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All rights reserved.| Track Listing 1. Vicarious Atonement 2. Tetragrammaton 3. Vermicide 4. Meccamputechture 5. Asilos Magdalena 6. Viscera Eyes 7. Day Of The Baphomets 8. El Ciervo Vulnerado
Album Notes The Mars Volta: Paul Hinojos, Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler Zavala.Additional personnel: John Frusciante (guitar). | |||||||||||||
Reviews On Amputechture, there's no such thing as the short version. Singer Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Rodriguez-Lopez work in the intimidating, uncompromising tradition of mid-Seventies Yes and King Crimson: Three songs here exceed ten minutes and are crammed with quantum-physics-level time signatures, battle-to-the-death jousts between guitar and horns and Bixler-Zavala's hummingbird keening. But where the music of those classic Bach-rockers had moments of pastoral clarity, the Mars Volta favor unrelenting density, often through free-jazz clatter and Afro-Cuban percussion onslaughts. In true mid-Seventies mode, Amputechture is split into halves, and a sedate track introduces three epics. It's on the second half where the Mars Volta catch fire. The lovely ballad "Asilos Magdalena" is followed by "Viscera Eyes," where Rodriguez-Lopez and guest guitarist (and Yes fanatic) John Frusciante melt their fret boards like Robert Fripp. In "Day of the Baphomets," a furious salvo of percussion interrupts a vicious, vintage jam that could have been on Larks' Tongues in Aspic. Just a few years ago, it was inconceivable that one of the best American rock bands would make its name on updating prog-rock. But then, what distinguishes most of the best rock bands from the ordinary ones is fearlessness, and the Mars Volta have no shortage of that. Review ID: 10000000007126977 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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