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"Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures" (often shortened to The Unheavenly Creatures) is the ninth studio album by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. It was released on October 5, 2018, continuing the band's Amory Wars concept. It is the band's longest single album as of 2018.
The music of The Unheavenly Creatures has been described by music critics as progressive rock and progressive metal, noting many songs spanning influences such as punk rock, pop punk, and indie rock.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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The Unheavenly Creatures finishes as an album of incredibly strong material for a band on their ninth studio recording. Every song on the album manages to drive both an air of "epicness" that was most apparent on No World for Tomorrow and a Coheed-specific quirky catchiness that the band has been refining for years. Still, I can't shake the feeling that a little something is missing - whether it's a "2113" or the introspective lyrical darkness of the group's first trio of albums. It's the same feeling I had with No World for Tomorrow - though no fault can be found with any material offered, there's still some little, invisible piece missing. But that piece is only what keeps The Unheavenly Creatures from reaching for honors like "album of the year," while its current state still qualifies it for a highly regarded honorable mention and a high degree of critical and commercial anticipation for what's to come on Vaxis Acts II through IV.
Reviewed by Thompson D. Gerhart for sputnikmusic.com.
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