Wednesday, October 28, 2020

973. De-Loused in the Comatorium

De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
2003

















Tracks
1. Son et Lumiere
2. Inertiatic Esp
3. Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
4. Tira Me a Las Aranas
5. Drunkship Of Lanterns
6. Eriatarka
7. Cicatriz Esp
8. This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
9. Televators
10. Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt

This is a concept album based on a short story that the lead singer wrote. It tells the story of Cerpin Taxt, who overdoses on rat poison and morphine. I got all this from the Wikipedia page, not the album. You can't really get that from the lyrics, so it's a concept album only if you already know the concept.

We are left with a pretty pretentious album with irritating vocals. Even the album cover is annoying, and they aren't even doing anything original.

One month before the album was released, one of the founding members of the band was found dead of a heroin overdose in his apartment. So I guess they knew what they were talking about.

RATING: 2/5


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