Coheed and Cambria have officially announced their next album, having wrapped up tracking last week. The album will be titled Year of the Black Rainbow and is set for release in April 2010 and will be followed by a headline tour of the US, and then on to Europe and the UK for festivals.

The band goes on to explain that the new album will be the "Origin Story" or "The Prequel," and likely the final story of the ongoing concept story of "The Amory Wars" which has continued through the bands entire discography. Not only is the band planning the record, but a deluxe edition will include a 300+ page novel which will tell the origins of characters and other details in the band's epic.

The band goes on to note that the record is being produced by Atticus Ross and Joe Baressi and the novel will be written by frontman Claudio Sanchez and author Peter David.