Out of an emotion I started a #Tool #Metaljourney
And here's the first argument: is Tool metal? Metal Archives says no. What do you think?
Anyhow, I don't give a crap and still call this a #Metaljourney
#Undertow is their debut album.
Crawl Away got my attention, so here it is:
So Undertow, what's there to say?
For Tool standards, it sounds raw, although it is a crime to call this raw. They just upped their game to perfection with each album.
I liked the second half better than the first although the first half has all the hits. The second half just provides more heavier riffs. They could have dropped the last song though, it doesn't add anything to the album.
But who am I kidding, #Untertow is a great album and hence receives 4 out of 5 tools.
One of their biggest hits opens what some say is their best album.
I am of course speaking of #Stinkfist and Ænima.
Looking forward to "Die Eier von Satan", I wonder what that tastes like.
#NowPlaying Stinkfist
On Ænima Tool introduced segue tracks. I don't like them to be honest.
But I do like this one, it is porbably my favourite on the album:
#NowPlaying Forty Six & 2
Eine halbe Tasse Staubzucker
Ein viertel Teelöffel Salz
Eine Messerspitze türkisches Haschisch
Ein halbes Pfund Butter
Ein Teelöffel Vanillezucker
Ein halbes Pfund Mehl
Einhundertfünfzig Gramm gemahlene Nüsse
Ein wenig extra Staubzucker
Und keine Eier.
UND KEINE EIER!!!
#NowPlaying Die Eier von Satan.
This might be Tool's only industrial track... 🤔
Ænima is a favourite of many. Is it my favourite Tool album?
No.
Is it great?
Yes.
Is it a masterpiece?
So close, but no.
At least not in my book. 4/5, great album.
#Tool album ranking:
1. Ænima 4
2. Undertow 4
I'm gonna tell you a couple of three things now:
1. I'll put my headphones on and go for a nice long walk
2. I'm gonna blast #Lateralus until my ears bleed
3. Here is the patient:
#NowPlaying Tool - The Patient
#Lateralus is a masterpiece, 4,5 out of 5. No doubt about that.
It is almos GOAT category (5/5), but this would mean perfection, no weaknesses.
And here's where I have some issues with #Tool in general. These damn segue songs, I hate them. They add nothing to the album and are just annoying.
And then they have this one unnecessary long atmospheric track. On Lateralus it is "Reflection", on Ænima it was "Third Eye".
Ranking:
1. Lateralus 4,5
2. Ænima 4
3. Undertow 4
Monday morning.
Time to continue my #Tool #Metaljourney
Up next: 10,000 Days.
This album is by far my most listened - and I can already tell you - my favourite Tool album.
This spin will eventually decide if it is a 4,5 or if it'll be included in my elite circle of GOAT albums.
#NowPlaying Tool - Vicarious
Wings for Mary Pt 1
She never told a lie
Well might have told a lie
But never lived one
Didn't have a life
Didn't have a life
But surely saved one
See? I'm alright, now it's time for us to let you go
Heavy stuff for a Monday morning. Up until this point, #10000Days is at GOAT level.
#NowPlaying Tool - Wings For Mary Pt 1
Wings for Mary Pt 2
I am sobbing and weeping.
I bet my wife is gonna wonder why this idiot (=me) is sobbing in his office.
Well, just read the background of 10,000 days and listen to Wings for Mary Pt1&2 and you will be sobbing too.
What absolute masterpieces these songs are.
#NowPlaying #Tool - Wings for Mary Pt 2
Welcome to my circle of GOAT albums, #10000Days 👑
I stated some days ago that this album is a 4,5 because it is a bit weaker towards the end. This was mainly because I find the album closer superfluous. But maybe I just don't get it?
Anyhow, if this isn't a GOAT album, what is?
Ranking:
1. 10,000 Days 5
2. Lateralus 4,5
3. Ænima 4
4. Undertow 4
#FearInoculum is Tool's newest release.
Two things:
1. I actually wanted to start this spin earlier, but my good headphones ran out of juice and needed to be charged. And I didn't want to waste this spin on less good headphones because...
2. the production on Fear Inoculum is fantastic. It is a feast for the ears.
And another thing: usually I use song.link, but there is this one video of Pneuma on Youtube...
#CullingVoices is my secret favourite of this album I think. Such a chill track.
#NowPlaying #Tool - Culling Vpoices
https://song.link/y/vBlGzGh8k48
7empest is another great song that doesn't feel like it's 15 minutes long.
#FearInoculum is great: 4 out of 5.
It sounds absolutely fantastic and with #Pneuma, it features one of my favourite Tool songs.
But there is one thing I have to rant about: I hate the segue songs. And there is 4 of them. FOUR!!! Can someone please ELIF why they are on the record?
Anyhow, here's my final ranking:
1. 10,000 Days 5
2. Lateralus 4,5
3. Ænima 4
4. Fear Inoculum 4
5. Undertow 4
UPDATE ⚡
Almost one year has passed since I completed my #Tool #Metaljourney and it is time for an update.
I listened a lot to #FearInoculum over the course of the last year and it didn't stop to grow on me. I even made my peace with the segue songs.
By now it is clear to me that it is a masterpiece tier album and it deserves a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
This also means, it surpasses Ænima in my album ranking:
1. 10,000 Days 5
2. Lateralus 4.5
3. Fear Inoculum 4.5
4. Ænima 4
5. Undertow 4
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