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frenchie 
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Joined: July 30 2004
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 Topic: Tool - Lateralus
Posted: October 09 2004 at 20:05 |
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I dont want to go into whether tool are prog or not, it seems to have been debated quite a bit but i just wanna talk about this mother of an album. When you listen to it you hear something so amazing that it no longer matters what genre it is. It is someth
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richardh
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Posted: October 10 2004 at 05:29 |
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I've only just got it and have played it twice so far.Really impressed but I couldn't make any meaningfull comments about the music other than it comes across as a well thought out work and the fluidity and brilliance of the playing makes it
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Petra
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Joined: August 23 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: October 10 2004 at 13:30 |
Frenchie, i couldnt have said all that better myself, I'm a big Tool fan and Laturalus is the most played album i have. Its dark, brooding and brilliantly complex. Parabol and Parabola are just suberb, the guitar riff is amazing. I quite
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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gdub411
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Posted: October 10 2004 at 23:56 |
Well I hate to be the only detractor but I didn't care for this album. Aside from Schizm the rest just seemed like fillers to me. I have often wondered if the singer was so involved with his other group, A Perfect Circle ,to put anything worthwhile on t
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Petra
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Posted: October 11 2004 at 09:30 |
[QUOTE=gdub411] Well I hate to be the only detractor but I didn't care for this album. Aside from Schizm the rest just seemed like fillers to me. I have often wondered if the singer was so involved with his other group, A Perfect Circle ,to put anythin
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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asuma
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Location: Canada
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Posted: October 12 2004 at 16:40 |
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my favourite part of the entire album is parabole to parabola.
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*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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J. Bevington
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Joined: October 18 2004
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Posted: October 18 2004 at 11:14 |
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Lateralus can only be properly explained to someone who has properly heard it. This is a late-at-night-on-my-headphones album. There is so much complexity and emotion in this album. This is a band that has chosen to properly structure their anger and pain
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Nizzy
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Posted: October 19 2004 at 19:20 |
First time I played it, I was almost moved to tears. Great to know there's somebody out there DOIN' IT with an album that sits comfortably alongside the prog greats from the past. J's right about the headphones too. This stuff is deeeeeeep. 
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Prog_Bassist
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Joined: August 29 2004
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Posted: October 24 2004 at 18:06 |
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I'd say tool are quite prog in my book.
I own laturalus and aenima and they are both excellent albums.
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Bryan
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Posted: October 26 2004 at 02:01 |
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I've been a Tool fan since long before I even knew of the existance of prog. Aenima remains in my all-time top 5 albums even today, and Lateralus is an incredible prog album. Apparently they've got a new album coming out in 2005.
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will
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Joined: March 13 2004
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Posted: October 27 2004 at 16:04 |
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I dont have any tool albums although i have heard of the band many a time. May have to check them out ,cheers guys.
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Long live progression.
Will
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Sweetnighter
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Joined: October 24 2004
Location: United States
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Points: 1298
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Posted: January 04 2005 at 20:37 |
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I picked this album up on a whim today... and what a good choice it was. I love what this band does... to me, this band takes contemporary metal and makes it art. Its much spacier and they're not too quick to rush into angry outbursts and mad guitar fir
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
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bctruce
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Posted: January 07 2005 at 13:18 |
Huge Tool fan here, and I love Lateralus. It's just brilliant. A difficult album, for sure, but that's what I enjoy.
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GFoyle
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 11:33 |
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Tool is my clearly favorite band, I have loved pretty much all they have ever done. Seen them twice (once with King Crimson) now and they are also amazing live. It's also the band which made me figure out that I like prog-like music a lot!
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Giacas
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Posted: January 10 2005 at 17:55 |
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yeah, top marks to Tool, Lateralus is a classic album
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Look at how they flock to him
From an aisle of open sores
He knows that the taste is such
is such to die for
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alan_pfeifer
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Posted: January 11 2005 at 14:47 |
Anyone know when the new album is comign out?
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joniox
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Posted: January 11 2005 at 15:50 |
 alan_pfeifer wrote:
Anyone know when the new album is comign out? |
...and are KC and Tool going to make some kind of album together?
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Whoa Is Me
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Joined: December 27 2004
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Posted: January 12 2005 at 03:36 |
[QUOTE=gdub411] Well I hate to be the only detractor but I didn't care for this album. Aside from Schizm the rest just seemed like fillers to me. I have often wondered if the singer was so involved with his other group, A Perfect Circle ,to put anythin
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I too once thought the radio played, Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed
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GFoyle
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Joined: January 06 2005
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Posted: January 12 2005 at 05:03 |
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No APC is Maynards other band. Like he said they both are his children. Though they were almost breaking up before Lateralus, when Maynard was working with APC and their debut album (remember Lateralus came after that) and the song "Schizm" is actuall
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progrockgeek
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Joined: December 17 2004
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Posted: January 13 2005 at 06:29 |
GFoyle wrote:
I haven't heard anything about new Tool album except rumors from this forum, but I hope it is soon as possible.
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Check out toolband.com for some tasty little nuggets about the writing of the new album
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