De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Pros: Great vocals, overall a fascinating album
Cons: Just a little too lost in its desire to be "epic"

Sometimes, strange musical nexuses occur that almost totally re-define music...and then don't. Take, for example, the early nineties efforts to introduce electronica to American masses. While British and Aussie airwaves were more than willing to play ...

Pros: Just about everything.
Cons: You can't always understand the vocalist.

The Mars Volta's De-loused in the Comatorium is one of the finest music listening experiences of my lifetime. I'm not so sure if I could place it in my top five albums, up with "Sgt. Pepper's," "The White Stripes," and "Pinkerton", but I'm ...

Pros: Solid and Focused
Cons: Nothing really

The Mars Volta of today seems to have a love affair with adding random noises and sounds to their songs to "enhance" their image, but the truth is, there has never been a Volta album as good and as focused as their debut album. It makes you truly ...

Pros: Whew -- where to start?
Cons: Will make prog haters cringe; lyrics often unintelligible

I had promised myself my next review would be of Modest Mouse's The Moon & Antarctica, ...

Pros: Enjoyable, emotional and complex
Cons: Occasionally lacks direction, always pretentious

It's an unfortunate hallmark of music today that originality is either actively discouraged or negle ...

Pros: Oh yes oh yes oh yes
Cons: Just no

Listening to The Mars Volta is like being caught up in a maelstrom of rock music with snatche ...

Pros: There’s an infallible 5 star album sprinkled throughout this raging 60 minute demon.
Cons: There's a bunch of other stuff too.

After three restive years of tremulous anticipation and tremulant hype(hehe..), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez ...

Pros: Displays Music's Potential
Cons: Can Lose Your Attention At Times

The world of progressive rock is an intriguing one for most of us who arent adventurous enough to dip our toes into it's weird and wonderful ocean of noise. It can seem a tad overwhelming at times, with so much happening all at once, which leaves the list ...

Pros: Amazing, original, music; especially, outstanding vocals.
Cons: Conceptual dissonance.

“Most of us in the band are dropouts who never finished high school. Our knowledge of the world or words or music or anything else doesn’t come from classrooms. It comes from an unending interest in everything that surrounds us — dialects that people ...

Pros: vocals, guitar, drums, bass, songwriting, album concept, sequencing, production, catchy...anything else?
Cons: Roulette Dares isn't great, a couple of the random stops were counterproductive

The Mars Volta...everyone knows the story behind these guys. They came with a lot of hype, as the two most creative/talented members of popular hardcore band At The Drive-in left to do something even more visionary. Their first album, Deloused in the ...

Pros: Creative beyond belief, Brave, Amazing production, Long
Cons: Minor parts of extended tangents

At the Drive In. Ever heard of them? If not, that's too bad. The alternative band / progressive roc ...

Pros: Completely different style; Innovative, Creative, Deep, Sad, Angry, and Beautiful at the SAME time.
Cons: Are you serious?

[Intro] I'm an avid music listener (especially of punk/ ska/electronic/indie/grunge/th ings of that flavor), so you will find alot of detail and alot of passion in my reviews. I try to be as accurate and true as I possibly can. Get on the ...

Pros: A Journey into complete Fiction.
Cons: A hard listen for some.

"*We're huge Cinema buffs; The movies we've watched have more to do with our sound than any record w ...

Pros: Loud and threatening rock music interspersed with quiet and haunting instrumental passages.
Cons: It's based off of a suicide-commiting artist whose writing was inspired by Linkin Park.

Hmm, I really love this album. But I suck at starting reviews. So let me go by the handy guide to the right of me: Describe your experience using this product. Like crawling out of the ocean, falling out an eight story apartment window, ...

Pros: The Best Album Ever, thrilling complete.
Cons: The Art, the Title

To give an absolutely fair and accurate review of The Mars Volta's Debut full-length album De-Loused ...