The Mars Volta

[jnevi9nr]

thoughts on these songs:

Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)
Cicatriz ESP
Eriatarka
Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt
Drunkship of Lanterns

 

[roceci]

Fair play, these guys are never gonna come out with 'You Used To Give Me Roses', 'Love Is In The Air' or indeed 'You To Me Are Everything' are they? Hehe.

 

[Oric]

They could have gotten together as a one-off thing, played just a one hour jam on Day of the Baphomets, and they would still be in my top 10 favorite bands.

 

[El Bajo]

I only got this album about 2 months ago and I thought it was fantastic. I love prog rock like Porcupine Tree and Dreamtheater so I thought I'd give The Mars Volta a go as people mentioned that they where quite proggy.

Fleas bass work is really good, his tone is nice and round and pulls out some great lines.

 

[CharlieDog]

Deloused - Fantastic album. All hits, no misses.

Francis the Mute - I might like this better than Deloused. The Widow is the first song I heard by them, and this is their first album I've bought.

Amphutechture - Just as rocking, but a definitely different vibe. My girlfriend likes this one the best.

The Bedlam in Goliath - This is where things went wrong. The mixes sound like either mud or a wall fo noise. There are still a few great tracks (Goliath, Wax Simulacra), but the majority of this album is, to me, a step in the wrong direction.

I haven't picked up Octahedron, but from what I've heard of it, I don't want to. It seems that they've found the direction they've wanted to go in, but they've lost me along the way.