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• Noctourniquet is the sixth and most recent studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released on March 26, 2012 on Warner Bros. Produced by guitarist and songwriter Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, it is the band's only studio album to feature drummer Deantoni Parks, and their only album not to include contributions from guitarist John Frusciante.
  Inspired by the children's nursery rhyme "Solomon Grundy", and the Greek myth of Hyacinthus, Noctourniquet is a concept album. Vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala comments, "It's about embracing life for what it should be. There's a view of the elitist lifestyle - that being an artist is unattainable. I'm trying to write this story that reminds people that we're all artists."

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• Artist: The Mars Volta Label: Clouds Hill Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Unknown Genre: Pop & Rock Style: Alternative Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock

• A1 The Whip Hand
  A2 Aegis
  A3 Dyslexicon
  B1 Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
  B2 The Malkin Jewel
  B3 Lapochka
  C1 In Absentia
  C2 Imago
  C3 Molochwalker
  C4 Trinkets Pale Of Moon
  D1 Vedamalady
  D2 Noctourniquet
  D3 Zed And Two Naughts