The Second Stage Turbine Blade

The Second Stage Turbine Blade is the first studio album released by rock band Coheed and Cambria. It was originally released on February 5, 2002 through Equal Vision Records. It is the second part of a five-part pentalogy, telling the story of The Amory Wars. It was re-released on September 20, 2005 with three previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Claudio Sanchez, all music composed by Coheed and Cambria.

Bonus tracks

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.

Story

The album introduces us to Coheed and his wife Cambria, the characters from whence the band's name originates. Sanchez's website, www.evilinkcomics.net, lends the following description of the story behind the lyrics as it is described here:

Man and wife Coheed and Cambria are used as the centerpiece to enable Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan's attempt at destroying his archrival Mage, Mariah Antillarea. Due to a memory swiping years ago, the couple are led to believe that their former lives have now come back to haunt them. They’re told by General Mayo Deftinwolf (Ryan's Right hand) that they were long ago implanted with a great threat to Heaven’s Fence, The Monstar Virus. A virus with the ability to turn its host (Coheed) into a being powerful enough to drain the Keywork's energy sources to spark Armageddon, while their dear old counterpart, Inferno was given the only means to unlock it. Through more lies, they are led to believe their children have genetically acquired a mutated form of the virus, the Sinstar. This new strain only requires its host to mature to a certain age, and has no antidote unlike the Monstar. Their children cannot be saved and time will not side with them. Coheed and Cambria are faced with an unimaginable dilemma: to murder their own children or face Armageddon.

This album is one of two (the other being the latest release, Year of the Black Rainbow) Coheed and Cambria albums 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, and Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow had the "End Complete" series.

Personnel

• Claudio Sanchez - vocals, guitar
• Josh Eppard - drums, piano
• Michael Todd - bass, vocals
• Travis Stever - guitar
• 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")