![]() As soon as their music hit digital formats on August 2, they climbed the charts, with all four TOOL albums (as well as the short “Opiate” EP) cracking the iTunes Top 10, overtaking artists like Billie Eilish, Drake, NF and Tyler Childers. Until early August of 2019, TOOL’s music was not accessible on streaming services. With TOOL’s complex polyrhythmic drum sections, odd time signatures, spiritually ambiguous lyrics, and enigmatic lead singer inspiring somewhat of a cult fanbase that could be compared to the fanbases of “Monty Python,” “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” or Quentin Tarantino, it is not hard to see why the release of “Fear Inoculum” is such a big deal. ![]() By 2015, the band began playing snippets of a new song live, and almost four years later, the album was released. In 2010, the band reported they were working on instrumentals for the new album, and in 2012, it was reported that they were halfway done. ![]() In 2008, lead singer Maynard James Keenan insisted that a new album was coming right away. During that entire time, the band insisted they were working on an album. was elected, there was a global financial crisis, Osama Bin-Laden was killed, world population reached seven billion, Russia annexed Crimea and Donald J. “Fear Inoculum” is the first full-length TOOL album since their 2006 release, “10,000 Days.” Since the release of the last TOOL album, Pluto has lost its status as a planet, North Korea conducted its first-ever nuclear tests, Saddam Hussein was put to death, George Carlin died, the last “Harry Potter” novel came out, the first African-American president of the U.S.
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