El Nuevo Grupo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez, the new band from Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta, have posted a trailer for their forthcoming debut. The record is titled Cryptomnesia II and is due out May 5, 2009.

Along with the Mars Volta guitarist, the band features frequent collaborator (and Mars Volta bandmate) Cedric Bixler Zavala, Zach Hill of Hella, Jonathan Hischke and Juan Alderete de la Pena.

There are also rumours that the Mars Volta will be releasing a new full length in June. It would be the first since The Bedlam in Goliath and is currently titled Octahedron.