Deloused in the Comatorium

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.

At The Drive In >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Mars Volta

Another early 2000s band that were supposed to be the next big thing that have seemingly disappeared. Updated prog rock with nonsensical lyrics that supposedly forms a concept album. Not sure how you are supposed to follow the concepts when the lyrics don’t make sense.

no mg

I’ve always meant to listen to The Mars Volta, so I was genuinely looking forward to finally giving De-Loused in the Comatorium a listen today. If you're going to start somewhere, their debut album feels like the obvious place to begin. That said, I went into this knowing it might be a challenge. I’m not really a fan of progressive rock and concept albums tend to leave me cold, and De-Loused in the Comatorium is very much both of those things. It also turned out to be a lot heavier than I was expecting, particularly in the opening few tracks, and I quickly realised this might be a struggle. Musically, there’s no denying the talent on display. The musicianship is excellent and there are moments where the energy and ambition are genuinely impressive. My problem is that I just never connected with it. The lyrics often felt incoherent and, when I could make them out, I struggled to understand the point or the story the album was trying to tell. I think this is one of those records that either completely clicks with you or leaves you standing outside wondering what everyone else is hearing. Unfortunately, I was firmly in the second camp. I can appreciate the creativity and technical ability involved, but it just wasn’t an enjoyable listening experience for me and it’s not something I can see myself returning to. Favourite tracks: “Drunkship of Lanterns” was probably the standout and gave me early Muse vibes in places Least favourite tracks: There were quite a few tracks that felt overlong or unnecessary, with “Televators” in particular doing very little for me Album artwork: I love the album cover — really striking and memorable

Meh

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...

nothing special at all.

I think they can play their instruments somewhat. They sound like the opposite of a proper jammy ensemble, where we get together and explore and try to find musical ideas to turn into music. These guys seem to proactively avoid discovering anything musical. 60 minutes of no melody; it's perverse. Every song has one or two extra endings in the middle. Sometimes you're kind of getting used to it, maybe not actually listening, some of the playing is OK, and then the godforsaken singer comes back and it's death. Lose the singer, and all the "words", including the titles, watch a few YouTube songwriting videos, listen to some Tortoise, then maybe? No, it's hopeless.

So weird

Bringing all the flaws and failures of prog rock into the 21st century, and even adding some adolescent metal into the mix. Doing that prog think of being briefly listenable, then deliberately overcomplicating things. Doing that metal thing of being overwrought. And god, it's just exhausting over an hour.

My bad - I didn’t realize I was supposed to be stoned off my ass to listen to this.

Arctic Monkeys meets All American Rejects, and yes I mean that as an insult.

definition of the music i detest

Trashy, screamy and disharmonic - no obe song that i could nearly like..

Not a fan

Really not good. Spastic and chaotic without a clear purpose.

I’ve been trying to listen to this album for over a week

Whoof!

Musik som inte borde tillåtas existera, jag blev just för censur. Vilken huvudvärk och det är inte gårdagens rosé som talar

Inte något som faller mig i smaken.

Så mycket som att tycker illa om med det här. Sången når troligen en ny högstanivå för mitt förakt. Är det ens lagligt! Går inte att sätta den ack så användbara överkryssade getingen, så det får bli en etta i brist på annat.

Hmm, nicht so mein Fall…

i couldn't get through this, this music was not made for me

not for me

Nope. I got to track 3 before I gave in.

Progressive Rock Bank! More music in the trashy genre. Not for me.

Not good. Worst Song: This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Best Song: Added to Liked Songs:

This don't work for me. Too much something. The music didn't feel good to listen to. I was very uncomfortable

This was such a horrible listen I’m actually upset that someone decided this was a worthy album to be included. I hated listening to this so much that I put the volume on low. Was not worth my time.

Stop giving me this trash 🛑

Noise for the sake of noise.

What if prog-rock and punk were fused together? What if the best parts of At the Drive In reunited and made a better band? What if theatrical vocal performances and virtuosic guitar paid a musical tribute to a fallen band member? What if there was an album that it's lyrics were so abstract and it's album art was so provocative, that music critics wanked so hard that they became hypnotized and convinced themselves that this record wasn't a steaming pile of self indulgent dogshit? Full disclosure, I was into this band's second album for a minute in my early twenties. If I had a time machine, I'd go back, slap my former self in the dick, and hand him copies of The Yes Album and In The Court of the Crimson King.

Thought I would enjoy this but really didn't, found it incredibly overblown with the songs having a lack of variety or spaces to allow the music to breathe, just annoying by the end and the vocals really don't help with that.

Wow, I just cannot get past minute 10.

This is just noises. Gross.

There are bits that are worthwhile but I can’t deal with the up and down tempo and up and down loudness. It feels all over the place for me

So pretentious, and trying so hard to be bigger-than-life, they end up being nothing at all. Miserable experience. There's a billion better prog albums.

Nope

Come on man - why you got me listening to this shit?

Not for me 1/5

I don't know what that was, but it got no love from my brain waves. Byeeeee.

not my bag

No songs hooked me

Horrible

Didn’t get last song 2

Here’s another singer whose voice exists in that super annoying, whiny upper range. There is nothing pleasant about it. Nails on chalkboard. Musically it’s a bit frantic and lost, like an intense anxiety attack. I will never listen to this again.

I skipped a buncha songs toward the end. The first few i remember kinda enjoying, but I dont think the album is for me on the whole. 1 star.

WTF is this?! Frantic guitars, weird vocals, just things thrown in there for "depth". Also, super long songs that suck. 1/5

I suspect this album will be quite divisive. For me, not my cup of tea.

I think I listened to it. But I forget. 1/5

Het blijft toch bijzonder hoe zulke dynamische muziek als prog rock toch op alle vlakken de plank misslaat. Het matcht niet, en het gaat nooit matchen ben ik bang. 5/10

De stem van the Mars Volta doet af en toe denken aan de emo-pareltjes die mijn tienerjaren kleurde. En dat geeft toch een klein beetje vreugde. Al het progressieve gepriegel eromheen is helemaal niks. Te complex, continu afwisselend en vaak veels te hard. Grijpt me niet, wel aanleiding om weer eens een nostalgisch emo-lijstje aan te sluiten op deze zaterdag avond! 5/10 Highlights Roulette Dares

Definitivamente no es mi estilo de música

Tedious, self-indulgent wankfest. Far too long. Dislike. A lot.

Kuin opettelisi Pokemon-korttien aikuisille täysin käsittämättömiä sääntöjä. Hetken mielenkiinto lopahtaa kokonaisuuden arbiträäriin teknisyyteen. 1,5

not for me

Sucked

More incomprehensible noise. Some good guitar work in there, but not enough to help this album. Songs are way too long. Many of them have some good parts, but its mixed into a lot of bad. This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed was going pretty good, and then the very ending they decide to just throw their drums down the stairs or something. Best song: This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed

gave me a headach

In my mind: just noise.

This album seemed terrible to me. Like Pink Floyd on steroids. Everything was unnecessarily showy, the lyrics were self important and bookish. Like Prog rock with only polish.

Did not enjoy this sound experience.

No thanks

One thing that really annoys me (and I mean really annoys me) with modern music is how they sing in a manner under a sludge of sound that I can barely make out any of the words. If I can't hear the lyrics, then what's the f-ing point of the song. So instant relegation to 1 from me. Ps music actually quite decent guitar rock

Really bad

I listened but I won't put myself through that again. Definitely won't be adding this to my playlist. Utter rubbish and undeserving of a place in this list

Not for me

Sorry, lead singer’s voice makes my ears bleed and always has

Dit werkt mij dus op de zenuwen. Een jengelstem, valse gitaren en een bak herrie. Het lijkt wel punk, maar dan in het post-grungetijdperk. Hoor ik liever Frans Bauer? Ik twijfel. Af en toe zit er een luisterbaar stukje tussen. Maar Frans zeurt (krijst) wat minder om aandacht.

Gave me a headache :(

1.5

Pretentiöst dravel.

Not into any of the tracks at all. 1/5

I knew nothing about this band. Reading the album name and track listing, I thought it would be, I don't know... smarter?

Hysterisch, hektisch, mathematisch - nicht mein Fall.

Zero redeemable qualities.

Really just blends with all other metal. Wasnt a fan but maybe it's just the genre

Meh

Unnecessarily busy; overly produced. No hooks, nothing to grab onto.

This is a bunch of weird gay bullshit.

Is this even music lol

Un ruido asqueroso.

Good music, but holy shit I can't stand the singer for a goddamn second. I would like this with any other vocalist.

Not listenable

I am not a fan at all of the Mars Volta

After listening to this album, I want to walk up to each of the band members, also them in the face and tell them to cull the fuck out.

this album is so steeped in high frequencies and treble that i can see no way it can't be fatiguing to your ears. modern prog rock is for some people but i am not one of them.

Prog rock, not my taste

No

This is really not for me. It makes me feel very stressed for some reason.

Oh god. This is way more stressful than I need today. It’s probably “good” but I had to turn it off- no way would I last an hour of this.

I try to be open with music but I struggle to understand why, or frankly even how, someone creates something like this. It felt like a bad trip. I’m sure these guys had some grandiose vision and it all makes sense to them but I detested this album and never want to hear it, or its stupid song titles, again.

What a mish-mash of unpleasantness. DNF.

I'm more convinced than ever this is the emperor's new clothes. Unnecessarily proggy to the point it distracts from the songs, and the lyrics read like the ramblings of a drunk horse

Not a very interesting album. Basically sounded like the same song for an hour besides a little bit difference in Cicatriz Esp and Drunkship of Lanterns. Not bad music, just not really my taste and not very much going on. The names of the songs are very cool however.

Did not like, annoying rock

Make it stop....PLEASE!!!! 1.5 stars

It’s just noise.

As many have noted, the lyrics meaning is just incomprehensible (as a non-native english speaker I found myself questioning sometimes if what I was listening was actually english). Other than that, the music is just not interesting, sometimes repetitive, like there's not many ideas coming out from the band and they can only achieve the sound they're proposing at a surface level.

Not on Apple Music 🤷‍♂️

First time of listening, sounds like early 21st Century Faux 70's Prog Rock to me. Intellectual navel gazing, with their backs to the audience. Or am I just a biased old punk! Cedric Bixler-Zavala sounds like Jon Anderson in his Yes heyday. Clearly very good musicians, just wished they had chosen a different style. I can of course see the quality here just don't particularly like the music. Never really liked "Concept" Albums as they are usually more important to those writing/playing them than to those listening (Exceptions to the rule here both Tommy & Quadrophenia by The Who). Hard to pick a favourite track on this one but I suppose "Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt" is the most listenable although as always with Prog Rock it's length (8 mins 42 Secs) means it overstays it's welcome! Not on my list I am afraid.

Not a fan.

Another nope. This has been a weird week of music.

fucking sucks

Somehow not

boreeed

a few seconds of dreadful

Too frantic…not my style…like earlier prog rock(70’s/80’s)

Ew what was that I hated it. Horrible emo music. Listened on low volume just to get through it

Love a good active Bass part. I’m not sure the “concept” for this album is communicated clearly though. This is an interesting album but not very approachable for an unfamiliar listener.