Coheed and Cambria + 3

In the decade since its first release, prog-punk outfit Coheed and Cambria has wisely refined a successful formula, sounding properly bombastic and effortlessly hooky. The New York combo's latest is The Afterman: Ascension, the first in a grandiose two-part concept album that puts visceral lyrics and epic instrumentation in a sci-fi realm (like all of the group's past albums).