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For those still waint for their copies of the new Opiate2 Blu-Ray, you can checkout a preview of the video on their Youtube channel. It’s only a 3 minute preview for now, but I expect at some point they will release the full clip.

Long time Tool artistic collaborator Mackie Osbourne has had another chat with the The Vinyl Guide. This time she covers the process behind the creation of the new Tool release – the Fear Inoculum Deluxe LP. Mackie talks about the time it’s taken to get the design up and running, details on the manufacturing process, the etching and much more. She also talks a little about future vinyl plans for… Read More »Mackie Osbourne on Fear Inoculum Vinyl

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but according to a recent chat Danny Carey had with the Cleveland Scene, we can expect that new Tool music may not be too far away:  I’m sure it won’t take us this long for the next one. We even had some stuff left over from the last one that we’ll develop. We have head starts on three or four new songs… Read More »Danny talks up new songs and Live DVD

After 10 years, Tool have finally released at least part of the “curveball” – the re-recorded Opiate now known as Opiate2 (or Opiate squared). This Opiate2 audio stream can be listened to on Spotify, Apple, or your streaming service of choice. The Opiate2 video was created by Dominic Hailstone and it won’t be released until the 18th of March. You can buy it in physical media form in that fancy… Read More »Tool release Opiate 2 audio stream

Pre-orders for the Tool Fear Inoculum Ultra Deluxe LP are starting to appear on line this morning, with prices appearing to be thankfully far less than the autographed editions offered at recent shows. There’s also a few extra photos of how the package looks. You can pre-order this album from Amazon (though listed as out of stock at time of posting) and most main stream record retailers. For Australian’s it… Read More »Fear Inoculum Ultra Deluxe LP Pre-orders

After what feels like many years of speculation it appears Tool are finally getting around to releasing the re-recorded version of Opiate. Here’s the details from Facebook: Taking it back to the beginning, Tool celebrates the 30th anniversary of their first commercially-available release, Opiate, with a re-imagined and extended version of the EP’s title track and an accompanying short film. “Opiate2” (pronounced Opiate Squared) is available via streaming services on… Read More »Tool to finally release Opiate2

Hot off the presses from the Tool website is news that a vinyl issue of Fear Inoculum is finally on its way in April: There’s some late breaking news from the band. Having just received their personal allotment of the forthcoming (TBA) FEAR INOCULUM ULTRA DELUXE LP, they were inspired to offer for sale this very limited number of advance pressings to TOOLARMY VIP PACKAGE holders (taking advantage of their… Read More »Fear Inoculum Ultra Deluxe LP

Tool have been announced as the headline act for Saturday night at Bonnaroo this June in Manchester, Tennessee. Puscifer will also feature on the bill playing on Sunday. Here’s a link to the website I feel like I must be getting old, as I can only recognise a small number if acts on the lineup, but if I were at the show I’d also be checking out Robert Plant &… Read More »Tool & Puscifer join 2022 Bonnaroo lineup

The day is finally upon us, and despite Covid hoping to ruin the party, it seems that the US Tool tour for 2022 will kick off shortly at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon. A few snippets from some Tool fans snooping in on the soundcheck have revealed a few interesting songs being practice (I’ll let you trawl Reddit for these to avoid spoilers) but I’d note that the… Read More »Tool 2022 US tour kicks off today!