The Second Stage Turbine Blade
The Second Stage Turbine Blade is the debut studio album by American progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. It was originally released on March 5, 2002 through Equal Vision Records. It is their first album and part one of a tetralogy, telling the story of The Amory Wars. 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 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, The Afterman: Ascension and Descension albums had the "Key Entity Extraction" series, and Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe had the "Continuum" 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 – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Travis Stever – lead guitar
- Michael Todd – bass guitar, vocals
- Josh Eppard – drums, piano
- Michael Birnbaum – production, mixing
- Chris Bittner – production, mixing
- Jayson Dezuzio – recording, pre-production
- Roger Lian – mastering
- Nate Kelley – drums
- Dr. Know – guitar
- Todd Martin – recording
- Montana Masback – additional vocals