A great new interview with Ænima and Lateralus producer David Bottrill has appeared on Youtube this week. He speaks with Warren Huart on the Produce Like A Pro channel, discussing a range of production related topics. Included in this is his work with King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Muse, Remy Zero and of course – Tool. Here’s the video: Some interesting information in the recording of No Quarter at around the… Read More »David Bottrill on producing Tool, King Crimson and more!

Great news for Ohio Tool fans this morning, with news that they will be joining the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus. The festival, which takes place May 2023 features Tool on the 25th and Puscifer on the 27th: There’s some pretty decent acts on the bill, including Malevolence, Queens of the Stone Age, Knocked Loose, Deftones, Ho99o9 and The Bronx. Pre-sales via the Sonic Temple website kick off soon

As the band promised earlier this week, the special edition Tool Fetus in Skull Maquette is now available to preorder. It is US$500 for the regular one, and US$1000 for a signed copy (though these have sold out it appears). More detail on this item from the Toolband store: Inspired by the 10,000 Days and Lateralus album artwork(s) by Alex Grey. Each collectible figure is cast in Polyresin, individually hand… Read More »Fetus in Skull Half-Scale Maquette now available

Adam Jones and various other bits of Tool social media were teasing at some kind of new release a week or so ago, and this morning it appears to have been revealed as some kind of limited edition Fetus and Skull ornament: According to the marketing I expect these to go on sale on the 16th of December, 2022. No indication as to how much this will cost, but I… Read More »Tool Fetus in Skull Maquette coming soon

A somewhat cryptic post appeared across Tool‘s social media accounts today, hinting at something new coming soon – based on hashtags it’s implied that it may be 10,000 Days related. Check it out: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tool (@toolmusic) As to what it is? Perhaps the long awaited vinyl release of the record. Maybe it’ll just be more blankets? I guess we’ll have to wait… Read More »Tool tease something coming soon….