TOOL

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

The more I listen the more I'm letting go of the expectations of what I thought it should be and enjoying it for what it is.

[Rangi Guy]

I'd add that MJK sounds like he phoned this one in.

I think the vocals fit well, but regardless - have always thought of Maynard as the least vital part of Tool, and the musicianship on this album is outstanding

[run2death]

Do you basically HAVE to be in a prog rock or jazz band to prove yourself as a drummer?

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

Do you basically HAVE to be in a prog rock or jazz band to prove yourself as a drummer?

Not at all.





See also:
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Dave Grohl
Joey Jordison
Mitch Mitchell
Bill Ward
Chad Smith
Ginger Baker
Stewart Copeland

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

Do you basically HAVE to be in a prog rock or jazz band to prove yourself as a drummer?

Not at all.





See also:
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Dave Grohl
Joey Jordison
Mitch Mitchell
Bill Ward
Chad Smith
Ginger Baker
Stewart Copeland

[run2death]

Other than Bonham and maybe Moon, none of those guys are at the level of Danny, Peart and several jazz guys.

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

Other than Bonham and maybe Moon, none of those guys are at the level of Danny, Peart and several jazz guys.

OK man. But that's not what you said, you said "Do you have to be in a prog/jazz band to prove you're a good drummer" or something along those lines.

Also, Rush is way more of a rock band than a "prog" band.

[tragabigzanda]

[Birds in Hell]

I'm pretty sure my neighbour was listening to this just now.

[verb_to_trust]

Rush is terrible

[knee tunes]

Other than Bonham and maybe Moon, none of those guys are at the level of Danny, Peart and several jazz guys.

Cameron is,

Thus the Pearl jams

[washing machine]

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

All right, it's Tool time. Today, progressive metal band Tool releases its first album in 13 years.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FEAR INOCULUM")

TOOL: (Singing) Immunity long overdue. Contagion, I exhale you.

CHANG: It's called "Fear Inoculum," and it is already in the record books for this title track. Billboard Magazine reported recently that this single is the longest song to ever appear on the magazine's Hot 100 singles chart. It's just over 10 minutes long.

Reviewer Tom Moon has been listening to the album and says it may be the sharpest Tool release yet.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PNEUMA")

TOOL: (Singing) We are the spirit abound to this flesh.

TOM MOON, BYLINE: These days, 13 years between records may as well be 13 eons. In that time, Tool has been through the music business gauntlet of personal differences, creative differences and of course, legal issues. But the band hasn't been idle. The purveyors of what's sometimes been called thinking person's heavy metal have toward pretty much every year between 2006 and 2016. Tool has also played bunches of festivals, and that roadwork is the secret ingredient of the tight and tightly scripted "Fear Inoculum."

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "PNEUMA")

MOON: That song's called "Pneuma," after the Greek term for spirit or soul. Like each of the seven main tracks on this album, it's an extended suite tricked out with twists and turns known to crush and galvanize packed arenas. It's got those shadowy, suspenseful ramp-ups that lead eventually to furious eruptions...

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "PNEUMA")

MOON: ...Followed by intricate and arty instrumental passages that are thrilling in an entirely different way.

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL'S "CHOCOLATE CHIP TRIP")

MOON: The new music has a strong prog rock undercurrent. Happily, Tool did not make a super-technical, look-how-many-notes-we-can-fit-on-the-head-of-a-pin record. Even when there's chop-shop higher math going on - and many of the rhythms are organized in fitful seven-beat groups - the emphasis is on the dramatic arc, the way things unfold in performance. This record gets the whiplash intensity that the band brings live.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "7EMPEST")

TOOL: (Singing) Here we go again.

MOON: Across its 29-year run, Tool has released just five studio albums. We've had angry Tool, dark, sociopathic Tool, majestic Tool, abrasively loud Tool. Now comes reflective, wiser Tool. It's not a total reinvention, but Tool fans who have waited so long for this day probably won't care.

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "INVINCIBLE")

CHANG: The latest from Tool is called "Fear Inoculum." Our reviewer is Tom Moon.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "INVINCIBLE")

TOOL: (Singing) Warrior struggling to remain relevant. Warrior struggling to remain...

Copyright © 2019 NPR. All rights reserved.

[verb_to_trust]

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

All right, it's Tool time. Today, progressive metal band Tool releases its first album in 13 years.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FEAR INOCULUM")

TOOL: (Singing) Immunity long overdue. Contagion, I exhale you.

CHANG: It's called "Fear Inoculum," and it is already in the record books for this title track. Billboard Magazine reported recently that this single is the longest song to ever appear on the magazine's Hot 100 singles chart. It's just over 10 minutes long.

Reviewer Tom Moon has been listening to the album and says it may be the sharpest Tool release yet.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PNEUMA")

TOOL: (Singing) We are the spirit abound to this flesh.

TOM MOON, BYLINE: These days, 13 years between records may as well be 13 eons. In that time, Tool has been through the music business gauntlet of personal differences, creative differences and of course, legal issues. But the band hasn't been idle. The purveyors of what's sometimes been called thinking person's heavy metal have toward pretty much every year between 2006 and 2016. Tool has also played bunches of festivals, and that roadwork is the secret ingredient of the tight and tightly scripted "Fear Inoculum."

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "PNEUMA")

MOON: That song's called "Pneuma," after the Greek term for spirit or soul. Like each of the seven main tracks on this album, it's an extended suite tricked out with twists and turns known to crush and galvanize packed arenas. It's got those shadowy, suspenseful ramp-ups that lead eventually to furious eruptions...

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "PNEUMA")

MOON: ...Followed by intricate and arty instrumental passages that are thrilling in an entirely different way.

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL'S "CHOCOLATE CHIP TRIP")

MOON: The new music has a strong prog rock undercurrent. Happily, Tool did not make a super-technical, look-how-many-notes-we-can-fit-on-the-head-of-a-pin record. Even when there's chop-shop higher math going on - and many of the rhythms are organized in fitful seven-beat groups - the emphasis is on the dramatic arc, the way things unfold in performance. This record gets the whiplash intensity that the band brings live.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "7EMPEST")

TOOL: (Singing) Here we go again.

MOON: Across its 29-year run, Tool has released just five studio albums. We've had angry Tool, dark, sociopathic Tool, majestic Tool, abrasively loud Tool. Now comes reflective, wiser Tool. It's not a total reinvention, but Tool fans who have waited so long for this day probably won't care.

(SOUNDBITE OF TOOL SONG, "INVINCIBLE")

CHANG: The latest from Tool is called "Fear Inoculum." Our reviewer is Tom Moon.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "INVINCIBLE")

TOOL: (Singing) Warrior struggling to remain relevant. Warrior struggling to remain...

Copyright © 2019 NPR. All rights reserved.

Thanks

[washing machine]

You are most certainly welcome.

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

Meatwad, no love for Glenn Kotche?!

Oh absolutely. I just threw a few non-prog guys off the top of my head in there.

[Bammer]

It was nice that Danny let the other guys jam while he played an 80 minute drum solo.

Finally got through the whole thing and this is pretty accurate.

Danny Carey is god.

PS - There are “multiple versions” of the album? What does that mean? Just multiple versions of packaging?

[bune]

Multiple versions of the packaging, yes.

I hate to post negative thoughts but I think the album is just OK. I've listened to it a handful of times and there's just pieces of it that grab me, not really a whole anywhere. A large part of it is that they used a ton of sounds/effects/what-have-yous that are so very similar to past albums that it sounds like it could (should?) have come out much closer to 10,000 Days. I truly appreciate the effort they put in, it's a monumental album to listen to, but I think it's too much for me. Or maybe not enough.

[washing machine]

So I listened to Lateralus all the way through for the first time this morning. This band may have legs...

[Ello Sailor]

For the first time? Absolute madlad.

[washing machine]

For the first time? Absolute madlad.

Yeah man. Thinking of tackling Aenima next. Then 10k Days.