Best Tool album

[SweptbackFlame]

Lateralus by far for me. That album has always stood out to me, Probably because I love the fuck out the song "Schism". So damn good.

 

[Baroque]

Lateralus by far for me. That album has always stood out to me, Probably because I love the fuck out the song "Schism". So damn good.

Yeah Lateralus is definitely their best. The Grudge is prob my favorite track. Schism, Parabola and the title track are all good too.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Yeah Lateralus is definitely their best. The Grudge is prob my favorite track. Schism, Parabola and the title track are all good too.

Yeah most definitely man. I didn't listen to Tool that much back in the day, but after going through their discography a few years ago and listening to the whole Lateralus album I got hooked. I also liked 10,000 Days quite a bit too. Great tracks like Vicarious, The Pot and Jambi.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Schism is a great song, as is Parabola, but the rest of the album doesn't do it for me. In regards to 10,000 days, I remember learning how to play all of Rosetta Stoned and Vicarious when I first learned how to play guitar. Pretty sure I could play through those songs now well enough and I don't think I've ever tuned my guitar to dropped D in forever. Those are good songs though, but I felt that that was definitely their weakest album.

 

[Omni]

Their earliest music is definitely their best, but I generally think they aren't a good band and I despise their influence on other bands and consider it negative.

 

[EspaDa]

Tool's fanbase is shit. They are no different from Slipknot worshippers.

 

[Krow]

They're usually the same people tbh.

 

[Omni]

Tool's fanbase is shit. They are no different from Slipknot worshippers.

Tool actually named their band after the intended demographic.

 

[The Butt]

Music made both by, and for, pseudo-intellectuals imo.

 

[theflyingmachine]

Aenima
Lateralus
Undertow
Opiate
10,000 Days

 

[The Ozzman]

Tool's fanbase is shit. They are no different from Slipknot worshippers.

Yeah it's my one gripe with the band. The 'rabid' fans are ridiculous.

 

[suckerleaf]

Kind of blanket satements about the fan base guys, Lot's of bands have their share of douche bag listeners.

 

[The Ozzman]

Kind of blanket satements about the fan base guys, Lot's of bands have their share of douche bag listeners.

I would say they are far more vociferous than most.

 

[suckerleaf]

I will admit to having met a few of the mentioned fanatics. I can see how it can be a turn off.

 

[Draehl]

Agreed on Tool fans in general. Lateralus is still fucking amazing though...

 

[CiG]

Also agree with the fans thing.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Their earliest music is definitely their best, but I generally think they aren't a good band and I despise their influence on other bands and consider it negative.

What influence would that be?

 

[EspaDa]

I only listened to Lateralus song and it was decent. Don't get the hype behind Schism track.

 

[Omni]

What influence would that be?

I don't know what you're trying to ask. It's pretty well-known that Tool is a fairly influential band in alternative rock and some metal circles. I don't like the way that they sound, so I don't like music influenced by them.