Breaking a decade of omert, The Mars Volta reawaken from their lengthy hiatus with an eponymous track that radically reshapes their paradigm.

Formed by guitarist/composer Omar Rodrguez-Lpez and singer/lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, The Mars Volta rose from the ashes of El Paso punk-rock firebrands At The Drive-In in 2001. On a mission to honour our roots and honour our dead, The Mars Volta made music that fused the Latin sounds Rodrguez-Lpez was raised on with the punk and underground noise he and Bixler-Zavala had immersed themselves in for years, and the futuristic visions they were tapping into. The albums that followed were one-of-a-kind masterpieces, their songs of breath-taking complexity also possessing powerful emotional immediacy. After the group fell silent, a legion of devotees (including Kanye West) kept up an insistent drum-beat for their return.

Now a year after La Realidad De Los Sueos, a luxurious 18-LP box-set compiling t