Most of Coheed and Cambria's albums are part of a sci-fi saga called The Amory Wars. They have been released out of sequence in relation to the story arc. The first album released was The Second Stage Turbine Blade, the second part in the series, followed by the third, ', and the fourth, which is split into two volumes. The first, ', was released in 2005, and the second, entitled ', was released on October 23, 2007, and is said to be the last chapter in the ongoing saga of Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon, the main characters in The Amory Wars saga. They released the prequel to the saga, Year of the Black Rainbow, on April 13, 2010. The band then released a double album entitled The Afterman, set before the events of Year of the Black Rainbow. The first part, ', was released October 9, 2012, and the second part, ', was released February 5, 2013. The band's eighth album, The Color Before the Sun, was released on October 16, 2015. It is the band's first album not to be part of The Amory Wars concept. After this, the band returned to the Amory Wars storyline with a planned pentalogy of albums, titled Vaxis. The first part, ', was released on October 5, 2018. The second part, ', was released on June 24, 2022. The third part, ', was released on March 14, 2025.