Amputechture!
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Topic: Amputechture!
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Subject: Amputechture!
Date 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! 
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
 Well, what do you others think about the record? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
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Posted By: Gravity Eyelids
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:12
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Great album. The only part of the album I don't like is the intro to Tetragrammaton. DOTB is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Into this wild Abyss the fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while, Pondering his Voyage. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:13
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It's basically the greatest thing made all year. -------------  
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:14
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It's wonderful. Especially Day of the Baphomets. The music fits the title and lyrics so incredibly well. |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date 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.  ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:15
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To say the least, I don't like it. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:19
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Not atleast one minute of it? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:22
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Maybe a minute.
Compare that with all of De-Loused and a good chunk of FTM. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:23
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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
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:25
You best beat the Octavarium guy.  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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The Miracle wrote:Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:25
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!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:31
A TMV DVD!!!  That will be amazing ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:33
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. -------------
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:34
I strongly recommend you do it, I'll read it. -------------
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 15:35
I actually had it planned. I was going to review Islands and write about 10 paragraphs simply on the art of the front cover. -------------
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 16:37
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Picked it up yesterday. VERRRRY strange. This one will take awhile to grow on me, I think.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date 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. |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 19:58
You probably realise Vicarious Atonement and El Ciervo Vulnerado are basically the same track.
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. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 20:32
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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.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 21:46
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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. Lindsay did you figured out the story yet? ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 04:42
| I bought it yesterday and now I'm listening to it for the second time (yesterday I had a rough day, and it was not the best moment for me to appreciate it). What I noticed first is that it sounds much slower, almost reflective, in comparison to the sheer energy levels of "De-loused.." and the unbridled sonic madness of FtM. That said, it'll probably be harder to get into than both its predecessors - though its quality shows clearly even from a superficial listen. |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 23:05
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Incredible album. Two small complaints though - too much Frusciante! He's a good guitarist and all, but it needs more Omar. Also, the production really bugs me, all the instruments sound crisp and audible except for the drums- which are amazing, but they seem to get buried underneath all the other instruments. Aside from those two gripes i feel this album is *almost* as good as Deloused. "tetragrammaton" knocks me on my arse every time!
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 20:54
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Tetramegameccagreatness!!!
See I had to invent a word for it  -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 08:51
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Am listening to it for the fourth time in the 36 hours since I got my hands on it ... some great new songs to add to the already impressive catalogue ... Vermicide, Viscera Eyes, Tetragrammaton all awesome ... nothing really weak ... I still want them to do more ... but I'm very satisfied with this for now ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:39
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I've only listened all the way through once thus far, so I'm still forming an opinion... but my initial impression was that the first 2 tracks seem somewhat forced to me. From track 3 on, I started hearing TMV that I know and love. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:53
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I think it's their best album. It's less noisy and chaotic, and more musical. Even those who don't like the previous albums should definitely listen to it!
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:02
This album did it for me! TMV finally pulled me to appreciate their music!
I completely agree with what Mike said.
BTW..
Lindsay, welcome back!
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:10
i like deloused better ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: blbx93
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 17:07
| It is weird how different all three albums are, but amputechture is a huge step from frances. I still like Deloused better, but that could change with a few more listens. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 04:41
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best songs
Tetragrammaton
Meccamputechture
Viscera Eyes
Day of the Baphomets
but the entire albums is excellent ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 22:47
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have listened to it two or three times now.... and loving it... much more than the previous one I had....
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 22:48
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So will I be the only person on the entire ste giving it a 1, then? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 00:39
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I can't shake the feeling that The Mars Volta's releases are some kind of cruel joke on the consumer. Every time you buy a Mars Volta album, Cedric and Omar laugh all the way to the bank. Kaching! There is such a huge amount of acclaim and scorn -- love and disgust. Perhaps they're either musically brilliant, or brilliant tricksters/ poseurs. Much as I may, almost, enjoy their music, I can't help but feel that I'm being conned. I wanted to hear what others heard in Aputechture, and came very close, but every time I came anywhere close to liking it, my good taste rebelled, and apparently common sense prevailed. I know that I listen to them more I might well start liking them, and that scares me. Is it more artsy or fartsy? I know this is cynical, but might they one day proclaim that it was all just a joke? |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 00:58
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^Good thing you haven't heard Beefheart.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 01:08
I have, but at least I know THAT's a joke!  |