Album Rating: 3.0

yeah bitchez

hell yeah

Album Rating: 4.0

Good game everyone.

Album Rating: 3.0

lol

no, let's go for 1000

let's start with an interesting debate:

for how many more years do you guys think this album will be relevant

i give it one year

after that, people will no longer discuss about it

complicated because the music here has never been relevant, the release history and sales figures probably have another couple of years (at most) of raising eyebrows, and this thread will live forever in this rusty corner of the net

Album Rating: 2.0

not that great of an album, repetative and boring. there's no life to this, it seems forced and it has no replay value unless you own a sleep deprivation tank and want to zone out before discount Schism plays

Album Rating: 3.0

when the mood is right, this hits the spot

and what mood is that?

Album Rating: 3.0

the right one

Album Rating: 2.0

"and what mood is that?"



coma

Album Rating: 2.0

i mean if this was a debut album by a barely known band it would have been great but the problem here is the entire album is one long boring measure with no replay value

Album Rating: 4.0

Sadly Johnny might be right, which is why we need to start using this thread to start talking about Tool's next album.

Album Rating: 2.0

whats it gonna be called? Snoozeralus?

"The right one"

And which mood is the right one?

Album Rating: 4.0

"i mean if this was a debut album by a barely known band it would have been great but the problem here is the entire album is one long boring measure with no replay value"



So your critique of the album is that it's a great album that doesn't quite meet your expectations?

Album Rating: 2.0

no my critique of the album is that it's a mediocre album that doesn't quite meet the bands standard(s) as a whole, let's face it it's pretty boring and forgettable. there's nothing there, it's like, to me, Fear Inoculum is an audio form of one long video of someone watching someone else watch paint dry without a macro lens.

Album Rating: 4.0

But you said it would have been great if it was a debut album. If its main flaw is that it fails to meet the band's standards then the problem is mainly one of expectations not of quality, i.e. that it's a good album, but just not as good as Tool's other albums.

in a world where a) this came from a no-name band with no previous releases and b) tool didn't exist, so they weren't instantly written off as a Tool clones, it would be pretty impressive to hear something this atmospherically assured and instrumentally proficient as a start point. wouldn't make it any less of an indulgent snoozefest, and since this was the direct result of an already dull sound stagnating further i think it's an unhelpful what-if