The List of Coheed and Cambria Albums in Order of Release Date

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Coheed and Cambria has released ten studio albums, five live albums, three Video albums, and several special-edition releases.

The List of  Coheed and Cambria Albums in Order of Release Date

Here is the list of Coheed and Cambria Album in Order of Release Date:

1. The Second Stage Turbine Blade — March 5, 2002
2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 — October 7, 2003
3. Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness — September 20, 2005
4. Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow — October 23, 2007
5. Year of the Black Rainbow — April 13, 2010
6. The Afterman: Ascension — October 9, 2012
7. The Afterman: Descension — February 5, 2013
8. The Color Before the Sun — October 16, 2015
9. Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures — October 5, 2018
10. Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind — June 24, 2022

All Coheed and Cambria Albums List in Order

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1. The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002)

Tracks

1. Second Stage Turbine Blade
2. Time Consumer
3. Devil in Jersey City
4. Everything Evil
5. Delirium Trigger
6. Hearshot Kid Disaster
7. 33
8. Junesong Provision
9. Neverender
10. God Send Conspirator

The Second Stage Turbine Blade is Coheed and Cambria’s debut album, released on March 5, 2002, through Equal Vision Records. It is the first chapter of The Amory Wars, a sci-fi concept series penned by lead vocalist Claudio Sanchez, which follows the story of a married couple, Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon, embroiled in an epic interplanetary conflict. The album blends elements of progressive rock, post-hardcore, and emo, with standout tracks like “Time Consumer” and “Everything Evil.” Its 2005 re-release added three bonus tracks, including demos and acoustic versions, expanding its 48-minute runtime into a cult classic within the genre.

2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003)

Tracks

1. The Ring in Return
2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
3. Cuts Marked in the March of Men
4. Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow)
5. The Crowing
6. Blood Red Summer
7. The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts
8. The Camper Velourium II: Backend of Forever
9. The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer
10. A Favor House Atlantic
11. The Light & the Glass
12. 21:13

“In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3” is the second studio album from Coheed and Cambria, released on 7 October 2003. The concept album “keeps its epic saga within the universe of The Amory Wars about a character named Claudio who desires vengeance for his murdered family”. The album is notably complex in terms of storyline because it combines elements of progressive rock, alternative, and punk music. Standout tracks include “A Favor House Atlantic” and “Blood Red Summer”. True lyrical storytelling and rich instrumentation put this album high on the charts, peaking at #52 on the Billboard 200 chart and earning Gold certification. This release cemented Coheed’s place within modern prog-rock.

3. Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)

Tracks

1. Keeping the Blade
2. Always & Never
3. Welcome Home
4. Ten Speed (of God’s Blood & Burial)
5. Crossing the Frame
6. Apollo I: The Writing Writer
7. Once Upon Your Dead Body
8. Wake Up
9. The Suffering
10. The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court
11. Mother May I
12. The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End
13. The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
14. The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth
15. The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut

Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Released: 20 September 2005 It becomes the second installment in a tetralogy, moving the narrative of The Amory Wars further and shifting this time the focus to “The Writer,” whose own problems are resonating his story with Claudio Kilgannon. Featuring tracks such as “Welcome Home” and “The Suffering,” the album blended progressive rock with intricate storytelling. It is the last appearance of drummer Josh Eppard, who left the band before this was released; it achieved commercial success, charting at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and selling over 500,000 copies.

4. Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow (2007)

Tracks

1. The Reaping
2. No World for Tomorrow
3. The Hound (of Blood and Rank)
4. Feathers
5. The Running Free
6. Mother Superior
7. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
8. Justice in Murder
9. The End Complete I: The Fall of House Atlantic
10. The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye
11. The End Complete III: The End Complete
12. The End Complete IV: The Road and the Damned
13. The End Complete V: On the Brink

Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow is the fourth studio album from the American progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, released on October 23, 2007. It is a direct sequel to its previous installation, “Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness”, but is indeed one of the major pieces of the Amory Wars genre in the band. This was part of the band’s configuration changes since Josh Eppard had left the group and Taylor Hawkins would take up drumming. Known more so as “No World for Tomorrow”, the full title is “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow”. It debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 62,000 copies in its first week and over 350,000 to date, with 153,979 sold in the US.

5. Year of the Black Rainbow (2010)

Tracks

1. One
2. The Broken
3. Guns of Summer
4. Here We Are Juggernaut
5. Far
6. This Shattered Symphony
7. World of Lines
8. Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am)
9. Pearl of the Stars
10. In the Flame of Error
11. When Skeletons Live
12. The Black Rainbow

“Year of the Black Rainbow” is Coheed and Cambria’s fifth studio effort, which happens to reach shelves on April 13, 2010. Functioning as a prequel to their Amory Wars saga, it uses complex storytelling, progressive rock, combined with elements of post-hardcore and cinematic tones. Album Produced by Atticus Ross and Joe Barresi, it was released with a much airier sound and only studio appearance from drummer Chris Pennie as well as bassist Michael Todd’s last appearance. Including singles “The Broken” and “Here We Are Juggernaut,” the album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, and the album received generally positive reviews for its innovativeness and expansive sonic landscape.

6. The Afterman: Ascension (2012)

Tracks

1. The Hollow
2. Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute
3. The Afterman
4. Mothers of Men
5. Goodnight, Fair Lady
6. Key Entity Extraction II: Holly Wood the Cracked
7. Key Entity Extraction III: Vic the Butcher
8. Key Entity Extraction IV: Evagria the Faithful
9. Subtraction

Sixth, Coheed and Cambria issued The Afterman: Ascension, on October 9, 2012, as a lead-in single to a double album, then followed up with the subsequent The Afterman: Descension. It is, of course, a concept album part of the Amory Wars, continuing the tale with Sirius Amory finding the true energy source in the Keywork. Recorded over seven months, the album represents the first album to include drummer Josh Eppard rejoining the band as well as the first to include bassist Zach Cooper in a full capacity. The lead single from the album, “Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute,” leaked to online forums on August 23, 2012, but also reached some positive reception. The actual album itself charted at number 5 on the Billboard 200.

7. The Afterman: Descension (2013)

Tracks

1. Pretelethal
2. Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant
3. The Hard Sell
4. Number City
5. Gravity’s Union
6. Away We Go
7. Iron Fist
8. Dark Side of Me
9. 2’s My Favorite 1

Coheed and Cambria’s progressive, album The Afterman: Descension is the seventh studio release and comes out February 5, 2013. The second half of a double-album concept series, it picks up the storyline from the first part The Afterman: Ascension, following in the footsteps of the band’s learned world Amory Wars. Recorded along with Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner, the cd takes listeners on a complicated journey of life, death, and cosmic discovery. The deluxe release includes a coffee-table book co-authored by Claudio Sanchez and Peter David, letting fans get an intense song-by-song experience. It was commercially successful and charted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.

8. The Color Before the Sun (2015)

Tracks

1. Island
2. Eraser
3. Colors
4. Here to Mars
5. Ghost
6. Atlas
7. Young Love
8. You Got Spirit, Kid
9. The Audience
10. Peace to the Mountain

The album The Color Before the Sun is very significant to Coheed and Cambria because it would be their first non-conceptual album. The album released on October 16, 2015 marked a more personal release by frontman Claudio Sanchez since it was written based on his real-life experiences and not a complex saga behind Amory Wars. The alternative rock and pop-punk music were in style out of tradition of progressive rock sound. Tracks like “You Got Spirit, Kid” and “Atlas” show where the band’s style is headed-to catchy hooks and anthemic choruses. The album received mixed reviews, but proved something by peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard 200: it had broad appeal.

9. Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (2018)

Tracks

1. Prologue
2. The Dark Sentencer
3. Unheavenly Creatures
4. Toys
5. Black Sunday
6. Queen of the Dark
7. True Ugly
8. Love Protocol
9. The Pavilion (A Long Way Back)
10. Night-Time Walkers
11. The Gutter
12. All on Fire
13. It Walks Among Us
14. Old Flames
15. Lucky Stars

 Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures is out on 5 October 2018. This will be Coheed and Cambria’s ninth studio full-length on the Amory Wars concept. The progressive rock album was recorded between January and March in 2018 with elements of heavy metal, hard rock, indie rock and post-punk. The duo of two tracks, “Prologue” and “The Dark Sentencer,” was accompanied by several singles, such as “Unheavenly Creatures” and “The Gutter.” The deluxe box-set edition even included a novella that came with exclusive merchandise. In part, a Metacritic score of 75 brought the album an acclamation of high praise, ranking at #14 on the US Billboard 200.

10. Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind (2022)

Tracks

1. The Embers of Fire
2. Beautiful Losers
3. Comatose
4. Shoulders
5. A Disappearing Act
6. Love Murder One
7. Blood
8. The Liars Club
9. Bad Man
10. Our Love
11. Ladders of Supremacy
12. Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord)
13. Window of the Waking Mind
    • I. “Time”
    • II. “The Awakening”
    • III. “Birth”
    • IV. “The Mirroring Eyes”
    • V. “The Mother”
    • VI. “The Father”

 Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind is the tenth studio album of the American progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, released on June 24, 2022. The tenth instalment in the Amory Wars series, it deals with strong struggle and resistance in times of a post-apocalyptic rescue operation. The songwriter started working on it during 2019. Many songs are influenced by the factors of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflect the challenge in society, as well as personal experiences. Produced by frontman Claudio Sanchez and Zakk Cervini, the album encourages musical experimentation to some degree, breaking free from traditional expectations. It received critical acclaim with reaching the top of the US Top Hard Rock Albums and includes a deluxe version which features a 96-page novel expanding its story.

Conclusion:

This is Coheed and Cambria’s discography, a musical journey through much engaging progressive rock, merging science fiction narratives with powerful soundscapes. Heavily applauded for being known among the sagas of “The Amory Wars,” most of the albums are taken along in that epic storyline-mostly, except for The Color Before the Sun, which strays from the concept, seeing its release in 2015. From their development over ten albums, including 2022’s Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind, Coheed and Cambria, with their well-documented ability to create something new and exciting while maintaining their sound, have had six albums go Top 10 on the Billboard charts. These are a “Coheed and Cambria Albums in Order” must-have for the progressive rock fan.

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