Those of you who read the recent Tool newsletter might have realised I’ve been away for the last week in Tasmania at a caving conference. It was great! What was also great was a few tweets from Maynard, the most interesting of which confirms that his vocals have been recorded Someone also asked if we should expect a surprise release: I don’t think anyone should really be surprised with that… Read More »Maynard confirms vocals and slow death
The Tool December 2018 Newsletter is out, and since it’s mostly about me (of all people) I can assure you all there there is no actual Tool news contained within. BMB: Â How do you get your Tool-related news? How regularly do you check other sites? Do you have sources with other sites that give you a heads up as well as friends close to a band member that give you… Read More »Tool Newsletter December 2018
I hope you enjoyed the list of our readers best albums for 2018, but before I head off to Tasmania for a little while, here’s my Top 10! Slugdge – Esoteric Malacology When a metal band writes a bunch of songs about slugs, you expect it to be a parody album, with little substance. In the case of this album, it contains some of the most brutal riffs to see… Read More »Hellboy’s Top 10 Albums of 2018
I find the end of year best album lists quite interesting, as it quite often gives a good insight into music I haven’t heard before, and a general feel for what is considered “good” music. This year we had a bunch of votes from our Fourtheye readers, in order to establish what was “good” for 2018. No doubt some of you will think this is a great list, while others… Read More »Fourtheye Readers Top 12 Albums of 2018
Blair‘s Tool Newsletter for November 2018 is out now. It highlights a recent visit to LA following the Malibu fires, where Blair catches up with Danny Carey and a few other regulars from the Tool family. The good news is that Blair managed to hear at least part of the new album, though keeps it spoiler free: While walking to his car (parked on yet another deficient alley), Danny emerged… Read More »Tool November 2018 Newsletter
It’s December once more, and that time of year usually elicits Best of Lists from websites far and wide. Fourtheye is no different, except we do it collectively, and them publish at the end of the year rather than rush it out early (I’m not willing to rule out the new Graf Orlock album from my list just because it’s not released yet). Rules are simple: Must be an album… Read More »Fourtheye Readers Best Album of 2018 Poll
A couple of quick articles about Billy Howerdel from A Perfect Circle today. The first is from Kerrang! where he gives us a little insight into each track from Eat The Elephant: The Doomed It was in my folder for some of my film soundtrack work. I threw a lot of things at Maynard online and with this one he said, ‘This is a thing but I don’t know what’. We… Read More »Billy explains Eat The Elephant and 10 mind blowing guitar albums
It was revealed a while back that A Perfect Circle would be releasing a cover of AC/DC‘s Dog Eat Dog for Record Store Day. The track is now available on Youtube for your discerning opinions. Personally, I think it’s ok, but unlikely to be a track I return to with any regularity. I’m not really one who enjoys covers a great deal, and this one doesn’t really add much to… Read More »A Perfect Circle Dog Eat Dog
The Welcome to Rockville festival social media team today posted a video on Facebook, promising to reveal the lineup for the 2019 event in 13 days. The video very strongly hints that Tool will be the headline act, featuring some of their artwork as well as a snippet from Mantra. The festival is usually held in late April, which somewhat coincides with Coachella which I’d also expect to be announced… Read More »Tool at Rockville in May 2019
I haven’t done a happy birthday post in a while, mostly because I’m lazy. Well, this time around I’m not, and I’m also keen to post something on the site, since actual news is hard to come by! November 19 is Justin Chancellor‘s birthday! Not sure how he’s celebrating the day, but I’m sure many of us would be happy for he to have a day off from making the… Read More »Happy Birthday Justin!