The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
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Taxt
February 5th 2025


1730 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Kind of insane that the album leaked before it's even announced

keaton_86
February 6th 2025


1759 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

my theory - its a deliberate marketing campaign. Kinda goes with the artwork. They won't announce anything

unclereich
February 6th 2025


15005 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

is it good?

GrimDawn
February 10th 2025


213 Comments


Does the tin man have a sheet metal cock?

keaton_86
February 10th 2025


1759 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"is it good?"



Haven't listened yet but from the spoilers ive accidentally ingested, people say its like frances the mute through the instrumentation/vibe of self titled,and it's what self titled should've been. People are saying it's not perfect but its a massive step up from ST and gets increasingly weirder as it goes. So thats pretty good news

TrantaLocked
March 1st 2025


2586 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

>Agree one of my favorite mixed albums ever



Rock production was crazy in the early to mid 2000s. But even this stands out from that era.



>Karma tarda en llegar pero llegará. Lo vas a pagar.



I'm learning Spanish and one of the coolest feelings is being able to just read and understand it. I still haven't fully dove into tenses but I can recognize it. Still very hard to understand spoken.

XingKing
March 2nd 2025


16503 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I've already forgotten the new album leaked and I'm one of the ones who called it Frances filtered through S/T lol

DoomGuy84
August 6th 2026


3 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

For as much press and celebration as this album received when released, it just wasn't enough. This album is beyond elite. Its perfection makes me wonder whether some supernatural deal was struck between the band and the gods of prog. I can't think of any album comparable to its unique brand of frenetic noise mania and complexity. True masterpiece, in my opinion



Confessed2005
August 7th 2026


8624 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, it is a wonderful album.

keaton_86
August 7th 2026


1759 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I heard Frances first and it became my second favorite album of all time. Then I heard this a about 6 months later and for the first time in my life I couldn't figure out which I liked more. They're both fucking amazing.

Demon of the Fall
August 7th 2026


40304 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

okay, who's alt is DoomGuy84? lol

This album is rather entertaining but it's still haphazard, uneven and bizarrely more bloated than the supposedly 'excessive' prog of both Frances and Amp - contrary to common criticisms of those albums. I know many people love all their material (I see some here!) which is not something I can personally vibe with but do not wish to challenge this.

Contrary to the above, the 'I only like this one' brigade will often (virtually always in my experience) vouch for Deloused. To me, this is perhaps a sign that many ATD-I fans who ultimately lost faith, don't really understand what Omar & Cedric set out to achieve.

nightbringer
August 7th 2026


2965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I absolutely adored this album when it came out, and I still respect it, but I find it a bit boring these days. The song-writing feels like it relies too much on huge dynamic swings between very quiet sections (which are often uninteresting and overlong) and big bombastic moments. It's very stop-start. I find the dynamic shifts in Amp and Bedlam to have a more natural ebb and flow, with more satisfying grooves and instrumentation in general. Deloused feels a bit basic by comparison.

Josh D.
August 7th 2026


18987 Comments


Don’t care, album’s goated

Gyromania
Staff Reviewer
August 7th 2026


39164 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

One of the most overrated Sput big bois

Josh D.
August 7th 2026


18987 Comments


You will pay

jrlikestodance
August 7th 2026


9360 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

At the Drive In clears but its still good

keaton_86
August 7th 2026


1759 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

" uneven and bizarrely more bloated than the supposedly 'excessive' prog"



wrong



"It's very stop-start. I find the dynamic shifts in Amp and Bedlam to have a more natural ebb and flow,"



Amp literally has stop/start cuts between the songs. So, wrong



"One of the most overrated Sput big bois"



Also wrong.

Josh D.
August 7th 2026


18987 Comments


Doing the rowing chant that Norwegians were doing during the World Cup rn

nightbringer
August 8th 2026


2965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, Amp does have the quiet then loud thing, but it's just better and more interesting on that album. It feels more integrated into the overall composition.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 8th 2026


128894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

Amazing album.



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