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As per Billboard.com:

The Mars Volta has set a Jan. 29, 2008, release date for “The Bedlam in Goliath,” which was produced by band member Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2006’s “Amputechture,” which has sold 148,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

A video set to the track “Wax Simulacra” can be streamed from the band’s Web site. Among the guests on the album is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor on past efforts.

Prior to a 2008 tour, the Mars Volta will play a New Year’s Eve bash at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with costumes “required.”

Here is the track list for “The Bedlam in Goliath”:

“Aberinkula”
“Metatron”
“Ilyena”
“Wax Simulacra”
“Goliath”
“Tourniquet Man”
“Cavalettas”
“Agadez”
“Askepios”
“Ouroboros”
“Soothsayer”
“Conjugal Burns”