In case anyone is interested, I heard an announcer saying that they were going to be playing it Tues 18th @ 9am on Triple J
I'm guessing that it's going to be "Vicarious" as the vid clip for that song is due to air also

will be tuning in for this, thanks dude

i hope the album isn't as f***ed as the most recent APC album

I've heard Vicarious now.... it kicks ass, goes for a little over 7 minutes (very Tool) :)

I thought the opposite. Sounds more APC to me.

dunno what song u heard, but its very tool like and good

The music is very TOOL, but the lyrics/vocals are rather APC/eMotive-ish. All in all not too bad, it has grown on me. Many (who have heard the complete album) have said it's easily the most radio-friendly track though so I retain high hopes for the rest of the album.

song that everyone is hearing is "Vicarious"

It's very good

They'll be touring near the end of the year apparently to. Fingers crossed that they come to brissy again, & Cog are the supporting act :)

yeh, it f***en ROCKS :)

can't wait for the album and the tour

The full album is out in the wild. Obligitory pre-order it if you like it comment here.

can't wait to see what overblown album cover art they come up with this time

seriously tho hanging out for some new tool tunes

Fingers crossed they are coming to splendour in the grass!!@)#(@)$&&@^Y$#^@T@^$#

I dont think I could contain myself, just quietly.

I very highly doubt splendor, there are rumours of an Australian tour in August though.

If they came 2 weeks before August they could be here for splendour.

Love this song, can't wait for the whole album.

The new album is very cool...although the single they have released, i love the lyrics....it's just the music sounds like the track should have been added to Lateralus. Overall the album brings back many fond tool sounds from previous albums and i'm really enjoying it. Kind of weird alot of ppl still haven't heard Vicarious, even when it was available via direct downloads from the record labels website (zomba) a week ago.....their mistake lawl.

kick ass song

Review from someone who got to hear cd



Wow. Five years later, a new Tool record, about to be let out of its cage.

I had the extremely good fortune to hear the new record tonight, April 14th, thanks to a good friend who I will leave anonymous. I'm going to do my best to not include any/many "spoilers" that will ruin your experience of hearing "10,000 Days" for the first time yourself. That said, if you read this, be warned you might find out more than you want to. I'm also going to try my best not to make this too much of a "the record is good / bad" sort of review, because I think we've all seen those already.

I'll do my best to leave it experiential. Hopefully I will succeed.

It has been about six hours since I heard it, and I was much more interested in feeling it than in writing it down; plus the clandestine location wasn't the sort of place you take notes. So when I get lyrics slightly wrong, I hope you'll forgive me. Also, out of respect for the band, I will be a little vague at times. You know, about not biting the hand that feeds you, etc.

Also, I want you all to know, especially those of you who waited up late, that I'm sorry if I created an artificially high expectation by posting that I would have "some info" tonight. At least we broke the record for simultaneous users on the forums. (And I got to see lots of people say lots of extremely impolite things about me. Good work, folks.)


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So there I was, at a listening party ostensibly designed, very graciously, and at essentially no notice, for one. And then, in our hilariously clandestine "relocateable listening booth", the CD started.

The album does not wait. Unlike the past four Tool records ("Opiate", "Undertow", "Ænima", "Lateralus"), this one does not feature white space at the top. "Vicarious" hits you immediately. I am pretty sure that everyone is going to think it is entirely outstanding, a perfect way to get back into Tool. It seemed to be in 10/4, and for that and other reasons reminded me of "The Grudge." I'm sure radio will try to cut it down, but do not give in to them. This is one of the best tracks I've heard in a long long time.

All we have heard about guitars being more out in front and vocals a little subdued has been accurate. Guitar is the dominant sound through much of the record, but this is only when it is in full force; the record does get quiet quite often, and all four players are definitely playing an equal role.

As track 1 ended I relaxed a little, and actually laughed because I was so excited. I hadn't finished a quick chuckle before "Jambi" started, and I was so completely taken aback by how fantastic "Vicarious" is that I could not absorb or remember a thing about "Jambi" except that I liked it. Sorry.

"Wings for Marie" is really incredible. I was struck by the thought that it picks up right where "Reflection" left off. My host graciously explained to me, as it tailed off, that "that was part 1, this is part 2" -- and then turned the bass down a little because it was getting deeper. "10,000 Days" was also incredible. They remind of "Third Eye", "No Quarter", "Reflection", but in an entirely more intricate way. Ten years ago we all thought "Third Eye" was really really intense. I am pretty sure these two will rewrite your expectations of future epics.

By the way, one line posted among a snippet of leaked lyrics was "10,000 days in the fire is long enough." I don't want to ruin your fun, so I will say just this - the meaning of "10,000 Days" was immediately clear to me, especially from the line which follows that line. (I did cheat later and confirm by doing a little math, but I remain convinced.)

Now, up until this point the record felt like what I was expecting. Layered, intense, a straight progression from its forebears. Track 5, "The Pot", was not what I was expecting. Vocals here start off by taking a different approach than previous albums, but mainly only at the beginning. After the initial "what the..." it became like an old friend who had just walked in wearing something totally unexpected. Perhaps the best way to sum this up is to say that if you liked "Hooker with a Penis", you will like this song a lot as well. And yes, the title accurately reflects the subject matter.

To this point, I had noticed many little sprinkles from previous albums, callbacks to other themes and other progressions, perhaps tying these new tracks sonically and thematically to their older siblings. I continued to notice them throughout the record. Allusions to various songs kept appearing, though I rapidly lost track of where they all were. It will be fun to go through again and hear them, before you stop thinking of them as allusions to old songs and start thinking of them as parts of new ones.

"Lipan Conjuring", as you have all probably guessed from it's length (approx. one minute), is a segue. "Mantra" with spoons.

Interestingly, "Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman)" is also a segue of sorts, though it's three minutes or so long. Vaguely "Faaip de Oiad"-like. An instrumental soundscape with a long dialogue sample (from a movie?) buried within. The doctor, the patient, the visitor, all interacting.

"Rosetta Stoned" really took me on a ride. From what I recall, it sort of blended out of the previous track, and out of nowhere there were machine-gun-style vocals. Very percussive, snarly, distorted. For the first time, I started to think "hey there seem to be explicit lyrics here." Sudafed? Sunkist? Other S words? I think fans of Tool's earlier work will be into this one also. After one listen, I felt it to be simultaneously plainspoken and full of depth, simultaneously smooth and rough. I felt like parts of it likened to "H." but in a much faster way. I was really moved.

After that, it was hard to retain much about "Intension." Sorry.

But I think the flame becomes the fire.

"Right in Two" was one of my favorites. And not just all the monkey references. Lots of fantastically frenetic building. Great melodies. Oh and it was in 11, for much of the time anyway. "Cutting our love ..."

And so, it was time for "Viginti Tres." But my host was running late for dinner, and I was as well. It's another segue, I was told. I'll hear it soon, I said. We left the ... booth.

The guitars sound really sharp and loud. The bass sounds fantastically punchy, and sometime sounds like it does in the opening seconds of "Forty-Six & 2." Drums keep on trying new things, new instrumentations, new voices, new synths even; and keep on sounding incredible. Vocals seem to be pulled down a little overall, but this does add an element of "Undertow"-esque "what is he saying" fun.

I do think this album may not be one you just put on and rock out to. It's a much more satisfying meal than a snack. The downside of that is that it may not be as tailgate-worthy as "Opiate"; but that is probably the upside too. I think you will all find it immediately very striking, and you will all be pretty happy with it after one listen. But I do think that while you will definitely fall in love with it, it will take many people a little while to really get there.

I, however, loved it immediately. I can't believe I have to wait 19 days to hear it again.

You will want to buy this the day it comes out. Trust me. It may not be exactly what you are expecting, but it is exactly what you are waiting for.

I really like there new song.. Can't wait for the album.

jesus f***, i've just listened to it TWICE!

it rocks man, totally rocks

Love it :D

Favorite tracks off the album for me were:
Vicarious
The Pot
Rosetta Stoned

As far as the album as a whole goes, i prefer previous efforts but having said that this album will more than likely grow on me as Lateralus did. I didn't really like the conversation (from a movie?) used in the song "Lost Keys" all that much, i thought it was more distracting from the music that anything, i would have prefered an instrumental there if anything... it was reminiscent of faaip de oiad but i thought faaip de oiad worked better closing out the last album. Guitars definately take a lead role in this album, featuring much more predominately over the singing than in previous albums, actually, the guitar work in a lot of places heavily reminded me of Triad.

I heard this morning that apparently the title 10,000 Days was used because Maynard's mother was paralyzed for 10,000 Days, this is according to someone who is a member of the tool army and said it was posted by one of the band members, keeping that in mind and listening to some of the lyrics in album gives you a bit of a different perspective of what he's singing about.

Needless to say, I'll be buying this album the morning it comes out.

hehe my fav tracks are those as well, vicarious is an awesome song to open with and f*** me rosetta stoned is some epic eh, 11mins :D

I actually like jambi as well

man the whole thing is tops

p.s. pearl jam's album is around too ;)

First 5 songs were awesome + rosetta stoned. Reminiscient of aenima era stuff with the epic 11 minutes stuff. I love it. However, just like lateralus I don't particularly like the duller stuff. I prefer aenima and undertow that just went full on the whole album. I know there were some interludes in aenima but they were shorter.

Just like you say though, I'm sure it will grow on me.

After numerous listens I'm liking just about everything - my highlights would probably be 10,000 Days itself, Jambi and again, Rosetta Stoned, very Third Eye-ish (i.e. awesomeness).

As Nailbomb said Lost Keys is a bit.. weird, I thought it would have been far superior without both the siren-like noise from the start and the voice sample.

I'm still not quite used to the intro of The Pot but the second half of the song's more than good enough to make up for it =)

I do like Intension and Right in Two but the last three tracks don't seem to fit in with the order of the album... then again there's not a whole abundance of order/seguing overall.

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Haven't bought a CD in a while so methinks this will be it

The intro to The Pot has a very Karnivool sound, strange vocals that sound a little different to mjk's usual style. All good though.

I like the pot.. Most songs on there are actually really cool to be honest.
Then again i'm a massive fan of tool so it's hard to find a song by them i don't actually like.

1000 Days is great.

Holy crap that album kicks ass !!!
Definately be buying it

German,
Viginti Tres is an awesome soundscape
Have to agree that "Right In Two" stands out to myself also as a fav with Rosetta Stoned giving it a run for its money

My order so far:

The Pot
Vicarious
Jambi
10,000 days

They are brilliant.

very average...

^^ noyouare

As much as I like it, compaired with Ænima & Lateralus I find it to be 'average'.

Otherwise,

No matter what way you look at it, "average" TOOL is still way better than most others "best"

^ True, but it still just doesn't quite feel like a full TOOL album. If only this really were a "decoy" >:(

Really, really enjoyable.

the couple that have been mentioned are definetely up there, but i've also really enjoyed wings pt1 and 2.

lipan conjuring is kind of sepultura roots ish...