THE BEDLAM IN GOLIATH

This is an AMAZING release. It just goes to prove that the Mars Volta is perhaps the greatest modern prog band, with superb musicianship, excellent hooks, enormous erergy, and quite possibly THE most original sound in ALL current music. The weak spots on this album are very few, I only really think Cavalettas could be improved a tad. Other than that, this CD is truly brilliant, and I couldn't give this anything lower than a 5. Favorites include Metatron, Ilyena, Goliath, and Ouroborous, though every track is incredible. I actually got the iTunes version of this disc, and it came with 2 covers--a Soft Machine song called Memories and a Nick Drake tune called Things Behind the Sun--they certainly don't dissapoint either. Everything this band touches is gold, in my opinion.