New Tool Album: They really mean it this time. Maybe.

[Viper 12109]

40 minutes ago, stc said:

it's a countdown, that's the number of days until the next album is released. 

No, that was the title of the last album

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

I'll be in Jacksonville next month for the first stop of their two-month tour.

I expect to hear some new music. 

[Buzzrock 14922]

[hornfan785 556]

They played a couple new songs at the Rockville festival in Florida. We might actually get a new album soon...

 

 

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

They played a couple new songs at the Rockville festival in Florida. We might actually get a new album soon...
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Yep. I was there. Pretty bad ass.

[Lurch 5931]

Exceptional trolling to play 25 mins of “new songs”. True masters of the art form

[Lurch 5931]

Aug 30

[Lurch 5931]

[hornfan785 556]

Finally, a release date!

[Al_4_ISU 12464]

I'll believe it when I hear it.

[disgustipated 39]

nice to hear actual new music and it sounds great,  however as much as i hate to say it i hear some recycling. 

[Ten Bears 2481]

Meet the new Tool.  Just like the old Tool.

Which is totally cool by me.

[Buzzrock 14922]

Descending sounds much too familiar to me, but I like what I hear in that second song. I hope there’s some “wtf?” on the new album, like the first time I heard The Pot.

[Lurch 5931]

I recall one of Blair’s posts on toolband many years ago explained that he consumed each album by listening to only one song for a week/month. Might give that a go this time.

[NorthLoop 14215]

On 5/10/2019 at 12:01 PM, disgustipated said:

nice to hear actual new music and it sounds great,  however as much as i hate to say it i hear some recycling. 

Yeah definitely sounded like a mix of sounds from the last 2 albums. Not complaining tho

[housious 468]

7 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Yeah definitely sounded like a mix of sounds from the last 2 albums. Not complaining tho

I don’t hear any 10000 days in it. Sounds much more like Lateralus, which is an excellent thing.

[Storm the Field 5295]

This video has easily the best audio of the 2 new tracks I've found so far. Descending at 27:27, Invincible at 49:31.

 

[CooterBrown 18014]

15 hours ago, housious said:

I don’t hear any 10000 days in it. Sounds much more like Lateralus, which is an excellent thing.

Yep. This is a good thing.  I'll go ahead and say it, compared to the first 4 releases, 10,000 days sucked.

 

[Buzzrock 14922]

I disagree, I think tracks 1-7 are fantastic. But to each his own.

[Lurch 5931]

Not a fan of Right In Two?!?

[Buzzrock 14922]

It's OK, it doesn't rate a "fantastic" from me.

[CooterBrown 18014]

2 hours ago, Lurch said:

Not a fan of Right In Two?!?

It's fine. I don't really listen to individual songs. I like the album experience and listen from beginning to end.  For me, 10,000 Days never held up beginning to end like the other releases.  I probably haven't listened to it in a decade.

[Lurch 5931]

I’m sure I’ve nearly blown my speakers when it kicks in in the middle of Right In Two.

I get not ranking it as high as others, but even if it’s their 5th best album, it’s still in my top 20!

[Buzzrock 14922]

Jambi, The Pot, and Rosetta Stoned are absolute bangers and Wings for Marie carries some emotional heft (despite being the umpteenth song about MJK’s mom). Vicarious is a pretty good radio friendly track. Right In Two is good, but the end is a little too reminiscent of 46 & 2 for me.

[Todd Gack 432]

34 minutes ago, Lurch said:

I’m sure I’ve nearly blown my speakers when it kicks in in the middle of Right In Two.

I get not ranking it as high as others, but even if it’s their 5th best album, it’s still in my top 20!

The last 3-4 minutes of that song are genius, IMO.  I'll often play "try and find the beat" when the riff around 6:45 kicks in... still haven't found it.  But when Danny rolls back in time w/ Adam, it's total eargasm.  I don't know shit about time signatures, but I can't imagine that the drums and guitar are playing in the same one during that part of the song.

[Lurch 5931]

Yep, that’s called syncopation and is a staple of prog. Tool does it brilliantly and likely has at least some of its roots in Danny’s belief in numerology

[Lurch 5931]

I threw the album on for my lunch bike ride and really listened to Rosetta Stoned for the first time in a while. It used to piss me off because of the recycled riffs, rhythms, tones, etc. but now it sounds like it’s own song to me. Funny how that changes over time.

 

And “...but I forgot my pen!” is still a great punchline

 

[supermyles 1]

Jambi, the Pot.....those were the days.

[disgustipated 39]

Recycled may be a little harsh, but It's like i hear parts from other songs that they took in slightly different directions.  For example, I hear the beginning riff from Grudge at around 7:45 of Descending and I hear Jambi throughout Invincible.

[Buzzrock 14922]

If you play guitar look up some videos on how to play the opening riff of Jambi correctly. It’s weird.

[Biff Tannen 45691]

On 5/13/2019 at 9:13 PM, housious said:

I don’t hear any 10000 days in it. Sounds much more like Lateralus, which is an excellent thing.

It just fucking blew my mind that Lateralus came out when I was in college.  And that was two albums ago.  This fuckin band.

[Lurch 5931]

Tool just posted something to iTunes. EP called 72826 w old songs

 

“They initially released a demo EP in 1991 called 72826. Although demos are typically intended only for record labels, the band was so pleased with theirs that they sold copies to their fans. Tool signed to Zoo Entertainment just three months into their career, and released their first studio EP, Opiate, in March 1992.”

 

 https://twitter.com/toolpusciferapc/status/1149810634726375424?s=21

 

 

[Lurch 5931]

This is the first album they’ve made available on iTunes.

[Viper 12109]

So you have to have this to call yourself OGT

[Lurch 5931]

My Ænima CD is scratched.  I’ve been listening to a skipping version of 3rd Eye for like 20 years.  Pretty juiced about downloading it from iTunes.

/old guy

[NorthLoop 14215]

Listened to Salival today for the first time in a long time. That version of Pushit .. man.. I need to find some shrooms and just sit back to that one on repeat. 

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

On 7/13/2019 at 12:28 AM, NorthLoop said:

Listened to Salival today for the first time in a long time. That version of Pushit .. man.. I need to find some shrooms and just sit back to that one on repeat. 

That song is definitely on my "tripping" playlist. 

[NorthLoop 14215]

Maynard gonna be on Joe Rogan's podcast Monday 

[CooterBrown 18014]

I guess we won’t get a title or track list until it drops.

[Parliament 14260]

I want to believe.

[Zavala 1384]

[Zavala 1384]

On 7/12/2019 at 9:48 PM, Lurch said:

My Ænima CD is scratched.  I’ve been listening to a skipping version of 3rd Eye for like 20 years.  Pretty juiced about downloading it from iTunes.

/old guy

I don't think Tool sells their shit on many digital platforms. I have to use mp3 to add them and King Crimson to my Spotify, then connect to the same wifi for other devices to download the playlist to each local device.

They want people to listen to entire albums rather than just 1 song popping up on Pandora randomly or what not.

[Buzzrock 14922]

I assumed they were protesting the crappy payouts those services give.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Maynard gonna be on Joe Rogan's podcast Monday 

What time does his podcast get published/broadcasted? Mostly interested to hear him talk about BJJ but also new music, although I wasn’t the biggest fan of their last album.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Sooooooo....

August 30th? Called Fear Inoculum? Or is this just more misdirection?

[hornfan785 556]

Also, full catalog will be on streaming services this Friday.

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

24 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Sooooooo....

August 30th? Called Fear Inoculum? Or is this just more misdirection?

I'll eat my shoe if that's the name of the new album.

[CooterBrown 18014]

There’s been a rumor that they have been remastering their catalog for vinyl. I’m hoping a kick ass box set drops with the new album release.

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/cjhl0i/now_with_the_new_album_name_the_new_tool_logo/

 

[Zwylde 812]

http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/maynard-james-keenan-3