The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium [2003]

Genre: Progressive Rock, Experimental, Fusion Jazz, Funk

MySpace: themarsvolta

My opinion & thought: An outrageous debut album yet the finest from them. With the creative & progressive musical arrangements comes skillful & energetic performance, speak of Prog-Rock, they are the best.

Stands out track(s): Inertiatic ESP, Cicatriz ESP, Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)



The Mars Volta is a progressive rock group formed by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala in 2001. They incorporate various influences, including jazz fusion, funk and Latin, into their sound. They are known for their wild, energetic and improvised live shows, as well as their usually concept-based studio albums. They were named in 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine as rock music's "Best Prog-Rock Band".

De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first studio album by the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Based on a short story by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and sound manipulation artist Jeremy Michael Ward, it is the hour-long tale of Cerpin Taxt, a man who tries to kill himself by overdosing on a mixture of morphine and rat poison. The attempt lands him in a week-long coma during which he experiences visions of humanity and his own psyche. Upon waking, he is dissatisfied with the real world and jumps to his death. The story of Cerpin Taxt is based on the death of El Paso, Texas artist (and Bixler-Zavala's friend) Julio Venegas.

De-Loused became both critically and commercially their biggest hit, eventually selling in excess of 500,000 copies despite next-to-no promotion, and was featured on several critics' "Best of the Year" lists. The album was ranked number 55 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time. "Drunkship of Lanterns" was named the 91st best guitar song of all-time by Rolling Stone.

The music contained in De-Loused is distinguished by its enigmatic lyrics, Jazz rhythms, odd time signatures, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's frenetic guitar riffs, which are often harshly dissonant. The title of this album is taken from the lyrics of the song "Eunuch Provocateur" on the band's previous release, Tremulant.


Tracklisting:

  1. "Son et Lumière" – 1:35
  2. "Inertiatic ESP" – 4:24
  3. "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" – 7:31
  4. "Tira Me a las Arañas" – 1:28
  5. "Drunkship of Lanterns" – 7:05
    • Incorrectly listed as 6:20 on jewel case inlay
  6. "Eriatarka" – 6:20
    • Incorrectly listed as 7:05 on jewel case inlay
  7. "Cicatriz ESP" – 12:29
  8. "This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" – 4:58
  9. "Televators" – 6:19
  10. "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" – 8:42
  11. "Ambuletz" – 7:03

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