FEAR INOCULUM

This gets a giant "Meh" from me. I've listened to it several times through thinking it would grow on me. Nope. By my count there is exactly one good song on this record. If you pre-ordered this, prepare for disappointment. When I saw that there were six songs over 10 minutes long, I anticipated skillful song development, extended solo passages, cools bass licks, and jaw dropping drumming fills. Instead, we get pointless meandering and lifeless repeated passages. Maybe the creative spark has abandoned them and that's what took over a decade to bring this thing to market. In any event, this is the weakest Tool album in their catalog, and it's not even close.