The Mars Volta De Loused In The Comatorium VMP Gold Black Vinyl 2LP poster plus VMP Essentials selection for July 2021 Exclusive 2LP gold & black marble vinyl Exclusive art print Includes VMP obi, printed inner sleeves, fold-out poster, in gatefold sleeve Contains one of the best guitar songs of all time "Drunkship of Lanterns"
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De-Loused in the Comatorium (commonly referred to as De-Loused) is the debut by American band , released on June 24, 2003, on and . Based on a short story written by lead singer and sound manipulation artist , the is an hour-long tale of Cerpin Taxt, a man who enters a week-long after overdosing on a mixture of and . The story of Cerpin Taxt alludes to the death of artist—and Bixler-Zavala's friend—Julio Venegas (1972–1996).
Co-produced by and guitarist , it is the only studio album to feature founding member , who was found dead in an apparent one month before the album was released. Following the departure of who had appeared on the band's early demos and EP, bassist performed on De-Loused.
De-Loused became, both critically and commercially, the band's biggest hit, eventually selling in excess of 500,000 copies despite limited promotion, and was featured on several critics' "Best of the Year" lists. The album was ranked number 55 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar Worldmagazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time. "Drunkship of Lanterns" was named the 91st best guitar song of all-time by