Sunday, August 10, 2008

Shabutie - Nauraushaun

After much searching and file converting, I have found a decent bootleg of Claudio Sanchez performing the song Nauraushaun, presumably under the Shabutie band name. (it sounds like a bootleg recording from a very small acoustic set)

Check out the link below, there are a few files in there to grab. (all acoustic IIRC)
Music Link


Friday, October 19, 2007

Amory Wars Scans by Another Matt

Check out the Amory Wars scans done by a Matt other than myself (a different Matt, fancy that)

A special thanks and shout-out to Matt for being dedicated to C&C Fandom. ^.^b

Scan 1 :: Scan 2 :: Scan 3 :: Scan 4 :: Scan 5 :: Scan 6 :: Scan 7 :: Scan 8 :: Scan 9

Matt also has scanned the entire first issue of The Bag On Line Adventures of Coheed and Cambria (the comic book based on the story told in the albums, for those of you who may not know), the scans are located here.


Sunday, October 14, 2007

No World For Tomorrow Leak Earlier Than Expected

Hells yea, last week I obtained the demo-esque disc from mininova.org -- It contained 2/3 of the album, as well as random interviews tossed in there.
Pretty cool stuff. The demo leak was taken down already, but there are 2 new torrents out today (not but hours ago) that claim to be the FULL ALBUM.

Now I have not confirmed these to be valid, yet. Download at your own risk and make sure to scan for virii and other malware before you unpack any archives or anything.

Here are the links, good luck guys ^.^b (I am already downloading both, but it is sllooooow going)
http://www.mininova.org/tor/939303
http://www.mininova.org/tor/940479


Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Coheed and Cambria news:

Well apparently I am slow like always, Mic Todd is back, has been for a bit (2-3 months now) but the real news I guess is that the album 'No World for Tomorrow' will be released sometime in October `07 (one year from the release date of My Brother's Blood Machine, Claudio has been quite busy :D )

Its a damn shame I missed Warped Tour (I saw Coheed's first Warped Tour appearance, it was awesome) -- I do not know if I've ever told you guys this story:
I was up-front, pretty much dead center for the Coheed set @ Warped Tour 2003 or 2004 (it was a WHILE ago so I have forgotten exactly when it was - but I know I was in my earlier years of high school back then)

Anyways, during the first or second song someone threw a bottle on stage, it landed near Claudio -- he stopped a bit abruptly (it was nearing the end of the song and the transition to the next song was coming up) he then said "Hey, anyone else who throws a bottle up here, I'll fuck you, I'll fuck you straight in the ass!!"
I do not think I have ever laughed that hard at any show in my life. It was brilliant. After the next song he then continued to say " Actually, hey, guys, I'm not gonna fuck anyone in the ass..." he smiled SO wide, ear-to-ear and shit - and you could see the rest of the band laughing a bit as well as the crowd.

Alright, I believe thats about it for now - sorry again about being late to the party here I really SUCK when it comes to updated the website. (and organizing it as most of you already know)


Monday, January 08, 2007

It has been a while, my bad guys. This update: Good Apollo Vol. II

A very good friend and dedicated Coheed fan, Jess sent me this little tid-bit of information that I had not yet heard:

From Kerrang:
"The lords of 21st century prog rock have already written half the songs for their fourth full-length album and aim to hit the studio in March. As always, expected in the unexpected. "We're trying to incorporate more musicians to expand and evolve the Coheed sound," says frontman Claudio Sanchez. "This album will be more rock, less progressive. It won't be a departure, but we have longer to work out songs this time. So far it's been a powerful experience, writing this material with a new perspective and with some new people." Among the songs that may or may not appear on the album are 'Gravemakers And Gunslingers' and 'The Hound Of Blood And Rank'. " Title: TBC Expect It: September

Sounds a bit offy to me, just because Im more of a prog-rock kind of guy, but I'm still very much interested since I have yet to hear the band play with their new line-up.
The departure of Mic Todd and Josh Eppard still saddens me :( I hope they do well in their other musical ventures.


Thursday, October 26, 2006

The new Prize Fighter Inferno album, My Brother's Blood Machine :D

Well, I heard form a VERY reliable source that the new prize fighter album MIGHT BE right here! I am in NO WAY affiliated with that website, the files it hosts, or The Prize Fighter Inferno themselves. You have to take htis into your own hands, this is sensitive material, and I DO NOT OWN THE FILES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONTAINED IN THAT LINK. I have no affiliation to anything mentioned herein, so do NOT ask me where to get a leak of the new Prize Fighter Inferno album, because sharing copyrighted music is ILLEGAL, thusly I AM NOT sharing any copyrighted music, but that LINK MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN FILES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COPYRIGHTED. Keep this all in mind. Have a good day guys :D That link again IS here!

Update: the link above was taken down now its over here

and there is also is a torrent going around, Ill be seeding this for some time, there are 4 other seeders aside from me as well.
Demonoid torrent


Friday, October 20, 2006

Well I figured you all would want to see this WITHOUT having to go to *shiver* Cobalt and Calcium

This is The Final Cut - its a bit graphic, and its home-movie-ish since it was filmed by Claudio himself.



note: if you dont have flash installed, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lswt6nCjAHc

Two things up for discussion; is this claudio playing the character Claudio and he is envious of what Newo and Al have (doubtful) or is this Claudio playing the character Al the Killer. AND; Why isn't there a badass space ship XD I want to see THE VELORIUM CAMPER!
I love you Claudio, don't ever change you crazy fuck :D

// 'In the Final Curtain Call, You left me here with the coldest of feelings..''


Saturday, September 30, 2006

A Few More Uncovered Shabutie Tracks

Here are a few more tracks, and a special thanks goes out to Jess and Ross for giving me yet more info, another Shabutie treasured track, Ambassador Johnson
And, the others:
Shabutie - Sarah Lawrence
Shabutie - Zut
Shabutie - Bloody Brit Song

That is all for now, and no, still NO WORD yet on The Prize Fighter Inferno. Only cover art and a track list, but Im sure you have all seen both of these by now.


Friday, September 08, 2006

More Coheed and Cambria news, review of 'The Armory Wars Sketchbook'

My copy of 'The Armory Wars Sketchbook' has finally arrived! I must say this book is a must have for all die-hard Coheed and Cambria fans. The sketchbook gives a sneak peak into the realm of the Armory Wars, the side-project of Claudio Sanchez and Gus Vasquez, featuring the characters from the Bag On-Line Adventures of Coheed and Cambria. This is my first attempt at 'digg'-ing a post made on my blog here, I hope it works. Sometime or another Ill figure out how to get digg completely tied into my blog system here so i won't have dupe posts like this :D
Or maybe I'll just post the real blog on this page, and then link the digg post to the main page (index.html) .. yea let us try that next time.

read more | digg story


The Armory Wars Sketchbook Review

Finally it came! Its soooo shiny, however its not many pages for $12 USD... I count 2 covers, 2 intro pages, 9 pages of front story, 9 pages of full color character sketches, including Coheed, Cambria, Claudio, Newo, Jesse, Mariah, Paranoia, Wilhelm and Mayo. I like the new designs by Gus, my favorite is Jesse. The sketches for newo and mariah are kind of on the lame side, I prefer the Bag On-line Mariah, but that is ok. After the middle pages for the character sketches, there is 3 or somore pages of backstory on how Claudio (the character) began life, its pretty abbreviated, but offers somethings not even I knew about.

I have uploaded 3 HUGE scans, each 300dpi. I have the front cover, the back cover, and the page depicting Jesse. Just click on the smaller pictures to open the huge pictures in a new tab/window.







If you LOVE artbooks and the like, this is a good pickup, but if you need the 12 dollars for something more urgent, maybe you havent even read the Bag On-line comic books yet, then Id say pass this up for the time being.

One last update, a new acquaintence of mine has hooked me up with 2 more Shabutie songs, 'Bloody Brit Song' and 'Sarah Lawrence' - this Sarah Lawrence version is allegedly part of a trilogy fo songs, containing Sarah Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence Strikes Back, and 'Triquel'.

So now, out of known Shabutie songs, I am missing 'Zut', 'Jonas Holio', 'Skittles', 'Stop', 'Triquel', 'Eggplant Wizard', 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 'Ambassador Johnson', and 'A New One Conspirator'


Alright, where can I begin but with the band itself, Coheed and Cambria is a Progressive Rock band who now have 3 LPs to date. The Second Stage Turbine Blade, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, and their newest, Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. But I am jumping ahead of myself. The band is comprised of 4 members; Claudio Sanchez (vocals/guitar), Travis Stevens (guitar), Michael Todd (bass), and Josh Eppard (drums).

Coheed and Cambria was not always known as such, however. They had their start as a band named Shabutie, and during that, Claudio made a side project named Coheed and Cambria. Shabutie did release one EP, which does lend a bit to the story line. With songs like Elf Tower, NM; Cassiopeia; Kinderwhore; Godfather's Lollipop; Nauraushaun; Camouflage; and Shameless. However, the Official EP only contained only Shameless, Camouflage, Kinderwhore, Godfather's Lollipop, and Cassiopeia.

Shabutie did quite well, but Claudio liked the name and theme behind the band Coheed and Cambria so much, that it was decided that the band would stick with the Co & Ca project.

Now, if it is not apparent to you by now, the albums of Coheed and Cambria have one higher purpose, they tell an intricate story. Lyrics convey the details of the story and you can feel it each of their songs. This art form is commonly referred to as 'a concept band'. Few know of a band that has done this art as well. They are named Sage, and they are a Canadian group that dispersed 'chapters' of a science-fiction concept story across 4 albums. Coincidentally, Sage used a moth and/or butterfly symbol similar to the dragonfly that is commonly associated with The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

Anyways, onto my Co & Ca history...
After The Second Stage Turbine released and set the stage for the story, the band was not very well-known. Finally, about 2 years after the release of that album, and almost one full year after the release of In Keeping Secrets, they hit some popularity. Now, as for my personal Coheed experience, I heard them on a random CD burnt by a friend. That CD piqued my interest in Coheed about a year and a half ago. Little did I know at the time that they already had 2 albums out, and were about to join the Warped Tour. So I went, saw my first Coheed live set ever, and was amazed. From that point on I knew these guys were the real deal.

This is about the time when the posers come out from all corners declaring their love to Coheed... I've heard some amazingly stupid things...
One fellow I overheard talking about Coheed knew only one song, and he called it ''The Sniper Song'' -- Now I was pretty sure this means A Favor House Atlantic. Since that song was overly marketed, and played on MTV (see also, ''the scourge of all music'') it gained popularity very rapidly since the song is very catchy and quite good, as well. The story got lost in translation a bit here and there, but now the fourth album aims to fix that, I hope.

Ah yes, the amazing storyline behind Coheed and Cambria. I might as well start at the very beginning there as well. Coheed and Cambria are husband and wife. They were technically created the insane Doctor Honenberger, along with Coheed's ''brother'' Jesse, The Inferno. These 3 creations were labeled the KBI. This acronym stands for 'The Knowledge, The Beast, and The Inferno'. If you cannot figure out which is which, then there is little hope for you... But anyways, the story goes on, and the world that Coheed and Cambria live in is one of immense proportions. The technology for the most part is very futuristic. However, the cars look as if they are pulled from the 1970's, and Paris is the Capital of Earth. (Scary, huh?) Now, Earth is in a semi-man-made star system called The Fence. The Fence exists because of the Keywork, which is an elaborate interplanetary system of star transformers that power the planets that make up The Fence, as well as keep all the planets in perfect alignment and orbit.

Now, Coheed and Cambria live on Earth. References are made to New Jersey and New Mexico, but I'm sure they live in or near Jersey. Anyways, that is pretty irrelevant as you shall soon see. Coheed and Cambria have 4 offspring; Maria, the youngest daughter, Matthew, the youngest son, Josephine, and Claudio (the even numbered nephew.) Before you ask, yes Claudio did write himself into his own story, but that is ok. Moving right along, now... Maria, my star, Matthew goodnight... Ah yes, the first 2 to go. Coheed poisons the children because of a direct order given to him by the President of Earth, Mayo Deftinwolf. The other orders are to also kill Josephine and Claudio. Slaying the children will prevent the spread of the Sinstar Virus. Now, Coheed and Cambria have been infected with the Monstar virus, and for this virus to spread, Coheed and Cambria must go to Paris Earth, at the seventh turning hour, and Coheed must look into the eyes of the trigger (Cambria) -- Now this bit is purely speculation on my part, since this is just what I have gathered from listening to all the songs for countless hours, and pouring over the lyrics. I have also read both comics, just in case you are wondering.

Now, this is where it gets tricky, you may or may not have to read this all a few times to fully get it. The Sinstar virus is a much different occurrence than its Monstar counterpart. All 4 of the children are rumored to have it (says Deftinwolf) and that is why they all must die. For, at each child's twenty-fourth birthday, the virus will mature and spread rapidly, quickly enveloping the entire planet. Josephine is 23, and fast approaching her 24th birthday now. She is out with Patrick, and they stumble into New Jersey, apparently. The gang, The New Jersey Devils, break into Patrick's car, pulling Josephine and Patrick form the vehicle, and they proceed to rape Josephine. Josephine returns home that same night to find her parents in the kitchen. Coheed, much to his regret must kill Josephine, as per Deftinwolf's orders. And he does. And it is quite graphic if you have seen the comic. Patrick does play witness to this slaughter, the slaughter of his loved one. Now this is where I’m pretty sure that Patrick begins to become a main character of this story. Anyways, Claudio at this point is still out with Newo Ikkin. (My dear Newo Ikkin, how has Apollo been treating you?) His parents asked him to be home before 1am, and he was not. So Deftinwolf has already learned about this from the High Mage and is on his way to the Killgannon residence.

Now I have just noticed that I left out a few important details, since I am a poor story teller.
Coheed's last name is Killgannon; thusly they are the Killgannon family.
Second, Mayo Deftinwolf, the President of Earth reports to Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan, who is currently in charge of overseeing man. -- However Mariah, a young Mage that resides in Paris, Earth, proves to be a threat to Wilhelm's tyranny. So, in defense, Wilhelm hopes to use the Monstar virus. When activated, the Monstar endows its host with the ability to destroy star transformers and separate planets from the Keywork's unifying energy beam, resulting in an apocalypse for the inhabitants of the separated planets as they smash into other astronomical bodies. Mayo plans to activate the Monstar and send Coheed and his wife, Cambria, to Paris Earth, in hopes that the Monstar will destroy the star transformer at Paris Earth, thus causing Earth to break free of the Fence, ridding Wilhelm of Mariah.
There is a rumored prophecy that states 'Man shall live, while the Mages watch over man, and the Prise watch over the Mages. And if man defies the word of God then I shall take away all I have given to thee' -- now that is paraphrased since I don’t remember where I heard and or read that, so I cannot cite it directly, but it conveys the main points well enough for now.
Mariah Antillarea, the Mage vying for control over Man, will supposedly bring peace and balance, while the current High Mage seeks only to kill the Killgannons and ultimately destroy the Keywork, thus defying the word of God. One last thing I forgot to mention, The Knowledge, the Beast, and the Inferno are all robots (created by Honenberger as I said before), they are technically named 'IRO-bots' (hence IRO-bot will never die...)

Now, the Prise are a faerie-like race that have their own mysterious agenda, and will soon reveal all they have planned. 'The Crowing' has told of how the Prise need to watch over Claudio and that Ambellina (a Prise) is the specific one. Maybe Ambellina leads the Prise. There are many speculations over this subject, but a definite middle ground has yet to be found.
Back to the story... Deftinwolf has entered the Killgannon residence with his squad of men and is ready to take down The Beast. Finally we learn that Coheed's metronome left arm stick shift is actually how he got those scars, as blades somehow come from within his left arm and kill things.('Does it bleed from the left arm?') After a bit of a fight, a few deaths(woo!), Coheed is subdued, he and Cambria are ready to be delivered to Paris. Beyond this point in the story, all is purely speculation now, so I don’t want a shit load of hate mail saying that I am an idiot and that I am lying and that I have made up the story... This is just my interpretation of the story line from here, and I will also cite theories of my close friends.

Anyways, from what I can piece together, on the seventh turning hour (07:00 AM) Coheed and Cambria will touch down on Paris and the Dragonflies will also make their arrival, and who knows exactly what kind of insane atrocities will ensue. The broad idea I have is that Paris does go up in flames and the Keywork is somehow damaged or destroyed in the chaos, which sends the planets (atleast planet Earth, Star 4) that reside(s) within The Fence to go spinning out into outer space, or end up crashing in to each other causing interplanetary destruction, and yes, you guessed it, more chaos.

Somewhere through all of this, Claudio loses Newo or some such event, and he seeks out Al The Killer (who pilots the ship, 'The Velorium Camper') In the first couple of tracks on IKSSE:3 it tells of Claudio finding Al The Killer and The Velorium Camper, and how he enters the ship and beats Al (possibly while he has 'turned' due to the Sinstar virus) and Al lays beaten and bloody on the floor.
Also, the song 21:13 makes mention of that time (9:13 pm) -- so one can only assume that something imperative to the story line happens at 21:13... (and the clock reads 21:13...) Coheed also has a preminition in the comic about this time, it is very unclear however

A few more short theories...

In the song, In Keeping Secrets, it is said that Claudio is preparing to charge into battle, and is envisioning all the murders he is about to commit. Also, he thinks back on the loves lost, his parents whom he thinks have been killed in the fire in his old house. He is seemingly seeking the approval of his parents.

More speculations ->
Mayo and Ryan plan to release thousands of dragonflies on Paris Earth, each with the ability to inject a specific serum called the Ciache into humans. If Coheed is injected with the serum, the Monstar will be activated the second he makes eye contact with Cambria and Paris Earth will be knocked from the Keywork. The Prise discover Mayo's plan and vow to stop it by stopping the dragonflies, as their duty is to protect Heaven's Fence.

I have just read this and it seems to make perfect sense -- 'Claudio, destroyed thinking that his parents died, decides to kill himself but changes his mind(point your gun in another direction, now that you've cried yourself to sleep; here in there after the fire) but he fakes it so everybody, including Newo, thinks he's dead. He does this to gain the upper hand over Wilhelm (she waits for me outside near a hole in the ground in the one way thinking you might get the upper hand, dear Newo Ikkin how's Apollo been treating you? Has he been a good boy since the day I left? Give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head ‘cause I won't be coming home, when you get this I'll be dead.) "She" is Newo, "a hole in the ground" is Claudio's grave, "in the one way thinking you might get the upper hand" is Clauido's plan, and "dear Newo Ikkin how's Apollo been treating you? has he been a good boy since the day I left? give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head ‘cause I won't be coming home, when you get this I'll be dead" is Claudio's suicide note. (this info is taken from the music and [from] Claudio himself)' That was taken from wikipedia.org, and they seem to know what they are talking about... I hope.

A few more things I have noticed while researching a bit more...
Coheed and Cambria make it to Paris Earth and the Monstar is activated in Coheed.
Paris Earth is separated from the Keywork, and this separation is central to the storyline.
Both Coheed and Cambria are dead at the end of the first album.
Claudio falls asleep at the end of the first album and dreams the events of the first few tracks on the second album.
The second album centers mostly on Claudio and Chase, a young robot boy created by Jesse.
Al the Killer is the psychopathic, racist pilot of the space ship The Velorium Camper. Al is important to the main story, and oddly enough likes to kill white girls. (he hates white girls for some unknown reason)

Ambellina is one of the Prise, as mentioned in "The Crowing", supposedly sent to become more human-like ("burn your wings and learn their letters") in order to help Claudio save Paris Earth and "watch over" him.
(Side note not exactly pertaining to the storyline: 'The Crowing' has been performed in with altered lyrics and a slight alteration in musical accompaniment by Coheed and Cambria, and rename 'Watch Over Me' in some instances, it also has been performed acoustic a few times, they are eseentially the same song but acoustic 'Watch Over Me' is more badass.)

It is often debated over whether Al's spaceship is called The Velourium Camper or The Camper Velourium because of information on the CD, and in the lyrics. According to the track listing for In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, as well as the listing on CoheedandCambria.com, Al's ship is called The Velorium Camper. In Claudio's post on the official message board, however, it is referred to as The Camper Velourium.

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