Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

Rock · 2025 · 14 tracks · 57m

Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

Coheed and Cambria

A cinematic conclusion to a sci-fi trilogy. High-gloss production meets technical guitar work and soaring, multi-layered vocal harmonies.

It's like Star Wars if the soundtrack was written by a really technical pop-punk band.

A triumphant and cinematic journey through space that balances high-stakes drama with melodic warmth.

Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe · vs · Coheed and Cambria

Stargazing+0.8σ

Stargazing saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 57m

01

Yesterday’s Lost

3:24

02

Goodbye, Sunshine

4:16

03

Searching for Tomorrow

3:33

04

The Father of Make Believe

4:39

05

Meri of Mercy

4:16

06

Blind Side Sonny

2:23

07

Play the Poet

3:30

08

One Last Miracle

3:13

09

Corner My Confidence

4:04

10

Someone Who Can

3:45

11

The Continuum I: Welcome to Forever, Mr. Nobody

3:43

12

The Continuum II: The Flood

6:23

13

The Continuum III: Tethered Together

4:36

14

The Continuum IV: So It Goes

5:46

Moments Worth Waiting For

The aggressive, punk-inflected pivot of Blind Side Sonny that breaks the melodic tension of the first half.

The transition into The Continuum II: The Flood where the instrumentation expands into a cinematic, six-minute wall of sound.

The final soaring vocal hook of So It Goes that provides a definitive emotional resolution to the Vaxis trilogy.

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