Comments on: #12: TOOL – LATERALUS

By: Wrecking Balls

Wrecking Balls — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:18:39 +0000

You are correct, sir. Aenema was Justin’s first album with Tool.

By: Revrant

Revrant — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:11:57 +0000

Fuck you.

By: Revrant

Revrant — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:34 +0000

I was listening to the band and not liking it before hip nuts like yourself jumped on the bandwagon, I gather what Tool is about.

2. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.

Tool’s music, in a nutshell, that somehow being idiosyncratic makes them better or more important, that their “messages” hidden within mathematics and obscure reference place them “above” others, it’s the mentality I see their fans proudly carrying on.

By: SonOF

SonOF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:09:52 +0000

Yeeeaah, I’d have to agree with the guy that said calling Tool “talentless,” regardless if you hate them, is unbelievably idiotic. Maybe if you are an “AxeRipper” who only digs thrashy jerkoff sessions on the guitar you would be unimpressed by Tool, but everyone in the band is plenty talented. Carey is a goddamn virtuoso, Maynard is extraordinarily skilled in so many vocal styles, and Jones and Chancellor are hardly slouches. Carey’s drumming is often the main focus, so Chancellor and Jones play supporting roles, not trying to overwhelm the overall sound. For some reason, certain people think that since Jones’ guitar parts can be simple, that he isn’t talented. Everyone compliments each other; Jones’ simplicity coupled with Carey’s complexity and power just WORKS.

And as to the “playing Tool songs on Guitar Hero is boring” comment…Tool’s guitar work isn’t that complicated, if you prefer DragonForce type wank-fest shredding, you need to look elsewhere. If they had “Drum Hero” however, you could play a Tool song and lose your mind at the difficulty.

By: SonOF

SonOF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:46:30 +0000

You started DISLIKING the band when Aenima came out? I think 90% of people out there would say Aenima is Tool’s classic album, Tool fans or not. Even people that somehow dislike Lateralus and 10,000 Days (because they weren’t hard enough, or they were too complicated or whatever) think Aenima was great. I can’t imagine preferring the simplicity of “Part of Me” or “Crawl Away” (although I love these songs for what they are…the early stages of the evolution of a great band) to the brilliance of “H.” or “Lateralus;,” to me that’s like choosing an AM radio over a Plasma TV as your source of entertainment…but to each his own.

By: SonOF

SonOF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:33:22 +0000

…with that being said, if we ARE going to categorize Lateralus as metal, it deserves to be in the top 5.

By: SonOF

SonOF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:29:18 +0000

Another fantastic non-metal album.

By: 10,000 Gays

10,000 Gays — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:48:23 +0000

win

By: 10,000 Gays

10,000 Gays — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:40:55 +0000

I like your pokemon

By: 10,000 Gays

10,000 Gays — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:36:26 +0000

Like grandma’s computer room?

By: 10,000 Gays

10,000 Gays — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:29:15 +0000

QFM (quoted for metal)

By: ihateyou

ihateyou — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:38:44 +0000

Thanks jewbag!

By: Ziltoid's hemmoroid donut

Ziltoid's hemmoroid donut — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:43:49 +0000

Notice how ihateyou has clearly defined what maturity is?
Now, THAT’S Metal.

Perhaps ihateyou and drumb should meet at the bike racks at 3:00.

By: ihateyou

ihateyou — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:27:56 +0000

Actually, I am very mature. Spend some time living life and get off the computer, fat-ass. Tool sucks, they are horrible. None of their songs are even remotely good in any way. Their drummer, this Danny Carey, is nothing. He is a horrible, talentless, simplistic piece of shit who couldn’t drum his way out of a wet paper bag. Why would anybody listen to Tool? One reason, poor taste in music.

By: drumb

drumb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:18:45 +0000

Sorry!
I forgot to use the ‘Metal-Translator’:

Ugh!!
SLAYER!!
BEER!!
TITS!!

By: drumb

drumb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:16:33 +0000

Das Ist Guten, Mein Herr…

By: drumb

drumb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:13:33 +0000

Artard:
I never said I was a ‘fan’ of Tool.
I was merely supporting the fact that they have produced two very cohesive albums that I enjoy.
You stating, simply, that they are “Fags”, only shows your maturity-level (12 Y.O. perhaps) I think maybe you can’t deal with the fact that Danny Carey can destroy all YOUR idols on a drum-kit?
I should probably mention that; (In My Opinion) Tool without Carey would be fucken boring. He’s the only reason I listen to them.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:17:54 +0000

I love Tool but they’re way better bands out there. Way more metal like Mastodon, Anaal Nathrakh, 1349, Primordial, Warbringer, Municipal Waste. Nu-Metal always sucked anyway & Tool have never been a nu metal band. It shouldn’t even have the word metal in it. It’s just dumbed down rock music for mainstream radio.

By: Mancubus

Mancubus — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:46:18 +0000

I remember that I was lost musically when the Nu Metal trend died in ‘04 and the only band that I really had any interest in until reaching college in ‘06 was Tool. The mere mention of this band brings back so many memories of my last two years in high school and givin that this is by far their best album, I have to say, thank you.

By: SourDeez

SourDeez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:46:53 +0000

Death’s later albums completely defy categorization into a sub-genre. Individual Thought Patterns through Sound of Perseverance are just excellent metal. They’re not death metal at all, as some claim. I challenge anyone to come up with a genre tag for late-period Death other than just “metal” that actually exists i.e. there are other bands that also clearly fit into the same category.