Its been a while without them, but finally, Grammy Award-wining progressive rock/metal band "Tool" is ever closer to releasing their newest album, hopefully due 2009!As exciting as this is for all Tool lovers, I still find Tool as one of the strangest bands out there. I just can't find a clear explanation to why I enjoy them, but I somehow always have ever since I started listening to them a couple of years back. Maybe its their music, their unclear lyrics, their battering guitar riffs and bipolar vocals, maybe their freaky iconic and interpretive art videos that, some, look like the epic scenes from the "Halo" video-game, at least in my opinion. One thing's clear though, whatever they've been doing all these years, its been working.
Of all bands, I've learned over the years that they have the most odd manner of arranging some of their songs. One thing that caught my attention about them was when in one of their most famed songs, "Laterus", they arranged The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers. I was also interested when I read that the band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and tends to reduce the effect the lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with any album. They are also known for using a lot of taboo-breaking imagery in their music for hellfire moralizing.
The band has been on a break from touring following nearly two years of supporting their most recent studio album, 2006's "10,000 Days". They have been writing and working on new material for their newest album since early 2008, although it is still unclear when its going to release, even though Tool guitarist Adam Jones says the album is close to being complete and might even be released this year. Tool might be working on new material right now, but they still retain their same efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution and the depiction of controversies surrounding society today.
Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for this song named "Schism". Like in most of their videos, in this one they use a lot of visual abstract arts and themes to convey a message. You might find the video odd if you're watching it for the first time, but always remember its just art and how you interpret it. Besides, its a really good song. Advance 30 seconds into the video since it takes a while for the song to start. I want to hear your comments, Enjoy!
Tool - Schism
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