Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band formed in Nyack, New York in 1995, with Claudio Sanchez's sci-fi Amory Wars saga threading through most of the catalog. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003) and Good Apollo Volume One (2005) are the essential entry points. Shop Coheed and Cambria vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Coheed and Cambria formed in Nyack, New York in 1995 (originally as Shabütie, changing to Coheed and Cambria in 2001). Vocalist and guitarist Claudio Sanchez is the band's principal songwriter and has authored the elaborate science fiction concept narrative that links most of the band's albums (The Amory Wars). The lineup has shifted across the band's history, with Sanchez and Travis Stever as the constants. The band's albums function both as standalone rock records and as serialized installments of the Amory Wars story, which has also been expanded into comic books and novels.
Coheed and Cambria's sound combines progressive rock, post-hardcore, alternative rock, pop punk, and emo with Sanchez's distinctive high-register vocals and dense, often virtuosic guitar arrangements. The band's narrative concept work has positioned them as one of the most consistent and ambitious American progressive rock acts of the 2000s and 2010s.
Coheed and Cambria's catalog has been extensively reissued in multiple color variant editions, anniversary pressings, and limited deluxe editions across Equal Vision, Columbia, and Roadrunner.
Listeners new to Coheed and Cambria typically start with In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003) or Good Apollo Volume One (2005).
