The Afterman: Descension

The Afterman: Descension
Artist	Coheed and Cambria
Tracks	9 (Standard Edition) 12 (Including Bonus Tracks)
Released	February 5, 2013
Recorded	November 2011 to June 2012 at Applehead Recording Woodstock, NY
Length	43:24 (Standard Edition) 58:39 (Including Bonus Tracks)
Label	Hundred Handed Everything Evil
Producer	Coheed and Cambria Michael Birnbaum Chris Bittner
Story	The Afterman (book)
Symbol	Descension
Chronology
Previous	The Afterman: Ascension
Next	The Color Before the Sun

The Afterman: Descension is the seventh studio album by Coheed and Cambria. It is the second part of a double album, the first of which is The Afterman: Ascension. It's official release was on February 5, 2013.

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
  • A blank CD labeled like the regular Descension CD to be loaded with the album upon its official release
  • The Afterman: Ascension
  • The Afterman: Ascension (Big Beige Demos)
  • 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: Ascension
  • The Afterman: Live
• A 83-page book with the same content as the Amory Edition, including photos from the Live Tour

Tracklisting

1. "Pretelethal" – 3:21
2. "Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant" – 5:45
3. "The Hard Sell" – 5:10
4. "Number City" – 3:49
5. "Gravity's Union" – 6:46
6. "Away We Go" – 3:55
7. "Iron Fist" – 4:46
8. "Dark Side Of Me" – 5:03
9. "2's My Favorite 1" – 4:55

iTunes Bonus Edition Tracks:

10. "Dark Side of Me (Einziger and Sanchez remix)" – 4:24
11. "Carol Ann (Bonus Track)" – 5:06
12. "Random Reality Shifts (Bonus Track)" – 5:47

See Also

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

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