In the conclusion to The Second Stage Turbine Blade, Coheed and Cambria deliver what is my favorite of their closing songs off any record, not including the hidden "IRO-Bot" track at the very end, but that's in the next review. If, in reading the title of this post, you thought some sort of fight was about to begin, you'd be correct. While I don't think the music of "God Send Conspirator"captures the intensity of such a moment like that, the lyrics do. By this point in the story, the characters Coheed and Cambria have been killed in their quest to defeat Wilhelm Ryan. Their son Claudio remains the sole survivor of his family and has left behind his home planet, hoping to someday extract his vengeance on Ryan and his tyranny. In the meanwhile, a new threat arises to combat Ryan -- Coheed's brother and fellow IRO-Bot, Jesse, and a mysterious Mage named Mariah.

Perhaps due to the production on the album, parts of "God Send Conspirator" are difficult to make out, or at least were for me the first few times I heard the song. Travis's lead on this song is one of my personal favorites, and also one of his best. This guitar work meshes very well with Claudio's own chugging rhythms and Mic's never-ending groovy bass. In addition, Josh adds a fast-paced and even somewhat aggressive bit of drumming to the mix. All in all, the song works well as a closer; a short but sweet, to the point bit of narrative that leaves the listener satisfied once the record is over. Again, this might be due to the low production quality (at least, low in comparison to their later records), but I feel that when this song is played live, it serves even BETTER as a closer. Below is a clip of the song played a couple years ago during the band’s Neverender concert series: