It was interesting that Maynard said Adam had written some of these riffs before he was even in the band. He knew he'd use them some day and here they are on 7empest. “There are riffs on the new album that Adam had before I was even in the band,” he offers. “The last track, ‘7empest’ [pronounced Tempest], the main body of the first chunk of the song is a verse and then a really heavy recurring riff, something I came up with in [the time signature of] 21. We’d been trying to find [another riff that goes with it], and it ended up being something we’d tried on several albums, with different ideas, and it just never clicked. And then all of a sudden there it is and it works, and it totally is the complete thing that the other riff needed. I think Adam had that riff when we were trying to write for [1996’s] Aenima album. It just kept getting brought up and put on the side. Adam’s really cool like that. He’s very precious about the ideas we have and he’s always like, ‘Don’t forget about that, we’ll use it one day. You can’t be frivolous about them. You’ve got to respect the fact that they’re really worth something when you first come up with them and you think they’re good, so don’t throw them away.’ So we have this huge catalogue of stuff that we keep on the backburner.” metalheadzone.com/tools-maynard-james-keenan-reveals-the-thing-theyve-waited-for-21-years/
Most of the song is in 21/8 haha, broken into different sets of subdivisions. Intro: 5 5 5 6 Riff you were talking about: 8 13 Riff right after: 6 5 6 4 Bridge: 7 7 7
Personally I think Justin is so overlooked. He tore some shit up on this album and really holds everything together. Justin layed down some deep dirt and sick riffs from start to end.
The first time I listened to Fear Inoculum on the surface I felt a bit let down, like somehow it didn't meet my expectations after 13 years. It took multiple listens to truly recognize and appreciate how they burned the roof down with this album. So I don't think the average listener does really understand how epic this music is at first glance. Usually songs get old the more you listen to them but this record just keeps getting better. It almost makes me a bit depressed to think we may not see more music from this band or that there will ever be another band like them. Love the reactions, keep em comin!
For sure. Some of their best stuff on this album. Like to decision to omit any vocals from the 2nd half of 'Descending' because, you know, there''s no-one left to sing.
I know what you mean dude. I feel like a dumbass now cuz I should've known better. I've been a Tool fan since 1995 and I KNOW the alien geniuses that these four guys are (and Paul). But I think because I went into it from the early raw, in your face, days that are very nostalgic for me and I've been waiting for so long for the new album that it caught me off guard and I did not fully appreciate it at first. But for me it's been the reaction videos (like this awesome one) that forced me to really sit down and listen to the new songs at another level. And fuckin shit amazeballs!! The more I listen to them the harder it is to come back to this mediocre reality. Thank you Tool for teaching this old fart to never stop Spiraling Out!!!
This album is like a homework assignment and who likes homework?? Until oneday you get on a subject that you enjoy and are intrigued by and keep studying it after the assignment is over.
You know I am die hard tool fan and I always felt that way after each album.... Multiple listens and I am hooked on it. I remember thinking 10,000 days wasn't a sequel to Lateralus but now 10,000 days is my favorite album by them. Maybe... I really, really like this one a lot. Lateralus is in another Galaxy haha. AEnima is what started it all for me Undertow/Opiate is just great 90s rock but I think when Justin joined the band they changed.
When Ænima was released (on my birthday!) I was already a Huge Tool fan trying to get all my friends in to it. But when they heard Ænima it was way easier for me to say “See Mfkers, I told you this band is at another level”. Oh my smug youthful days. Well justified.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it was their third or fourth grammy. Its unfortunate that it was for Best Metal Performance. They should have a genre all to themselves.
He's a gnostic trying to find perfection. If you like literature dan Simons and the dune series are great. Like classics? Jesus and buddha fits in as well.
I'm a 59-year-old dude. When I first sat down and listened to this in early Sept 2019 I knew about 4 minutes in that this would be special. At about 7 minutes in a strange thing happened: A tear came to my eye and I started blubbering like an eight-year-old, no screaming or anything... At 10 minutes it finally dawned on me what was happening! I thought of a Beatles fan carefully placing the brand new White Album on the turntable in the late 60's, or when I heard the first minute of Zepp's "Achilles Last Stand" in 1976. Whatever reason we are drawn to Metal or any type of music, my emotions were asking me "Is this it?", "Will this be the highest moment of my music listening life?", "Will there be ever be better than this?" "Is it impossible to get better than this?". I don't believe as humans we are ever prepared to not wish for more. 7
This song puts Adam Jones on full display! He goes from that "dirty, grimy" guitar into some super clean riffs. Unbelievable! BUT, don't overlook that bass! So funky!
And then, after you appreciate all that and memorize it, you start hearing Danny more and realize he's just doing his normal ridiculous Danny thing in the back... Its all good, every part.
Adam is so underrated, he has so much skill!!! He makes his guitar make sounds that you would never think a guitar would or should sound. Kinda like Hendrix would do!!!
There is no weak link in this band. Everyone is the best at there position. And maynard's vocals accompanied by vocal delivery and his songwriting is second to none..a genius
It's making me emotional... That is tool in a word. Their music reaches that lizard part of your brain where you stop just listening and actually feel the music. Their haunting melodies, dissonant chords and chord progressions, the way Adam Jones continues a theme through a song with minor variations similar to Mozart and other great classical composers. The way Manards voice is not just singing lyrics but is one of the instruments, the time signature changes that cause that off balance feeling riding the wave from quiet and beautiful to loud and sometimes violent crescendo. It's just perfect.
The tempest is the culmination of their career. All members clicking at their highest level. The storm is Adam Jones. The band imo is acknowledging his genius skill by hyping up the storm until it rains down on all of us.
Does the average person listen to TOOL and recognize they’re listening to the forbidden fruit of music? From my experience, no, not really. You have to sit them down and force them to only concentrate on the song, but if it’s just casually playing in the background, they might even ask to turn it off. I think the polyrhythms throw off the mind when it’s not ready for it.
When I heard this Album, I was mad because it took so long to come out, then I heard Tempest. I will never doubt Tool as long as I live. This Song is an absolute Masterpiece. The Crowning achievement, of the most creative group of Musicians On the planet.
A M Exactly, and Adam Jones is a very different player from David Gilmour, but the playing is focused on emotional, expressive playing and tone rather than mindless shredding. The playing conveys emotion in a similar way a Gilmour would, and I love that.
This song is a category 5 hurricane passing over head, strong and raw in the beginning, beautiful and melodic in the middle building into the final brutal strike as it moves on.
JC needs just as much love as the others in my opinion. He keeps grinding throughout, underpinning the song and allowing Adam and Danny to do their thing. JC holds it together, a real heavy lifter, chugging away. Awesome watching you get lost in TOOL btw, such an experience
I’ve seen this song live !!! I think it might have been the second time they ever played it …? New Zealand Auckland 2020 my face melted !! So epic ! I cried
Dude adam jones riffs are insane his sound in general is so unique I don't think I've ever heard anybody sounds like him the palm muting plucks that meaty chug on the open 6 string hauntingly psychedelic i love it so much
I am the only female I know that likes TOOL! None of my friends like them my adult children tolerate them, but do not appreciate them, like I do! I have been listening since the 90's.
I have had friends that have told me they have a hard time, listening to that kind of music because of the way it makes them feel. I get it, it makes you look at yourself in a different way, you may not like what you see in yourself. It brings light to things you may mot be doing right. It might make you change, for the better. People resist change, even for the better.
@@Hollywood6IX This happened to me when I listened to Lateralus for the first time in 2001. You can't put words to it but you know it's showing you something greater, like it's opening up aspects of you that you didn't know existed. Keep going guys, love witnessing it!
I had a dream. Long story short, I met Tool in the back of a semi truck I hitched a ride from. They were playing Sobor. I rolled doobies. Song over, we all puffed. Then Maynard said, Let's play that new one again, guys. The guitar started in, sounded like a choir of angels. The next guitar and drums came in sounding otherworldly. When Maynard started, he sounded like the lead angel of that choir as he maneuvered thru the song so expertly, as he does. I've tried a million times, but I cannot reproduce it in any way. I can't quite remember exactly how it went, as it was in a dream. But, I've never, ever heard a more beautiful song in all my 49 years. If it winds up being on their next album, I will totally freak out so hardcore. It probably won't happen but, if I ever hear that dream-Tool song again, that's just insanity exponentialized
Yall on point for sho. This is one of the best songs on this album. This whole album is awesome. Tool has brought me back from the brink of darkness on more than one occasion. Keep up the good work on the channel. Keep jamming metal
Tools structures their songs to suck you in and immerse you a audio drug . I swear Maynard has found a way using rhythms to hypnotize you . Best band ever
You know that really satisfying feeling you get when you share something breathtaking with another person, and you can clearly see that they felt it too?? Welcome to the perpetual gift of being a Tool fan. How can I hear the same song 100 times and still get emotional? Music is a sacred gift from our Creator.
Thanks for the reaction! This song was written by the bassist, Justin Chancellor. I think it's in 21 time or something. As always, the three instrumentalists write the music and MJK writes a story that accompanies the music. That's why their music has a much more cinematic feel to it, IMO. Anyway, the more you hear, the more prominent Chancellor's play becomes. Enjoy the rest of your ride!
@@DawnQwark riffs do not equate a song. Tes adam had sine riffs but to put it all together you need more. Suppose justin wrote these driving basslines and adams like i know the perfect riffs to go with that and voilà we have the foundations of a song
I’ve taken so much crap for YEARS for loving this band. Never thought I’d see the day where people are discovering the absolute genius of Tool! Will see you gents every Tuesday from now on! 🤘
If someone gave me crap for listening to Tool they would literally never see or hear from me again. You need new friends if that's who was making fun of you. And it It was your family you need a new one lol. Some of my family don't like Tool but they don't crap on it. Even if it's not your style you can not deny how talented the 4 men in this band are. I have a saying. If you don't like Tool, Then Fuck you
Now go back and listen for the part where Justin plays the same bar of bass in 21/8 time for like 7 minutes... The mind-blowing enjoyment is in trying to follow each part and focusing on it whilst the rest flows over you... All the best, from the UK.
EVERY time I listen to a Tool song I hear it different or hear something I haven't heard before. The only thing I know about music is I like what I like. For those that are musicians or go deep into the theory side then I can't even imagine what Tool does to them! Regards from Australia.
@@viridianperformance7124 Exactly the same for me. I'm always hearing/turning into something I haven't before that takes it up another level when I've thought the peak had already been reached. It's amazing that after thousands of times listening to a particular Tool song that continues to happen. Cheers, Massachusetts U.S. ✌🏾
This is probably one of my favorite reactions of Tool ever.....I love how it just changes people....believe me I get that feeling back everytime I watch yall.Thank for the chance to experince those chills again!Keep on that spiral brothers 👽T🌀🌀L👽
Love and appreciate all of the new music they have brought us. Just the knowledge of them each showing up to the studio to record Aenema, and it only took no more than 2 takes because they were so focused and all knew their roles. Makes loving 3rd Eye even more!!
@@Hollywood6IX I shall🙏 just like 7empest, it's a meditative, out of body experience, one of my favorite performances, and its live which makes it all the more special, played masterfully and perfectly.
you need to see them live..... you life will change FOREVER. Your right thought best band ever, welcome to the TOOL army and down the rabbit hole guys love your work. Cheers from Australia
For years I was absolutely pretentious. I was a teenager listening to tool. I now know that I didn't know how life worked, but one thing i knew back there. Tool was not to be dismissed, it was to be listened to, and be converted to. Everyone that just pasues the radio and listens to this has an awakening before them.
When I went and saw TOOL live in Adelaide/Australia for the first time and I really deeply hope with all my might not the last time it fricken blew me away how f'n tight they where. Def the best live performance iv ever seen. But what also blew me away was the couple sitting in front of me snapping their necks head banging as hard as anyone can at a ripe old age of at least 60, awesome, awesome, awesome coz at 53 I'll be doing the same in many more years to come. TOOL, their handy for fixing stuff, their a function in life. A lot of things in life won't run if it break's but with a TOOL it still has a chance to and there's TOOL... Sorry but I FUCKING love TOOL. HORNS UP.!!!!
I was lucky enough to see TOOL in 1993. I wasn’t anywhere near ready to understand anything more than they were just awesome performers because I was pretty young. But there’s something so fundamentally true when you guys get your hair blown back and just marvel at how the hell they put it all together. Like, “How THE hell do they put it all together???” It’s total black magic God music. The more I listen, the more mesmerizing and astonishing and improbable it becomes. We are so lucky to get to watch. 🔥💣💯🤘🤘
interesting fact about the tool logo on the fear inoculum album: if you draw a line between the two 'o's in tool, and 'fold the paper over' on that line, the image is a syringe. super clever shit!
Predictive programming imo in the context of the ongoing crisis, yes I'm saying the members of this band may have known about the scamdemic/plandemic before the fact. Look at fear inoculum too, what is inoculation? What does it mean to be inoculated? Think vaccines, and the idea of vaccinating people is being discussed amid this new world order beast system tyranny takeover. Also in that song the word contagion makes an appearance.
Interesting fact is Adam Jones the guitarist pulled so many old parts that he had in the vault for years and years and finally was able to complete it for this song
"7empest" is the penultimate song on Fear Inoculum. With a 15:45 run time, it's the longest track on the album. Why the 7 in the song title? That number is a theme on the album; many of the songs are in polyrhythms. A tempest is a violent, windy storm. The term also calls to mind Shakespeare's play The Tempest, thought to have been written around 1610. It's about a sorcerer named Prospero who was shipwrecked with his daughter on a deserted island. Twelve years later, he uses his magic to ground another ship and hatch a plot to get his daughter married and himself back into a position of status. The play is never referenced specifically in "7empest," but Prospero uses dark magic and deception throughout the play, and deception appears to be part of the song's theme. The song features a chorus riff that Adam Jones had carried around for over two decades. Justin Chancellor told Visions magazine he thinks the Tool guitarist had it filed away since before 1995 when the bassist joined the band. Chancellor added that the riff almost worked on their previous album. "We tried to use that riff on 10,000 Days but it was only good, not great, so we didn't use it," he said. "In the end, our way of writing music is a long process of experimentation. We enjoy the luxury of taking this very seriously and giving it the time that it needs." Jones wrote part of the song in a super-complex 21/16 time. Tool won the Best Metal Performance Grammy for the third time when "7empest" took the award in 2020. Lyrics below: (Keep calm, keeping it calm, keep calm. Fuck, here we go again) Heat lighting flash, but don't blink Misleading Tranquility ruse You're gonna happen again That's what I think Follow the evidence Look it dead in the eye You are darkness Trying to lull us in, before the havoc begins Into a dubious state of serenity Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie We know better It's not unlike you It's not unlike you We know your nature Blame it all on the bastards when you're blowing out Shame on you Shame on you, now No amount of wind could to begin to cover up your petulant stench and demeanor Calm as cookies and cream, so it seems We're not buying your dubious state of serenity Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie We know better It's not unlike you It's not unlike you We know your nature Calm before the torrent comes Calm before the torrent comes Calm before the torrent comes Calm before the tempest comes to reign all over Disputing intentions invites devastation A tempest must be true to its nature A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that Control, your delusion Insane and striking at random Victim of your certainty And therefore your doubt's not an option Blameless, the tempest will be just that So try as you may, feeble, your attempt to atone Your words to erase all the damage cannot A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that A tempest must be just that
So many of these songs from TOOL can easily bring you to tears. And does for me on many listens. It did to see you two start to begin to reach that feeling. tell me what other band can hit you like they do! Im waiting! lol! Yall kick ass! Keep up keepin up! And MORE TOOL!!!!! Once a week is killing me! lol!
What struck me at first about this song is that it reminded me of old school Tool from the Undertow album. At least Maynards voice anyways. I think they tried to incorporate some different sounds from all the albums into this one in order to bring back some of that nostalgia. I like how you used the word "enchanting" when describing the music. I've always felt they had a tribal sound to them. It's like being a part of a Native American tribal dance. I have been a fan of Tool for 24 years now but I have only been to 1 Tool concert. It's the only time I went to a concert by myself and I was completely sober. Their light show and sound was so incredible that I literally felt like I was high. I have never had an experience like that occur to me while sober. They really do have the power to put you in a trance. They are Gods.
If you listen right at 16:35 (from your video), you'll hear Adam Jones simulating his guitar going out of tune. He then simulates tuning his guitar and then starts back to ripping. True genius
Yo Trash talkers, I've noticed that you guys are always Give Adam, Danny, and Maynard their props but rarely if ever mention Justin Chancellor and his genius contribution to the "Music of the Gods". Just like you all went through the whole catalog of TOOL before listening to Fear Inoculum, I have been going through your catalog today. I subscribed btw. Keep the good shit comin fellas! 👍😎 🦉
I’ve been to 15 Tool concerts and I’ve seen them while using a plethora of different substances, but even when I was dead sober (or close to it) their live performance felt like an acid trip; a wicked and yet spiritually gifted acid trip transcending the cosmos and tickling the pineal gland.
Tool Army Here, I have been a TOOL fan for 30 years, I was there when they first came out as a group and was instantly hooked, every TOOL song invokes some kind of feeling that is the magic of this band. Please check out LATERALUS one of my favorites by them, and Thank You for being a class act.
If y'all wanna take it way back to one of Maynards first projects there's GREEN JELLO/ JELLY... LITTLE PIGS.1989. It was my first experience with Maynard. I was 14
Mephiston001 well there you go. My 3 kids love that song. Crack up laughing at the “not by the hair of my Chinny chin chin” now I can tell em who it is. Ya learn something new everyday 🤘
This was their magnum opus, it showcased unused riffs and music across their work since 90. It showed their range and Adam finally came alive. Despite you already listening to the top their entire work is not underrated for a second. This was just their answer to fans who waited patiently for over 13 years.
I've been listening to tool with my sons for the past 17 or 18 years maybe longer but Tempest is there Magnus opus. It's like a combination of everything they've done. The poly rhythms in this R RI diculous. And I love everything from opiate on that they've done and each one leaves me speechless but to end fair inoculum with this !oh my!!!! Brilliant
I gotta tell you guys, you two have got to be the best people who react to music. Y'all got great chemistry, nobody tries to out do the other!! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE, BUT YOU SEEM LIKE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING, KEEP IT UP GUYS YOUR SHOW IS GONNA BE BIG ONE DAY!!!❤❤💯💯💯💯
In the middle it sounds like the alarms are going off, warning you of the storm that’s on it’s way!!! This song has so many layers and levels that keep you hanging on to every note!!! You have to put your earphones on, turn out the lights, lay down, close your eyes, and listen to this song to really appreciate it entirely!!!
The authenticity of your reactions is so awesome. It's just epic to watch people trust that this "music" (in heavy quotes) is truly outside the scope of all other music out there. It IS the forbidden fruit because it points to a level of deliberate choices that just cannot be found elsewhere. TOOL is a running consideration of alchemy. How do they actually craft their work? Like, when you listen to Lateralus overlaid with the math of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence, it's beyond profound. Like WAY beyond profound that they were able to create that song and have it be of such epic quality and message. And that's ONE song. It's ONE SONG. I can honestly say there is nothing on earth like their music. They are a TOOL for spiritual growth. Their path and trajectory is something that exists without any parallel that I know of. It's no exaggeration to say that they are a human anomaly in history. Nothing like this exists elsewhere else. All I'm saying is that you should continue to trust that this is as good as you imagine it is and that it will continue to give to you for YEARS.
Only Tool can make a 15 minute song feel like its to short.
David R Big facts there
Facts
So so damn true!
Exactly where you don’t feel it. Because it’s that good!
Them, Zeppelin and Pink Floyd
Adam Jones (the guitarist) said this was the best accomplishment of his career
It was interesting that Maynard said Adam had written some of these riffs before he was even in the band. He knew he'd use them some day and here they are on 7empest.
“There are riffs on the new album that Adam had before I was even in the band,” he offers. “The last track, ‘7empest’ [pronounced Tempest], the main body of the first chunk of the song is a verse and then a really heavy recurring riff, something I came up with in [the time signature of] 21.
We’d been trying to find [another riff that goes with it], and it ended up being something we’d tried on several albums, with different ideas, and it just never clicked. And then all of a sudden there it is and it works, and it totally is the complete thing that the other riff needed. I think Adam had that riff when we were trying to write for [1996’s] Aenima album. It just kept getting brought up and put on the side.
Adam’s really cool like that. He’s very precious about the ideas we have and he’s always like, ‘Don’t forget about that, we’ll use it one day. You can’t be frivolous about them. You’ve got to respect the fact that they’re really worth something when you first come up with them and you think they’re good, so don’t throw them away.’ So we have this huge catalogue of stuff that we keep on the backburner.”
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Most of the song is in 21/8 haha, broken into different sets of subdivisions.
Intro: 5 5 5 6
Riff you were talking about: 8 13
Riff right after: 6 5 6 4
Bridge: 7 7 7
@@johnwilson1794 Love Tool, I'm surprised I didn't know this.
Adam sounds like he's from a more advanced species of humanoids on a different planet, especially in this particular song.
It's the best album (Guitar wise) in the last 30 years in any genre of music.
Personally I think Justin is so overlooked. He tore some shit up on this album and really holds everything together. Justin layed down some deep dirt and sick riffs from start to end.
I agree 100%. Justin's bass is the glue. Love his bass. Badass...
Stephen Webb , being that Justin wrote most of the music for this song, I’d hope the guys let him keep the Grammy they won for it at his house!
This!!!
Yep. Couldn't agree more.
Well said.🙂
100 fucking percent!! Dude needs more credit.
The first time I listened to Fear Inoculum on the surface I felt a bit let down, like somehow it didn't meet my expectations after 13 years. It took multiple listens to truly recognize and appreciate how they burned the roof down with this album. So I don't think the average listener does really understand how epic this music is at first glance. Usually songs get old the more you listen to them but this record just keeps getting better. It almost makes me a bit depressed to think we may not see more music from this band or that there will ever be another band like them. Love the reactions, keep em comin!
For sure. Some of their best stuff on this album. Like to decision to omit any vocals from the 2nd half of 'Descending' because, you know, there''s no-one left to sing.
I know what you mean dude. I feel like a dumbass now cuz I should've known better. I've been a Tool fan since 1995 and I KNOW the alien geniuses that these four guys are (and Paul). But I think because I went into it from the early raw, in your face, days that are very nostalgic for me and I've been waiting for so long for the new album that it caught me off guard and I did not fully appreciate it at first. But for me it's been the reaction videos (like this awesome one) that forced me to really sit down and listen to the new songs at another level. And fuckin shit amazeballs!! The more I listen to them the harder it is to come back to this mediocre reality. Thank you Tool for teaching this old fart to never stop Spiraling Out!!!
This album is like a homework assignment and who likes homework?? Until oneday you get on a subject that you enjoy and are intrigued by and keep studying it after the assignment is over.
You know I am die hard tool fan and I always felt that way after each album.... Multiple listens and I am hooked on it. I remember thinking 10,000 days wasn't a sequel to Lateralus but now 10,000 days is my favorite album by them.
Maybe... I really, really like this one a lot.
Lateralus is in another Galaxy haha.
AEnima is what started it all for me
Undertow/Opiate is just great 90s rock but I think when Justin joined the band they changed.
When Ænima was released (on my birthday!) I was already a Huge Tool fan trying to get all my friends in to it. But when they heard Ænima it was way easier for me to say “See Mfkers, I told you this band is at another level”. Oh my smug youthful days. Well justified.
Unsurprisingly, Tool won a Grammy for this song 🙂
They should have been nominated for album of the year, or rock album of the year, but didn't receive either nomination! So bizarre!?!
@@ibmasterblaster they are not poppy enough for either of those categories. The Grammys are moreso a pop contest than a contest of good taste.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it was their third or fourth grammy. Its unfortunate that it was for Best Metal Performance. They should have a genre all to themselves.
Thomas Twohill Znope it’s fine how it is actually
Record of the year
Tool has been my favorite band for 20 years. When my mind shifts so does the design of the music and messages in it change again. Ride the spiral.
“Why is this making me so emotional?” That is the power of Tool.
facts ^^^^
Hollywood litreally felt as if he was transcending into aome sort of DMT realm...
@@Hollywood6IX Saw them at Red Rocks in Colorado in 2001 three days before 9/11. Went in sober, came out feeling like I was tripping balls.
The Tempest do be like that sometimes.
He's a gnostic trying to find perfection. If you like literature dan Simons and the dune series are great. Like classics? Jesus and buddha fits in as well.
I'm a 59-year-old dude. When I first sat down and listened to this in early Sept 2019 I knew about 4 minutes in that this would be special. At about 7 minutes in a strange thing happened: A tear came to my eye and I started blubbering like an eight-year-old, no screaming or anything... At 10 minutes it finally dawned on me what was happening! I thought of a Beatles fan carefully placing the brand new White Album on the turntable in the late 60's, or when I heard the first minute of Zepp's "Achilles Last Stand" in 1976. Whatever reason we are drawn to Metal or any type of music, my emotions were asking me "Is this it?", "Will this be the highest moment of my music listening life?", "Will there be ever be better than this?" "Is it impossible to get better than this?". I don't believe as humans we are ever prepared to not wish for more.
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From canada, cheers friend! 🤙🤘
love this....
Beautiful sentiment sir. Music does that to me a lot alot.
Beautiful
Beautifully put.
If loving Tool is wrong I dont want to be right
Amen brother
sularetal987 yes listen to tool and love them
Absolutely
I like rabbits too.
Bad pun - lo siento
Haha Coming to America
This whole album is art at the highest level.
It's cool seeing people transformed by music on video
Yeah it's so fucking wild.
Love it! ❤
This song puts Adam Jones on full display! He goes from that "dirty, grimy" guitar into some super clean riffs. Unbelievable! BUT, don't overlook that bass! So funky!
Let's not forget the great DC and Maynard on vocals. Everyone put in 100%. They killed it.
And then, after you appreciate all that and memorize it, you start hearing Danny more and realize he's just doing his normal ridiculous Danny thing in the back... Its all good, every part.
Adam is so underrated, he has so much skill!!! He makes his guitar make sounds that you would never think a guitar would or should sound. Kinda like Hendrix would do!!!
There is no weak link in this band. Everyone is the best at there position. And maynard's vocals accompanied by vocal delivery and his songwriting is second to none..a genius
Tempest? More like Hurricane Adam - category 7
It's making me emotional... That is tool in a word. Their music reaches that lizard part of your brain where you stop just listening and actually feel the music. Their haunting melodies, dissonant chords and chord progressions, the way Adam Jones continues a theme through a song with minor variations similar to Mozart and other great classical composers. The way Manards voice is not just singing lyrics but is one of the instruments, the time signature changes that cause that off balance feeling riding the wave from quiet and beautiful to loud and sometimes violent crescendo. It's just perfect.
Cannot say it better than that.
The tempest is the culmination of their career. All members clicking at their highest level. The storm is Adam Jones. The band imo is acknowledging his genius skill by hyping up the storm until it rains down on all of us.
A much deserved Grammy Award for all the hard work and dedication. Tool will never fail to Amaze.
Does the average person listen to TOOL and recognize they’re listening to the forbidden fruit of music?
From my experience, no, not really. You have to sit them down and force them to only concentrate on the song, but if it’s just casually playing in the background, they might even ask to turn it off. I think the polyrhythms throw off the mind when it’s not ready for it.
Preech my friend
Dude I've listened to Tool since the beginning. That's the best I've heard it described.
💯
I try to play Tool for my friends...a few get it and the others don't have the necessary attention span.
You need better friends
When I heard this Album, I was mad because it took so long to come out, then I heard Tempest. I will never doubt Tool as long as I live. This Song is an absolute Masterpiece. The Crowning achievement, of the most creative group of Musicians On the planet.
When this album came out first thing I said...musical masterpiece...I listened to it over n over every day🙂
I'm surprised at the people who said it took multiple listens to appreciate this album. I was goose bumped from the beginning listen.
**Guitar solo intensifies**
“Why is this making me emotional?”
Idk either, but damn does it feel so meaningful.
A M Exactly, and Adam Jones is a very different player from David Gilmour, but the playing is focused on emotional, expressive playing and tone rather than mindless shredding. The playing conveys emotion in a similar way a Gilmour would, and I love that.
This song is a category 5 hurricane passing over head, strong and raw in the beginning, beautiful and melodic in the middle building into the final brutal strike as it moves on.
I agree, take a listen to the live version of led zeppelin Achilles last stand at knebworth
JC needs just as much love as the others in my opinion. He keeps grinding throughout, underpinning the song and allowing Adam and Danny to do their thing. JC holds it together, a real heavy lifter, chugging away. Awesome watching you get lost in TOOL btw, such an experience
I’ve seen this song live !!! I think it might have been the second time they ever played it …? New Zealand Auckland 2020 my face melted !! So epic ! I cried
My favorite song in their discography is the one I’m listening to, any album, any song.
Dude adam jones riffs are insane his sound in general is so unique I don't think I've ever heard anybody sounds like him the palm muting plucks that meaty chug on the open 6 string hauntingly psychedelic i love it so much
The entire album is a masterpiece and a journey to another realm.
Ticks and Leeches, Rosetta Stoned, Pushit
kc889 , in that freakin order (lyric videos of course)!
Ticks and leeches - YES
Pushit (studio) then Pushit (live)
@@Brotha_Teresa gotta have a lyric video for Rosetta Stoned lol
Ticks and leeches, and Rosetta stoned, yes please!!!!😍😍😍
I am the only female I know that likes TOOL! None of my friends like them my adult children tolerate them, but do not appreciate them, like I do! I have been listening since the 90's.
Right here and my name is Dawn too. Tool is #1 for me since 90s...
@@dawnmchugh9762 I think TOOL is too deep for my friends. It's nice to see someone who is not shallow.💙
Old lady TOOL fan here 👵🏻👍🏻
I have had friends that have told me they have a hard time, listening to that kind of music because of the way it makes them feel. I get it, it makes you look at yourself in a different way, you may not like what you see in yourself. It brings light to things you may mot be doing right. It might make you change, for the better. People resist change, even for the better.
@@dawnthompson9231 agreed. It's like if LSD was music...
No drugs needed. This is your consciousness expanding. It's pointing you to your higher nature. No for real.
Love it
Smokey Rameriz Spiral Out. Keep Going!!!
You hit the nail on the head my friend
@@Hollywood6IX This happened to me when I listened to Lateralus for the first time in 2001. You can't put words to it but you know it's showing you something greater, like it's opening up aspects of you that you didn't know existed. Keep going guys, love witnessing it!
Totally
TOOL- Lateralus
Seconded
Thirded 👍
Lateralus squared here, its that Fibonacci sequence lmao
Spiral out...
I had a dream. Long story short, I met Tool in the back of a semi truck I hitched a ride from. They were playing Sobor. I rolled doobies. Song over, we all puffed. Then Maynard said, Let's play that new one again, guys. The guitar started in, sounded like a choir of angels. The next guitar and drums came in sounding otherworldly. When Maynard started, he sounded like the lead angel of that choir as he maneuvered thru the song so expertly, as he does. I've tried a million times, but I cannot reproduce it in any way. I can't quite remember exactly how it went, as it was in a dream. But, I've never, ever heard a more beautiful song in all my 49 years. If it winds up being on their next album, I will totally freak out so hardcore. It probably won't happen but, if I ever hear that dream-Tool song again, that's just insanity exponentialized
I'm here for TOOL TUESDAY!
Jennifer Evans yes like all of us great band
Toolday
Yall on point for sho. This is one of the best songs on this album. This whole album is awesome. Tool has brought me back from the brink of darkness on more than one occasion. Keep up the good work on the channel. Keep jamming metal
Tools structures their songs to suck you in and immerse you a audio drug . I swear Maynard has found a way using rhythms to hypnotize you . Best band ever
You know that really satisfying feeling you get when you share something breathtaking with another person, and you can clearly see that they felt it too?? Welcome to the perpetual gift of being a Tool fan.
How can I hear the same song 100 times and still get emotional? Music is a sacred gift from our Creator.
Thanks for the reaction! This song was written by the bassist, Justin Chancellor. I think it's in 21 time or something. As always, the three instrumentalists write the music and MJK writes a story that accompanies the music. That's why their music has a much more cinematic feel to it, IMO. Anyway, the more you hear, the more prominent Chancellor's play becomes. Enjoy the rest of your ride!
Steve Willis , I agree...this was Justin’s shining moment from the album.
That's how most bands write their songs, just without the crazy time signatures and Maynard's weird-ass brain
Yes, the song is in 21/8. Some say 7/8 but the bass line phrase under the solo carries through three measures. 🤘
Based off what Maynard said, Adam wrote the riffs before Ænima even came out.
@@DawnQwark riffs do not equate a song. Tes adam had sine riffs but to put it all together you need more. Suppose justin wrote these driving basslines and adams like i know the perfect riffs to go with that and voilà we have the foundations of a song
I’ve taken so much crap for YEARS for loving this band. Never thought I’d see the day where people are discovering the absolute genius of Tool! Will see you gents every Tuesday from now on! 🤘
If someone gave me crap for listening to Tool they would literally never see or hear from me again. You need new friends if that's who was making fun of you. And it It was your family you need a new one lol. Some of my family don't like Tool but they don't crap on it. Even if it's not your style you can not deny how talented the 4 men in this band are. I have a saying. If you don't like Tool, Then Fuck you
There’s no shame at all at being way, way ahead of the masses. 💜🍺🤘
Now go back and listen for the part where Justin plays the same bar of bass in 21/8 time for like 7 minutes... The mind-blowing enjoyment is in trying to follow each part and focusing on it whilst the rest flows over you...
All the best, from the UK.
EVERY time I listen to a Tool song I hear it different or hear something I haven't heard before. The only thing I know about music is I like what I like. For those that are musicians or go deep into the theory side then I can't even imagine what Tool does to them!
Regards from Australia.
@@viridianperformance7124 Exactly the same for me. I'm always hearing/turning into something I haven't before that takes it up another level when I've thought the peak had already been reached. It's amazing that after thousands of times listening to a particular Tool song that continues to happen.
Cheers, Massachusetts U.S. ✌🏾
I look forward to TOOL Tuesday every tuesday now...u guys rock
Hey bro, just glad to have you as a fellow Trash Talker.
This is probably one of my favorite reactions of Tool ever.....I love how it just changes people....believe me I get that feeling back everytime I watch yall.Thank for the chance to experince those chills again!Keep on that spiral brothers 👽T🌀🌀L👽
Love and appreciate all of the new music they have brought us. Just the knowledge of them each showing up to the studio to record Aenema, and it only took no more than 2 takes because they were so focused and all knew their roles. Makes loving 3rd Eye even more!!
Great pick👍👍 but I'm gonna keep saying it...
TOOL - PUSHIT (SALIVAL LIVE)
I promise you, it will take you away
stick around my friend
@@Hollywood6IX I shall🙏 just like 7empest, it's a meditative, out of body experience, one of my favorite performances, and its live which makes it all the more special, played masterfully and perfectly.
cellar door , I’d advise these guys listen to the album version of Pushit, before catching the Salival version. They need it for the abstract.
@@Hollywood6IX Salival has a fun secret track called Maynard's Dick that is pretty fukcin awesome.
@@beelzebob23 absolutely nessicary as well
yeah dude, as someone who grew up a rock and roll baby 7empest is on a whole other level
"Don't hurt'em Danny!".
Favorite moment!
you need to see them live..... you life will change FOREVER. Your right thought best band ever, welcome to the TOOL army and down the rabbit hole guys love your work. Cheers from Australia
Great reaction! 😁 I ❤ Tool Tuesdays! Do Tool's Right in Two next.
Paranoid44 YES!!!
Man this whole album is off the hook. They’re hands down one of my favorite bands of all time.
"Hey Adam, how many riffs did you want in 7empest?"
"Yes"
It is something beautiful to watch people fall in love with this band
7:37. Everyone forgets about the bassist. The guy driving every thing. Every time.
You guys are much much more than the average listener my friends!!! I don’t even introduce most of my friends to Tool
TOOL IS MY RELIGION. 👀💯
Mine too. 🧠 💣 💥 💕
For years I was absolutely pretentious. I was a teenager listening to tool. I now know that I didn't know how life worked, but one thing i knew back there. Tool was not to be dismissed, it was to be listened to, and be converted to. Everyone that just pasues the radio and listens to this has an awakening before them.
Third Eye, The Patient, Rosetta Stoned
YES!!!!
PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYEEEE
I love how there's a reprise of third eye in Rosetta Stoned..." As he looked right through me with Somniferous almond eyes"
My gaping jaw
When I went and saw TOOL live in Adelaide/Australia for the first time and I really deeply hope with all my might not the last time it fricken blew me away how f'n tight they where. Def the best live performance iv ever seen. But what also blew me away was the couple sitting in front of me snapping their necks head banging as hard as anyone can at a ripe old age of at least 60, awesome, awesome, awesome coz at 53 I'll be doing the same in many more years to come. TOOL, their handy for fixing stuff, their a function in life. A lot of things in life won't run if it break's but with a TOOL it still has a chance to and there's TOOL... Sorry but I FUCKING love TOOL. HORNS UP.!!!!
I subbed for your TOOL reactions. You guys are great! Time to check our Vicarious or Jambi. You'll love both.
What Tool song would, someone who appreciates great complex music, not love?
I can’t wait for Vicarious. Their minds will explode.
I was lucky enough to see TOOL in 1993. I wasn’t anywhere near ready to understand anything more than they were just awesome performers because I was pretty young. But there’s something so fundamentally true when you guys get your hair blown back and just marvel at how the hell they put it all together. Like, “How THE hell do they put it all together???” It’s total black magic God music. The more I listen, the more mesmerizing and astonishing and improbable it becomes. We are so lucky to get to watch. 🔥💣💯🤘🤘
interesting fact about the tool logo on the fear inoculum album: if you draw a line between the two 'o's in tool, and 'fold the paper over' on that line, the image is a syringe. super clever shit!
"MIND BLOWN"
Ok wtf, that’s crazy
Predictive programming imo in the context of the ongoing crisis, yes I'm saying the members of this band may have known about the scamdemic/plandemic before the fact. Look at fear inoculum too, what is inoculation? What does it mean to be inoculated? Think vaccines, and the idea of vaccinating people is being discussed amid this new world order beast system tyranny takeover. Also in that song the word contagion makes an appearance.
Lol yes fear inoculation. DMT spirit molecule indeed
Interesting fact is Adam Jones the guitarist pulled so many old parts that he had in the vault for years and years and finally was able to complete it for this song
The album is a modern symphony.....incredible
"7empest" is the penultimate song on Fear Inoculum. With a 15:45 run time, it's the longest track on the album. Why the 7 in the song title? That number is a theme on the album; many of the songs are in polyrhythms.
A tempest is a violent, windy storm. The term also calls to mind Shakespeare's play The Tempest, thought to have been written around 1610. It's about a sorcerer named Prospero who was shipwrecked with his daughter on a deserted island. Twelve years later, he uses his magic to ground another ship and hatch a plot to get his daughter married and himself back into a position of status. The play is never referenced specifically in "7empest," but Prospero uses dark magic and deception throughout the play, and deception appears to be part of the song's theme.
The song features a chorus riff that Adam Jones had carried around for over two decades. Justin Chancellor told Visions magazine he thinks the Tool guitarist had it filed away since before 1995 when the bassist joined the band. Chancellor added that the riff almost worked on their previous album.
"We tried to use that riff on 10,000 Days but it was only good, not great, so we didn't use it," he said. "In the end, our way of writing music is a long process of experimentation. We enjoy the luxury of taking this very seriously and giving it the time that it needs." Jones wrote part of the song in a super-complex 21/16 time. Tool won the Best Metal Performance Grammy for the third time when "7empest" took the award in 2020. Lyrics below:
(Keep calm, keeping it calm, keep calm. Fuck, here we go again)
Heat lighting flash, but don't blink
Misleading
Tranquility ruse
You're gonna happen again
That's what I think
Follow the evidence
Look it dead in the eye
You are darkness
Trying to lull us in, before the havoc begins
Into a dubious state of serenity
Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie
We know better
It's not unlike you
It's not unlike you
We know your nature
Blame it all on the bastards when you're blowing out
Shame on you
Shame on you, now
No amount of wind could to begin to cover up your petulant stench and demeanor
Calm as cookies and cream, so it seems
We're not buying your dubious state of serenity
Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie
We know better
It's not unlike you
It's not unlike you
We know your nature
Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the tempest comes to reign all over
Disputing intentions invites devastation
A tempest must be true to its nature
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
Control, your delusion
Insane and striking at random
Victim of your certainty
And therefore your doubt's not an option
Blameless, the tempest will be just that
So try as you may, feeble, your attempt to atone
Your words to erase all the damage cannot
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
Don’t forget the bassist. The music wouldn’t be the same without it.
1 million % Also check out ISIS they are fiends and toured with Tool their base same thing haunting beautiful.
So many of these songs from TOOL can easily bring you to tears. And does for me on many listens. It did to see you two start to begin to reach that feeling. tell me what other band can hit you like they do! Im waiting! lol! Yall kick ass! Keep up keepin up! And MORE TOOL!!!!! Once a week is killing me! lol!
I was refreshing waiting for this to come out
Please react to Lateralus or Intolerance
As in refreshing the UA-cam feed to see this reaction
Lol @ "refreshing" bahahahahaa
What struck me at first about this song is that it reminded me of old school Tool from the Undertow album. At least Maynards voice anyways. I think they tried to incorporate some different sounds from all the albums into this one in order to bring back some of that nostalgia.
I like how you used the word "enchanting" when describing the music. I've always felt they had a tribal sound to them. It's like being a part of a Native American tribal dance.
I have been a fan of Tool for 24 years now but I have only been to 1 Tool concert. It's the only time I went to a concert by myself and I was completely sober. Their light show and sound was so incredible that I literally felt like I was high. I have never had an experience like that occur to me while sober. They really do have the power to put you in a trance. They are Gods.
Tool and pink Floyd have formed my life. I love the reactions to this amazing band. You guys really need to see a live show. Good stuff
It’s not accidental that 3rd eye starts with a heartbeat…
This album is a casted spell of the highest order, mesmerizing!
Well I've been with Tool for almost thirty years and I hope for another thirty. It's great to see people getting it. Nice!
If you listen right at 16:35 (from your video), you'll hear Adam Jones simulating his guitar going out of tune. He then simulates tuning his guitar and then starts back to ripping. True genius
I have been lucky enough to see Tool live 6 times, I'm only 31! I can die a happy man 🤘👌
GODS MUSIC!!! You know it! Hahah love it! Tool since 94’ for me.
Yo Trash talkers,
I've noticed that you guys are always
Give Adam, Danny, and Maynard their props but rarely if ever mention Justin Chancellor and his genius contribution to the "Music of the Gods".
Just like you all went through the whole catalog of TOOL before listening to Fear Inoculum, I have been going through your catalog today. I subscribed btw.
Keep the good shit comin fellas!
👍😎
🦉
I’ve been to 15 Tool concerts and I’ve seen them while using a plethora of different substances, but even when I was dead sober (or close to it) their live performance felt like an acid trip; a wicked and yet spiritually gifted acid trip transcending the cosmos and tickling the pineal gland.
Great video guys, 7empest is a journey. Jambi next week would be cool !!!
Danny can play 4 rhythms at once, one with each arm/leg. The songs are constructed so well, and show off each member's talent and skill
I can't decide what my favorite song is but I'm pretty sure my neighbors love this one, I mean even the cops show up.
They played it live for the first time at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia in February of this year. It was most triumphant. 😁
You just had your first TOOLGASM congrats welcome to the ARMY.
Tool Army Here, I have been a TOOL fan for 30 years, I was there when they first came out as a group and was instantly hooked, every TOOL song invokes some kind of feeling that is the magic of this band. Please check out LATERALUS one of my favorites by them, and Thank You for being a class act.
Justin(bass) constructs the path, Daney sets the pace, Adam lays in the scenery and Maynard explains what your seeing.
never better explained
🤘🏻🌀
Yup, you get it! It’s damn mind-blowingly friggin epic! Excellent reaction!
Isn't amazing how you can listen to a 15 minute song and be fully engaged the entire time? Not many bands can do that.
Watching you guys get off on this is amazing. Cheers.
I went through all of your tool song reactions and i just wanted to say, keep it up. You have a new sub btw
Love seeing people discover, or rather experience tool for first time. Good vid.
Tool: "Prison Sex," "Eulogy," "H." And how bout Pantera "Cemetery Gates" (studio version w/lyrics).
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Great suggestions
Go easy on them. But I agree fully.
This song man, fucking amazing. I never get tired of it, I'd listen for another 15 minutes.
If y'all wanna take it way back to one of Maynards first projects there's GREEN JELLO/ JELLY... LITTLE PIGS.1989.
It was my first experience with Maynard. I was 14
Hahahaha. Little pig, little pig, let me in!!!!!!
Is that Maynard?
@@lambofbodom5610 No, he's the "not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin" part
Mephiston001 well there you go. My 3 kids love that song. Crack up laughing at the “not by the hair of my Chinny chin chin” now I can tell em who it is. Ya learn something new everyday 🤘
You guys are funny cool!
I love Tool now more then ever!
If you'd like to spiral out just listen to Lateralus...
Clay Cooper reaching out to embrace the random
Preach. Lateralus is the song we present to aliens to represent us
Fuck yea!! Lateralus is Tool's magnum opus
Anemia is the goat in my opinion
Tool in greatness and in a league of their own. Perfection on all levels.
This was their magnum opus, it showcased unused riffs and music across their work since 90. It showed their range and Adam finally came alive. Despite you already listening to the top their entire work is not underrated for a second. This was just their answer to fans who waited patiently for over 13 years.
And you can catch the hints of all the old songs and styles in there. It's like a museum of Tool and you get rifled through it in 15:43
I've been listening to tool with my sons for the past 17 or 18 years maybe longer but Tempest is there Magnus opus. It's like a combination of everything they've done. The poly rhythms in this R RI diculous. And I love everything from opiate on that they've done and each one leaves me speechless but to end fair inoculum with this !oh my!!!! Brilliant
You never just listen to tool,you experience tool!
Some of my favourite:wings for marie 1&2, vicarious
I gotta tell you guys, you two have got to be the best people who react to music. Y'all got great chemistry, nobody tries to out do the other!! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE, BUT YOU SEEM LIKE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING, KEEP IT UP GUYS YOUR SHOW IS GONNA BE BIG ONE DAY!!!❤❤💯💯💯💯
You should react to third eye
The Forbidden Fruit of Music. Couldn't have said it any better.
In the middle it sounds like the alarms are going off, warning you of the storm that’s on it’s way!!! This song has so many layers and levels that keep you hanging on to every note!!! You have to put your earphones on, turn out the lights, lay down, close your eyes, and listen to this song to really appreciate it entirely!!!
I was there the first time they played 7empest ilive n concert. A song you can get lost in even in a big room with 20000 people. Great visuals too
Once a week Tool is not enough.. Keep it going! Pick any song and all good
The authenticity of your reactions is so awesome. It's just epic to watch people trust that this "music" (in heavy quotes) is truly outside the scope of all other music out there. It IS the forbidden fruit because it points to a level of deliberate choices that just cannot be found elsewhere. TOOL is a running consideration of alchemy. How do they actually craft their work? Like, when you listen to Lateralus overlaid with the math of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence, it's beyond profound. Like WAY beyond profound that they were able to create that song and have it be of such epic quality and message. And that's ONE song. It's ONE SONG. I can honestly say there is nothing on earth like their music. They are a TOOL for spiritual growth. Their path and trajectory is something that exists without any parallel that I know of. It's no exaggeration to say that they are a human anomaly in history. Nothing like this exists elsewhere else. All I'm saying is that you should continue to trust that this is as good as you imagine it is and that it will continue to give to you for YEARS.