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Tool came up out of Los Angeles in the early 1990s, making metal that was heavier and stranger than almost everything around it. Songs like "Sober," "Schism," and "Forty Six & 2" are long, rhythmically knotty, and built as much on tension and atmosphere as on riffs, and that patience turned them into one of the most influential heavy bands of their generation. They release records slowly and on their own terms, which has only made each one loom larger.
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Ænima (1996). It's the album where their sound fully came together, and it has "Stinkfist," "Forty Six & 2," and the title track "Ænema" all on one record.
Biography
Tool is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. The group consists of vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor, who replaced founding member Paul D'Amour in 1995. Tool has won four Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping charts in several countries.
The band has released five studio albums, one EP and one box set. They emerged with a more classic heavy metal sound on their first studio album, Undertow (1993), before shifting and becoming a dominant act in the alternative metal and progressive metal movement with the release of their follow-up album Ænima in 1996. The group's efforts to combine musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006), gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success. Their fifth studio album Fear Inoculum was released on August 30, 2019, to widespread critical acclaim. Prior to its release, the band had sold more than 13 million albums in the US alone.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2019Fear InoculumAlbum
- 200610,000 DaysAlbum
- 2001LateralusAlbum
- 1996ÆnimaAlbum
- 1993UndertowAlbum
- 1992OpiateEP
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