The Unheavenly Brackets: Vaxis (Coheed And Cambria Bracket) Bracket • Page 65

Playthings

 

I feel like I'm losing it, between reading this and some of the Toys shit talk the past couple pages

It's not my personal #1, but I expected it to win the bracket (obv it still may) and assumed everyone loved it, thinking back to the album thread here, reviews, etc.

 

I had no idea people would love Toys so much, I am a fan of that.

 

It's a great song but it's not better than Dark Sentencer. Kind of shocked it's beating it, to be honest.

 

It's got something for everyone, from poppy to proggy to shoegazey, and catchy as hell. Seems like an easy one for all to agree on.

Of course, same goes for IWAU, which should've been in the final

 

I mean, I'm not really that surprised that this forum would choose a more poppy song over a proggy one.

 

I love Coheed's prog stuff. I love TDS, I just find Toys more interesting and a good combination of everything they've done to this point.

 

TDS rules because it hits all the marks of what Coheed does and does very well. Toys feels like them challenging themselves to write an intricate pop song.

 

Toys

Toys is everything I’ve ever wanted from a coheed song. Catchy as fuck but still dynamic and interesting.

 

Dark Sentencer is great but it's more of the same from Coheed. Like someone said earlier, Toys is so different for them and they completely nail it. It's also one of the best single riffs from the band ever

 

The Dark Sentencer

 

Toys sounds like Sum 41 gone heavy. Fight me.

 

I can understand it being a different type of Coheed track, but don't really see how it's all that groundbreaking.

 

I don't see how TDS is groundbreaking either then because it's nothing new from them. I love it, but it's 100% a typical Coheed song in vein of IKS

 

I love heavy Sum 41! I don't see it though

 

I never said it was groundbreaking. Just that I preferred that style of song more.

 

TDS on paper is the Coheed style I most prefer (dark/prog/epic). But it honestly feels so phoned in and bland. There are several far more interesting and satisfying takes on that vibe here (IWAU, Black Sunday, and even The Gutter)

And I'll say it again: Domino did everything TDS does better, and more. They're both the same type of thundering sci-fi intro song, but only one has interesting melodic twists and time signature changes.

 

I think I'm just more pissed that The Gutter didn't win.

 

Honestly, Toys reminds me a lot of The Hard Sell stylistically. I think it’s just a better song in that vein.

 

Exactly what the verses in particular remind me of. Sounds like the kind of think you'd hear at a early 2000's show where everyone hops up and down. The riff is accented a bit more complexly but that underlying thing is there. It kind of irks me.

 

The Dark Sentencer

 

The Dark Sentencer

Toys is good and all, but they really aren't on the same level.

 

Toys all the way

 

TOYS-13
THE DARK SENTENCER-11

By the smallest of margins that sees Toys win this round! That’s the end of regular season play for this bracket.

Not time for the championship yet though! Things get interesting here, it’s time for the Wild Card! Did your favorite lose it’s final round? Well here’s it’s chance for redemption!

WILDCARD MATCHUP


ROUND 1

Neverender Vs. The End Complete III: The End Complete


ROUND 2

Winner of 1 Vs. The Light & The Glass

Number City Vs. Island

The Broken Vs. The Dark Sentencer

The Willing Well III: Apollo II vs. The Afterman

Round 1 begins now!