Tool are practically their own genre, but the act based its debut album, 'Undertow,' heavily on progressive and gritty alt-metal. Tool had gained many followers with their 'Opiate' EP ...

Back when their debut album was released, 30 years ago today in April 1993, Tool were even more of an anomaly. Simultaneously brutal and cerebral, Undertow was the first and last time the group ...

The post 30 Years Ago, Tool Crafted a Masterful Debut Album with Undertow appeared first on Consequence. Among other trends, the early 1990s saw grunge take over as the dominant rock scene ...

Aenima, Tool’s second album, arrived in 1996 and quickly continued the ascent previously launched by the Undertow album. The ...

Especially with their looooooong-awaited new album Fear Inoculum just around the corner (it’s due August 30), it’s a great time to familiarize yourself with or brush up on Tool’s catalog.

Tool’s long-delayed 2019 album, Fear Inoculum ... a lot of the artwork that I appreciate from the '70s." See Tool's 'Undertow' Hidden Artwork Creating a one-of-a-kind physical accompaniment ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find members of the Tool Army who’d describe it as their best work. But conversely, it’s relatively free of the trippy portentousness reviled by their detractors. Unlike their ...

As you may know, Tool‘s 1993 debut album Undertow (order on double vinyl) features a spoken-word interlude by Henry Rollins on “Bottom,” and producer Sylvia Massy posted video of Rollins ...

1. Many of Undertow‘s songs had already been written by the time Tool recorded the Opiate EP. 2. The album’s intense, “reactionary” energy was partly a reaction to Maynard’s experiences ...