The Mars Volta discography

The Mars Volta discography
The Mars Volta live at Carling Academy Birmingham
Studio albums	9
EPs	2
Demo albums	1
Live albums	1
Singles	15
Music videos	16
Box set albums	1

The discography of The Mars Volta, an American progressive rock group formed in 2001, ^[1] consists of nine studio albums, one live album, two extended plays, and nine singles.

The band's first studio album De-Loused in the Comatorium was released in 2003 after a European tour supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ^[1] This concept album was produced by Rick Rubin and is based on the death of El Paso, Texas artist Julio Venegas, who committed suicide in 1996. In early 2005, the band released their second full-length album, Frances the Mute , a concept album based on the story of band associate Jeremy Ward, who died of an apparent heroin overdose in 2003. The album sold over 100,000 copies within the first week of release, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. ^[2] The first single released from the album was "The Widow", which peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart ^[3] and became the band's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 95. ^[4] The live album Scabdates , was released later the same year. Their third studio album Amputechture was released in 2006 and debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 selling over 59,000 copies in its opening week. ^[5] The Bedlam in Goliath , the Mars Volta's fourth studio album, was released 2008 and debuted at a career-best number 3 on the Billboard 200. ^[2] On June 23, 2009, the Mars Volta released Octahedron , which is the band's first album through Warner Bros. Records. The album spawned two singles, "Cotopaxi" and "Since We've Been Wrong". Recording for their next album, Noctourniquet , began shortly after, though the album wasn't completed and released until March 2012. In August 2013, a group of fifteen demos and unreleased songs, dubbed The Ramrod Tapes , were leaked online. After a ten-year hiatus, the band released their self-titled seventh album on September 16, 2022. An acoustic version of this album was released in 2023. Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío , released on April 11, 2025, is the band's latest album to date.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [2]	AUS [6]	BEL [7]	FIN [8]	NLD [9]	NOR [10]	NZL [11]	SWE [12]	SWI [13]	UK [3]
De-Loused in the Comatorium	Released: June 24, 2003 Label: Universal, GSL Format: CD, LP	39	47	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	43	BPI: Silver [14] MC: Gold [15]
Frances the Mute	Released: March 1, 2005 Label: Universal, GSL Format: CD, LP	4	9	13	14	34	1	21	12	81	23	RIAA: Gold [16]
Amputechture	Released: September 12, 2006 Label: Universal, GSL Format: CD, LP	9	6	39	18	54	12	16	27	88	49
The Bedlam in Goliath	Released: January 29, 2008 Label: Universal Format: CD, LP, USB	3	3	35	9	42	10	13	32	57	42
Octahedron	Released: June 23, 2009 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, LP	12	41	78	27	27	20	33	51	54	64
Noctourniquet	Released: March 27, 2012 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, LP	15	18	90	23	61	34	25	—	47	51
The Mars Volta	Released: September 16, 2022 Label: Clouds Hill Format: CD, LP, digital	83	86	142	—	—	—	—	—	42	—
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón	Released: April 21, 2023 Label: Clouds Hill Format: CD, LP, digital	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío	Released: April 11, 2025 Label: Clouds Hill Format: CD, LP, digital	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	AUS [17]	JPN [18]
Scabdates	Released: November 8, 2005 Label: GSL (GSL #118), Strummer, Universal (B#0005644-02) Formats: CD, LP	76	87	141

Demo albums

Title	Album details
Landscape Tantrums	Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Clouds Hill Formats: LP, digital

Unreleased material

List of unreleased material

Title	Album details
The Ramrod Tapes	Released: Unreleased Leaked: August 2013 Format: MP3 file

Box sets

Title	Details
La Realidad De Los Sueños	Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Clouds Hill (CH #180) Formats: LP

Extended plays

Title	EP details
Tremulant	Released: April 2, 2002 Label: GSL (GSL #54) Formats: CD, LP
Live	Released: 2003 Label: GSL, Strummer, Universal Format: CD

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
		US [4]	US Alt. [19]	US Main. [20]	AUS [6]	UK [3]
"Inertiatic ESP"	2003	—	—	—	—	42	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"Televators"	2004	—	—	—	64	41
"The Widow"	2005	95	7	25	—	20	Frances the Mute
"L'Via L'Viaquez"		—	—	—	—	53
"Viscera Eyes"	2006	—	—	—	—	—	Amputechture
"Wax Simulacra"	2007	—	—	—	—	—	The Bedlam in Goliath
"Goliath"	2008	—	—	—	—	—
"Cotopaxi"	2009	—	—	—	—	—	Octahedron
"Since We've Been Wrong"		—	—	—	—	—
"The Malkin Jewel"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	Noctourniquet
"Blacklight Shine"	2022	—	—	—	—	—	The Mars Volta
"Graveyard Love"		—	—	—	—	—
"Vigil"		—	—	—	—	—
"Blank Condolences" (acoustic)	2023	—	—	—	—	—	Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
"Palm Full of Crux" (acoustic)		—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

B-sides

Original material

Year	Song	Released on	Notes
2003	"Ambuletz"	De-Loused in the Comatorium
2005	"Frances The Mute"	"Frances The Mute"	Appears on single, not the album
2005	"The Bible And The Breathalyzer"	"The Bible And The Breathalyzer / L'Via L'Viaquez"	Promotional single
2008	"Mr. Muggs"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Bonus 7" single released with vinyl edition of the album
2021	"A Plague Upon Your Hissing Children"	La Realidad De Los Sueños	An outtake of De-Loused in the Comatorium. Previously only available through bootlegged versions

Covers

Year	Song	Released on	Original artist
2008	"Back Up Against the Wall"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Circle Jerks
	"Birthday"	The Bedlam in Goliath	The Sugarcubes
	"Candy and a Currant Bun"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Pink Floyd
	"Pulled to Bits"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Siouxsie and the Banshees
	"Memories"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Soft Machine
	"Things Behind the Sun"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Nick Drake

Acoustic versions

Year	Song	Released on
2005	"The Widow"	Frances the Mute

Remixes

Year	Song	Released on	Taken from
2007	"Goliath (El P Remix)"	"Goliath" (3 Track EP)	The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
	"Goliath (El P Remix Instrumental)"	"Goliath" (3 Track EP)	The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
	"Tourniquet Man (Wes The Mes Remix)"	"Goliath" (3 Track EP)	The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)

Demos

Year	Song	Released on	Demo of
2003	"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (Rough 02)"	"Promo EP"	This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
	"Drunkship Of Lanterns (Final Master 03)"	"Promo EP"	Drunkship Of Lanterns
2008	"GetMadRef"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Agadez
	"Ratiplet for Label"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Soothsayer
2021	"Eunuch Provocateur"	La Realidad De Los Sueños	Eunuch Provocateur (alternate recording)

Live versions

All live tracks released on De-Loused in the Comatorium were compiled into a live EP entitled Live.^{[ citation needed ]}

Year	Song	Released on	Taken from	Notes
2003	"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" (live BBC session)	De-Loused in the Comatorium		Released on Australian special edition bonus disc
	"Drunkship of Lanterns" (live BBC session)
	"Cicatriz ESP"
	"Televators"
2005	"Drunkship of Lanterns"	Live At The Electric Ballroom (DVD)	De-Loused in the Comatorium	DVD promo
	"Cicatriz ESP"
	"Televators"
	"Eriatarka"	Live At The Electric Ballroom	De-Loused in the Comatorium	CD promo
	"Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt"
	"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) - Live At The Electric Ballroom"	"The Widow"	De-Loused in the Comatorium	Released on single
	"The Widow"	"Frances The Mute"	Frances the Mute	Released on single
2008	"Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus"	The Bedlam in Goliath	Frances the Mute	Best Buy live DVD
2009	"Cotopaxi"	Octahedron		iTunes pre-order bonus track
2012	"The Malkin Jewel"	Noctourniquet		Japanese bonus track

Promo

Title	Year	Album
[Untitled] (The Apes / Les Savy Fav / The Mars Volta) Format: 3" CD	2002	Tremulant
"Promo EP" Format: CDr	2003	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"Inertiatic ESP" Format: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl	2003	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" [21] Format: Compact Disc	2003	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"Televators" Format: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl	2003	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"The Widow" Format: CD, CDr, 12" vinyl, picture disc, digital	2004	Frances the Mute
"Live At The Electric Ballroom" Format: DVD, DVD-Video	2005	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"Live At The Electric Ballroom" Format: CD, CDr	2005	De-Loused in the Comatorium
"Frances The Mute" Format: CD, 12" vinyl	2005	Frances the Mute
"L'Via L'Viaquez" Format: CD, CDr, DVDr, DVD-Video, VHS	2005	Frances the Mute
"Oh My God / L'Via L'Viaquez" Format: VHS	2005	Frances the Mute
"The Bible And The Breathalyzer / L'Via L'Viaquez" Format: CD, 10" vinyl, picture disc	2005	Frances the Mute
"The Widow" Format: DVD, DVD-Video	2005	Frances the Mute
"Sampler" Format: CDr	2006	De-Loused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute
"Viscera Eyes" Format: CD, CDr	2006	Amputechture
"Goliath" Format: CD, 12" vinyl	2007	The Bedlam in Goliath
"Wax Simulacra" Format: CD, 7" picture disc, AAC file	2007	The Bedlam in Goliath
"Candy And A Currant Bun" Format: VinylDisc	2008	The Bedlam in Goliath
"The Bedlam In Goliath (Exclusive Tracks)" Format 2 x WMA file	2008	The Bedlam in Goliath
"Select Tracks From 'Octahedron'" Format: CDr	2009	Octahedron
"Cotopaxi" Format: CD	2009	Octahedron
"Since We've Been Wrong" Format: CD	2009	Octahedron
"The Malkin Jewel" Format: CD, CDr	2012	Noctourniquet
"Inertiatic ESP (Unfinished Original Recordings Of De-Loused In The Comatorium)" Format: digital	2021	Landscape Tantrums
"Blacklight Shine" Format: digital	2022	The Mars Volta
"Graveyard Love" Format: digital	2022	The Mars Volta
"Vigil" Format: digital	2022	The Mars Volta
"Blank Condolences (Acoustic)" Format: digital	2023	Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
"Palm Full Of Crux (Acoustic)" Format: digital	2023	Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón

Videography

Films

Title	Year	Director
Coachella	2006	Drew Thomas
All Tomorrow's Parties	2009	All Tomorrow's People & Jonathan Caouette
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird	2023	Nicolas Jack Davies

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"Son et Lumière/Inertiatic ESP"	2003	Omar Rodríguez-López [22]
"Televators"	2004	The Saline Project [22]
"The Widow"	2005	Jim Agnew & Simon Chan [22] [23]
"L'Via L'Viaquez"		Omar Rodríguez-López [22]
"Wax Simulacra"	2007	Jorge Hernandez [24]
"Aberinkula"	2008	Omar Rodríguez-López
"Goliath"
"Askepios"
"Ilyena"
"Cotopaxi"	2009
"Since We've Been Wrong"
"The Malkin Jewel (Live)"	2012	Rubén Rodríguez & Omar Rodríguez-López [25]
"Blacklight Shine"	2022	Omar Rodríguez-López
"Graveyard Love"
"Vigil"
"Flash Burns From Flashbacks"

See also

• At the Drive-In discography
• De Facto discography
• Omar Rodríguez-López discography
• Omar Rodríguez-López filmography

References

General

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Specific

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17. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 177.
18. "Scabdates - The Mars Volta" (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
19. "The Mars Volta Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard . Retrieved August 3, 2022.
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21. "The Mars Volta – This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (2003, CD)". 2003 – via www.discogs.com.
22. Holy, Kevin. "Athens Music Video – Archive 2". Athens Music Video. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
23. "Simon Chan - Spindrift premiere new video on IFC.com, first of series". MVRemix. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
24. "The Mars Volta – "Wax Simulacra"". MTV Networks. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
25. Deiterman, Corey (November 15, 2012). "Fan Direction: 5 Great Music-Video Contest Winners". Houston Press. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

External links

• The Mars Volta's official website
• The Mars Volta at AllMusic