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Coheed released a new video today. It features a man in Travis’ Halloween Devil costume (presumably Travis), and Claudio Sanchez himself overlooking a third mystery figure in a gas mask, playing the famed piano riff from “Second Stage Turbine Blade” and “The Ring in Return” written by Josh Eppard, Coheed and Cambria’s old drummer. The video ends with the phrase “11/11/11, make a wish”.

Personal inclination and intense conspiracy research has led me to believe that the third mystery person, who they dramatically introduced through this video is in fact Josh Eppard himself, come back to help create their next album, which is supposedly written and ready to record THIS MONTH.

[Let me take a moment to tell those who don’t know why this is important. Josh Eppard rocked Coheed until their 4th album, and they couldn’t have had a better drummer that fit in with their vision. When Josh left, Chris Pennie joined Coheed. Now don’t get me wrong, Chris Pennie is an amazing drummer. If you had to judge by technical skill, Chris Pennie would likely pan out as more skilled than Josh Eppard. But Josh Eppard could just feel the songs better. I loved his raw emotion that just let you know he himself felt the music, and was a part of it. When Chris Pennie joined, it felt as if he was just playing the songs perfectly, to the last hi-hat hit. In a lot of music, Chris Pennie works and rocks it just fine, but personally, with Coheed, he just felt like a drumming robot, sent to copy and continue Coheed’s work rather than the living breathing soul that is Josh Eppard’s drumming. That’s why this conspiracy holds so much weight.]

anyway.

First of all, Coheed needs a new drummer. The band released this Facebook status November 2nd, when Chris Pennie parted ways with Coheed and Cambria:

Tough decisions were made today that will help shape this band for the coming years. We extend our deepest appreciation to Chris Pennie for an incredible journey.

The first sentence fuels the flame that is the burning hope that Eppard might make his epic return.

Now to address the photos I have included in this post. The two at the top are excerpts from the video Coheed and Cambria released today, showing Claudio, the Devil, and the man in the gas mask. The middle picture is from a Youtube video featuring Josh Eppard playing his very own original for his other band Terrible Things.

Here watch it if you want, it’s epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBqvjdfEWNg

The bottom two photos are comparison shots of the hands in the two videos. Far-fetched? Not as much as I first thought. Notice the similarities in the placement of each finger, namely the index, and especially the extended pinky. Also note that in Coheed’s video, the pianist has long sleeves. If it is Josh under that robe, the long sleeves would likely serve to cover his tattoos on his arm, visible in his Terrible Things video.

Now I don’t want to go too far with this, so this is the last piece of soggy evidence i’m pulling out of my ass and out of the asses of others:

On www.coheedandcambria.com, it is a blank abyss. Not too hard to figure out. If you find the text and highlight it, or just press ctrl+a, you get this hidden message:

In the end, we embrace our mistakes.

Now Eppard’s split with Coheed and Cambria was supposedly attributed to Eppard’s struggle with drugs and a hectic tour schedule. I’m not saying that Eppard was a mistake that Coheed is now embracing, but rather that in allowing the music to be put into question and torn apart by their mistakes, Coheed and Cambria (inclusive of Josh) now will embrace everything they should have when the mistakes were made.

The only wish I will make today on 11/11/11 is that I hope that Josh Eppard returns to Coheed and helps them find a good sound for this next album and continues to tour with Claudio and Travis to promote the album.

It may be a little specific, but that’s all I want for 11/11/11, Christmas, Hannukah, and my birthday. Seriously. If not, it’s fine. Josh Eppard is doing it hard solo as well. I only hear good things coming from whatever instruments he can get his fingers on. Can’t say I’m not fuckin stoked to find out though.