Coheed and Cambria are a New York City based hard rock band who first came together in 1995 under the name Shabütie. In 2001, they renamed themselves after the two main characters of the The Amory Wars saga, which is based on the graphic, science fiction novel, written by band mastermind Claudio Sanchez, and which would also lay the foundation of their first four albums.

The band's dramatic style is a unique fusion of metal, progressive rock, emo, and other styles that might remind you of Iron Maiden, Hüsker Dü, Rush, Fugazi, and Black Sabbath all in the same breath. In 2002, the band released the first of their four concept albums, which together would chronicle the The Amory Wars saga.

With titles like, The Second Stage Turbine Blade, In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3, Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, and Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 2: No World For Tomorrow, bestowed upon their concept album "quadrilogy," you can get a pretty good idea of the kind of sci-fi rock and storytelling you are in store for when you plop in this magnificent two-DVD set.

During their four night stand at the Terminal 5 Club in New York City, between October 22-25th, 2008, Coheed and Cambria treated a rabid hometown crowd to a retelling of The Armory Wars story, in order, and in its entirety. For those in attendance, who were too busy moshing and crowd surfing like a bunch of meth-fueled maniacs to actually remember the band's performance, you will be happy to know that it was all captured brilliantly on this two-DVD set, appropriately titled, Neverender. A four-CD, five-DVD, Children of The Fence edition is also available.

I'll start off by admitting that I was never the biggest fan of Coheed and Cambria prior to this DVD, considering that the only album I ever owned by them was In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. I enjoyed much of the album, but it never really inspired me to seek out all of their other stuff. Rest assured my friends, this two-DVD masterwork, featuring complete live performances of all four of their studio albums, all for the price of a single DVD, is all the inspiration you need to delve deeper into this fantastic world of Coheed and Cambria.

Article Author: Paul Roy

Paul Roy is a network administrator by day and amateur music DVD critic by night. When not attending as many live concerts as he possibly can, Paul likes nothing more than to kick back with a good concert DVD and rattle some walls. …

Visit Paul Roy's author page — Paul Roy's Blog