DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM

This is one of the most over rated albums I have listened to. Yes, it may be distinguishable from today's commercial and sometimes pathetic music scene, but this album does not contain any element that I have not listened to in the past. I read better reviews for TMV than for progressive greats such as Yes and King Crimson. Bizzare and profound lyrics? In many instances the lyrics don't make any poetic sense at all (or any sense at all, for that matter). Reviewers are setting the bar sort of low and categorizing TMV as one of the best bands ever. I believe that they need to do much more before they can be given that title. It's a decent album in today's music scene that's all. The first time I heard TMV I thought it was a mixture of Santana and Rush. COME ON PEOPLE! This elements are not new, nor did the TMV created them. This were brought by many great musicians in the past who have received many bad reviews from people who praise TMV. Some people believe Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple are over rated. I think this musicians from Volta are the ones that are being deified without any strong support. Come on, Cedric is trying to imitate the same high pitch style imposed by the likes of Yes, but he is called an artist, a true genius along with Fripp's imitator Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. I know I will be criticized by many of you Volta fans, but this had to be said. Bash the greats and hail this over rated band named The Mars Volta. Seems that this is the new trend among these so artistic and hard to please Prog fans hailing TMV as the greatest ever. I am not saying this is a mediocre album, just an average one compared to all Progressive music that is out there. By the way, I was born 1985, not all young prog fans deify Volta.