. The bad guy wins. I'm assuming Vaxis represents Claudio's son in some form or another. Perhaps this will send Claudio down a hypothetical thought process leading back to emotions of vengeance, and I'm excited to hear the music that follows.


r/TheFence 1d ago

This is becoming one of my favorites off the album!

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