The Mars Volta – Battles ‘Goliath’ On New Album

Billboard.com reports: THE MARS VOLTA has set a Jan. 29, 2008, release date for “The Bedlam in Goliath,” which was produced by band member Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2006’s “Amputechture,” which has sold 148,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

A video set to the track “Wax Simulacra” can be streamed from the band’s Web site. Among the guests on the album is RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor on past efforts.

Prior to a 2008 tour, THE MARS VOLTA will play a New Year’s Eve bash at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with costumes “required.”

Here is the track list for “The Bedlam in Goliath:”

01. Aberinkula
02. Metatron
03. Ilyena
04. Wax Simulacra
05. Goliath
06. Tourniquet Man
07. Cavalettas
08. Agadez
09. Askepios
10. Ouroboros
11. Soothsayer
12. Conjugal Burns

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  1. CannibalCFH says:

    cant wait

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