TOOL have unleashed a stream of “Fear Inoculum,” the title track of their forthcoming album, slated to be out August 30 via RCA Records.
Tool are an art-metal band, although neither half of that descriptor quite approximates the group’s sound. Combining challenging musical textures with metal’s ferocious gloom-and-doom mindset, Tool became one of the most celebrated hard rock bands of the last two decades, famous as much for their cutting-edge videos as they were for their powerfully introspective lyrics and the coiled menace of their songs. Considering the extensive amount of time between their albums, each new Tool release is understandably treated as a major event by the group’s large fan base.
Tool Origins:
Tool formed in Los Angeles in 1991. Frontman Maynard James Keenan teamed up with guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bassist Paul D’Amour and soon got to work on an EP, Opiate. Released in 1992, Opiate hinted at the mammoth vitriol and self-loathing of Tool’s future albums, especially on tracks like “Cold and Ugly.” But Opiate’s seven songs were just a warm-up for the darkness to come.
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