"The Afterman: Ascension" is the 6th studio album by progressive rock band "Coheed and Cambria". It is the first part of a double album, the 2nd part of which is
"The Afterman: Descension". The band took 7 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 1st single was
"Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute", released in August 2012. It is the 1st "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.