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[Kashmir86]

Originally Posted by Seltzer

I like Tool a lot. Sometimes, I find the guitar to be a bit annoyingly simplistic at times, but it fits in very well, so that's ok.

I feel the same, but you sort of just have to listen to the band as a whole, not just one instrument or the vocals. The band as a whole works together so amazingly, and they produce some of the deepest musical concepts of any prog. group. The only problem I have with them is I get tired of that same dark, dreary, angry tone that you find in almost every tool song. If I want to listen to prog. for long amounts of time, I turn to the floyd...

[Merkaba]

Originally Posted by Kashmir86

The only problem I have with them is I get tired of that same dark, dreary, angry tone that you find in almost every tool song.

It's interesting because until Lateralus I had thought that as well.

I don't know why but I find Lateralus to be a very light sort of heavy in many places. In Parabola, the feeling is enlightening. But this is strange because the music is so heavily played. I think Maynard makes it lighter using the softer vocals without the dismay he incorporated in past songs like Pu**** and H.

I still think Tool are pretty dark in their feeling but maybe not so much in Lateralus. The Patient is probably my favourite song on that album right now. It's fairly comforting as a pose to much of their earlier angry work, or even the previous song of The Grudge. Oh and does anybody else think The Patient sounds just like APC's The Package? The same structure and sound. I think theres an uncanny resemblance.