Artist: COHEED AND CAMBRIA
Album: THE AFTERMAN: ASCENSION (DIGI US-IMPORT)

Year: 2012
Media type: CD

The Afterman: Ascension is the sixth studio album by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the first part of a double album, the second part of which is The Afterman: Descension. The band took seven months to record the albums between 2011 and 2012, released a live acoustic version of "Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant" (which appears on The Afterman: Descension) in February 2012, and announced a release date of October 9 later that year. The first single was "Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute", released in August 2012. 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. The album received mainly positive reviews.

All songs written by Claudio Sanchez and arranged by Coheed and Cambria. Segues written and arranged by Claudio Sanchez and Josh Eppard.

TRACKLIST:
 
No. Title Length 
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

Total length: 39:29

LINE-UP:

Claudio Sanchez – vocals, guitar, electric piano, voice of Sirius Amory
Travis Stever – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Eppard – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
Zach Cooper – bass, backing vocals