Artist description The Mars Volta pushes the limits of rock's usual spectrum, incorporating elements of classic and progressive rock with shades of reggae, free jazz, and Latin music. Expect The Mars Volta to continue challenging conventions with their album, entitled De-Loused In The Comatorium, which features the track "Drunkship Of Lanterns." The full-length is the follow-up to their debut EP, Tremulant, and is in stores now!

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Artist History A fully realized concept album inspired by the suicide of a close friend of Mars Volta founders Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavalas, De-Loused in the Comatorium's narrative consists of fantastic worlds and adventures that Cedric imagines the friend experiencing while in a coma following an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Although the album concludes with the protagonist's emerging from his coma only to commit suicide, its creators insist it is not a negative work. Quite the opposite, they insist that is a celebration of the adventurous and daring life that he lived. The Mars Volta plans to release (in some form) the full short story companion piece to the record. On this record, The Mars Volta is: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitars), Cedric Bixler-Zavalas (vocals), Jon Theodore (drums), Jeremy Michael Ward (sound/manipulation), Michael Flea Balzary (bass) and Ikey Isaiah Owens (keyboards). De-Loused in the Comatorium was produced by Rick Rubin and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

Albums De-Loused In The Comatorium

Press Reviews SPIN SAYS OF DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM "...It flat-out rules. This is a record that creates tension from the cryptic and release from the inexplicable, and it's guaranteed to blow up the transmitter of any radio station... Grade: A" ALTERNATIVE PRESS SAYS "Like all great albums, De-Loused In The Comatorium takes multiple listens to absorb... in an increasingly homogenized musical landscape, the impact of works like De-Loused can't be quantified. Rating= 5 out of 5 (BUY NOW)" - INTERVIEW MAGAZINE SAYS "...the album forges a madman's prismatic universe with unchained melody and psychedelic-punk abandon." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY SAYS "The glowing reviews are starting anew, and you don't want to miss the boat..."

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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