Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

While the album continues The Amory Wars storyline established in most of the band's previous albums, frontman and lead writer Claudio Sanchez has stated that this album was more personal than others, with a focus on personal stories rather than the concept first. Sanchez has described the album as a "midlife crisis." The album's themes revolve around loss, ==Critical reception==

Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe was released to critical acclaim from many contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82 based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ==Track listing==

Notes • "Yesterday's Lost" contains, at approximately 0:28, a reprise of "The Hollow" from The Afterman: Ascension. • "The Continuum III: Tethered Together" contains multiple allusions to the Key Entity Extraction suite from the Afterman albums, most prominently reprising the melody of "Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute" from The Afterman: Ascension. It also contains the choral chant from “The End Complete III: The End Complete” from ''Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow''. • "The Continuum IV: So It Goes" contains, at approximately 5:16, a reprise of "Pretelethal" from The Afterman: Descension. ==Personnel==

Coheed and Cambria • Claudio Sanchez – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, production • Travis Stever – guitar • Zach Cooper – bass • Josh Eppard – drums Additional musicians • Christopher Jahnke – orchestrations Technical • Zakk Cervini – production, mixing, engineering • Chris Athens – mastering • Julian Garguilo – mix assistant, engineering, additional production • Sean-Paul Pillsworth – drums engineering Artwork • Chase Stone – art • Nick Steinhardt – design ==Charts==