The Second Stage Turbine Blade is the debut studio album released by rock 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 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 (the others being Year of the Black Rainbow, 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 Travis Stever – 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 2004, 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 Coheed and Cambria albums 2002 debut albums Science fiction concept albums Equal Vision Records albums Rock operas The Amory Wars Defiance Records albums