On February 5, 2013, “Hundred Handed/Everything Evil” label released “The Afterman: Descension”, the seventh Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded November 2011 – June 2012, at “Applehead Recording” in New York, and was produced by Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner, Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Josh Eppard and Zach Cooper.
Personnel:
- Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, voice of Sirius Amory.rhythm guitar, piano, ukulele
- Travis Stever – lead guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
- Josh Eppard – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
- Zach Cooper – bass, backing vocals
- John Medeski – piano, clavinet, synthesizers
- Daniel Sedownick – percussion
- Steve Bernstein – horns
- Stan Harisson – horns
- Dan Levine – horns
- Chondra Sanchez – additional backing vocals, voice of The All Mother
- Maggie Bryngelson – additional backing vocals
- Heidi Taillefer – cover art
- Nathan Spoor – interior art
- Bill Scoville – package design, additional graphics
Track listing:
All tracks by Claudio Sanchez, except where noted.
- Pretelethal
- Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant
- The Hard Sell
- Number City
- Gravity’s Union
- Away We Go – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
- Iron Fist – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
- Dark Side of Me – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
- 2’s My Favorite 1