Walking into the Mars Volta’s concert at House of Blues last night, one thing was certain: The band was going to kick your ass with one aural assault after another. Stick-thin singer/screecher Cedric Bixler-Zavala literally kicked off the show by getting down and jumping around as his bandmates churned out “Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)” from the Mars Volta’s debut album, De-loused in the Comatorium. They then whipped into a triple-header from their latest CD, The Bedlam in Goliath: “Wax Simulacra,” “Goliath,” and “Ouroborous.” The crowd collectively banged its head in approval …
This article appears in May 14-20, 2008.