the mars volta

We ranked the progressive rock band the Mars Volta’s discography. See the list ranking every album from Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s project now.

The music festival is returning to Daytona Beach, Florida from May 18-21 with a bill featuring the likes of Tool, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, and Pantera and more.

This week, a handful of festival lineups were announced, as well as tour dates from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverstein, and others.

The heavy metal talk show Two Minutes To Late Night has joined forces with some familiar faces for a cover of Misfits‘ “Earth A.D.“ Frank Iero, Hatebreed‘s Jamey Jasta, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman, Max Weinberg and Jordan Olds were recruited for the new cover. The musician-filled Misfits cover was created in support of […]

Kanye West has been incredibly active on social media over the past few weeks. As he continues his campaign for president, he is also continuing to spill some behind-the-scenes secrets. Now, the rapper claims that he has collaborated with the Mars Volta on an unfinished album. West took to Twitter on July 22 to reveal […]

Ice Nine Kills guitarist Dan Sugarman is revealing his solo album, [ Inside/Out | Part 1 ], after completing it over three years ago. The guitarist put together what he calls a “living album” on Patreon throughout 2016, but after shelving the record due to his mother’s passing, he’s finally unveiling it to the world. Read more: Here’s […]

Here at AltPress, we’ve learned a crucial lesson. Mainstream America doesn’t understand that the concept of “emo” is over 30 years old. We know it wasn’t invented in a Hot Topic store. But we also know that the Grammys don’t have a category for “Best Emo Performance By A Duo Or Group With A Minimum […]

Bassist Juan Alderete, who has worked with Marilyn Manson, Lil Peep, the Mars Volta and more, was involved in a serious bicycle accident near his home Jan. 13. Despite wearing protective clothing, the musician sustained serious head trauma known as Traumatic Brain Injury. His specific type of TBI is Diffuse Axonal Injury, and he and […]

Diving into the meaning behind a band’s lyrics can offer a glimpse into what influences an artist. However, sometimes an album with a fully realized vision driving it can reveal things you never knew. Whether it’s the inspiration a band draw from in their word choice or some historical background you didn’t know about a […]

The Mars Volta have previously teased that they’d eventually make a comeback, and now Cedric Bixler-Zavala revealed that it’s coming sooner than we thought. Last year, Bixler-Zavala said the band “would be back soon.” Read more: Alex Gaskarth shares Los Angeles property was robbed during open house The Mars Volta broke up back in 2013 […]

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is pretty punk, and now he might just reunite The Mars Volta as a part of his campaign. In case you didn’t know, O’Rourke was previously in a band Foss with Mars Volta lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, also known from At The Drive-In. Read more: ‘Us’ nearly breaks box office record […]

Cedric Bixler-Zavala has teased the return of progressive rock band the Mars Volta. Read more: “Please just be happy that it happened;” the Mars Volta announce break-up The Mars Volta broke up back in 2013 after frontman Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez had a falling out. More recently (and after making up), the two musicians […]

At The Drive-In and the Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is going to release 12 albums before the end of 2016. (Yes, you read that right.) Read more: Former At The Drive-In, Mars Volta singer was spending $1,000 a week on weed Rodriguez-Lopez recorded these records from 2008 to 2013. They will be released on a […]

Cedric Bixler-Zavala has revealed that Blink-182’s Travis Barker will be drumming on the new Antemasque album, as well as joining them on their upcoming tour. Antemasque was formed by Cedric and fellow ex-At The Drive-In, Mars Volta member Omar Rodríguez-López in April 2014. They released their debut album last November.  Read more: Former At The Drive-In, […]

Cedric Bixler-Zavala, former vocalist of progressive jazz-rock pioneers the Mars Volta, has put to rest the recent reunion rumors surrounding the group. Speculation began after his current band, Antemasque, canceled their upcoming European tour. You can read all of what the singer had to say below. The Mars Volta called it a day near the beginning […]

Antemasque Antemasque The continuation of the musical partnership between Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez should be a cause for celebration. These are, after all, the two men who helped move the post-hardcore needle forward as members of At The Drive-In and who revitalized the art of prog rock with the Mars Volta. Yet, this new […]