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cardboard adolescent · 12-17-2005, 06:28 PM

I was introduced to Tool through Opiate, and then I bought Aenima. I was thoroughly obsessed with Aenima for a while, and then I got Undertow and Lateralus at the same time, so I was sort of introduced to all aspects of Tool at the same time, with Undertow and Lateralus standing as almost polar opposites.

In any case, Lateralus always did strike me as a pretty mellow, almost psychadelic album, although it is still pretty dark, but I never really thought of it as "angry." I can listen to Tool regardless of what mood I'm in.

I never did really get into the Patient though, it might just be because it was at the beginning of the CD and so I heard it more than the other songs which I might not get to... but songs like Schism, Parabola (Parabol more so, really), and Reflection always struck me as "light" especially compared to something like Ticks & Leeches or stuff on Undertow or Opiate.

So no, I was never really bogged down by any similarity in tone on any Tool albums, in fact, the variety in tone is what always intrigued me about Tool.

Maybe it's just because I'm a Tool-head.

12-17-2005, 06:28 PM	#28 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	I was introduced to Tool through Opiate, and then I bought Aenima. I was thoroughly obsessed with Aenima for a while, and then I got Undertow and Lateralus at the same time, so I was sort of introduced to all aspects of Tool at the same time, with Undertow and Lateralus standing as almost polar opposites. In any case, Lateralus always did strike me as a pretty mellow, almost psychadelic album, although it is still pretty dark, but I never really thought of it as "angry." I can listen to Tool regardless of what mood I'm in. I never did really get into the Patient though, it might just be because it was at the beginning of the CD and so I heard it more than the other songs which I might not get to... but songs like Schism, Parabola (Parabol more so, really), and Reflection always struck me as "light" especially compared to something like Ticks & Leeches or stuff on Undertow or Opiate. So no, I was never really bogged down by any similarity in tone on any Tool albums, in fact, the variety in tone is what always intrigued me about Tool. Maybe it's just because I'm a Tool-head.