New Tool Album In Process January 20th 2009

Yes folks thats right, Tool is making a new album!!! Members Danny Carrey, Adam Jones, and Justin Chancellor are in the process of writing tools 6th full length album. Keep an eye out for it!!

Tools 10,000 Days Album Out September 6th 2006!

Expanding upon the formula (or lack thereof) of Lateralus, 10,000 Days is filled with bizarre time signatures, unconventional riff structures, and open-ended phrasing, but some of the tension has been replaced by melancholy reflection. The album title refers to the amount of time Keenan's mother suffered from stroke-related paralysis before she dies, and on "Wings for Marie (pt.1)" and "10,000 Days (Wings pt.2)" the singer drops his guard and candidly addresses their relationship ("It was you who prayed for me/So what have I done to be a son to an angel?"). But while 10,000 Days showcases some of tool's most confessional, contemplative moments, it also contains some killer rock-outs. On "Vicarious," powerhouse drum fills muscle through chunky, off-kilter guitars and harsh, haunting vocals. "The Pot" melds a funky Bass line to a jagged, staggered riff and includes the infectious chant-along "You must have been high." This is an explicit album, buy it!

After 5 Years Tool Has Done It Again.

Instead of taking a lengthy break after touring for Ænima, Tool headed right back into the studiao, where the musicians quickly got on eachothers nerves. At the same time they became involved in frustrating leagal battles with their former label manager. The stress was too much and, following moths of disharmony, Keenan (lead singer for Tool) left to record with his new project, A Perfect Circle. He eventually returned and wrote the vocals Lateralus, some of which documented the tubulence, Like the lyrics for Schism. Lateralus is said to be a train wreck but somehow it hasnt fallen yet. The enternal tensions not only failed to damage the musical chemisty but actually seemed to strengthen the songs. Lateralus has gotten Double Platnum thus fa and is still growing in numbers.

Ænima! Took 3 Years But Tools Next Album Is Finally Here!

TOOL HAS MADE A MEMBER CHANGE! Yes it is true, tool changed bassists from Paul D'Amour to the new member Justin Chancellor. The first Tool record withough Paul on bass, Ænima is texturally expansive and darkly psychedelic. In addition to passages that crash with the force of a head-on collision, there are numerous atmospheric parts that waft into ether, oblivious to the violence that wauts around the corner. Struscturally, the music is looser than on Undertow, rarly ahering to the standard verse/chorus formula and relying on spacious jams as often as concrete riffs. New bassist Justin brings an airier, more extemporaneous vibe to the band and, for the first time, the songs seeem far more influenced by King Crimson than Black Sabbith. Ænima is my personal Faverite album thus far and i hope it only gets better from here.

UNDERTOW! Debued April, 1993. Look For It Now!

More complex and multi-textured than Opiate, 'Undertow' is a fist-clenching hard-rock/metal album that has marked tools first major step towards Tools musical evolution. It is also turning the members into rock stars. The vulnerability of songs like "Sober" and "Prison Sex" struck a nerve with alternative-rock fans, and the overall heaviness of the tunes appealed to a new generation of open-minded metal kids. Not that Tool were catering to either. As always, they were driven solely by the need to experiment and explore and were limited only by their playing abilities. So they made the most of what they have, crafting songs that were alternately dense and spacious, blending the arty excursions of Jane's Addiction, the bombastic riffage of Black Sabbith and the offbeat time signatures of Rush. Undertow is defiantly a recorded to have with you.

Tool Starts Music Scene 1992

Tool's first album, smash hit! After touring with such bands as Nirvana Tool got signed to a record deal and have created Opiate. Primitive by Tool standards, Opiate is still more developed and expressive than most alt-metal records of the era. Driven y youthful aggression and contempt, the songs lunge and hammer in repetitive, staccato bursts, but beneath the raw savagery is a tension that builds through the clench-and-release rhythms, textural guitar waves, and vocals as pained as they are angry. In the lyrics, Keenan sings about religion ("Opiate"), retribution ("Jerk-Off"), and reactionary hostility ("Hush") in raw, unrefined phrases. This 24-minute EP features two live recordings sandwiched between four studio cuts but hardly suffers for its unconventional construction. Keep your eyes open for tour dates!