I don't like anything after bottom on undertow sept for flood. They just sound the same after that... but I love everything off of Opiate.

I got rid of Undertow because it was just pissing me off. A bunch of great moments stuck in mostly crappy songs.

On a different note; I do believe Merkaba-1 has the best user title I've yet seen.

I think Bottom is the worst song Tool have done, and I also think that Crawl Away, Swamp Song and Undertow are the best songs on Undertow. Some people only like the intro to Crawl Away, it's the best intro ever but the rest of the song rocks too. And Swamp Song has the catchiest chorus of all time.

On the other hand I think Opiate sucks for the most of it. It's so fricking immature.

[QUOTE=Werny]On the other hand I think Opiate sucks for the most of it. It's so fricking immature.[/QUOTE]

Does all music have to be mature?

[QUOTE=the2stranger]I love my zen, 20 gigabyte of music goodyness!
I have let me think, 4 tool albums on there[/QUOTE]
i gots a zen too, i luv it! Cept when it freezes

I bet they will...

I don't see any reason why they wouldn't

there has been so much time with so little answers, it drives me crazy

Man I was thinking about this today... Lateralus is going to be so hard to follow up to. I said this to my friend and hes like "their tool, they can do it", and I'd like to believe him but man... Lateralus was just so groundbreaking in my eyes that the next record will either totally blow compared to it, or will break Lateralus apart with awesomeness...

ganna wait it out...

Being that the first Tool album I bought was Lateralus, and then I went further to listen to others, listening to something new from Tool that isn't as ground breaking as Lateralus is just about the same for everytime I do really.

Darkness of Greed, I completely agree with you. Lateralus is so good, it does make you wonder if TooL is going to be able to excel further than where they are now. On the radio station at work Danny Carry was being interviewed, that was almost 6 months ago. Danny said that it was some of the most amazing work he has ever done. It was a while ago, so that is all I can remember, not word for word, but think about the time. They were working on it for a long time, I am sure it will be amazing. Yet there is that question in our heads, how they could do better than Lateralus. I am asking it, but I know they can do it also.
Kry

Tool are so good, they WILL surpass Lateralus.

I think they would quit making music before they started making crappy music.

I dont know about the new album they said they were gonna go heavier (which is good) but im hoping they keep the intelligent songwriting aswell

And on a sidenote whats with the undertow bashing its a great album some of it gets on my nerves now and then but it is a great album and opiate is pretty good aswell but both frail in comparsion to there newer albums IMO

I think that some stuff on Lateralus got a little tedious and was too long. Most of it was brilliant, but they could definitely improve upon it. I don't know about Ænima though, there were just so many great songs on that album.

[QUOTE=The JoZ]Tool are so good, they WILL surpass Lateralus.

[B]I think they would quit making music before they started making crappy music.[/B][/QUOTE]

Definetly.

I remember awhile back on toolband.com the blog said the song he heard them rehearsing was really, really good. He made it out to be an amazing song. I really want to hear this new album.

I don't see Tool regressing at this point in their careers. To me, Lateralus was sort of the point where they truly found their sound, and now there's only room to grow from there. I think Opiate, Undertow, and Aenima, while all great albums, saw the band searching different perspectives of their sound and then Lateralus sort of brings it all together in a new way and they found "their sound" with it.

If Tool make a bad album that isn't more groundbreaking than their previous one, this one won't be it, I'm sure of it.

[QUOTE=Kage] To me, Lateralus was sort of the point where they truly found their sound, and now there's only room to grow from there. I think Opiate, Undertow, and Aenima, while all great albums, saw the band searching different perspectives of their sound and then Lateralus sort of brings it all together in a new way and they found "their sound" with it. [/QUOTE]


I don't know about that exactly... I don't they'll base their next album off of Lateralus, instead I think their style is going to change again. I think to be progressive is one of Tool's goals.

[QUOTE=Otherside]I don't know about that exactly... I don't they'll base their next album off of Lateralus, instead I think their style is going to change again. I think to be progressive is one of Tool's goals.[/QUOTE]

I think I worded it wrong. And now that I think of it, some of what I said was contradictory. Basically, Lateralus is obviously their most progressive album, and I think that's the sound they've been working up to, the progressive and more complex sound as opposed to the metal of Opiate or the heavy rock with art rock tendencies of Undertow. So they've been working up towards that sound...but Lateralus was only the begining of it. In other words, they're still on an upward slope and they're going to take their accomplishment with Lateralus even further, just like they've been doing on all their albums.

It seems every band that i have followed for years, When they make a new album it loses its touch. But i know tool are going to release something that will be talked about for many years.

A question about tool?
 

I was wondering if anyone thought this. In Tool songs the chords they use, i thought that maybe its based on some kinda of scale. Cause the chords they use seem to blend together alot and i was jsut wondering if they were part of any perticular scale or if it was most likely some messing around, finding what sounded good together.

And im not sure if this was already poseted earlyer but does anyone know when abouts the new tool album would come out cause ive bin lookin forward to it if they are making one.

[QUOTE=JessJansen]I was wondering if anyone thought this. In Tool songs the chords they use, i thought that maybe its based on some kinda of scale. Cause the chords they use seem to blend together alot and i was jsut wondering if they were part of any perticular scale or if it was most likely some messing around, finding what sounded good together.

And im not sure if this was already poseted earlyer but does anyone know when abouts the new tool album would come out cause ive bin lookin forward to it if they are making one.[/QUOTE]

Welcome!

My guitar knowledge isn't broad enough to answer your question.

We were given two different times of the new album's release:

June, and the end of the year. I don't think we ever found which one is true, if either.

thank you. is that of this year or next

Supposedly June of this year, and the end of 2005

thats great. If anyone knows this please answer me, i was wondering if anyone here knew how to scream like maynard can i just dont know how and i would like to learn.

The many questions of the universe.

[QUOTE=JessJansen]thats great. If anyone knows this please answer me, i was wondering if anyone here knew how to scream like maynard can i just dont know how and i would like to learn.[/QUOTE]

Grow a third lung, practice, or something like that.

Eh, Maynard isn't that great of a screamer. He has strong lungs, yes, but his screaming isn't amazing.

[QUOTE=Kage]Eh, Maynard isn't that great of a screamer. He has strong lungs, yes, but his screaming isn't amazing.[/QUOTE]



i agree with you i just love the way he sounds when he screams

Maynard is a guy that everything he sings,turns amazing.

[QUOTE=heavy metal kid]Maynard is a guy that everything he sings,turns amazing.[/QUOTE]

"Gimme gimme gimme" from eMotive by APC is hideous, for example.

Though he is completely amazing 90% of the time. Favourite vocalist. :thumb:

As for the new album, there are such dramatic changes in sound from album to album, and not just general changes, but progressive changes in the music. If the trend continues, the next album would probably be:

More complex musically
More complex vocally and lyrically (As in dealing with more complex issues)
Less raw and "dark" sounding

I don't think it would be in Tool's nature to necesserally continue to get less dark and raw, therefore, I get the feeling that Tool is going to incorporate sounds from previous releases together for their next effort. I think the next album will be intensely dark and heavy in places, while light, smooth and intricate in others. I don't like it when people say "A mixture of these two albums" or whatever, I don't think Tool will devolve in their sound, but mearly use parts from their older sound and improve and evolve on top of it, bringing new stuff in from whereever it is that they find their amazing inspiration.

In short, the new album will be thunderously heavy, intricate in all respects, mature, have softer elements, mesmorising bass riffs, atmospheric guitar (I also predict more guitar solo's from Adam), "jungle style" drum beats mixed in with heavy complex stuff, where the lyrics will go is anyone's guess (I predict they will be about more "realisation" of what it is to be human, as well as the occasional "f[i]u[/i]ck you" song, in a mature fasion, of course.)

Vocally, a nice mix of powerful soaring melody (Stinkfist, Parabola, The Patient) and angry cynicism (Ticks and Leeches, Hooker with a pen[i]i[/i]s, The Grudge), with new stuff.

It won't be disappointing, but I honestly think it'll be down to personal taste whether Lateralus or the new album are better (simulary to Lateralus and Ænima), though I suspect this one will be even more of a close divide between Tool fans.

All personal opinion, based on oberservations. Could be wrong. They could always pull a u-turn and release some 3-chord wonders. Hehe.