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Cover art for The Dark Sentencer lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

Two apprehended criminals, Nostrand (a.k.a. Creature) and Otto (a.k.a. Colossus, a.k.a. Hanging Judge) are being sentenced to life imprisonment in The Dark Sentencer, a "prison pit" comprising multiple levels inside of a dead planet. Once partners, the two men have become estranged as a result of their last major job gone wrong and want nothing more than to kill each other. The men are dropped from the judgment ship The Gavel into the pit of The Dark Sentencer and wake up inside the planet after being separated in the descent.

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