Here, Tool go to extravagant lengths to drown you in sensation. “Third eye” clocks at almost 13 minutes, and its a masterpiece in the history of rock music. Tool have everything it takes to beat you senseless they proved it on 1993’s Undertow and their 1996 Grammy-winning beast, Aenima. Last song, “Third eye”, is in my opinion not only the best song from Tool, but one of the best songs in the whole rock genre of the last 30 years (not boasting it here, i really believe it). “Jimmy”, built upon few riffs that just keep on growing on you in crescendo until the chatartic explosion in the end, “Pushit”, clocking slightly below 10 minutes, is my least favorite, and then the best of the lot, the title track whose title is slightly modified to “Aenema”, featuring again ironic, harsh lyrics and great craftmanship. But I want to see what the artwork is like, as well as reviews on this great forum. The proggy, darker tones come right back after it, with some of the best songs in the rock scene as a whole. I already have Tool album set on think graphic vinyl and it sounds sweet. Ĭan hear in the following “Hooker with a penis”, with its overwhelming urge and ironic lyrics. Pleasantly the band is still able to rock hard though, as you. Songs: The Grudge, Stinkfist, Forty Six & 2, Eulogy. The next few songs confirm this, as “H.” and “Forty six & 2″ develope their arrangements in crescendos, playing around with the usual conventions of the hard rock song structure. Discography: Undertow, Ænima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days, Fear Inoculum. “Eulogy” clocks over 8 minutes long, and starts showing some kind of prog-rock approach to song structure. In the wake of Tool’s dominance of the post-Grunge era 1990s they spawned a legion of imitators, not unlike their peers Metallica, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden. Eulogy, starts showing that there’s something new and more subtle in the bands sound, wich now takes their time developing long rithmic intros and a darker, psychedelic, approach. The David Botrill produced album kicked off a new musical era for the band that was only hinted at on 1996’s Aenima (Volcano). After this excellent opener, Aenima really starts to shine. The album opens with their least experimental piece, called “Stinkfist”, serving as perfect bridge from the kind of song oriented approach they had in their first album to the longer, darker tones of this When Aenima was released Tool was just a promising name in the hard rock genre, this album enstablished the band not only as a great name worldwide, blessed by sales in the millions, but also as an extremely original new approach in hard rock.
All reviews Support I bought Aenima after i had loved Tool’s next album (Lateralus).