''The Second Stage Turbine Blade'' is the debut studio album released by

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band

Coheed and Cambria Coheed and Cambria are an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995. The band consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), an ...

. It was originally released on March 5, 2002 through

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. It is their first album and part two of a

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, telling the story of ''

The Amory Wars ''The Amory Wars'' is an ongoing series of science fiction comic books and novels created by Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez and published by Evil Ink Comics. The name also refers to the fictional conflict at the center of the story ...

''. It was re-released on September 20, 2005, and included three previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Story

The album introduces the husband and wife characters Coheed and Cambria, the characters from whom the band's name originates. This album is one of five Coheed and Cambria albums (the others being ''

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'', the non-conceptual ''

The Color Before the Sun ''The Color Before the Sun'' is the eighth studio album by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. Following the conceptual double album, '' The Afterman: Ascension'' and '' Descension'', released in 2012 and 2013 respectively, ''The Color Before ...

'', '' Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures'', and '' Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind'') not to have a multi-part suite, as '' In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3'' had the "Camper Velourium" series, '' Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness'' had the "Willing Well" series, '' Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow'' had the "End Complete" series, and '' The Afterman: Ascension'' and ''Descension'' albums had the "Key Entity Extraction" series.

Track listing

Note: On the standard ten-track edition, the hidden track "IRO-Bot" is contained in "God Send Conspirator"; however, on the deluxe edition, it is contained in the "Everything Evil" demo.

Personnel

;Coheed and Cambria *

Claudio Sanchez Claudio Paul Sanchez III (born March 12, 1978)Sanchez, Claudio: "The Amory Wars Sketchbook", page 30. Evil Ink, 2007. is an American writer and musician of Puerto Rican and Italian descentKitchen Chronicles: The Menna Family (New York, 2003, p.3 ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Josh Eppard Josh Eric Eppard (born December 6, 1979) is an American musician from Kingston, New York and the drummer for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. He has worked as a solo rapper under the name Weerd Science and was the drummer for supergroup ...

– drums, piano * Michael Todd – bass, vocals *

Travis Stever Travis Stever (born November 25, 1978) is an American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. Coheed and Cambria Travis Stever is a founding member of Coheed and Cambria. The ...

– lead guitar ;Additional *Michael Birnbaum – production, mixing *Chris Bittner – production, mixing *Jayson Dezuzio – recording, pre-production *Roger Lian – mastering *

Nate Kelley Nate Kelley (born February 15, 1978 in Rockford, Illinois) is the original drummer and backing vocalist for the progressive rock band Shabutie (now called Coheed and Cambria). He is credited on the songs "Delirium Trigger" and "33" from Coheed an ...

– drums (on "Delirium Trigger" and "33") * Dr. Know – guitar (on "Time Consumer") *Todd Martin – recording (on "Delirium Trigger" and "33") *Montana Masback – additional vocals (on "Hearshot Kid Disaster")

Tie-in comics

In the summer of

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Evil Ink Comics Evil Ink Comics is a comic publishing company set up by Claudio Sanchez, the lead singer of progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. Currently Evil Ink is co-publisher to three graphic series; The Amory Wars, Kill Audio and Key of Z. In 2009, Evi ...

released a series of ten comic books as a tie-in to the album. Written by

and illustrated by Wes Abbot, the comics tell the story of Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon, a married couple who become unwittingly involved in interplanetary intrigue.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Second Stage Turbine Blade, The Coheed and Cambria albums 2002 debut albums Science fiction concept albums Equal Vision Records albums Rock operas The Amory Wars Defiance Records albums