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Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:05 pm
by MrNovember
odontophobia wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:MrNovember wrote:So I just listened to De-Loused from start to finish.
I liked it but I wasn't completely enamored by it.
The playing, arrangement, and the use of effects are all amazing but I have to admit that I don't love his singing.
The high pitch, almost screaming parts just aren't for me.
The less intense singing and less scream-y parts are excellent though.
Definitely still good music.
I'll have to give it a few more play-throughs to really form a solid opinion I think
Unfortunately, Cedric's voice is either something that you're going to be able to deal with, or not. I personally like it, but I totally get why it grates on some people.
Particularly on the Mars Volta stuff. I think it's a lot different on At the Drive-In albums.
I definitely see why some would like his voice and why some wouldn't. I'll keep listening to see if it does grow on me. I need to listen to At the Drive in too. I have a couple friends that love them
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:44 pm
by ChetMagongalo
Cedric grew on me, used to hate but now I love
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:50 pm
by D.o.S.
MrNovember wrote:odontophobia wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:MrNovember wrote:So I just listened to De-Loused from start to finish.
I liked it but I wasn't completely enamored by it.
The playing, arrangement, and the use of effects are all amazing but I have to admit that I don't love his singing.
The high pitch, almost screaming parts just aren't for me.
The less intense singing and less scream-y parts are excellent though.
Definitely still good music.
I'll have to give it a few more play-throughs to really form a solid opinion I think
Unfortunately, Cedric's voice is either something that you're going to be able to deal with, or not. I personally like it, but I totally get why it grates on some people.
Particularly on the Mars Volta stuff. I think it's a lot different on At the Drive-In albums.
I definitely see why some would like his voice and why some wouldn't. I'll keep listening to see if it does grow on me. I need to listen to At the Drive in too. I have a couple friends that love them
Relationship of Command was a record that grew on me for a really long time. First listen I think I dug about three or four songs, now it's one of my go to fast-and-loud-without-being-metal albums.
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:58 pm
by DarkAxel
The vocals are definitely a thing that has to grow on you, yeah... don't shove it aside just because of them
it's like that with some bands... Circa Survive, Silversun Pickups...
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:32 pm
by bigchiefbc
DarkAxel wrote:The vocals are definitely a thing that has to grow on you, yeah... don't shove it aside just because of them
it's like that with some bands... Circa Survive, Silversun Pickups...
add in Coheed and Cambria there too. I still have trouble listening to them because of Claudio's vocals.
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:37 pm
by DarkAxel
I've always had a problem because of how boring they were to me
but if i remember correctly his vocals are also a bit specific
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:06 am
by kbit
I can totally see why peeps don't dig bands for their vocalist, especially like the ones mentioned above where they're in a high register with weird ornamentation, BUT YOU ALL BEST LEAVE CLAUDIO OUT OF THIS
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:11 am
by D.o.S.
bigchiefbc wrote:DarkAxel wrote:The vocals are definitely a thing that has to grow on you, yeah... don't shove it aside just because of them
it's like that with some bands... Circa Survive, Silversun Pickups...
add in Coheed and Cambria there too. I still have trouble listening to them because they're a fucking terrible Rush tribute band.
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:14 am
by kbit
That's fair. Except their first two albums. Which have more of that post-hardcore vibe. & fuckin' rock.
(my inner fanboi is on the rise...)
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:23 am
by D.o.S.
Sorry dude. They're just one of those bands that does not do it for me, in the "act swiftly to turn that off as fast as possible whenever I hear it" way.
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:33 am
by kbit
Haha that's totally cool, I know a lot pf people are that way with them & I certainly do understand it. No need for apologies, this is the internet duh
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:28 am
by MrNovember
I feel like this is the most understanding forum ever.
People actually understanding that others won't understand their taste in music/that high registers and weird ornamentations are a bit specfic?
In my experience it's usually: "you don't like so and so?! you blaspheming piece of **** motherf_cker........"
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:26 am
by bigchiefbc
MrNovember wrote:I feel like this is the most understanding forum ever.
People actually understanding that others won't understand their taste in music/that high registers and weird ornamentations are a bit specfic?
In my experience it's usually: "you don't like so and so?! you blaspheming piece of **** motherf_cker........"
Yeah, that's one of the reasons why this place is cool. Even though I'm a sucker for prog, I don't get made when DoS gives me shit about it.
It's a big change from the rest of the Internet, which is basically this:
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:46 pm
by D.o.S.
Hey man I like Jethro Tull like the rest of you guys.
Re: Mars Volta, where should I start?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:22 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
I like pretty much 90% of everything those guys made, and a lot of what Omar makes. . . So maybe I'm biased. . . Im also one the few here who really likes Octahedron. And I tend to like when certain bands do something different and piss a bunch of people off. . .
I would start from the beginning (of the Volta, not ATDI) but keep in mind that the sound of the band will change kind of drastically.