Last year Coheed and Cambria released "The Afterman: Ascension", a prequel of sorts to their 2009 album "Year Of The Black Rainbow" and the first part in the double album release "The Afterman", which takes place in the same universe as YOTBR but acts as an alternative reality in the "Amory Wars" storyline.
Mythology aside, "Descension" sounds a lot like it's predecessor, but towards the second half it gets mellow and almost calm. The album opens with "Pretelethal", continuing with the sound of "Ascension" and acting as an introduction, but after "Sentry The Defiant" and the hard rock anthem "The Hard Sell" things start to get more mellow and melacholic. Starting with "Number City", a funky and equally sad and cheery tune, and following with songs like "Away We Go" and "Iron Fist", the album gets considerably lighter on the ears than "Ascension" and concludes the double release with a happier tone, despite some of it's darker lyrics (And I was wrong to let you go/ I accept my mistake, but you will never know/ This is my love into a ten ton truck/ Baby, please remember the better me).
As with their previous album, "Descension" sounds thick and saturated when it gets heavy and meticulously arranged in the quieter parts, where some electronic elements are also present and add a lot to the partially futuristic feeling of the album. The production is pretty good, though drums may sound a little compressed for some, but each instrument can be individually picked apart even in the heaviest sections and as with every C&C album (unless you have become used to it) it might be a little while before you take a liking to vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez' vocals.
Overall "Descension" is a more than solid follow up and another worthy addition to Coheed and Cambria's ever expanding universe of albums, novels and comics.
8.5/10
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