Panopticon or Lateralus

I wish I could vote Lateralus and be a Tool  fanboy, but alas, I haven't heard Panopticon. However, I sincerely doubt anything could be better than perfection.

Garsh, I love both.

meh, i love isis a lot but panopticon didnt do it for me. Id take Oceanic or any of their earlier EPs over it. which isnt to say its bad just that i was underwhelmed.
Lateralus for me please. diverse and interesting.

Lateralus, but I do like Isis a lot. Panopticon has some really epic moments, especially the climax in In Fiction. Still, with songs like The Grudge, Schism, Parabola, Lateralus, Reflection etc. it's pretty hard to beat such an album.

Damn, I love going for the under-dogs in these polls, but Panopticon just cant edge out such an incredible album as lateralus. Both groups are wonderful, and did a lot as far as my musical growth goes, But a masterpiece is a masterpiece.

Originally posted by p0mt3 Tool are big fans of Isis' music, and vice-versa. They are both great bands and albums, but the problem with Isis is in my opinion the'r albums become repetetive after the first few listens. Not enough variety between the songs.   Plus I happen to think La te ra lus is the greatest Prog Rock album of all time, so yeah . . . can't really top it if someone is as big of a Tool freak as I am.

To be fair, I hear a lot of people, just as many as they ones that talk about Isis in that way, that think Tool songs become repetitive.
The whole point of Isis is about repetition to an extent, otherwise it wouldn't be really post metal would it?
That said, I think both bands are hugely creative and neither sound repetitive to the point of losing it for me.

Sorry Isis, you never stood a chance

I don't know anything about Panopticon but I will take any opportunity to vote against Tool