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Thanks Junior. APC's 13th Step starts with The Package and then Weak and Powerless and Lateralus goes The Grudge, Eon Blue Apocalypse, The Patient so the "The Coward" followed by "Passage" seems like where they got their train of thought . But the "Passage (For Regardie)&quo...

So after 13 years the cover of the new album is going to be what looks like something a high school student created as his or her 'graphic design' project? Hmmm, I'm not convinced. Also, check out the attention to detail in some of the new graphics just on the band's website: https://toolband.com/ne...

Nah both songs should be pretty much the same on the album come August 30. I agree with you though in that it would be somewhat nice if Maynard could somehow come back towards the end of Descending to add a climactic lyrical verse but I guess he already does that with the "Stay. Alive." bi...

Provided it all fits on just one disc in a regular release, I'll go with 78:20 as my guess.

The Grudge The Patient Schism Parabola Ticks & Leeches Lateralus D/R/T I'm hope the new album is similar to the above in terms of it being 7 ideas... or 6... or whatever. I'm not really too fussed about how many 'tracks' there are if the songs or music is high quality. 18 years later and I still...

I think this might be it with regard to TOOL albums. Seems like they have put everything into this one (13 years, two 12 minute tracks thus far) and it's the last record on their current contract. Danny just turned 58, MJK is 55, Adam is 54. I'm not sure I can see them doing it all again or starting...

^I'm also hoping the band has some new epic track on the new album similar to Lateralus they can close their shows with from now on, similar to how Lateralus closed their shows from 2001 onwards

There was a stretch a few years back where I think TOOL closed their shows with either Aenema into Laterulas or Lateralus into Aenema. Either way around, finishing with those two tracks next to each other felt the best to me out of all the 16 shows I've seen. I totally agree with the sentiments expr...

Back in 2013 TOOL were meant to play in Adelaide down here on a Tuesday night but the pushed the show back until the Wednesday night because Maynard's voice was struggling. It was only a 24 hour delay though and easy to organise. Not sure how they can accommodate all of the festival attendees who mi...

I think they'll do a catch up show at some point. I think they did that with a cancelled San Antonio show a few years back. Either MJK was sick or the original show got cancelled for some reason but TOOL came back the next time around and honoured all of the previous ticket holders with a show. AT&a...

Thank you for those two mastered audio files! They sound fantastic so thanks for putting them together. Wow. I already really like both songs and cannot really stop listening to them whenever I get the chance. In fact, does anyone remember the friend of the band describing the "deep tissue mass...

^Listen to Descending through a good stereo system; the album version will sound even better obviously. Yes, both tracks take a lot longer to build up to a climactic point but I am still very impressed with what I have heard through a fan captured Youtube clip thus far, particularly Descending. TBH,...

Please consider the possibility of another new track being played at tomorrow's show in Alabama. I reckon they've got some killer opening track for the album and I wouldn't be surprised if they opened their first arena show tomorrow with a THIRD new track here. Imagine experiencing an opener like Th...

Hmmm, what if this small run of USA shows in May is just a tease of 2 or 3 new songs, maybe even just one Descending, and the full album is released Friday, May 24 or Friday, May 31 just before they start their European tour in Berlin on Sunday, June 2. That's a sneaky way to build up massive hype f...

New album title: Elevator

1) Ascending Pt 1
2) Descending Pt 1
3) Ascending Pt 2
4) Descending Pt 2
5) Crickets
6) Ascending Pt 3
7) Descending Pt 3
8) Ascending Reprise
9) Descending Reprise
10) Out of Order

^^ This is great!

Bonus hidden track:
11) Shafted

^Yeah that's been there. I got early tickets to a show here (Brisbane, 2011) early thanks to my ToolArmy membership. I think that's the only time though; everything else has just been through our regular ticket channels here regarding early access etc.

I think TOOL are going to stick with their current logo. I didn't really like the Lateralus logo and the current logo just feels very branded into us by now. Given how little they have put out over the last 13 years (Vicarious vid, Opiate re-release - that's it), I think they would've done a new log...

Yeah I actually respect the MJK update when he said mid May to mid July. I think that was genuine and came at a time when we all really wanted to know etc. I also think it would be a little disingenuous for them to be touring May 5 to July 2 and then release their new album. Fans at such shows (myse...

^Fair enough.

It was exciting to see an email from TOOL in my inbox this morning though. For about 5 seconds I thought something really big was happening... it's been too long

Yeah I got that email from TOOL this morning so that tells me something big is happening. They haven't emailed me from that site since I ordered the Opiate 21st anniversary thing back in 2013 and I got a confirmation of shipping email. It shows they've actually done something worth contacting us abo...

10,000 days still hasn't come out on vinyl so I doubt the new album would be released on vinyl this year/decade.

Do record stores get these types of emails in preparation for fairly big releases? Does this still happen?

I reckon this is just a rumour. August seems too far anyway... I give up now

I'll add to Hellboy's ultimate setlist here: Third Eye The Grudge Stinkfist Schism Pushit Jambi 46 & 2 Rosetta Stoned Lateralus Aenima Those 10 songs would probably be their 'Greatest Hits' for now, at least in terms of songs that come across so well when played live. I know I'm leaving out some...

Some info would've been nice but the MJK post was very entertaining. The cool thing is that TOOL will be back on stage playing live 2 weeks from tomorrow. They played or debuted The Pot, Jambi and Vicarious at Coachella back in April 2006, then added Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned to those three songs two...

The #nailedit and #hungovertheweekend are two sneaky, albeit somewhat insensitive puns for the Easter long weekend :) Here's my take: 1) Hangry is informal for 'hungry' and 'angry'. So are there Easter eggs, as in subtle clues, in this pic? We are hungry for new info so #EggHangry makes sense. 2) &q...