Outside of Dream Theater, The Mars Volta is the only band making a case for virtuosic, high-concept progressive rock as a mainstream crossover tool. Granted, it helps that the group's core—singer ...

The Mars Volta returns with a fresh dose of epic rock'n'roll on its third studio album, "Amputechture." The eight-track set is due Aug. 22 via Universal and opens with the seven-minute "Vicarious… By ...

Vinyl copies of the Mars Volta's 2006 LP Amputechture fetch a pretty penny online, so we've got bad news for record flippers and good news for everyone else: the album is being reissued on June 2 by ...

When I heard the Mars Volta was abandoning the concept theme for their new album, I assumed the finished product would be a stripped-down, straightforward piece of art. Mars Volta lite, if you will.

The Mars Volta have revealed some details about their upcoming full length, Amputechture. The album is slated for a release through Strummer/Universal on August 15th in the US, and August 11th in ...

Have The Mars Volta gone all comprehensible? Great shakes are being made of the fact that after one imaginary sci-fi adventure (‘De-Loused In The Comatorium’) and one musical reimagining of a diary ...