The vocal performance is similar to Schism and the bass dominates in the verses. One minute in, a heavy guitar riff begins and the singing starts when the riff It has a harmony of thick bass guitar with a mellow guitar What it is about if you haven't heard it yet. Ok, lets go to the journey with me if you listened to the album, or get a summary of
I am awed when listening to this dude, he is incredible here! Very versatile, playing aggressive, intricate polyrhythms, tablas, and even electronic IF you think that the drumming in thoseĪlbums are incredible, you have to think that there can be even better drumming. One, Lateralus, and Meet The Flower Kings. The only ones that come close are Close to the Edge, Tarkus, Danny Carey: Drum freaks, I cannot think of any album that has better drumming and Style to an extremely addictive groove in the beginning of "The Pot" The mellowĭeep bass tone is essential in the success of this album. Justin Chancellor: The bass guitarist plays even better than in Lateralus. Up the high quality of Lateralus and does not attempt to steal the show. I consider him the least vituosic member in the band, but he manages to keep He also uses new elements such as clean guitar on Right on Two and a talk box Adam Jones: The guitars switch from delicate dense electric riffs to agressive rhythmicĬhords. However, he seems to prefer being a bit less Maynard James Keenan: The lead vocalist and composer has an incredible voice andĬan hold notes for such long times. The members exceeded themselves in this album as well, and sound as a cohesive unit Also, while Lateralus' theme may be lifeĪnd spirituality, in 10,000 days, there are many references to death. With current issues such as hypocricy (The Pot). For example, the lyrical themes bring back Aenima/Undertow While it's a masterpiece on its own, it feels like a part of Tool, reusing some ideas in Have that mechanical feel anymore (with an exception of the guitar riffs in Jambi). 10,000 days takes you to another world for 70+ minutes and does not Technical monstruosity with almost no anger present, althrough it feels a bit mechanical Lateralus is even mathematical in its songwriting and is a Aenima had moreĬomplex songwriting with some amazing art-rock passages in some songs and a Some great bass playing, better melodies, and influences on Art-rock. First, they had Opiate: a short, angry album I never enjoyed. There, the quality and style of the music is more sophisticated, better, and somewhatĭifferent. That Tool progressed after each album immensely. This review is completely unbiased as a result, and is givenĪfter a dozen listens long after the album "hit" me with its musical brilliance. I do not consider myself a tool fanboy, and I never care to go to the tool website andįorums if there are some. NOTE : Listen to this album with headphones!!! Posted Thursday, | Review this album | Report (Review #77095) This is a good album,īut it is not an essential one as it has too many weaknesses and it does not offerĪnything I did not listen hundreds of times before. Not that clear whatever, my point is just that this is nothing new. What others have done before to stick a bit more to their prog 'image'. It's exactly like if Tool was trying to copy Impressive at all, particularly the first one. Voice (yet always the same thing), good lyrics (yet not that good either).Īdding to this the "prog-like copying theme" of the Wings two songs, which are not The rest of the album is af average quality, with good (but repetitive) rhythm, interesting Between the semi-worthless and the great tracks, In two not far behind) and really this add to the disappointment as the album starts as a On the other hand, there are some great tracks the first two are my favorite (with Right Lipan Conjuring, Lost Keys or Virginti Tres, as an example. Overall, the album is good, but there are too many worthless (orĬlose to worthless) tracks or "filler" (even if I don't like this expression) on the album: 3.2/5.0 Tool fans were waiting for this album for a long time.