In short, then, it’s the most Tool album the band have ever produced. The band’s fifth album is, without question, worth that wait – as sprawling as it is densely constructed, enveloping as it is cryptic, and primal as it is beautiful. The question Kerrang! has asked of Tool ’s bassist, on behalf of fans worldwide, is why the world has been waiting for Fear Inoculum quite as long as it has been. “How long should the album have taken?” Multiple members of EoDM have also worked with Maynard's side projects in some capacity.“Can I ask you something?” interjects Justin Chancellor in his broad, unmistakably British accent. Additionally, Josh (and, of course, Troy as well) are both known to be friends with Maynard. Maynard and the rest of the band are also huge fans of Queens, and especially Kyuss, with them actually having performed a cover of Demon Cleaner live in 1998. The relationship between the band and today's music industry is ambivalent, at times marked by censorship, and the band's insistence on privacy.īefore snagging the job as JHo's second in command, Troy was a rythm guitarist for Tool lead singer Maynard James Keenan's industrial/nu-metal inspired side project, A Perfect Circle. Prior to its release, the band had sold over 13 million albums in the US alone.ĭue to Tool's incorporation of visual arts and very long and complex releases, the band is generally described as a style-transcending act and part of progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and art rock. Their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum, their first in thirteen years, was released on Augto widespread critical acclaim. Their efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006), gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success. They emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album, Undertow (1993), and became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their follow-up album Ænima in 1996. To date, the band has released five studio albums, one EP and one box set. Tool has won four Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries. Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist since 1995, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up includes drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles. And if we're doing similar bands to our beloved Paleolithic Royalty, why not start off with the titans of art metal themselves? I'm of course talking about, the one, the only: TOOL I've decided that, since we're all cooped up and bored in quarantine, I might as well give you guys something fun to read. Hey, everyone! As a short intro, some of you who were on the sub around May-June 2018 (god please take us all back) might remember that we used to do a short-lived "Band Of The Week" series, in which I'd go over bands that exist in a similar vein to QOTSA, go over their history, before eventually outlining their ties to QOTSA.
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