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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">COHEED AND CAMBRIA ANNOUNCE UPCOMING DOUBLE CONCEPT ALBUM “THE AFTERMAN,” WITH SPLIT RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FIRST INSTALLMENT,
<i>‘THE AFTERMAN: ASCENSION’</i> TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CINEMATIC ALBUM TRAILER LAUNCHED ON COHEEDANDCAMBRIA.COM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">INTIMATE NORTHEAST CLUB TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
<i>By Ryan Russell<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEW YORK, NY, July 31, 2012—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Modern progressive rock band<b> Coheed and Cambria’s
</b>upcoming sixth studio album will be a double concept album entitled, <i>‘<b>The Afterman,’
</b></i>and will be released in two separate full-length volumes. The band made the announcement today via a cinematic video trailer on their official website. The first volume,
<b><i>‘The Afterman: Ascension,’ </i></b>will be available on both physical and digital platforms
<b>October 9, 2012</b> via <b>Hundred Handed/Everything Evil, and distributed through Fontana/Ingrooves.
</b>The second volume, <b>‘The Afterman: Descension’ </b>is slated for release in February 2013. The band has also confirmed a handful of intimate Northeast U.S. club shows leading up to the release of
<b><i>‘The Afterman</i></b>,’ starting September 13 in Kingston, NY<b> </b>(dates are below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The trailer, a 90-second black and white classic film-noir style short, from director
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Robert Schober</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, depicts a cosmonaut preparing to leave his spaceship for a journey into a mysterious unknown; over an instrumental
Coheed and Cambria musical bed. Watch the visual now at </span><a href="http://www.coheedandcambria.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.coheedandcambria.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A deluxe version of the
<b><i>‘The Afterman’</i></b> will include a hardcover coffee-table book with expansive art by Heidi Taillefer and Nathan Spoor with collaborative written work from singer/creator Claudio Sanchez and writer Peter David that will create a song by song experience.
David previously worked with Sanchez on the prose novel adaptation of the band’s 2010 album
<b>“Year of the Black Rainbow,”</b> and the graphic novel adaptation of their 2003 album
<b>“In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (</b>which reached #4 on the New York Times Bestsellers list for graphic novels earlier this year)<b>.”</b> All the band’s titles, including
<b><i>‘The</i></b> <b><i>Afterman,’</i></b> fall into a grand sci-fi story arc called ‘<b>The Amory Wars.”</b>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It was announced previously at this month’s
<b>San Diego Comic Con</b> that <b>The Amory Wars</b> has been picked up by Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson of Leverage Productions to be developed into a live-action feature film.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Musically,
<b><i>‘The Afterman’</i> </b>sees the band perfecting their powerhouse progressive rock, soul and even pop landscapes. The dual release also marks the return of original drummer Josh Eppard, who the band parted ways with in 2006, bringing with him his benchmark
percussive grooves. <b>Coheed and Cambria </b>self-financed and<b> </b>co-produced <b><i>‘The Afterman,’</i></b> alongside Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner, who produced the band’s first 3 albums, in Woodstock, NY. The album was mixed by Rich Costey (Muse,
The Shins, Foster the People) and Ryan Williams (30 Seconds To Mars).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“This is without a doubt, the most honest record I’ve ever written,” says Sanchez. “Though all the songs can be interpreted through our main character in the story, they were initially written
in a very spontaneous manner.<b><i>” “</i></b>In the past,” he continues,” I’ve always had a predetermined idea of what the story was going to be when I approached the songs. With
<i>‘<b>The Afterman’</b></i><b> </b>being a new story within the (<b>“The Amory Wars”</b>) arc, I allowed the events of my life to drive the concept, and therefore opened up the songwriting to a fuller degree.”<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><b>Coheed and Cambria
</b>is currently on the road with rock legends, <b>Iron Maiden</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">UPCOMING TOUR DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AUGUST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">01 Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre with Iron Maiden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">02 Reno, NV - Knitting Factory*
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">03 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre w/ Iron Maiden
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">04 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater w/ Iron Maiden
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">06 Phoenix, AZ - Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion w/ Iron Maiden
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">07 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">09 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre w/ Iron Maiden
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater w/ Iron Maiden
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12 Albuquerque, NM - Hard Rock Pavilion w/ Iron Maiden
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">13 Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheater w/ Iron Maiden
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">15 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center w/ Iron Maiden
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">16 Pharr, TX - Pharr Events Center*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">17 Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion w/ Iron Maiden
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">18 Houston, TX - Woodlands Pavillion w/ Iron Maiden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Headline show</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24 Reading, UK - Reading Festival
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">25 Leeds, UK - Leeds Festival
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SEPTEMBER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">13 Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">15 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">16 Charlotte, NC - WEND Wienie Roast
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">19 Buffalo, NY - Town Hall*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">20 Toronto, ON – Mod Club*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">21 Rochester, NY - Water Street*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">22 Albany, NY - Hart Theater at The Egg*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24 Syracuse, NY - Wescott Theater*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">25 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground*
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">26 Hartford, CT Webster Theater*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">28 Worcester, MA - Palladium**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">29 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> w/
<i>3<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">** w/ <i>3
</i>and <i>Deerhunter<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OCTOBER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">31 Hamburg, DE - Grunspan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NOVEMBER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">01 Dortmund, DE - Visions Westend Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">02 Utrecht, NL - Tivoli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">04 Brussels, BE - VK Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">05 Paris, FR - La Fleche D'Or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">08 London, UK - Koko<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">09 Glasgow , UK- ABC
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11 Birmingham, UK - Academy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12 Manchester, UK - Ritz Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About
<i>The Amory Wars</i>: </span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An epic, sci-fi fantasy set in an alternate universe (Heaven’s Fence) that chronicles the rise of superhuman dictator Wilhelm Ryan, and the one family that could
hold the key to liberating the world from his tyrannical reign. The mythology was
<b>or</b>iginally created by Sanchez to serve as inspiration for the band’s albums, but the series expanded to other mediums, including both prose and graphic novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About
<i>The Afterman: </i></span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sirius Amory, the most celebrated astronomer/scientist in the alternate universe of Heaven’s Fence is ‘‘The Afterman.’ Sirius (pronounced “Sy-ruhss”) is credited
with the discovery of the energy force (known as The Keywork) that binds the 78 planets of these worlds together. He embarks on the greatest discovery of his existence, and possibly mankind’s. By doing so, what is truly most important to him begins to slip
right through his fingers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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