I dunno wether you can say it sounds like Tool... Tool are way darker and quite different... the new Rush is certainly a departure but it's close to the T4E stuff and it's much more down to earth. No keyboards at all, it's just a straight forward power trio rocking it out. I love Vapor Trails. BTW If you still haven't noticed, Rush completely revamp themselves every 4 studio albums... it never ceases to amaze me that they keep inventing new styles of music, wearing them out in 4 albums and moving on without losing any fans but instead gaining more fans.