Still, “Invincible” was not the highlight of the album.Īs if to contrast the serious tone of the first half of the album, “Legion Inoculant,” serves as a strange, otherworldly interlude which takes the record in a slightly new direction. (Afterall, “Fear Inoculum ” is currently #1 on the Billboard Top 100) Overall, this track has everything that Tool fans have been salivating over: unorthodox song structure, Drop D guitar tuning, and contemplative lyrics ready for interpretation. “Bellow aloud, bold and proud of where I’ve been.” Clearly, mainstream appeal is not something Tool is losing sleep over. “But here I am,” Keenan proclaims in defiance to this cultural tendency. The lyrics address the struggle many artists face- to remain relevant in a society that has sucked them dry. “Invincible,” shows Tool at their most comfortable lurching through Drop D by way of several unusual meters. So while this interlude wasn’t memorable on its own, it was important as a bridge between two differing tracks. However, “Litanie Contre la Peur’s” allusion to the more electronic sound of the “Fear Inoculum’s” title track helped to link the nomadic waltz of “Pneuma” with the exploratory strumming of “Invincible,” thus referencing the record’s original impression. This track was strange, and isn’t the kind of song you’d listen to alone.
Instead, a high-voltage beam-sound of sonic intensity whizzes across minor octaves for two minutes and fifteen seconds, until it gradually fades into the next song. Overall, “Pneuma,” is a stronger track than “Fear Inoculum,” particularly to those seeking Tool’s signature intensity and a more orthodox metal sound.įor, “Litanie Contre la Peur,” the album’s first interlude, the band’s usual instruments take a temporary absence. Named after the Egyptian term for breath/spirit, the lyrics of the song express how all life stems from, “one breath, one word.” The main guitar riff, (which sounds like a 7/4 mix of “Sober” and “Schism”) meanders up and down the D-Minor scale, while drummer Danny Carey takes virtuosic spills at his kit in support of the bassline. “Pneuma,” continues the title track’s original sentiment, but expands it to a more metaphysical fashion. It’s a calmer song than we would expect from Tool, but it contains the precision and instrumental accuracy that has made the prog gods famous. However, the track is best marked, however, by the strikingly calm voice of Maynard James Keenan, who solemnly yearns over immunity and contagion in a controlled, yet convincing falsetto. The record starts with the title track “Fear Inoculum,” a ten-minute flurry of synth exploration and swelling guitar tones which fuel distorted choruses. So let’s sit back, relax, and absorb the music we’ve waited so long to hear. And trust me, “Fear Inoculum” does not disappoint. While the long wait caused significant doubt that a fifth record would ever be released, here we are with the first Tool album in over a decade. ” In the time since, we’ve had three presidents, three national election cycles, and plenty of anticipation for what the prog-metal icons would deliver next. It’s been thirteen years since Tool’s last album, “Ten Thousand Days.
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