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The Afterman: Descension
Rock · 2012 · 12 tracks · 58m

The Afterman: Descension

Coheed and Cambria

A cinematic conclusion to a double-album odyssey. High-stakes progressive rock that pivots from brass-heavy funk to crushing, atmospheric metal.

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It's a space opera that actually makes you cry, with riffs that hit like a ton of bricks.

A heavy, cinematic sense of tragedy and cosmic scale that resolves in a bittersweet goodbye.

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Intense saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 58m
01
Pretelethal
3:21
02
Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant
5:45
03
The Hard Sell
5:10
04
Number City
3:49
05
Gravity’s Union
6:46
06
Away We Go
3:55
07
Iron Fist
4:46
08
Dark Side of Me
5:03
09
2’s My Favorite 1
4:54
10
Iron Fist (acoustic stripped demo)
4:36
11
2’s My Favorite 1 (piano demo)
3:26
12
Gravity’s Union (demo)
6:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, jarring shift into a funk-driven brass section during Number City.
The crushing, seven-minute emotional peak of Gravity's Union where the 'Caged' refrain hits.
The transition from the acoustic intimacy of Iron Fist into the soaring pop-rock of 2's My Favorite 1.
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