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Music : De-Loused in the Comatorium
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De-Loused in the Comatorium by: The Mars Volta List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602498602980 Label: Umvd Labels Manufacturer: Umvd Labels Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Umvd Labels Release Date: June 24, 2003 Studio: Umvd Labels Sales Rank: 4574 MPN: 000059302 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.co.uk: On De-loused in the Comatorium, the Mars Volta approach rock & roll like it's an ascetic discipline, a calling that comes with lyric sheets as dense and impenetrable as the Kabbalah and a ritual of worship that's dervish-like in its intensity. Formed by vocalist Cedric Bixler and guitarist Omar Rodriguez after the split of their former band--Texan hardcore legends At the Drive-In, who splintered acrimoniously in 2001--the Volta are an unashamedly progressive outfit, dealing in grandiose arrangements that come on like Led Zeppelin fired through Saturn's rings. You can still hear many of ATDI's hallmarks inside the spasmodic dynamics of "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" and "Eriatarka"--it's just now they're immeasurably more complex, governed by time signatures responsible only to some alien logic, and cast out on ever more remote waves of mind-bending conceptual fantasy. Bixler's serrated howl has mellowed somewhat, veering here from tender croon to shrill falsetto. And interestingly, Flea guests here, although you wouldn't know it: his brooding basslines bear nothing of the slap-happy funk he displays in the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. But ironically, the most startling contribution comes from the band's late sound manipulator Jeremy Ward, who passed away after a heroin overdose on the eve of this album's release. His dubby ambient fills unfurl in the valleys between each jagged instrumental peak, lending a truly otherworldly feel to proceedings. A morbid legacy, but thankfully, far from this album's only selling point: De-loused in the Comatorium is the rare prog-rock landmark that prizes punk passion over meandering pretension. -- Louis Pattison Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - BrilliantThis album by the Mars Volta is brilliant. The album starts with an energetic few tracks, and goes into a spacy jam of Cicatrez ESP. It ends quite abruptly feeling, but the ending leaves you satisfied. The story is about a man named Cerpin Taxt, who poisons himself, goes into a coma, has dreams about bizzare things, and then wakes up, and jumps off of a bridge. (Very dark sounding, I know.) The story is actually great when put into the song, and his story can be interpreted as you would like, and Cedric Bixler-Zavala definitely leaves alot of lyrics unexplained. Guest appearences include RHCP's John Frusciante for Cicatrez ESP, and RHCP's bassist Flea plays throughout. ATD-I band members make a step forward from the previous genre, paving a ... Read More: Rating:  - Not Drinking The Kool-AidI suppose my review of this album will be seen as the equivalent to a drop of water in the Atlantic Ocean, but I feel I have to express my opinion on it since it is obviously so contrary to virtually everyone else's. Sorry folks, but I don't get it. I am positively baffled as to what people hear in this band that is so wonderful. And, yes, they DO sound like Rush. I bought this album based on the 5 star rating I saw at Amazon. I had never heard a song from them before that I knew of, nor had I heard anyone compare them to Rush before. I had seen them mentioned in Rolling Stone ad nauseum (that should have been my first warning) and decided to check them out. After 30 seconds the FIRST thing I thought was "These guys sound ... Read More: Rating:  - only like one songthis was recommended to me by a roommate and i did not enjoy it. i only like one song (track 6) Rating: - They Don't Sound Like RushI'm sorry, but I just gotta say this. MARS VOLTA DO NOT SOUND LIKE RUSH. I keep reading this. The ONLY connection to Rush are his somewhat similar vocals. There is nothing musically equivalent, besides being a prog band. Anyone who compares them to Rush is a moron. Both bands are excellent in thier sounds. Rating: - TMV at their most restrainedI think the success of this album is due to its seemless transition from ATDI to what is to come later. There is little that you can fault this album with. It definitely stands out from the rest of TMV's albums due to the tight and slick production. There is nothing wrong with that, but this album only hints at the grand experimentation that is to come. The dueling guitars in Cicatriz ESP alone are worth the price of admission. Everything else is just icing on the cake. If you can survive this album, there is hope for you yet... |
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