   The Mars Volta   Heavy Prog  4.23 | 894 ratings  From
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Prog Leviathan Prog Reviewer 5 stars Never have heard such
harsh, frantic, intense, savagely creative rock sound so
amazing... "De-Loused" is SPECTACULAR! Maybe it's the vocal
gymnastics and manic lyrics screamed/crooned out by frontman
Bixler-Zavala, or Rodriguez-Lopez's innovative guitar work, or
the rhythmic backflips from the drums/bass... or any of the
multitude of stellar sounds I go on to discover after each
listen.  In reality it's the sum of all the parts which makes
"De-Loused" so much fun to listen to; the members of Mars Volta
are master musicians and song writers concealed behind walls of
hard rock which have (somehow... given there eccentricity) given
them mainstream status. Everything from the intense choruses to
the spacey interludes screams innovation. This music is some of
the most creative stuff I've ever heard, and I cannot recommend
it more highly to any who has not alre