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Another one of those "critic's choice" records that they make "important" because it's artsy rock that critics tend to pick. It's not my wheelhouse and nothing I enjoy at all.
Lead singer had a compelling voice and was reminiscent of Freddie Mercury on occasion. The recording is a whole is not something I would listen to again. Too noisy for me
while i was listening to this i was making a face and my brother asked whether i was constipated and i said nearly.
Ugh this was just weird. But it did have potential... which was not used... I liked some of the instrumentals, there was good use of guitar and drums. What I did not like were the vocals- not only were the lyrics so bad, the voice effects made them so much worse and to top it all off there was way too much screeching and screaming. Also the song and album names were really odd for no apparent reason. I think these guys think they were being edgy but all they achieved was being weird.
Favorite Songs: Cicatriz Esp, Inertiatic Esp Least Favorite Song: Televators Cool music, but I unfortunately don’t like the guy’s voice.
Experimental noise, not a fan
31. alright, better than expected
Histrionic and meretricious. When 14 year old emo boys hear this, they will think it’s epic and grandiose, but in reality it is pretentious, pointless and annoying.
not my thing
Lots of mixed feelings. This is very juvenile and of its time, like I definitely feel like a Hot Topic "music is my life" tween when I listen to this, but I'm not gonna pretend it doesn't have its moments. I do like At The Drive-In and I can hear the link there between this and that but this sucks more in like a really fake pretentious way that reminds me of Muse or something. I'm not mad at it but I don't ever wanna listen to it in full again.
Never did it for me
I hate this so much lol. Emo with no nostalgia for me, so I’m forced to confront what it actually is. Also funny how much I love post rock and hate prog rock.
Appreciate the energy of the record and some of the jams! There is better rock music out there for sure.
These guys can really play their instruments and there are interesting moments but I think it's by sheer luck. This just sound like random riffs to me and nothing truly memorable.
Theoretically this is prog rock, and there’s certainly a lot going on with machine gun drum fills, a bit of guitar noodling and a bizarre concept album through line about someone in a coma after taking an overdose of rat poison and morphine. As you do. There are strong echos of early 70s King Crimson here with a bit of Led Zeppelin thrown in for good measure. It feels like the sort of album you have to listen to with the lyrics open in another tab and a wikipedia page to look up the references whilst taking notes because there’ll probably be a test at the end. Far too many notes for my taste!
Noisy .. not really my style
Could be good for a hard run but probably wouldn’t seek it out. Pretty hardcore emo(?) which didn’t speak to me
Stressed melancholia, hated it
It was alright. I appreciate the cool blend of styles but not for me. Even then there are still some cool elements to the songs. Rating: 2.3
Good musicians and a voice you either love or hate. It's very progressive as in there are not a lot of hooks so it's an exhausting listen. Not my cup of tea.
I remembered liking this more when I first heard them. They do some fun musical stuff, but they're a lot more whining than I can deal with.
My initial thoughts of this album reminded me of when I described having a newborn child it's a special type of Hell sprinkled with fairy dust. This was shed with tiny bits of genius. Fortunately that screaming, shitting, meat bag turned into a cool cat that I enjoy being it. Alas, the album didn't improve, it actually got worse and I'm glad it's over.
20 years ago, I would have thought this was awesome. But I think I'm in a quieter time in my life where this just isounds very noisy.
Sure
Not really
A bit much sometimes, but it has some decent parts. Psychedelic... chaotic good? 2,9/5
It’s… fine. Maybe the vocals don’t appeal? Maybe the songs are too similar? Start quiet, get louder, repeat. For whatever reason it’s not awful but doesn’t hold much appeal for me. Would give 2.5 if I could.
Great musicianship but I had hard time connecting with this overall.
Not for me
The soundtrack for when you are feeding bologna to a frenzied school of piranhas.
Neat concept
I quite like the messier jazzier quiet bits. I would have taken a whole album of that instead of their need to blast in with workaday big riffs. Overall it feels like over polished post hardcore.
didn't love it, but didn't hate it. The drums impressed me most, very precise and punchy with a lot of technical skill and complexity. I didn't really care for the vocals, as they had that kind of affected accent used in a lot of emo and punk songs. Taking into account that this isn't a genre I'd normally be into, it's pretty good and I don't regret checking it out, but I won't be listening to it again soon.
rounded up to 2 because of former students who LOVED this album and tried to get me into it
I can kind of see how someone could love this album, but that’s not me. There were parts that were almost good, but it all needed a little more editing and tweaking.
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Hectic
I wasn’t in to this band back then and I don’t think I can get in to them now either. Sounds like tight black pants and swooping haircuts.
Muse-y metal. Some really good guitar.
This feels like either a radio band trying to do something very artistic or a "real" band trying to capture the radio. Either way it tries too hard. The only song I know was inert esp and I have always been annoyed with that song. I dont know what it is but its just one of those nails on a chalkboard types. But thats one of the better songs here. Not a good sign. Its not all doom and gloomy though. There are some neat ideas here and there but usually its followed by something baffling or layer up with something else that stinks. The vocals too are not for me. It feels like a slightly mature pop punk. That type should be childish and dumb, making songs about their dick not whatever esoteric crap is here. So in short its not good but not the bottom of the barrel. Glad its over but not clawing my ears off
nuh uh ☝️
So lets see... this album somehow makes it on the list but these other 2000s rock classics like Fall Out Boy and Blink-182 and others don't make it on the list. Right. Ok. 4/10.
Not my kinda thing, kinda dissonant and chaotic, less harmonic than I’d like
Some of these were interesting but not really for me
I saw prog rock and expected this would be an easy pass for me, but I didn’t really hate it. I didn’t enjoy it either, but I didn’t just bail early and managed to finish most of the album. It’s just too pretentious for me to enjoy.
josh kline loves! was telling some crazy stories...
These albums are just opaque and confronting. In a good way, but they probably need 50 relistens. Relentless. High 2s.
mengeling van King Crimson en Muse... helaas iets te veel van die laatste
seems hardcore in a good way - just not for me
I can definitely say this is a mash up of many genres of music. Not a mash up I need.
The Mars Volta - that’s a good name for this type of group; and the album cover also fits the image. However, the album title strikes me as one which the band came up with in an effort to be different. The drumming on the album was very good, but overall the music was not memorable. There were several sections with random noises which did not improve the album.
Ho ho! Most of these albums are too old for me to know if they're left-field picks or not, but this one really shocked me. The Mars Volta!? 's Debut album?! In 2025!? On a normie list of must-listens?! I haven't thought about them in at least 20 years, but for a solid block of time they lingered on MTV2's Rock Countdown (I think with 'Televators' and then later 'The Widow' and 'L’via L’viaquez') and I thought "ugggggghhhh -- who even likes this!?". Actually, a lot of my friends' older brothers liked this (shoutout John and Andrew), but not me. Now I know it's 'cause it's "prog".* Very much big guitar time. More music-focused than lyrics-focused. Plus unpleasantly screamy lyrics. Performatively goth. They probably bumped off some of my favorite bands, like Nine Inch Nails or A Perfect Circle!! (lol). Jim Shearer probably loved them because they're like the Beastie Boys (bad)!! Boo!! Hiss!! Even just seeing this album cover again gives me visceral rage! Why is that stupid guy's head there!? That said, this is a delight because it reminds me so of peak-era Rock Countdown. I don't listen to a rock station on the radio anymore (shoutout to my old friends 105.7 the X and KROQ), and AT-40 (my only music listening other than this these days) hardly ever plays that kind of alt-rock stuff (with the exception of Shinedown, for some reason, who must be Ryan Seacrest's Beastie Boys), so it's a nice blast from the past. But of all the albums to represent 2000s rock!! Why The Mars Volta!? Probably because these book creators were prog-loving sickos!! So, this is really hard for me to rate. If I just heard it out of the blue for the first time, it'd probably be a 2. Noisy! Terrible! But the nostalgic glee I felt when seeing this come up was like, a 4. The album was exactly how I remembered, which is both bad and great. I guess I'll try to be objective about my subjective rating and give it the 2 it deserves, but a 2 with a starry-eyed smiley face attached. Apparently they're still making music, which is nice. (And frankly I do like their 'Frances the Mute' album more than this one; I even listened to it on my own volition once, so I am -- yet again -- vexed by the per-artist album choices on this project!!) *While I was looking at the Wiki list of prog artists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_progressive_rock_artists), which was somewhat elucidating and somewhat baffling (The Decemberists? Tool?), I saw another rock countdown band I haven't thought of in 20 years: (the) Secret Machines! I heard "Nowhere Again" 1000 times in 2004 and then never again (until right now). Frankly, that song doesn't seem very proggy (i.e. bad). Ah, nostalgia.
Aldrig hört talas om the mars volta tidigare. Albumet ska tydligen berätta en historia om en man som hamnar i en veckolång koma efter en överdos på morfin och råttgift. Det är omöjligt att få ut av texterna som mest verkar vara slumpmässiga ord staplade på varandra. Musiken är i mina öron ordinär rock som bandet försöker dölja med tempo- och taktbyten. I all sin strävan efter att vara ombytliga blir de trots allt ganska enformiga i längden. Det går att sminka grisen men den är ändå en gris.
p893. 2003. 2 stars. Poor man's Muse. Points immediately deducted for being prog rock and multiple 6+ minute tracks including a 12+ minute abomination. Well done of its kind but goes on far too long.
Modern prog rock? I like Rush as much as the next guy, but this sounds a lot more like 80’s heavy metal guitar tones. Honestly not my thing. I don’t particularly enjoy the vocal delivery either. I’m not saying it’s objectively bad, this just isn’t for me. All the songs sound samey to me as well - hard to distinguish from each other because they all have the same energy. Kind of has that early 2000’s emo vibe. Would I listen to any of these songs again? No, probably not.
What a load of wank.
Too crazy and wild - I gave it away.
Fits and starts, screams and moans. Is this music or horror? I can’t do anything with this. I feel like I’m about to be carjacked!
This is pretty mediocre, even as far as prog-rock goes. I think if it wasn't for At the Drive In, Jeremy Ward's OD right before the album and Flea's absolutely bizarro appearance on this, it would have just skated under the radar.
Not my style, better than some other stuff though
wankery topped off with an annoying vocalist.
The concept was interesting, the set up promising, but the vocals are very much nails on chalkboard. So very difficult to get over. Musically I think there’s some cool stuff in here, but that vocalist is giving strong whiny emo vibes.
I haven’t listened to the mars Volta before, at least on purpose. This was fine. I might like it if I heard it a lot more but as far as background music goes it’s not bad, quite the opposite. It kind of sounds like if my chemical romance tried to be Led Zeppelin?
Absolutely nothing for me on this record. Not that it’s terrible, it just doesn’t appeal to me. Whatsoever.
So that cool punk band broke up and became nerdy Prog Rock. Unimpressed.
Some really cool parts Can hear 100 Reasons in some songs, then went a bit too Santana for me
<The Beatles The Mars Volta opened for SoaD once when I went to see them live... tmv was the most uninteresting and frustrating live performance I've ever had to suffer through
1.6/dawg what are we doing here
Musical hodgepodge. Wasn’t feeling it.
The Album is full of interesting sounds, unfortunately the voice are lost all the time. I did not enjoy this, but I think for the genre should be a great one !
You know i had Sparta's album from this same era and i loved it. I never bought this album and i never liked it. I think ATDI is obviosly the best together but i think this is the worser of the two independent projects.
2 Stars (5/15)
A lot of individual moments I liked but the whole was just not for me.
Maybe its because I'm not a prog rock guy but man this not for me. I assume if you're a Mars Volta fan then you must really love them. The lead singer just sounds on the verge of tears and some of the vocal filters are incredibly grating. Not to mention the lyrics themselves just feel pretentious? The instrumental prowess is pretty good actually, hard drums, great guitar work, and a pretty great variety of sounds. I think if you deleted all the vocal tracks this would be way more enjoyable. Although it does get repetitive, which is hard to avoid when a number of songs are over 7 minutes each. I know its unfair to compare them to Rush, but its my only frame of reference for this genre. Not once did I experience the joy or emotional fun a Rush album gives during this listen. Maybe thats the intention, but for all the noise and filler, this album feels hollow.
Too much for me. Too loud and jarring.
It's like if Borderline Personality Disorder was an album.
After about 45 minutes of what-the-fuck-is-this, Televators provides a bit of melodic, if grim, respite. I can't say I found most of this the least bit enjoyable, but I appreciate the effort and they definitely have the chops.
This was difficult to listen to. Felt like some lesser prog rock. Nothing for me.
Not for me
It's early Panic or Fall Out, meets Adam Lambert, with a touch of annoying repetitive noise mixed in
deadly
i really wanted to like this album. i know that a lot of people are really into this band. however, i am not one of those people. too weird and chaotic for me. and the singer’s voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Had to skip some songs. They were too irritating.
Listened to most of the album. Didn’t really like it.
The American Muse. That sentence will pretty much determine what you get out of this. For me, as it's post-third album Muse, this means not much that's nice to listen to. So two stars. Also, like the Muse albums, goes on forever.
muse but on more crack ?
If you like Radiohead but wish they would pick up the pace a little and maybe throw in some more spastic drumming, then have I got news for you!
They seem talented, but I didn't enjoy this album. Too frantic and seemingly disjointed, even though I know it's all precisely planned.
Raucous, cacophanous, disonant - no. Junk.
This list is showing it's age with this one...sincerely one of the worst album covers I've ever seen. I kinda liked Eriatarka tho
Heard it before. Just not my thing, honestly. It's boring prog to me 2/5
Ehhh....this was wanna be Muse or Rage Against the Machine but they do it worse. Some songs have good parts (Take the Veil) but then it became awful.
What genre is this? It sounds like herky-jerky dramacore. Flipping back and forth between staccato hammering riffs and spacey tones with lots of drama wailing. Apparently this album is about a guy in a coma? I can't really pick up the poetry and don't like the songs enough to look up the lyrics so I have no idea what he's on about. Basing an album on a guy in a coma sounds like a totally awful idea. What's to say? He's in a fucking coma. I think this is a great example of the prog-mess that can be made when people overthink things. The music has it's moments but the vocals are a little hard to take and the songwriting doesn't really draw me in. I think I would have liked this album more if it were about soup.
Didn’t really like this. They sound like a lot of other bands in this genre/era. I thought this could be interesting based on the concept, but it was really just dark and kind of annoying.
Firstly, this nearly deafened me when I put it on because I didn't check the volume of the van speakers. I would describe this as music from Jupiter in the year 3452. I then read the Wiki page, and it's meant to be a story about a man in an overdose coma, which explains a lot. I don't think I'm going to go back to this at any point
This both did nothing for me and also annoyed me. I don’t know what it is about this style of singing but it just gets on my tits.
Yeah. Nah. This might have worked in 1972. But by 2003 this is like writing a 50s rock song today. Might be good. But won’t be essential. Some good playing. And not completely stupid. 2.
особенно нечего слушать
not for me idk
No likey very much Emo vocals putting me right off
Maybe my old man colors are showing, but for the most part, this sounded like a bunch of noise to me. 2 stars is being generous.
I can hear the musicianship in this. The lyrics are just too much for me, and there feels like there's very little room for that musicianship to breathe in most tracks Playlist adds - Televators, Inertiatic Esp
Background music. Forgot it was on
Yean, it's alright. Again, the tracks being on the longer side really affected my attention. It was okay enough but I'm not entirely sure how someone who has 300.000 listeners got an album here. Just meh.
On the verge on being unlistenable. You really have to put a lot of effort to connect to this.
The Good: It’s a candy bar reference… no? The Bad: or are we referring to a planet turning? The Ugly: Turns out that part of the name was inspired by Fellini… Truth be told, I was actually excited when this band popped up! Not because I am a fan, but more because I have heard of them, but never listened to their music, and that is what I hoped to experience with this journey: listening to music I’d probably never listen to otherwise… So, my thoughts? Nah, not my cup of tea. It has some good things, but mostly, IMHO, bad things as it seems that modern “prog rock” just needs to try too much to be different, and by doing so fails, in my book. So, thanks to the 1001 app for making me listen to this, and boo to the 1001 app for making me listen to this...
Deeply weird experimental art rock /almost metal - this sounds like it would be right up my alley, and some tracks were, but a lot of it I found really grating. Also those tracks could have easily been half the length without losing anything. Not for the "not for me" pile.
En oo ennen tajunnut, että Mars Volta kuulostaa Lapkolta?! Tykkään Lapkosta enemmän, ne osasivat pitää biisit lyhyempinä. Tässä on annettu liikaa studioaikaa kitaristeille. Taustat on ihan älyttömän täyteen ahdettua massaa, vyöryefekti on hyvä ensin mutta läkähdyttää pidemmän päälle. Eriatarkan kertsin melodia tietty vetää aina.
Some interesting sounds and atmospherics floating around on the edges of this, but the songs, the band and the voice are all quite tedious. Trying-too-hard rockist machinations. If they made an ambient album, I might give that a whirl, but this left me cold.
Space cadet shit. There's a lot going off here, and not much of it is any good. I was surprised to read that Rick Rubin was involved. This could easily be mid 80's glam metal. I'd only give it one star if that was the case.
Meh
Annoyingly dissonant, incessantly odd for the sake of oddity. Supposedly they're is a story to this. I think the UFOs battled the robots and absolutely nobody won.
I like prog rock and this sounded ok apart from occasional bursts of cacophony, but the concept behind the album is tiresome. I wouldn’t turn it off if someone put it on, but I wouldn’t spend the effort to concentrate on it as advised in the Wikipedia article. A high 2 or low 3.
Don't even remember what this sounds like
Another no thanks album. Not my vibe.
Found this quite dull. But it take take me about 20 years to get into the band they spawned from so maybe one to relisten to in the 2040s
Poor
Liked the music, lyrics got a little wearing though - trying a bit too hard?
This grew on me, so by the end I wasn't rolling my eyes at every song (or maybe the last 3 tracks were a bit better). It's mostly tedious emo shit. I can imagine at as backing music for some Buffy the Vampire Slayer style ITV fluff. Promoted to 2 stars!
Can’t stand the vocals. Good musicianship otherwise, but not my style of rock music at all.
прог рок это гомосексуальная штука
What was that? There are some widely popular songs with lyrics that don't make much sense but sound like they could have some meaning. This is just bat-shit crazy. Nearly the same goes for the music. It seems like someone took some well-written and structured music tracks, put them in a meat grinder, and, et voila, there's an album.
Linkin Park meets 70s prog rock
Couldnt really stick it to this one. Pretty good puck rockin sound at times
# 322 : I don't love it, I don't hate it. I thought it was very ordinary and Quiet forgettable. I probably won't go back to this.
This wasn’t bad but it’s just not a subgenre of rock that I particularly enjoy
Little screamy for me. Reminds me of Coheed and Cambria and tunes of that genre so I like that aspect but wow did this stress me out while working
Didn't enjoy it. I'll chalk it up partly to lack of exposure and partly to lack of preference to this genre
I think my wife would like it - puts me in mind of emo bands like MCR and alike. Not my bag.
Heb je hem net wat harder gezet, om een interessant stukje beter te horen, klapt er keihard een gitaar doorheen. Een beetje zoals vroeger de reclame-uitzendingen ook altijd harder leken te zijn als de film. Dus dan zet je hem maar zachter. En dan weer harder en dan weer zachter. Man. Dit is mega-irritant. Als je huid geprikkeld is en en strijkt wat overheen, dan komt dat veel harder binnen dan normaal. Dan heb ik nu ook. Ik ben al geprikkeld door het gepiel met volume. En juist dan volgt een of ander overstuurd geluid vol echo. Wie weet is dat normaal prima. Maar het komt nu veel harder binnen dan normaal. Er schijnt een uur lang een verhaal verteld te worden. Met al die fratsen heb ik daar niets van meegekregen.
I really did enjoy this album. It is so strange but has a lot of high moments. It was too long though. Even being an hour it felt like it dragged on forever. It had a few of the 10 minute long songs. It would go from some satisfying angsty vocals to noise for 5 minutes. This is definitely the kind of album I like to see on the list though, so unique!
1.5/5. Not very good. The instrumentals sounds cool at some point, but the singers voice really screams "I'm from the early 2000s and this is rock". It's like hard rock, but gross. I get Linkin Park vibes, which is not great... The length of this album only made it worse.
I am going to say it, for me on a personal level this was less enjoyable than Bon Jovi very long, overly complicated songs (in a way that I can hear my music lecturers going "oh but it's great they do 6/4 then 12/8 and the harmony modulates into a fancy mode scale"), which is neat... but it wasn't saying anything from that other than "ooh aren't we clever" - I like prog, but when I am bored at surface level and have to exercise my brain and explore the meta of music making to enjoy it... I start to think I could just listen to something else. - It felt like a very confused pop/punk emo group, and not in a "ooh fun experimental prog-rock crossover" - The crossing between songs works better if all the songs don't end up sounding the same, otherwise it feels like a slog. Please don't hurt me! I was really looking forward to this album because I'd heard so many good things about it. The musicianship is impeccable!
Dont like this kind of singing
Confusing prog and art rock. I can see the appeal for a certain listener but this just wasn't for me.
Very cool concept. But concepts doth butter no crumpets.
That was what that was. 2.4.
"Deloused in the Comatorium" showcases The Mars Volta's undeniable musical talent but fails to deliver a coherent listening experience. The album's ambitious prog-rock experimentations often devolve into chaotic, self-indulgent noodling. While tracks like "Inertiatic ESP" have flashes of brilliance, they're buried under impenetrable lyrics and overly complex arrangements. The result is a technically impressive but ultimately exhausting and inaccessible debut that will likely alienate all but the most devoted prog-rock enthusiasts.
Described as prog rock I thought I was going to hate this. But it sounded more like Paramore to me. Never heard of them before and probably willing never play them again - not hateful but eminently forgettable.
One of those "I know there's a lot of talent that went into this, but it's not for me" albums.
A lot going on here. Hard to pin down stylistically, it often sounds like it's taking cues from pop but applying overly distorted, fuzzed out guitars. Not sure the fusion really works for me. Makes for a very nu-metal sound and I'm not really into it. The production leaves this feeling sterile and it definitely takes away from the heavier parts. It's the pop-produced style of the vocals that I really just can't get down with. They don't fit the music and more often than not distract me from hearing the more nuanced and intricate work happening there. The long instrumental parts of Cicatriz Esp really hammer home how much better this would be without vocals entirely.
Weird rock
Onpas emo
Progressive rockart rockpost-hardcore. Rollo.
Good grief - awful, a lost hour.
This was a very strange album for me that I simply could not get into. Not my choice in music, and while I could appreciate and see the musicianship in effect - definitely not an album that I would listen too again or recommend to others.
This band is too much. I get they are good at what they do but this is not for me at all. Very stoked when this was over and I was done listening to it.
Mmmm.
They coax out some very cool sounds (esp from guitars) and grabby hooks but then too many reverses and generally too much going on (including whoopy and screamy vocals and general overindeixing on speed and volume). Woulda been a great band in the mid- or late ‘70s, when this would have sounded more impressive, leaner than arena rock flab and we weren’t all exhausted by prog-y tropes and stylings and we were more comfortable with excess in conception and approach. Indeed, one much prefers the noodlier and more expansive bits (the quieter side of prog-y, say), brief though they are, over the nu-metal extremity.
I feel that this was a good effort (with excellent production), but somehow the tracks were lost on me. 2/5
yeah… not for me
Liked the guitar sound
Not for me.
what
Spotify started auto-playing similar early 2000s prog acts once this album was over, and it took me 13 tracks to even notice the difference.
Just came off like a bunch of whining. Did not work for me but I can see how other people would like it.
I never would have listened to this if not for this project. It was an interesting listen, but not one I will go back to.
Wanted to love it at times but overall I didn't
Hardcore man noises.
Rating: 4/10 Did not enjoy this overall. I really enjoy some of the ideas on it, these guys are amazing musicians. The songwriting is what leaves a lot to be desired. They have all of the tools to craft fantastic songs, and instead love to go overboard and fully chaotic, which I don't enjoy. The slower moments on this album is what really shines for me, but even the slower moments can be very boring. Still a creative album, they definitely have their own sound which I respect but I don't like their sound, at least on this album. Also, I really dislike the vocalist. Favorite song: Inertiatic Esp, Roulette Dares. Worst songs: Drunkship of Lanterns, This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed.
oh good, I get to learn what prog would sound like if it came after indie rock, and even more so, emo. by good I mean wretched. some of the more basic guitar parts would be ok in a different context. the Zappa of its generation, collecting fragments of what's around for a monument to ego. very unlikeable.
This one felt like I forgot to take my meds, but I don’t take medication.
Not as good as others in the genre. Not sure why this is here but not White Moth Black Butterfly. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it is good.
Not for me. Proof that good musicians don't always make good music.
I'm usually into most of prog rock so I thought this album would be for me, but nope, I didn't like it. The songs didn't lead anywhere, the music was way too intense and busy throughout (except for a short time in the middle of the album), it's overproduced, and the singer's high falsetto voice annoyed me most of the time. Majority of the album is more post-hardcore than prog rock anyway. It was difficult to get through this one...
This was just kind of boring for me!
A bit lousy, a bit comatose.
not often you envy the guy in the coma
lugar comun
Some parts about half way got me interested but just as a whole didn't really stand out to me. Got bored towards the end, especially a nice 8+ minute song to end the album.
Meh
Not to my taste but I can see they have something.
It's alright i guess. Nothing bad, but nothing really gripped me here. Maybe it's just not my style.
Store brand Rush.
Not for me so much. 2.5
Progressive rockart rockpost-hardcore. Rollo.
Too long and sound the same all along
I do not like it a whole lot. But I like it a little bit.
One of the enigma like bands that I feel I should like far more than I do. Have owned this album since release date. Have tried to listen countless times...just never clicks. 2.5/5
Mais um esforço para conhecer mais de rock progressivo. Não me entreguei a esta opção dos anos 2000. Melodia e vocal incomodam mais do que a qualidade do instrumental, especialmente a bateria.
Sounds like dance Gavin dance but if they were really bad
2 stars
🚬🚬🚬
yeah this is exactly the type of music i don’t like.
Kids were pretty psyched about this band in high school. They never really did anything for me but I will say they are different in a good way
Ej, det blev både ensformigt og alt for sad-boy til mig. Kan forstå hvorfor andre hopper med på den, men det bliver ikke mig.
Did not enjoy this at all. Kind of reminded me of Coheed and Cambria.
Not for me, nothing seemed connected.
Kuuntelin tätä työhuoneella ja olin harvinaisen tietoinen viereisessä huoneessa työskentelevästä jonoista, joka on juuri aloittanut naapurihuoneessa sijaitsevan gallerian valvojana. End ikinä häpeä mitään (paitsi tekemiäni virheitä), mutta nyt häpesin - ei kai jolppi luule, että tätä kuuntelen vapaaehtoisesti. Piste siitä, että tämä ei ollut aivan niin kamala, kuin muistelin.
Onhan tää teknisesti upeaa ja rautaista menoa, mutta en oikein saa tästä genrestä enää mitään irti. Livenä kuuntelisin hyvin mielelläni, kuten jazziakin.
I'm only marginally aware of The Mars Volta. Deloused in the Comatorium was all new music to me. I knew barely enough about The Mars Volta to reluctantly review the album. I'm not a fan of the vocals from this band. I like progressive rock a lot, but this newer metal prog doesn't inspire. Much of the album was okay. I did not like "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" and "Drunkship of Lanterns" and I would have preferred to not listen to "This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" or "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt".
1/11, 9%
Don’t know anything about this band but after listening + the album cover + album title + the track titles, they feel a little pretentious + ratio. Songs weren’t bad persay, but I’m not sure what all the fanciness was about. I guess I should give them credit for trying to be different than other rock bands, because they certainly felt that way. But I don’t see myself listening again or voting for this to be on this list.
I prefer my prog a bit more 70s based
Progressive rockart rockpost-hardcore. Rollo.
Not one to listen to while trying to do a slow run
If Peter Gabriel wore fingerless gloves and listened to Paramore. Sot Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt 2/5
Not my cup of tea
There isn't much range in this album. In a blind test, I probably couldn't pick their vocals out from any other early 00s rock etc. band.
kon but not as good
Tja, wat zal ik zeggen na een keer luisteren…
Well, I can say with much confidence that this is not a genre I enjoy. Part of my distaste for this type of music is that it felt like it like I couldn’t escape having to hear it constantly in the early 2000s. I didn’t hate this but I was glad when it was over.
22nd December 2022 Listened on the plane back to the UK. Emo thrash, felt it was a bit disingenuous funnily enough. Try hard wailing.
A lot of interesting sounds going on, but not for me.
Technically proficient, but frenetic and in no way emotionally diverse. This is a somewhat difficult listen.
Interesting concept and pretty good quality sound and guitar work. For some reason I couldn’t really get into it though.
A proggy rock album. I imagine I would have liked this in my late teens. Now I don't really feel it. I played it through yesterday, listening to it again this morning, nothing is striking me as memorable.
My friends loved this in high school. I still don’t get it. It’s interesting, crazy paces, lots of highs and lows, intense vocals, erratic. Definitely unique and definitely interesting but I think a little too unconventional for me liking.
The Mars Volta is what was leftover after the breakup of At The Drive In. Two members remained, and this was their first album. Very frantic and experimental.
Kuuntelin tän kerran kunnolla läpi, ja jo silloin se tuntui vähän työläältä. Kun palasin tähän albumiin uudelleen arvostelua varten, niin jouduin pitkälti vaan skippailemaan kappaleesta toiseen. Löysin tästä kyllä paljon hyvääkin etenkin kahden tai kolmen ensimmäisen kappaleen aikana, mutta niissäkin kertosäkeet meni välillä vähän oman ärsytyskynnyksen yli, kuten kävi monen muunkin kappaleen kanssa tällä levyllä.
I see why people find interesting, but it is grating
Some machine gun riffs a la at the drive-in, but an awful lot of incomprehensible rock singing and unnecessary "atmospheric" noises. Starts well, especially the first ESP, but could be more succinct and tighter.
Really a lot of noise. Some of it better than others, but I’m learning I’m really into harmonies and singable songs. Not for me (although Eriatarka got close for a minute). But bonus points for titles in Spanish.
Well I did not enjoy that. I think if I was captured behind enemy lines and they said tell us everything or we will force you to listen to Mars Volta…with no skips! I would buckle immediate and tell them everything
Maybe wasn't the right day for me to listen to this intently, so it was more in the background. Music is solid if a little stretched out, lyrics more conjuring up a mood l guess? Idk having a companion book to explain the album is weird. Seems like a dumb story anyway Fave tracks: inertiatic esp,eriatarka
Muse als schrille, viel zu hektische, junge Progressiv Rock Band
Meh
Interesting instrumentation and good guitar, not a massive fan of the vocal style unfortunately.
no thx
Me gustaron los climas sonoros, lo progresivo, el estilo de tocar la guitarra de Omar Rodríguez-López, pero no me gustan las canciones.
I was not familiar with this band prior to listening. I judged the album by it's cover and name. I did not have high hopes but I listened. The lyrics are a mess and nonsensical. The music itself was generally ok but it also got a little eccentric an unnecessary. I didn't skip any songs so that's a plus but the album didn't need to be an hour long. No need to listen to again. It is better than a 1 but not really a 2. I will round up but it was a close call.
Pleasantly surprised by this one as well. Definitely not within my general listening sphere. A chaotic listen and blend of different genres.
A reminder I didn't need for why I dislike most of the rock music that originates in the USA (and for why I don't like Muse that much, either).
It’s not for me. It has a lot of good stuff going for it, early aughts prog revival, Flea performed on a few tracks, band member dies tragically of a drug overdose before the album release. I’m just not able to meet it half way.
OK album but worth noting that it doesnt have any singles on it. Its a good listen but its very much the kind of album that you have to listen to the whole thing all the way through in the order they recorded it. Its not one that I plan to listen to again or anything. 2/5
Didn’t hate this one nor did I live it. Some good high paced jam but just not the music for me
Pretty interesting album although I would definitely not say I enjoyed it very much. Its creative though I'll give them that and its better than a ton of shitty albums we've heard on here. The mid volta 3/10
meh. sounded a bit like an emotionless evenescence :') and thats not a high bar. I'm sort of a fan of this kind of prog rock so i dont totally hate it but not exactly a big fan either.
Not for me
Didn’t get it
You know ‘The Song That Doesn’t End’… well, this felt like the album equivalent. It all sounded the same and none of it was enjoyable.
I really couldn't get into this music. It's unique yet sounds like generic prog rock in lots of places. It lacks melody and consistent rhythm while having strong virtuosity from the musicians (except maybe the vocals).
As much as I love prog's first wave in the 70's, I’ve always struggled with the genre once the influence of metal crept in. Steven Wilson or Tool never worked their magic on me, and The Mars Volta have always sounded like noise. To this end, "Deloused in the Comatorium" feels completely impenetrable. It’s a prog album through and through: indecipherable concept, weighty fantastical narrative, instrumental wizardry, even a Storm Thorgerson designed-cover. The problem? For me, "…Comatorium" possesses all of prog's inherent snobbery and loftiness without any tongue-in-cheek humour, any heart, or any soul. Consider “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”. While it also fits my initial description above, it is full of memorable melodies, a recognisable character arc and theatrical humour. Good luck finding any of that here. Just a quick glance at the album’s lyrics reveals the tone: "Last night I heard lepers flinch like birth defects, its musk was fecal in origin as the words dribbled off of its chin." If it weren’t for the band’s explanations or Wikipedia, there’s absolutely no hope of understanding the shape of the narrative, which is a pity because it seems the band had a moving story to tell about Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s friends’ death. Ultimately, though, this storyline becomes a limp framework for an hour of instrumental posturing. To the album’s credit, there's absolutely no possible argument against the virtuosic musicianship on show here: the guitar playing is varied and cinematic, alternating between blistering lead parts or expansive soundscapes in "Eriatarka". Jon Theodore’s drumming throughout, and particularly in "Drunkship of Lanterns", is frantic and exhilarating. Bixler-Zavala has an impressive vocal range, with a startling belt to cut through the noise. The problem is that it's all style and little substance. The most melodic we get is in the standout tracks "Eritarka" and "Elevators" (the latter in particular serving as a much-needed breath of air). I also enjoyed the evolution of "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" (whatever the hell that means), which dials back the metal influence for a jam session that feels equal parts funk, new-wave and Latin-inspired. But this aside, “Comatorium” is either indulgently flashy and discordant, or dissolving into ambient nothingness. The ending, "Ambuletz", feels insulting to anyone who has sat through the one hour "storyline" with genuine investment: it hardly provides satisfying closure. It’s a real effort to make it through the whole album, and I’m not sure I’ll be managing it again any time soon.
Pierwszy raz slysze o bandzie, a to progresywne rokowanie z 2k03 i to dodatkowo z influencjami ameryki lacinskiej patrzac na czlonkow, nazwy trakow, czy wsluchujac sie w granie zespolu, Deloused in the Comatorium jest debiutanckim krazkiem bandy The Mars Volta, na ktorej czele stoja wokalista i teksciarz Cedric Bixler-Zavala i Omar Rodríguez-López odpowiedzialny za kompozycje instrumentalne, z dodatkowych postaci ktore kojarze w skladzie przewija sie basista z RHCP, Flea, pomimo tego, ze krazek jest konceptowym albumem nie wciaga lirycznie i nie potrafi zbudowac porywajacej opowiesci, na co pewnie ma tez wplyw to w jaki sposob jest ona przedstawiona, bo historia czleka spiaczkujacego po przedawkowaniu jest wrecz momentami wykrzyczana zamiast spiewana i bardziej przypomina to wokalnie rocka stadionowego nowej daty, wykorzystujacego efekciarskie efekty na przestery wokalowe, nie wiem czemu ale jednoczesnie nie potrafie zrozumiec o czym jest spiewane, a takze w pelni skupic sie na instrumentalach, ktore sa mocniejsza strona 60 minutowego materialu, zwlaszcza jesli chodzi o pare gitara + bas i wolniejsze momenty gdzie slychac gitary przesterowane do granic mozliwosci dodatkowo echujace w polaczeniu z bebnieniem recznym, buduje to magiczna atmosfere jak w endingu czy openingu traku televators, na plejke dodam Inertiatic ESP, ktory jest najlepszym streszczeniem tego co jest grane na plycie
2.5
Mixing the weird and the noisy. Not me
Didn’t get it then, don’t get it now
This album is the musification of manic depression. It has two gears: I) RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!!!!!!!! and II) Snuffleupagus (“Heeeyyyyyy Biiirrrrrrrrrd”. With respect to the first gear, there is a saying that goes: don’t confuse motion with progress. The corollary for this album is: don’t confuse notes with music. Rapid motion does not result in progress necessarily just as rapid fire notes do not mean music is being made. It applies to the whole band, but is best noticed in the drumming. Also the singer’s falsetto in the first gear is annoying. Completely annoying. The second gear seems to exist to give the band a rest in between their bursts of machine gun fire playing. In the manic phase, everything is a good idea and a diarrhea of thoughts and ideas come spewing out. In the depression phase, there are no ideas left worth conveying. Suddenly something clicks and the manic is back, RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!!!!!!!! I’m not giving this a one star because the first gear stuff (with no vocals) is impressive technically and somewhat enjoyable, but only in very very small chunks.
A little too emo-experimental for my taste
Not for me.
Mad neo-prog rock. Quiet, spacey intros, then crash! In come the drums and guitars. All the same. Unlistenable racket.
This was pretty inflated and incoherent but it didn't pop. Difficult to see a reason to revisit.
2/5
Lite rock version of At the Drive In?
Ist mir zu rockig/punkig.
Meh, did nothing for me
Weird one. I bounced between hating it and kinda liking it. Very unlikely to revisit.
Just OK
The description of this album sounds exponentially more awesome than the album itself. A concept album about a dude in a morphine-induced coma influenced by Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, and Santana? Sign me up! Then you pop it in and the vocalist is doing a Fall Out Boy impression while those influences rarely come to the fore. I haven't been this disappointed by an album in awhile. Best track: Cicatriz ESP
Meh
Could not get on with this
would have loved this as a late-teen emo - but i never was one, so meh.
Bizar. Ik kan er niet zo van genieten
Boring and pretentious. Im sure its good for some people but I couldn't get into it.
I just can't get into this. Prog rock for Tool fans.
Hm, nee. Emo sowieso nicht mein Ding, und dann noch diese Dringlichkeit und das Pathos, und dann noch kombiniert mit Prog-Rock-Attitude. Klares „nein“ für mich. Extrapunkt von mir aus für die originelle Effektauswahl und die natürlich massig vorhandene Musikalität, aber auch dann bleiben wir unter 2.0.
Started on a high I think. It didn't really stay there, but the initial impression went a long way. Rest of it really let's down I think. Final rating is a weird balance
Still can't deal.
Prog-rock on steroids. It meandered too much to keep my attention.
Only one song on this album was good. The others had interesting melodies and tempos, but for me, they ultimately fell flat.
I know the name and that I've tried them in the past but didn't get into their sound. I have never heard this record. I remember why I never got into them after hearing the first track. I just don't enjoy his whiney voice/pitch or the machine gun staccato of the drums and guitars. It's a mess to listen to ("Roulette Dares") and and not a genre I could sit around and enjoy. This shit makes me anxious and unsettled. This sound died a few years after this release. You don't hear anyone trying to sound like Mars Volta or Coheed & Cambria now do you? Not to mention, do you have ANY idea what he's singing about? Songs titled "Drunkenship of Lanterns", "Eriatarka", "Inertiatic Esp" or "Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt", what the... Hated it, so not enjoyable. Not impressive either, the product might be good but the songs suck ballsack. 1 star for being someone's something, but this band will never grace my speakers again.
Insufferable
I don t want to seep
Music that is just complex wankery, nonsensical lyrics and song titles. All calculated to irritate as much as possible, and in that way I suppose this album is a triumph. The line "Expect to find music that is written for the sake of music, that breaks boundaries, that forces the listener to think and experience concepts outside of the easy boundaries of culture and social norms that are forced on us by the media." from the top-rated review on here is exactly the kind of chin-stroking smug take I would expect from a fan of this album. I can and do listen to music that does this, but, importantly, it is music that also doesn't suck ass.
Well I have heard it now. No idea why, but have done. Spoiled my commute. Torture. Look at the key words on the review page and wonder if I listened to the wrong thing? But seems not. I have nothing positive to say. A sort of emo metal prog, but even worst than that sounds. The worst aspects of each; emo melodrama and self-destruct stereotypes, metals excessive sonic density creating sound fatigue minutes in and progs excessive self indulgence. Read later it's a concept too, and a pretty shitty one at that which glad didn't pick up on while listening, art work too is in keeping with the crappyness of the thing. would score it zero if I Could, so 1 Star
Prog is still a thing? In the 21st Century?? Not in my world!
En Apple Music no está, si apetece escuchalo
I like the album cover very pierce the veil vibes
Might be my favorite album cover
too advanced for me
Oh absolutely not
Absolute nonsense
Is this a joke?
Awful
Sounds a bit like Led Zeppelin they said. My arse. 1*
No
Ugh 1
Ugh. No
I was gonna say it’s alright because some of the instrumentation was impressive but I actively did not enjoy any moment of listening. You could tell they were in the studio like “this is mint” and it’s just pure buns. Was waiting for the album to end then all the end tracks were like 8 minutes. Made my walk to college stressful and I like a lot of high octane music but this was just stressful in an annoying way.
Ugh
Not my cup of tea at all,
How do you say de-lousy? How do you say de-hideous? Oh la la la la-la-la-la-la. How do you say de-massive gush of yelpy, annoying emo metal prog spooge? 1.5 stars for Deluged in the Mars Volta Cummatorium.
No thanks!
not on with this at all
yuck
Nope
This is so buns 💔
Did not like it, something with the rhythm of the guitar and bass.
Made a stressful day much more stressful - what is going on?
this album is what overstimulation feels like to me and i had to listen to it when i was in peak overstimulation please never again, i beg i feel like my skin is being ripped off, my ears grenaded and my soul smashed to tiny pieces.
"Hey, you wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" >puts on Deloused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volts<
muy dark, un sonido q no me interesa
just finished the 4th song, still not vibing with the album
Couldn’t do it
😟 The soundtrack to anime porn
Yeah idk what this was. Not for me that's for sure. 2/10
Sub queen melodramatic pap. They were not that good to emulate in the first instance. Deliberately lyrically obtuse also. This has more red flags than a red flag convention. Avoid.
Very busy, didn't do anything for me.
Nope
Far from my cup of tea...