Tool Recording New Album In 'Secrecy'
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Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL's webmaster posted a message at the band's official site last Friday (July 8), stating that "for various reasons, the (new TOOL) album is being recorded in relative secrecy...even more so than past recording sessions and related TOOL projects." The webmaster added, "When (the band decides) to release certain details pertaining to the recording process, as well as any projected timetables, etc., it will most certainly be posted on the band's official website...this could be tomorrow, or two days from now, or in a couple of weeks or even a month from now."
While no other details were divulged, the posting did hint that "the members of the band are working hard and, as the saying goes, there is light at the end of the tunnel."
It's been four years since TOOL released its last album, 2001's "Lateralus", and drummer Danny Carey told Launch that the band prefers to take its time. "We're not pressured, I think, and we don't have a record company hanging over us, saying, 'You have to do an album every year,' or something," he said. "It's a lot more important to take our time and have something to say, and if you're putting out a record every year, how much can you really learn in one year? You know, you've got to develop as a person and develop as a player."
An August 23 release date had reportedly been set for a double-vinyl version of "Lateralus", featuring picture discs and a special holographic gatefold jacket. However, a representative for the band's label told Launch that while plans exist for a vinyl edition of the album, no arrival date has been determined.
Source: Blabbermouth
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6. writes:
I really liked "Opiate" and "Aenima" the best, those albums kindof set a precedent for my taste in music. Tool have been cracking away at this album since 2003 (the music, not Keenans vocals and lyrics) based on various music magazine articles and web posts I've read so a release this year is possible. If I had to bet though, I would say early 2006 at the latest.
The web posting is indicating progress which is good. And without making a promise, the webmaster is saying that news of some kind maybe due in a month or so....Cross your fingers.
7. writes:
Shut it. They're all good.
Opiate and Undertow were louder like that because they were more angry, now Maynard isn't so mad anymore, so it's gotten "lighter."
There is no way this album will be released in 2005. If it is, I'd say December 27th, the last Tuesday of the year. But I'm thinking it's going to be out Spring of 2006.
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8. writes:
Undertow is actually my least favorite album and I still play it all the time. Great f***ing record.
From what I've gathered (interviews with Danney Carrey and Adam Jones mostly) this album will be "more aggressive" at least the instrumental performances, so I'm looking forward to that.....
I would bet Maynards hostility is up a notch too given his political leanings and the state of America and the wolrd at large......He may well be praying for tidal waves again.
9. writes:
Yeah, I kinda thought Maynard will be fired up. He'll use metaphors to state how much he hates this Administration.
And you know what? I'm hating it too. Honestly folks! We, as a country(even though we are known as the "melting pot" of the world," do not need to have our borders ransacked like this. We do not need free healthcare for illegal immigrants. If Bush is so concerned for the people of the U.S., then why doesn't he give the people who were actually born here, a break and maybe give them free healthcare?
Don't even get me started on the justice system.
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10. writes:
heh....good point(s).
Suffering through another 3.4 years will be okay so long as we can learn a lesson for a generation or two and not appoint mush mouthed fanatics who fly in the face of logic. I genuinely think Bush does what he thinks is best with noble intent but the company he keeps makes his dad and that administration look like bloody genius.
As for how Keenan will articulate this stuff, expect articulate disgust. I just hope it's not a singularly political record....I like the reflective and personal content, the poetic and almost indecipherable songs and the seething hate for the human organism in broad too.
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15. writes:
as far as the lyrical content is concerned
the only album they have produced with even remotely straight forward lyrics was opiate. don't expect their frustration to be blatant because mjk uses a personal interpretation approach to his song writing.
don't worry because it can't get worse than opiate
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18. writes:
I'm not much of a Tool fan.So my next statement is clearly not my own and I would definitely like some input as far as your opinion's are concerned.A friend of mine recently stated that Tool was the modern equivalent to Led Zepplin.Like I saide I'm not a fan so I can't comment one way or the other.This being the case .Do you or don't you agree and why ? It's a simple question folk's let's keep it civil.
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20. writes:
if you look on their site, they have something that looks like morse code which could be a release date or something. here:
Across the vast gulfs of cyberspace it tumbled, one of several dozens just like it on any given day, arriving in my mailbox on July 6th at precisely 11:55 PM.
SUBJECT: QUESTION
“I know that you probably get this all the time but is Tool coming out with a new CD some time?..”
YES … but for various reasons the album is being recorded in relative secrecy… I would say even more so than past recording sessions and related TOOL projects. Since this is the band’s decision and, ultimately, they are the ones in charge of the website (as well as being some of my closest friends), I am not going to betray their trust (although I can’t resist hiding a few things amid seemingly unrelated posts), even though I am painfully… painfully... painfully aware that there are some Tool enthusiasts out there who seem to need this info, not unlike some junkies need a heroin fix. That said, when members of the band and/or their manager decide to release certain details pertaining to the recording process ••• – •• – – • – – , as well as any projected time-tables, etc., it will most certainly be posted on the band’s official website. To think otherwise is, quite frankly, absurd! This could be tomorrow, or two days from now, or in a couple of weeks or even a month from now. At this stage, I honestly don’t know. But what I do know is that the members of the band are working hard and, as the saying goes, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I hope this answers your question.
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21. writes:
thats a great opening line..."Across the vast gulfs of cyberspace it tumbled"
likening an email to a meteor, funny sh**.....
hmm
3 space 2 space space 1 space space....countdown-esque no?.....hmm..
All I know for sure is that work on this album began in '03 for sure and construction may even go back farther. I have this weird feeling we're going to be surprised by this one release-wise...like maybe within the next 4 monthes....
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25. writes:
Ok, for once in my life, I love the Internet....
I typed it into a converter, Morse to Engilsh, and I used different variations on the code, but with the same symbols, just spaced differently, here's what I got....
"... - .. --. --" was "STIGM," not quite the word "Stigmata, but still, keep it in mind.
". . . - . .- -.- -"was "STEAKT." I have no idea what it could mean. Is Maynard a vegan?
Now, this one is intriguing....
". . . - ..- -. - -" is "STUNTT." Yes, with two end "T's," but still it's a goodie.
And finally, I entered the original "... - .. - - . - -" and got "STITTETT", which I entered into a word unscrambler and didn't get ANY results. It could be an abbreviation of sorts, not sure of what, but maybe there's another clue we never saw.
Oh yeah, I went to... http://www.onlineconversion.com/morse_code.htm, it's gotfrom English to Morse, and Morse to English.
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wow, grand effort there brokenwings...you put alot more into it than I did......
Given the angle of "Disgustipated" on Undertow I would doubt Maynards a vegan (shrugs)...Stigm to stimata isnt a too big of a stretch though, the band have long worked the concepts of mind, body and spirit in to their album art and lyrics....and religion is Keenans private caged dear of a target.
the recuring letters are "s" and "t"and the "e's" and "i's" are curious too.........If this hints at a release time possibly Sept?....thats a stretch too though, not to mention wishful thinking on my part.
strongwork though, I'm off to bed, post if you figure anything else out.
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31. writes:
post 28 and 30, go f*** yourselves,
The very fact that you say anything like that at all indicates your own boredom.
It's not like your trading volleys with rival gangs or climbing Everest.
People have fun in differnt ways.....I jog, go rock climbing, play bass, visit my friends, draw and read......I can assure you thats differnt from what YOU do, everyone gets something unique from how they pass the time.
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33. writes:
Never got into the Harry Potter thing.
Took my neice to see the 3rd one I think, (the grim reaper banshee things were cool).......
For whatever reason the movie reminded me of being the same age as the characters ( I had 2 friends one a guy one a girl and we were chums like those 3). Other than that I don't know much about the Harry Potter universe.
35. writes:
brokenwings, sounds like u dont have much of a life outside of your bedroom, I suggest u get out a little more. Have u seen daylight lately. congrates to u remembermetal your so much better than anyone on this site, maybe u should hook up with brokenwings(I think she needs a friend)
P.S. Cubs SUCK!!!!! Go WhiteSox!!!!!!!!
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36. writes:
Sounds like you don't have a life either, especially if you think taunting someone on the internet is a good time.
Sure, the Cubs haven't been to a World Series since 1945, but at least they didn't throw one like the White Sox did.
Hey Mossman!! Did you remember the date? The title doesn't mean crap, but the date does.
37. writes:
Man, the title is equally important as the date. I'm just really interested in the title. If this album is more aggressive it had better still stand apart from new metal sh** bands like God Smack and... well I don't know any others because I'm out of touch and loving it but new metal sucks hard. Tool is strange metal in my opinion. Even their early more normal stuff is pretty good but their later stuff is stranger, darker, and just over all more awesome. Oh and just to clear things up, the Kanada part of my name should have the K. It's a title of an EP from the band Godspeed You Black Emperor. They kick the sh** out of all the other political bands out there and they don't even have a singer.
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post 35
I don't claim to be any better than anyone else.
I just stick up for people that get hounded by spineless, d***less and friendless people like you.
You can't honestly tell me that someone who posts --insults-- on a metal site is preoccupied with friends and people that love them and expect me to believe it.
Thats everything me or anyone else on this site, needs to know about you. I find your situation a little sad and really funny.
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53. writes:
I'm content to wait for Tool to come around with the details (In no uncertain terms) themselves. They have always played headgames with their fans (see April fools day and the first set of song titles for 'Lateralus")....I'll just cross my fingers for the fall/winter release for now.
54. writes:
Man, that sucks that someone is comeing on here and hastleing others who are trieing to have a good discussion about music. You know what that leads me to believe about that person? that they get f***ed with themselves and are too insucure (sorry for the spelling) to deal with it on a personal level with the individual who is f***ing with them so they take it out on friendly people they doen't even know. I pitty that sad person who just picks victoms to make fun of to sheald their own insucurities. Anyway back to the subject matter... I'm really psyched about Tool's new release. My favorite album is Lateralis and I own all their albums. I agree with another reader who said that Opiate was good but bland next to other works in the Tool Discography. I think they started off good and just got better as they progressed. I'm not even a big metal fan and I love Tool.
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Dude, Brokenwings, RememberMetal....I love you guys...I was starting to think that I was the only one who was curious about this sh**. I f***ing love Tool and I agree as well: Tool has grown better as time has passed, just as Danny Carey said. I hope this album is released before Christmas because, even as horrible as it sounds, I'm almost getting tired of the previous albums, just because I have all of them memorized. I just want to be astonished by this new album. Another horrible concept is that of the fact that this may very well be Tool's last stance. If that's true, it's a god damn shame. Tool kicks ass. Thanks for all of the insight...
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And another thing, don't come to a Tool conversation to bash Tool. Keep that sh** to yourself, because it's annoying as hell for those of us who are actually Tool fans here to discuss their new album...b****es. If you don't like Tool, don't give other people sh**...eat a d***.
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I only butt heads with people like post 28, 30 and 35 when it's called for....Those posts were deliberate attempts to provoke someone who wasn't bothering anyone.....
As for getting burnt out on the other Tool albums I completely understand.....It took me two years but I had to take an extended vacation from AEnima, It was rare that I listened to anything else when that one came out.
If Tool were to put out one more album as differnt as the last 3.5 have been from eachother then I'll be happy....even if they (knock on wood...trees, forests) pack it in after this album. I can take comfort in them creating sonic greatness and having come this far.
59. writes:
Counting bodies like sheep to the rythym of the war drums.......all you dumb jackoffs fighting for nothing. whats a lost cause. just be happy they are recording. forget the past. forget your petty bs differences and embrace the future...damnit, reach into your soul.....
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Possible, even likely......
I've read here and there that he has leaked a bit of what the album will be like, but its just rumors(it could be bunk). He has said the intensity is up a notch, that Maynard may sing at points but the vocals wont always be words....just melodic wordless crooning and he sort of did that on "Thomas" on Mer de Nom if I remember correctly.
Again this is only rumors on threads i've skimmed through (toolshed.down.net for one) Also, there is speculation that the Morse code bit could be a an actual riff....Again this is highly unlikely, but Tool are a bit strange. One guy even came up with a riff based on the code and played it as Adam Jones might (same distortion, mannerisms and everything). This also on Toolshed.down.net.
Alright thats my contribution since two 12 hour shifts back to back kept me from saying much lately.
64. writes:
This is actually a comment directed to "by death to trends". Your post as to why Tool are being secritive about a new disc really opened my eyes and enlightened me! In the past I would have guessed the secrecy was so the media would not leak any of the masterful music coming from this exceptional band to the unwashed masses. You use this forum to tell fans of Tool that the reason they are being so hush, hush is that no photos be taken of Maynard sucking c***? I would bet your fat mommy's a$$ that the reason you lash out is because you yourself would like your member nibbled on, right? I mean you must get so frustrated with the plethora (that's in the dictionary...you know? That big book propping up your kitchen table.) of Girl's Gone Wild videos and countless girlie magazines to entertain you and your p***y friends. To think I was actually gonna just b**** you out for using the word "douche"...jack off!
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heh......
That was Tool putting out misleading information about "Lateralus" before it was released. Systema Encephale was the fake title to the album, fake song titles included "Riverchrist", "UVR" and "Malfeasance"........
Don't be surprised if right before the next album is to be released Tool says "Meh, we're scrapping the album....give us another 5 years" and then release it a month later.....Silly bastards....
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Man all this discussion about what that code could mean is getting me so pumpped. I would fool around with it to see if I could figure out what it meant but since I'm visually Impaired my computer has a screen reader that reads what's on the screen to me and it probably wouldn't handle that too well... well, sh** it may be able to handle the conversion thing, it's not like it's graphics it's dashes and such. I may give it a worl then. sh** this is sweet. I like the fact that some of the singing may be just howling and cruning and stuff. If you've ever heard the band Animal Collective they sometimes do the same thing but they are really different from Tool... Strange, really happy, ranging from acoustic psych tunes to unrestrained chaos. Alsow another band who uses wordless singing (well it's bnot singing but it's like howling and growling ) is the infamous noies band WolfEyes who are f***ing sweet. I'm probably going to see them live in September. Great I'm going to lose my hearing too. sh**, sorry for the digression. Yeah, the new Tool album should be exelent as long as it doesn't remind me of godsmak or Mementos or something sh**ty and new metal like that.
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Is that supposed to piss me off? I'm not sure what your going fore there because ya know, I'm an ignorant dumbass. Ya know that's funny, I'm laughing to myself because I'm not the one posting stupid bull sh** so some visually impaired dudes computer will read it to him. And you know what? if I some how find out that this is the same person who is ragging on broakinWings for having "too much time" on his/her hands I'm going to laugh my a$$ off because the hipocrisy is unbarible.
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For posts 74->;76 Grow up a$$holes, ur between Tool fans, u know whats that mean? get tha F**k out of here cuz there is no place for such comments like that.
Well ive tried to figure out that damn morse code but it stil be difficult to figure out that, cuz there is no commas between the letters thus ••• – •• – – • – – if u put the comma after the 3 points (dih) ull get a letter S, if u put the comma after 4 (dih-dih-dih-dah) u ll have a letter V, and so if u put it after 2 points (dih-dih) ull get a letter I, so on for the second letter u get different and many many different words well if someone have studied Probabilities he can be able to find how many words u can get but not wich words u can get!
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this past friday i was fortunate enough to catch the sounds of the underground tour as it made it's way through my city...a fantastic show with all bands giving great performances and no half-assing any sets...my personal highlights included high on fire, unearth and opeth...long live the SOTU
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Well the last days ive read about those back satanic messages on more songs one of them was the wellknown one of zepplin: Stairway to heaven wich include a back satanic message
dont u think guys that TooL songs include some of that sh**? they r smart enough to make something like that, but in the same way they rnt bad to do something like that. i dunno
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89. writes:
you're audibly blind if you are unable to correlate the song structures between zeppelin and post undertow tool.
few bands have been able to produce a psychedelic atmosphere in their music while maintaining a heavy edge to the song. you have to understand that music does progress and it would be completely "untool" to replicate another artist.
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The only major similarty I can really come up with is that they both enjoy making intricate long form songs and despite radios love of the 4 minute pop format, Zep and Tool have both enjoyed significant radio airplay. Both bands have made enough of an impact on rock and metal to be remembered indefinitely......Highly prolific musicians, across the board...both bands....
uhhmmm.....thats about it.....And everything I've said can also pertain to Queen, Metallica and Sabbath....
so the short answer is no Zep and Tool are distinctly differnt.
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i was down to a music store the other day and their was this room by a stack of cds..so i looked inside and i saw this poster that said Tool..but the thing that really caught my eye is what was in the middle of the poster..just underneath the logo for tool..it said in big letters "Valo Soul"...it also had the year 2006 underneath it as well..
i think it had a release date too but i didnt look at it long enough to remember everything..my friend in new york told me he saw the same poster..
"VALO SOUL"
what is that anyway? : S
94. writes:
Just stumbled on this conversation...
I can't believe no one thinks Lateralus is the best album. It's one of the few albums that I can listen to days in a row and not get bored with the music. And the sequense of songs is incredible. Usually I hate albums in the first place because artists tend to put a lot of fluff on them. There's no fluff on Lateralus. Tool can take however f***ing long they want as far as I am concerned. They make better music on one album than most bands do on their greatest hits.
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Hey, I said Laterolis was my favorite album... I love it. Oh and that person who said I'd be audibly blind if I couldn't 'ttell that post Undertow Tool and Zep were alike just because they both have kick a$$ drummers who produce crazy time signitures doesn't mean they are alike. Danny does it differently then Bonnum. Tool are alsow much heavyer then Zep, and alsow they do maintain that psychedellic feel in there heavyer songs, but it's a more acid trippy feel then zep had. The comments on radio air play and criptic messages are right on though. Both bands did well at that. All I'm saying is listen to anything from Tool and then go listen to Zep, in my opinion they can't be compared. I mean Zepelan dealt with the blues style of music where as Tool deals with wierd/angry music. (not so much on laterolis)
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Yeah, Valo Soul eh? Well I have no idea, sounds kinda cool though. There has been so much sh** floating around about what the album title for Tool's latest will be, and it's hard to understand any of it. In a nutshell, I believe that we may never figure it out until they (the band) release it themselves or something gets slipped right before the new album is released to the public. I hope that this album is put out before the end of this year because I can't wait much longer, but I suppose I'll have to. It's driving me insane; the anticipation. Well anyway, I guess we can continue to f*** with morse code and whatever else, because I bet that there are clues left somewhere. I mean it's been about 5 years since Lateralus and I bet they know how anxious people like us are, so somebody has to be leaving some clues to f*** with us, but also give the true fans something to do. God Damn! I can't wait for the new album...
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P.S. I hope we can pull something credible out of this so that I and whoever else that desires it can get some kind of knowledge on Tool's new cd. It will help me to cope with the long wait. I'd like to wait for something that we know is for real. I hate waiting for whenever, I would just like to have something to look forward to: a date or something. So yeah, anyway....
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to Post 94 "Passive"
I think "Lateralus" is probably one of my top 10 favorite records of all time I wouldn't change a thing about that record.....But "AEnima" was the record that made a convert out off this once casual Tool fan. The whole discography could scarcely be better, but I think everyone out there likes one Tool album beyond another for different reasons.
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Valo Soul... hmmmm. Interesting. I can't waight for more official news from the band and/or their webmaster. Yeah... I'd agree that Anema (sorry if I've spelled it incorrectly I know that could be looked upon as blasfomy by some Tool anthusiasts) really turned me in to a deticated fan but when I bought Lateralis that surpassed Anema as number 1 as my favorite thus far from the Tool Discography. All their albums are good but like I said in a previous poste... it's like they get better as time progresses.
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Valo Soul sounds alright as an album title but it doesn't really matter what the name of an album is cause its the music that counts. And besides its up to Tool to decide what the name of the album will be.For all we know they could just be toying with our minds or they could change the name of the album the week before it comes out.
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Thank's for answering my question guy's SO MANY DAY'S LATER !.If not for my childish curiosity for all thing's musical I probably would not have checked back.(just kidding)Seriously though now I'm intrigued so wheir should I start with TOOL.If I go bye what some of you are saying although the two band's can't really be compared with each other but thier are some parralel's that one might think make the comparison a viable topic.Lastly for tose of you who keep coming on to these feed's just to talk sh** please just go away.I'd had enough with sh** staine and whoever else was posting nonsense just because they've got sh** else to do.You need a hobby you need friend's you need a job you need a girlfriend/boyfriend you need SOMETHING ! If you don't agree with us fine you have a right to , but that does not make it alright for you to berate other's for it.I'll give an example my partner want's to turn our modest stripper / stag party buseness into a full blown Porn operation.I do not agree with him but I'm not talking sh** to him over it. Do you understand ?
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If I were you I would start with "AEnima" it has a white box hologram on the cd case. I had been listening to "Undertow" for years and felt that "AEnima" was an even more rewarding listen. This is definetely a cd that must be listened to from end to end as well, no track skipping, the sum is greater than the individual parts. Classic stuff.
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Hmm, so someone has a problem with the way I type? sorry not everyone is perfect like yourself man. To let ya know, the K should be there in my name. I think the way I formulate what I say is fine but yeah my spelling sucks. That's right, and I'm not ashamed of it. I read braille and there is not as much reading material available in braille as one would think so I listen to books on tape. But, it's my lack of reading that f***s me in the spelling department. I wish I could be better at it but ya know, I'm not a prim and propper f*** like the reader who said all that sh** about how I need help with english language. Why didn't you say that to anyone else who had bad typing in their posts. Anyway, I'm not here to start sh**, I just wantted to get that off my chest. Ok so I said some things in this poste that could start sh** but I'm not going to go back and change it because I don't feel like typeing this entire thing over again. And, if this individual meant that remark in sarcasm I'm sorry if I overreacted.
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ive checked everywhere on the internet and i cant find anything on tools new album being called "valo soul". This really leads me to wonder what that was..i would think it was something from the past like one of their old logos or something....but it said 2006 on it. so i dont know whats up with that..does anyone?
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(18/108) by BLACKDOG on Jul 18, 2005 @ 8:52 PM ET | IP Logged
I'm not much of a Tool fan.So my next statement is clearly not my own and I would definitely like some input as far as your opinion's are concerned.A friend of mine recently stated that Tool was the modern equivalent to Led Zepplin.Like I saide I'm not a fan so I can't comment one way or the other.This being the case .Do you or don't you agree and why ? It's a simple question folk's let's keep it civil.
No, I don't think so.But I could be wrong, not much of a Zepplin fan.If I had to compare them to anyone, it would be Pink Floyd meets Edgar Allen Poe.Agree or disagree?
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115. writes:
Sorry for getting caught up with the spelling thing... This is about Tool's new album. Yeah I alsow looked around the internet for Valo Soul but had the same luck as the other individual. I did however find something that may have influenced the Valo Soul title. I read this artical and it seams like something that would interest the members of Tool but I read it a week ago so I can't remember what it was about exactly. But, the other posters could alsow be correct when they said that Valo Soul may not even be the title of the album. (My bad for letting myself get off topic in the last poste)
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No problem BLACKDOG.
Happy to help, If you find you like "Aenima", give "Lateralus" "Undertow" "Opiate" and "Salival"(good luck finding it) a shot.....Their all classic. I'm giddy at the prospect of a heavier Tool album, the idea that Tool took inspiration from Messhugah makes me giddy.
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1. Symbolic writes:
We better get this album atleast this year!!!, I cant wait to hear new tool!!!.