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    Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:09
So it has been released!
Absolutely amazing that manages to sound different from both Frances The Mute and De-loused. I really did not like it at first but after a few listens i could really appreciate what was going on! I think it is even more complex than their previous releases, especially Day Of The Baphomets was particullary complex and it is perhaps my most favourite track on the album! But altso the intro on Tetragrammaton is really amazing each time cedric comes in....just beautiful! Smile
I also really like the chous on Vermicide and also Viscera Eyes is great and these songs are sort of "less-complex" and sound more like earlier material and is a nice relief from the more mightier songs like Meccaamputechture.
Vicarious Atonement shows a nice and hauting intro which stays in a realtively slow mood for the entire songs which is quite untraditional for Mars Volta, also Asilos Magdilene provides a nice breather from the more complex and heavy music. All in all El Ciervo Vulnerado is the only track that i don't find that interesting but still it has a nice way to end Wink
 
Well, what do you others think about the record? Smile
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Great album. The only part of the album I don't like is the intro to Tetragrammaton. DOTB is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's basically the greatest thing made all year.
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It's wonderful. Especially Day of the Baphomets. The music fits the title and lyrics so incredibly well.
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Points: 8890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:14
Didn't get it yet.  There is an album released on that same exact date that I want first... Les Porches Live by Maneige. Wink
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To say the least, I don't like it. Wink
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:19
Not atleast one minute of it? Smile
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:22
Maybe a minute. Wink
 
Compare that with all of De-Loused and a good chunk of FTM.
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Annother 5 star album, though FTm is still better. Been listening to it for 3 days non stop. I might write another 4834290382 word review about it
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Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Annother 5 star album, though FTm is still better. Been listening to it for 3 days non stop. I might write another 4834290382 word review about it

You best beat the Octavarium guy.Angry

My opinion?

Probably my favorite so far (although I haven't heard Deloused, only segments), but it's still not a masterpiece. Probably a 4.5 where FtM is a 4.
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Yeah my favourite i still Frances! I have heard they are already making their 4th album and that a dvd is on the way...oh my! Big smile
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Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Yeah my favourite i still Frances! I have heard they are already making their 4th album and that a dvd is on the way...oh my! Big smile


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Points: 8890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:33
Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Annother 5 star album, though FTm is still better. Been listening to it for 3 days non stop. I might write another 4834290382 word review about it

You best beat the Octavarium guy.Angry

My opinion?

Probably my favorite so far (although I haven't heard Deloused, only segments), but it's still not a masterpiece. Probably a 4.5 where FtM is a 4.

I was thinking of writing an incredibly, ungodly long review for a random album simply to prove really long reviews are pointless, but I'm too lazy. Wink
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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Annother 5 star album, though FTm is still better. Been listening to it for 3 days non stop. I might write another 4834290382 word review about it

You best beat the Octavarium guy.Angry

My opinion?

Probably my favorite so far (although I haven't heard Deloused, only segments), but it's still not a masterpiece. Probably a 4.5 where FtM is a 4.

I was thinking of writing an incredibly, ungodly long review for a random album simply to prove really long reviews are pointless, but I'm too lazy. Wink

I strongly recommend you do it, I'll read it.Wink
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Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Annother 5 star album, though FTm is still better. Been listening to it for 3 days non stop. I might write another 4834290382 word review about it

You best beat the Octavarium guy.Angry

My opinion?

Probably my favorite so far (although I haven't heard Deloused, only segments), but it's still not a masterpiece. Probably a 4.5 where FtM is a 4.

I was thinking of writing an incredibly, ungodly long review for a random album simply to prove really long reviews are pointless, but I'm too lazy. Wink

I strongly recommend you do it, I'll read it.Wink

I actually had it planned.  I was going to review Islands and write about 10 paragraphs simply on the art of the front cover. Wink
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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 16:37
Picked it up yesterday.  VERRRRY strange.  This one will take awhile to grow on me, I think.
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 18:40
It''s taking a while to settle in, but now I'm really ejoying it. What a bizzare ending too. I would have expected them to end with a bang; not only was there no bang, but the song just surprisingly cuts off.
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Points: 912 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 19:58
Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Vicarious Atonement shows a nice and hauting intro which stays in a realtively slow mood for the entire songs which is quite untraditional for Mars Volta, also Asilos Magdilene provides a nice breather from the more complex and heavy music. All in all El Ciervo Vulnerado is the only track that i don't find that interesting but still it has a nice way to end Wink
 
You probably realise Vicarious Atonement and El Ciervo Vulnerado are basically the same track. Wink
Yes, The Day of the Baphomets is breathtaking from beginning to end. For the rest, I'm stickng to Frances for a slightly more varied musical speech. However, this album is wonderful as well.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 20:32
Of their three albums I find it to be their best. Its the easieast to get into IMO, but its also the most consistent in the way the music moves throughout the album, and thankfully theyve decided against having long periouds of electronic nmoise again and added instrumentation to the, slightly shorter than FTM, noise sections. Best album I've released all year.
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2006 at 21:46
I like the album alot I didn't like it the first time I listened to it, but after the 3 I was hooked! I love Asilos Magdalena. The guitar, the lyrics wich by the way its narrated through the eyes of a vampire ("you promised me your blood", the darkness keeps me alive", "hell is the only truth"). Day of the Baphomets is my favourite song on the album at the momment and El ciervo vulnerado isn't my cup of tea.

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