And one of the best progressive rock albums to be released this year is...

[Burnout]

The Bedlam In Goliath By The Mars Volta. I know there are some fans of the band on the board (largely of the first album), but I encourage everyone to check the new disc out. The whole album is great and probably their most focused, energetic effort since the band's debut.

Also, if anyone else has heard it, I'd love to get your take on it.

 

[Cheiron]

Just couldn't get into it. Nothing to really hold onto. Felt pretty unfocused to me.

 

[Kenso]

not a fan but ill give it a go

 

[Burnout]

Just couldn't get into it. Nothing to really hold onto. Felt pretty unfocused to me.

I guess, particularly with these guys, focused is a relative term.

 

[Taliwakker]

I picked it up the other day along with the new Protest the Hero album. So far the PTH cd is winning the battle for my cd player.

 

[J-Man]

Try the new Tiles, it will kick your ass, as to Mars Volta, seen them many times as they are originally from the El Paso area, They were huge when they were here and were really nobody's, and even today WHEN, and IF they ever come here it is sold out, yeah they forgot where they came from.

 

[Midihell]

Try the new Tiles, it will kick your ass

+1

I like Mars Volta, but the new release just doesn't do much for me compared to their earlier stuff. I'm digging the latest Coheed and Cambria tho along with the new Tiles release.

 

[Cheiron]

I don't like the new Tiles too much. It has a lot of promise, but never fulfilled. It has one killer song though. The rest of it I at times want to hit them for their choice of lyrics. The band definitely went in a more 'riff' direction, which is great. I enjoy more developed songs. But there was a lack of warmth, a lack of catchiness. I just was left empty after too many songs.

 

[General Zod]

Can't get passed the absolutely hideous vocals.

Zod

 

[rms]

Can't get passed the absolutely hideous vocals.

Zod

Is that a guy singing?

 

[Burnout]

Is that a guy singing?

I love their vocalist.

 

[General Zod]

Is that a guy singing?

Not sure if you call that singing. More like whining in key.uke:

Zod

 

[Burnout]

Not sure if you call that singing. More like whining in key.uke:

Zod

Bah, I like his range and he manages to be pretty effective and emotive, I'm not sure where you're getting the whining part.

 

[General Zod]

Bah, I like his range and he manages to be pretty effective and emotive, I'm not sure where you're getting the whining part.

Hey... different stokes... I couldn't make it through two songs.

Zod

 

[...AndTimeBegan]

Not sure if you call that singing. More like whining in key.uke:

Zod

It's a different style of signing for sure but I wouldn't call it whining (at least not the kind we'd associate with bands like Fall Out Boy or Panic! At The Disco).

 

[biggs0072000]

I never really got into The Mars Volta, or At The Drive In for that matter, but I don't really knock anyone who listens to them. Like ...AndTimeBegan said, there is a LOT worse out there.

 

[swayn3rd]

I picked it up the other day along with the new Protest the Hero album. So far the PTH cd is winning the battle for my cd player.

The new PtH is winning overall :]

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

I cant get into Mars Volta though I liked At The Drive In and I enjoy about half of the Sparta tracks.

 

[General Zod]

It's a different style of signing for sure but I wouldn't call it whining (at least not the kind we'd associate with bands like Fall Out Boy or Panic! At The Disco).

I didn't mean whining in the snese that "mommy didn't love me enough", just whining in the sense that he sounds whiny. Everytime I hear his voice I want to hit him.... hard.

Zod

 

[dcowboys311]

This is my favorite disc from them since Deloused in the Comatorium, but I still don't think it's anything special. It's better than the last 2 albums by far though.