Claudio Sanchez's dad arc has produced some incredible songwriting, TBH. Like, even most of The Color Before The Sun, but especially the Vaxis albums so far.
Also, if you're looking for a comparatively accessible Coheed album to get a vibe for what their Deal™ is, A Window of the Waking Mind is good. Like, if you really want to get their Thing™, you still kinda need to listen to Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness and, I'd argue, The Afterman: Ascension and Descension, but.
Like, the most salient thing in this post is that Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord) is a fucking really good song, IMO??
Also real quick coheed live is I one of the best shows I've ever seen and it's because of coheeds on stage energy being so fantastic