The on again, off again relationship between guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala is now on again. Setting aside whatever differences surfaced toward the end of At The Drive-In’s 2012 reunion tour and led to the breakup of The Mars Volta in 2013, the pair have now reunited to form a new band called […]
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MUST LISTEN: Former The Mars Volta Members Reunite To Form Supergroup Antemasque
April 9th, 2014 
Kevin Blumeyer 
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ATTN Metalheads: Listen to Two Songs from Supergroup Killer Be Killed
March 15th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer For about a year and a half, the metal community has been buzzing about a supergroup involving guitarists Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), bassist Troy Saunders (Mastodon) and drummer Dave Elitch (The Mars Volta). Back in October, the project was dubbed Killer Be Killed and announced a record deal with […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Vitamin Sun
November 27th, 2013 Drew Caruso While a smaller Boston based band at the moment, I have the pleasure of being friends with Vitamin Sun, a band that just released their first EP, Ergonometry. Weaving in and out of complicated time signatures, the progressive rock band is ready to blow up onto the scene. Sure to please fans of Coheed and […]
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October 29th, 2013 Kevin Blumeyer Supergroups are rarely the sum of their parts, but I’m willing to give this one a shot. Meet Killer Be Killed, which features Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly) and The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato on guitar, bassist Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and drummer David Elitch (The Mars Volta). Cavalera, Puciato and Sanders will all share […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Strawberry Girls
October 16th, 2013 Dan Bogosian There’s some bands we’ve loved since before they got signed to any record deal, before they had any publicists or campaigns, before their albums were available on any physical format. One such band is Strawberry Girls, who play a distinctive brand of instrumental groove rock, sharing more in common with “Focus” by Hocus Pocus than […]
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The Mars Volta Release 15 Free B-Side Tracks
August 16th, 2013 Kriston McConnell The Mars Volta apparently have been keeping a number of different b-side tracks away from the public, at least until now. Earlier today 15 b-side tracks were released that are by The Mars Volta, and the release was confirmed by the band’s old drummer, Thomas Prdigen, via The Comatorium. To make the deal even sweeter, […]
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Zavalaz, Cedric Bixler’s New Band, Streams Clip
June 4th, 2013 Dan Bogosian You may recall Cedric Bixler slowly turning his solo project into a full band experience under the name Zavalaz. Originally described as an acoustic one-man release, it’s clear things changed once Cedric got other musicians involved. It actually sounds like a classic rock, Led Zeppelin sort of affair. The band is touring the west with […]
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May 15th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Cedric Bixler, former vocalist for both At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta, told the world his solo project turned into a full band, and that details would soon surface. Those details have come: the band is named Zavalaz, the last word in Cedric’s complete name with an added z, and features some familiar faces […]
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Cedric Bixler’s Solo Project Has Turned Into A New Band
May 6th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Cedric Bixler Zavala, former front man to both At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta, claimed when he first announced TMV broke up that he was working on a solo record. His original statements on Twitter said “Lots of desert ballad space jams, lots of harmonies, lots of lap steel and piano. Lots of AM […]
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Queens Of The Stone Age Debut New Song At Lollapalooza Brazil
March 31st, 2013 Grant Trimboli Happy Easter to everyone out there! Today is truly a special day for many reasons. Queens Of The Stone Age are reunited and were filmed yesterday debuting a brand new song called “My God is the Sun” out at Lollapalooza Brazil. This song was performed with new drummer Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta & One […]
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March 27th, 2013 Anthony Galasso It seems as though Jon Theodore — the drummer from now defunct prog-rock group, The Mars Volta — has reportedly joined Queens of the Stone Age. According to a press release, Theodore has recorded tracks on the band’s upcoming sixth studio record, …Like Clockwork. Additionally, AntiQuiet.com has reason to believe he will be joining them […]
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DAMMIT: The Mars Volta Aren’t On Hiatus… They Broke Up
January 23rd, 2013 Dan Bogosian The Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala had quite a night on Twitter. His ramblings focused mainly on the truth about The Mars Volta, who are apparently not on hiatus, but instead are no longer a band at all. Omar Rodriguez will focus on Bosnian Rainbows, while Cedric is apparently going to start a new […]
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