The Afterman: Ascension

The Afterman: Ascension
Artist	Coheed and Cambria
Tracks	9 (Standard Edition) 12 (Including Bonus Tracks)
Released	October 9, 2012
Recorded	November 2011 to June 2012 at Applehead Recording Woodstock, NY
Length	39:29 (Standard Edition) 49:44 (Including Bonus Tracks)
Label	Hundred Handed Everything Evil
Producer	Coheed and Cambria Michael Birnbaum Chris Bittner
Story	The Afterman (book)
Symbol	Ascension
Chronology
Previous	Year of the Black Rainbow
Next	The Afterman: Descension

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

• Four CDs with bonus tracks
  • The Regular CD
  • The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)
  • The Afterman: Descension CDR (blank CD)
  • The Afterman: Descension (Big Beige Demos) CDR (blank CD)
• Documentary DVD
• A 78-page 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.
• Sirius Amory’s “Amory Award” with Metal Medallion and Certificate in a display book

The Limited Deluxe Edition

• Three CDs
  • The Regular CD
  • The Afterman: Descension
  • The Afterman: Live
• A 83-page book with the same content as the Amory Edition, including photos from the Live Tour.

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 Afterman: Descension
• The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)
• The Afterman: Descension (Big Beige Demos)
• The Afterman: Live
• The Afterman (book)

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)