10,000 and 3 Days: A Music Review

Tool - 10,000 Days
(9.0 of 10)






It felt like I've been waiting and anticipating for 10,000 days for Tool's latest work to be released. Now that their fourth album, 10,000 Days, is out, it will take me another 10,000 days to listen to it since most of the songs are seven minutes long.

The intro song "Vicarious" will immediately get and hold your attention with a viselike grip. You'll know by then that you're listening to Tool and, yet, something new. The next track "Jambi" sounds very ethereal. "10,000 Days" and "Rosetta Stoned" are the epic power rock in this album. The metal whrilwind "The Pot" is probably my favorite in the album. There also a lot of soundscape fillers, namely the "Lost Keys".

As for the members, they sound that they are in good shape. The ever eloquent Maynard James Keenan sings in a spirit-like voice. The rest of the band still works together in harmony. Daney Carey is a sterling drummer as ever, and Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor still got the old riffs but left some room to dabble and expirement with other things.

The only thing I can complain about Tool is probably the packaging. Yes, it's quite unique and artful, but it's not functional. I can't close the lid, and I can't pull the disc out without damaging it on the staples holding the artful booklet. Other than that, it's a very impressive album.

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