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

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band Coheed and Cambria. It was originally released on March 5, 2002 through Equal Vision Records. It is their first album and part two of a

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, telling the story of ''

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''. 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'', '' 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 – vocals, rhythm guitar * Josh Eppard – drums, piano * Michael Todd – bass, vocals *

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– lead guitar ;Additional *Michael Birnbaum – production, mixing *Chris Bittner – production, mixing *Jayson Dezuzio – recording, pre-production *Roger Lian – mastering * Nate Kelley – 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 released a series of ten comic books as a tie-in to the album. Written by Claudio Sanchez 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