OCTAHEDRON

The Mars Volta

Heavy Prog

3.68 | 468 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

SMSM

It's not an acoustic album - epecially the ones most associated with MTV's unplugged so to speak.

Consider it adding progressive rock acoustic e.g. Strawbs mentality, not a folk e.g. Peter Paul and Mary mentality.

It still contains the same heavy Mars Volta instrumental and singing everyone expects - no turning into a pop band as many a prog band did in the late 1970's/early 1980's)

Hopefully they will continue to go in this direction because, as someone who was getting tired of Mars Volta recordings becoming like Tool or Ozric Tentacles recordings (basically sounding the same from cd to cd).

The acoustic element forced them change in a positive more musically variety direction that tends bring out the best of their estabished instrumental and vocal passages.

Hopefully this will lead to the masterpiece rating in future recordings, but still deserving an excellent rating

SMSM | 4/5 | 2009-7-21

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Share this THE MARS VOLTA review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to SMSM
Report this review (#227797)
Buy THE MARS VOLTA music online with PA partners
Show all THE MARS VOLTA MP3/Stream
Go to THE MARS VOLTA page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to Octahedron page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for THE MARS VOLTA related discussions