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|Title=''The Afterman: Ascension''
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|image = [[File:The_Afterman_Ascension.jpg|200px]]
  
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|caption = <small>''The Afterman: Ascension''</small>
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The Afterman Ascension.jpg|Front Cover
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Album Back - The Afterman - Ascension.jpg|Back Cover
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|tracks = 09
  
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Album C.D. - The Afterman - Ascension.jpg|CD
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|released = October 9, 2012
  
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Album Deluxe - The Afterman - Ascension.jpg|Deluxe Edition
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|length = 39:29
  
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|symbol = Ascension/Descension<br/>[[File:The Afterman Symbol.png|60px]]
  
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|producer = Coheed And Cambria<br/>Michael Birnbaum<br />Chris Bittner
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|Artist= [[Coheed and Cambria]]
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|Tracks=9 (Standard Edition)<br>
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|publisher = Everything Evil<br />Hundred Handed
  
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12 (Including Bonus Tracks)
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|artwork = Heidi Taillefer (cover)<br/>Nathan Spoor
  
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|Released=October 9, 2012
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|formats = CD, Vinyl
  
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|Recorded=November 2011 to June 2012 at Applehead Recording Woodstock, NY
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|prevalbum = <small>''[[Year of the Black Rainbow (album)|Year Of The Black Rainbow]]''</small>
  
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|Length=39:29 (Standard Edition)<br>
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|nextalbum = <small>''[[The Afterman: Descension]]''</small>}}
  
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49:44 (Including Bonus Tracks)
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'''The Afterman: Ascension''' is the sixth studio album by Coheed and Cambria. It is the first part of a double album, the second part of which is [[The Afterman: Descension]]. It is the first Coheed and Cambria album since 2005's Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness to feature Josh Eppard on drums, and the first to feature Zach Cooper on bass.
  
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|Label=Hundred Handed<br>
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Everything Evil
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|Producer=Coheed and Cambria<br>
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Michael Birnbaum<br>
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Chris Bittner
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|Story=[[The Afterman (book)]]
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|Symbol=[[File:The Afterman Symbol.png|60px]]<br>Ascension
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|Previous=''[[Year of the Black Rainbow (album)|Year of the Black Rainbow]]''
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|Next=''[[The Afterman: Descension]]''
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}}'''''The Afterman: Ascension''''' is the sixth studio album by [[Coheed and Cambria]]. It is the first part of a double album, the second part of which is [[The Afterman: Descension]]. It is the first Coheed and Cambria album since 2005's [[Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (album)|Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness]] to feature [[Josh Eppard]] on drums, and the first to feature [[Zachary Cooper|Zach Cooper]] on bass.
   
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It's earliest release was the Special "Amory Award" Edition on September 10, 2012, with the official release on October 9, 2012.
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The deluxe version of the album will be released with a coffee-table book co-written by band member Claudio Sanchez and writer Peter David, intended to give a song-by-song experience of the concept album. The album follows the Amory Wars storyline, and concentrates on the character [[Sirius Amory]]. Chronologically, this album precedes Year Of The Black Rainbow, which itself was the prequel to the previous records, making it the earliest story in the Amory Wars.
  
   
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== Tracklisting ==
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== Story ==
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The two albums act as a prequel to even [[Year of the Black Rainbow (disambiguation)|Year of the Black Rainbow]], and concentrate on the character [[Sirius Amory]], whom the series is named after. It is considered the earliest story in [[The Amory Wars]]. Sirius is a bold scientist often called a kook, trying to uncover the secrets of the Keywork.
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# "[[The Hollow]]" – 2:11
  
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# "[[Key Entity Extraction I: Domino The Destitute]]" – 7:51
  
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# "[[The Afterman (Song)|The Afterman]]" – 3:11
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''For more information on the story of this album, see [[The Afterman (book)|The Afterman (book)]].''
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# "[[Mothers Of Men]]" – 4:11
  
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== Editions ==
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# "[[Goodnight, Fair Lady]]" – 3:23
  
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The "Amory Award" Edition
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# "[[Key Entity Extraction II: Holly Wood The Cracked]]" – 3:26
  
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* Four CDs with bonus tracks
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# "[[Key Entity Extraction III: Vic The Butcher]]" – 5:47
  
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** The Regular CD
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# "[[Key Entity Extraction IV: Evagria the Faithful]]" – 6:22
  
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** [[The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)]]
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# "[[Subtraction]]" – 3:07
  
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** [[The Afterman: Descension]] CDR (blank CD)
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[[Category:Albums]]
  
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** [[The Afterman: Descension (Big Beige Demos)]] CDR (blank CD)
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* Documentary DVD
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* A 78-page [[The Afterman (book)|coffee-table book]] written by [[Claudio Sanchez]] and edited by Evil Ink Comics' Chondra Echert and Blaze James, intended to give a song-by-song experience of the concept album.
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* Sirius Amory’s “Amory Award” with Metal Medallion and Certificate in a display book
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The Limited Deluxe Edition
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* Three CDs
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** The Regular CD
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** [[The Afterman: Descension]]
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** [[The Afterman (Live Album)|The Afterman: Live]]
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* A 83-page book with the same content as the Amory Edition, including photos from the Live Tour.
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== Tracklist==
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1. "[[The Hollow]]" – 2:11<br />
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2. "[[Key Entity Extraction I: Domino The Destitute]]" – 7:51<br />
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3. "[[The Afterman (Song)|The Afterman]]" – 3:11<br />
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4. "[[Mothers Of Men]]" – 4:11<br />
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5. "[[Goodnight, Fair Lady]]" – 3:23<br />
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6. "[[Key Entity Extraction II: Holly Wood The Cracked]]" – 3:26<br />
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7. "[[Key Entity Extraction III: Vic The Butcher]]" – 5:47<br />
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8. "[[Key Entity Extraction IV: Evagria the Faithful]]" – 6:22<br />
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9. "[[Subtraction]]" – 3:07
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===iTunes Edition Tracks===
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10. "[[The Homecoming]] (Bonus Track)" – 3:57<br />
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11. "Goodnight, Fair Lady (demo)" – 3:07<br />
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12. "The Afterman (demo)" – 3:11
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== See Also ==
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* [[The Afterman: Descension]]
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* [[The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)|<nowiki/>]][[The Afterman: Descension|The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)]]
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* [[The Afterman: Descension (Big Beige Demos)]]
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* [[The Afterman (Live Album)|The Afterman: Live]]
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* [[The Afterman (book)|''The Afterman'' (book)]]
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{{TheAmoryWars}}[[Category:Albums]]
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[[Category:The Amory Wars]]
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[[Category:The Afterman: Ascension]]
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[[Category:The Afterman]]

Latest revision as of 18:39, 12 August 2020

The Afterman: Ascension is the sixth studio album by Coheed and Cambria. It is the first part of a double album, the second part of which is The Afterman: Descension. It is the first Coheed and Cambria album since 2005's Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness to feature Josh Eppard on drums, and the first to feature Zach Cooper on bass.

It's earliest release was the Special "Amory Award" Edition on September 10, 2012, with the official release on October 9, 2012.

Story

The two albums act as a prequel to even Year of the Black Rainbow, and concentrate on the character Sirius Amory, whom the series is named after. It is considered the earliest story in The Amory Wars. Sirius is a bold scientist often called a kook, trying to uncover the secrets of the Keywork.

For more information on the story of this album, see The Afterman (book).

Editions

The "Amory Award" Edition

The Limited Deluxe Edition

Tracklist

1. "The Hollow" – 2:11
2. "Key Entity Extraction I: Domino The Destitute" – 7:51
3. "The Afterman" – 3:11
4. "Mothers Of Men" – 4:11
5. "Goodnight, Fair Lady" – 3:23
6. "Key Entity Extraction II: Holly Wood The Cracked" – 3:26
7. "Key Entity Extraction III: Vic The Butcher" – 5:47
8. "Key Entity Extraction IV: Evagria the Faithful" – 6:22
9. "Subtraction" – 3:07

iTunes Edition Tracks

10. "The Homecoming (Bonus Track)" – 3:57
11. "Goodnight, Fair Lady (demo)" – 3:07
12. "The Afterman (demo)" – 3:11

See Also

The Amory Wars Logo
The Afterman (Album Part 1/Part 2 - Story)
Year Of The Black Rainbow (Album - Story)
The Second Stage Turbine Blade (Album - Story)
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 (Album - Story)
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV (Album Vol. 1/Vol. 2 - Story)
Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (Album - Story)
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