Keeping The Blade is the first song on the 2005 album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. The song contains two different melodies. The first is a reprise of the Second Stage Turbine Blade, the intro track from the album of the same name. The second melody is a frequent recurring piece, previously heard in the saga in The Hollow, The Broken, Everything Evil, God Send Conspirator, The Ring in Return and The Light & the Glass. This marked it's final appearance in the saga, until it features in The Hollow, the opening track of the album The Afterman: Ascension.