New Tool Album To Come "Sooner Rather Than Later"
Band Photo: Tool (?)
Don Kaye from Launch Radio Networks has posted this report:
TOOL released its latest album, "10,000 Days", in the spring of 2006, five years after its previous effort, "Lateralus". The group intends to stay on tour until at least the end of 2007 before taking a break, but bassist Justin Chancellor told us that he doesn't think fans will have to wait another half decade for the next TOOL record:
"Honestly, I don't know. We're in the second year of this tour already and it won't be long before people have said it's five years already. If we finish touring by, say, next January or February, once we've taken a little time off, it's almost unavoidable that it's gonna be a little while. I mean, honestly, I think everyone's getting a bit older, and I have a feeling we'll want to get on with it sooner than later this time."
TOOL is currently on a North American tour that bring the band to Cincinnati on Friday night (June 29). The trek ends on July 18, after which the group will head to Europe in August and September.
"10,000 Days" has sold 1.5 million copies since its release in May of 2006.
Billboard recently reported that TOOL is mulling the idea of making a band movie. Guitarist Adam Jones said, "We all have ideas about it. If I had my way, it would be a narrative story in a surreal fashion with as much money and special effects as we could throw at it. It's just talk right now."
What's Next?
- Previous Article:
Nightwish Vocalist Answers Fans Questions - Next Article:
King Diamond Talks About New Album In Detail
12 Comments on "New Tool Album To Come 'Sooner Rather Than Later'"
3. writes:
I don't know if it got a whole lot of hype, but it was definitely better than Lateralus. 10,000 days has a very good flow, one song to the next, but still follows the Tool cookie-cutter album template. A couple rocking songs, then slowing down to ramp up into rock again. Think Parabol/Parbola, Lipan Conjuring/Lost Keys/Roseta Stoned. Best Tool album since Ænima.
Member
5. writes:
Hmm, it's good that they put my fears to rest...I totally thought this next album would take another 7 years to come out. Thank god it won't. And I didn't find 10000 Days disappointing at all. I'll admit it was hyped a tad too much, and expectations were set ridiculously high for some people, but I kinda ignored all that and when the album came out, I enjoyed it a lot. Buuut that's just me.
Former Contributor
7. writes:
AEnima is without a doubt one of my favorite albums ever.
That is saying alot.
My love for that album has as much to do with the content as the time in my life that it came along. I found Lateralus to be absolutely stunning but missing something in the emotional impact sense. 10,000 Days was similar, my first "semi-letdown" from Tool. Opiate, Undertow and Salival are all great: somewhere between AEnima and 10,000 Days.
I want them to do something as different from 10,000 Days and Lateralus as possible though. They need to get awat from that. Blow people's minds again like they did consecutively throught the 90's.
Now Playing: Type O Negative - "12 Black Rainbows"
9. writes:
^ I agree in that Tool needs to take a different path for the next album, but I think that is to much to hope for. Personaly Lateralus is my fav. b/c of its all around nature and sound and the content it adresses, but Justin Chancellor is right. People don't want to wait. I know that most metal fans have gone through that huge Tool phase, but then it turns into a strong liking for the band and what they do, but then 5 years an album gets old.
Member
10. writes:
10,000 days and just about all their other stuff was amazing, if they need to take their time, then so be it, i dont care.. i dont want them to rush it and then make it bad. The only things i didnt like have been individual songs, like opiate, and hush, and some others, but i like a lot of tool.
But maynard himself has addressed the whole, go back to your old sound thing in some interviews... i dont think they will, they might have elements again from it, but they are always interchanging and dealing and getting over different emotions.
Member
Member
12. writes:
i liked 10000 days, prob. cause it was the first Tool cd i actually bought, agreed with RM? they should do somethin diff., Lateralus is my fav. Tool cd tho, and maybe this time they will have a 2 yr gap (normal gap) between the new one and 10000 days
Now Playing: Tool - Ticks and Leeches
To minimize comment spam/abuse, you cannot post comments on articles over a month old.
1. Kick Ass Duke writes:
Before 10,000 Days came out I had heard that TOOL wanted to make a "theme" album with a movie but then 10,000 Days came out and I just figured that they had scraped that idea. Maybe the next one will revisit that idea.