Hump Day Helper -- You Listen to Too Much Heavy Metal Edition

Because it's Wednesday, and we all need a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the week in our respective hells, WDR is providing some fun.

I was all set to give you guys a very chill, very inspirational Hump Day Helper this week, which would be a stark contrast to the ENERGY! approach we had been going with lately. But then Joe Reefer had to go ahead and fuck things up, sending me the leak to the new Mars Volta album, effectively putting my previous plans in the shitter. As it is, I think you shall be quite satisfied with the result.

While The Mars Volta continue venturing into the bizarre, one should take the time to look back to the previous band, At The Drive-In, and appreciate the fantastic work that they did. While they had solid output throughout their career, they really hit their stride with the landmark album Relationship Of Command, which is easily one of the top ten albums of the decade (and an enormous favorite of the entire WDR crew). We could have gone with the serious video or the video of the song everyone knows, but what the hell, let's pick the one that just gets you amped up.

It takes the weight out of living!...