Description
On its third full-length album, the Mars Volta abandoned the enigmatic conceptual themes of its acclaimed earlier outings, De-Loused in the Comatrium and Frances The Mute, but left its fascinatingly bizarre aesthetic intact. The result is a more immediate, though certainly not more conventional, approach, as vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala and guitarist Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez once again take listeners on a tour of surreal rock territory where the sounds of King Crimson, Santana, and Led Zeppelin are welded together into frenetic post-punk-influenced aural sculptures. Featuring significant contributions by multi-instrumentalist Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez and frequent guest guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Amputechtureis slightly less daunting than Volta's previous discs (see the stomping, horn-laden Viscera Eyes ), but no less inventive.
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