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In further news coming out of Comic-Con, where every comic series is now the next potential blockbuster, Coheed And Cambria lead singer and guitarist Claudio Sanchez has announced that he is working on a feature-film adaptation of The Amory Wars, the dystopic graphic novel series created by Sanchez to serve as the basis and inspiration for Coheed And Cambria’s otherwise pretty cryptic concept album storylines. The project sees Sanchez partnering with Wahlberg and Leverage Pictures, the studio behind Entourage and Boardwalk Empire, to tell the story of a couple named Coheed and Cambria and their attempt to oust a ...

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tracklisting:

1.         Mercenary - Panic! At The Disco

2.         Deranged - Coheed And Cambria

3.         Creature - The Duke Spirit

4.         Shadow On The Run - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

5.         Afterdark - Blaqk Audio

6.         Oh Stranger - Raveonettes

7.         The Years - Crosses

8.         Trophy Widow - The Damned Things

9.         Drown In You - Daughtry

10.         Losing You - The Boxer Rebellion

11.         Total Paranoia - Serj Tankian...

Ke$ha, Coheed and Cambria and more knock last week's champ Jack Johnson out of the top 10.

By Gil Kaufman

B.o.B

Photo: Frank Mullen

The critical response to Mgmt's sophomore album Congratulations has been mixed so far, but their fans had no qualms downloading the psychedelic warriors' album from iTunes. According to figures provided by iTunes, the trippy disc shot right to #1 on the iTunes albums chart this week, bumping mellow strummer Jack Johnson out of the #1 position. (In fact, after one week at the top, Johnson was out of the top 10 entirely for the sales week that ended Monday).

Mgmt were followed by Ke$ha's Animal, which likely stormed back up thanks to her appearance on "Saturday Night Live," and Coheed And Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, which we like to think was goosed by their win in the MTV Musical March Madness competition.

Coheed And Cambria has always been remarkable for the extended science-fiction tale that runs through its albums, one that’s also manifested as the comic-book series The Amory Wars (written by Coheed’s leader, Claudio Sanchez). But the band’s fifth full-length, Year Of The Black Rainbow, has higher aspirations: cinematic ones. The disc kicks off with “One,” an eerie, soundtrack-like instrumental that would feel right at home in a J-horror film. The rest of the album is similarly atmospheric, even when it colossally rocks. Reconciling its post-hardcore roots with the progressive-rock flourishes that have been eclipsing the band’s ...