New Tool album

[Cryptic Stench]

Yeah really fuckin enjoyed it. Surprised! When I turned it on I thought here we go, sound effects, widdly bass line but the whole thing is captivating, couple of twists vocally and Carey's drumming is unreal. Superb payoff at the end too. Can't wait for it to drop now.

[Ollkiller]

Checked out the new track. Total meh. I'll still give the album a go.  Could sit better in the context of an album.

[Carnage]

See the 'deluxe' version?

https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/tools-new-album-comes-with-an-hd-screen-and-speaker/

They've been impressive with their packaging in the past but this is going a bit far. £76 on Amazon pre-order. It'd be nice and all but tough to justify shelling that out. The extra 10 mins. of music is a bit cynical on the marketing end of things too, IMO.

[Eoin McLove]

Word of warning; if you search for "new tool" in Google you'll possibly end up on an Interpol watch list.  Proceed with caution...

[Eoin McLove]

Surprisingly cool song.  The music is typical Tool- rudimentary riffs bordering on the pathetic brought to life by Cary's wild drumming.  Maynard steals the show,  I reckon.  His melodies are just great. To be honest,  I haven't followed them since Aenima, much of what I heard from the subsequent albums seemed like a box ticking exercise but this has me interested in checking out the new album and maybe giving the other two another go.

[Cryptic Stench]

That statement stands for 10,000 days but not Lateralus which is a masterpiece.

[Ollkiller]

That statement stands for 10,000 days but not Lateralus which is a masterpiece.

Agreed. Lateralus is just outstanding. Seen them at ozzfest not long after Lateralus was out and ozzy cancelled so they got an extra long set. They were unreal. And 10000 days is shyte.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Word of warning; if you search for "new tool" in Google you'll possibly end up on an Interpol watch list.  Proceed with caution...

I'm intrigued!

[Ducky]

That statement stands for 10,000 days but not Lateralus which is a masterpiece.

Agreed. Lateralus is just outstanding. Seen them at ozzfest not long after Lateralus was out and ozzy cancelled so they got an extra long set. They were unreal. And 10000 days is shyte.

Agree with every word. I stuck on Lateralus for the first time in a while recently and spent several days with the whole album on repeat. Ozzfest 2002 was my first "big" gig and was pissed Ozzy didn't show, but to see Tool headline with Maynard prancing about in day-glow blue paint and hearing most of Lateralus was unreal.

10,000 Days is cack fer sure

[Ducky]

New song is Tool by numbers, Jones is a one trick pony and his trick is old. The outro is the same as Eulogy.

[Cryptic Stench]

Tool sound like Tool. Gasp!

[John Kimble]

Yeah, I've listened to it a few times now and I think it's class. It's unmistakably Tool but after all this time, I didn't really expect them to reinvent their sound. Don't really get the criticism of Jones, his playing has a certain distinctive style and sound which is as intrinsic to the overall sound of Tool as the other members. As as mentioned previously, probably easier to assess in the context of a full album.

[Cryptic Stench]

Listened to it again this morning, it certainly sounds focussed, if the rest of the record is of that standard we're onto a winner. I'd agree it's hardly a reinvention but there's enough twists and subtle flourishes to make it sound fresh.

[Ducky]

Tool sound like Tool. Gasp!

To be honest, it's a better track than anything on 10,000 Days, but for a band that are only shitting out their fifth album in 25 years it's derivative as fuck of their own music.

Jones' playing is fine in that it's more textural than front and centre, but it all bleeds together at this stage. There's a drum pattern about half way through that sounds like the intro to Reflection, as mentioned the outro is the same as Eulogy.

Again, I fucking love Lateralus and Aenemia, but I'm not one of those Tool loonies that think the band are above criticism. Undertow is good but merely a formative record and 10,000 Days is straight up shite.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

No change in the palette, but the song does what a good song should; you get to the end and you want to listen to it again. Have to wait for the album though, I mean Vicarious was and is a quality track, unfortunately not representative of the whole album.