This is new concept album by Coheed and Cambria, and the sequel to their previous album, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. Together, these two albums will make up part four of the Amory Wars. It is also the first album to feature Chris Pennie and Taylor Hawkins on drums after the departure of Josh Eppard. Features the first single "The Running Free."