Album Rating: 3.5

"I love every track but CCT is just bug-fuck crazy."

Is this a compliment or not? I can read everything into this xD

Album Rating: 4.5

On my first listen now.. 13 fucking years. Feels momentous.

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm gonna wait until Friday, but the title track grew on me a little

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah it's a compliment. Actually I've never heard anything remotely like that track before, it's a face-melter.

Album Rating: 4.5

Holy shit Invisible is amazing. I think Pneuma needs more time for me, didn't strike home at first listen as Invisible does.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah Invincible is awesome. The leads on this album are next level.

Album Rating: 4.5

Pneuma was my favorite. That is until I got to the closer

Album Rating: 4.5

So just finished Descending. Great first half, than it slows down and I think they should've maybe cut a minute or two out of it and then at the 11 minute the leads kick in and it becomes glorious! Culling Voices is next. It seems the only song on FI that isn't talked about at all so a little reserved/hesitant for that one.

Album Rating: 5.0

Culling Voices is amazing but the last crescendo is a bit of a letdown. Might grow on me with more listens maybe.

Album Rating: 4.5

'tis a simple riff, but it's been in my head since yesterday.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah it's not an immediate banger for me indeed. Might grow with more listens. Here we go for the best part of the album if I believe you all :D

Album Rating: 5.0

last 2 tracks are nucking futz, good luck

Album Rating: 4.5

CCT: Yeah Danny Carey is a crazy cookie alright.

Album Rating: 4.5

Owh yeah they just opened all registers on 7empest. For sure the best song here after first listen. Overall a really great album. I think I would've liked to have more songs with shorter runtimes, because I feel like I'm missing a Vicarious/Parabola/Aenima/Jambi song on here. But this trumps all my expectations I have to say.

Album Rating: 5.0

I agree with pretty much all of that.

Album Rating: 4.0

What I'm missing from the album is the cathartic Maynard moments( and band moments as a whole) where he builds up to that final climax where he goes all in. Descending's second chorus and the verse between that ("sound the dread alarm") are exactly what I'm looking for and get me so pumped man, but that's literally the only spot on the album that gives me that familiar Tool catharsis.

Album Rating: 4.0

well



did those old feelings of catharsis click immediately or did it need to for and settle

Album Rating: 4.0

You mean whether the feelings of catharsis from past Tool material themselves took more time to click or? They did, but with how sparse Maynard's contribution is on this album I don't feel like I'll find any more of them on this particular album. There just doesn't seem to be the same weight behind his songwriting as before.

Album Rating: 5.0

Tbh I forget Maynard is even in the band for large stretches of this album.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, the band is definitely in the spotlight on FI more than Maynard. It's more apparent than ever that he added his vox/lyrics after the music was done - he's the "weak" point of the album if anything, even though he does a fine job. Adam and Justin really stepped it up here, best guitar/bass work they've ever done by far, and Danny is as nuts as usual.