anybody knows a band like tool only that it doesn't suck?
Check out this band called Tool.
uhh King Crimson, I think ?
>>61431076
Sorry buddy, Tool is the only band I know that sounds like Tool. You either like them or don't at this point
DUDE KARNIVOOL LMAO
>>61431147
I feel like Soen deserve a mention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHttic3FrjQ
A little more on the 'modern prog metal' side of the spectrum (as opposed to what?) but one of my recent favourites.
opeth
Taproot
>>61431128
Tool wouldn't exist without King Crimson for sure
>>61431155
Karnivool sounds EXACTLY like Tool.
>>61431076
I feel like Klone deserves a mention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpcAzFs-GI
The vocals are not dissimilar to Maynard's, and the harmony is way more progressive -- by which I mean, they use scales other than D minor pentatonic.
>>61431114
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>>61431279
Kek
>>61431347
>/thread
>>61431337
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3X2Ae3hLgo
>>61431076
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnDLhNKT1Xo
This band is actually just Tool 2.0
>>61431076
What have you heard? They seem to get less heavy and more technical as time moves on. Which is never a problem for me. If you have only listened to 10,000 days and lateralus, the try earlier stuff like opiate and undertow. You might like that added grittiness.
They've toured with Meshuggah, Mastodon and Melvins - listen to those three
>>61431411
>touring with bands that absolutely blow you out of the water for cred
>>61431436
I love Meshuggah because Autists can't comprehend whats going on.
>>61431076
Indukti
Porcupine Tree
>>61431376
I was about to post them
>>61431448
I thought autists were the only ones who "get" Meshuggah
When you're listening to Tool, just remember that they're not like other bands. Their music is incredibly artistic, almost to the point where you have to be paying complete attention to them to even remotely understand them. I remember listening to a song on Lateralus (though I can't remember what it was), where I thought a song was absolute bollocks during the listen. Then, I closed my eyes for a second, and all of a sudden the song had an entirely new meaning. It was insane the way Tool could just become something so different when you take a look into the music.
Another thing you should note about Tool is that it's easy to get a headache listening to them. Not because they're a bad band, but because of how many ideas their music is riddled with and how complex they are. Soon enough your head will fill to the brim and the rest will just sound like noise to you. Just turn it off and give it a listen the next day.
If you don't like the music, you'll definitely at least enjoy reading through the lyrics, and picking apart the song itself and all of the artistic values that go into making it the complexity that it is.
>>61433127
It genuinely amazes me how many idiots think their lyrics have deep meaning. One of their songs is literally Maynard reciting a cookie recipe in German
Can this become a tool general thread? Cause I want to see how many people agree with me. Schism is fuckin amazing, and is the only memorable song off lateralus
>>61433152
>implying that isn't the deepest shit ever
kyuss
>>61433515
God, have you listened to tick and leeches or the grudge? These are some of the most epic songs in the world.
early dredg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhBUdCJwuuY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WbkBAylt9Y
>>61433127
I feel like this record was made just for me by super-smart aliens or something, because it's just like a cross of 1971 and 1987. Imagine, like, Peter Gabriel with batwings or a flower on his head singing while Lars Ulrich and Rick Wakeman just hammer it down. It's the best Tool record because it's the longest. All summer I worked at Gadzooks, folding novelty t-shirts, and on each break, I would listen to Lateralus because the store just plays hip-hop and dance. My manager would always get on me for taking my breaks 20 minutes too long, but that's how long the album is and it just sucks you in. It's like this big desert world with mountains of riffs, and drum thunderstorms just roll across the sky. The packaging is also cool, since it has this clear book with a skinless guy, and as you turn the pages, it rips off his muscles and stuff. Tool's music does the same thing. It can just rip the muscles and skin off you. I think that's what they meant. So my manager would be like, "Hey, there's a new box of 'Blunt Simpson' shirts I need you to put out and the 'Original Jackass' shelf is getting low." He's a vegan and I would buy him Orange Julius because he didn't know there's egg powder in there.
Hey, I just arrived, thanks for the replies so far. Listening to Karnivool for the first time now, I like it a lot.
>>61433515
>the only memorable song off lateralus
God no. Schism is good but it's not even my favourite, Parabol/Parabola and the Disposition/Reflection/Triad suite are among the best things they've ever done.
>>61433515
Lol no even Lateralus itself is catchy as fuck
>>61433581
You can really hear the 8x8 and 10x10 toms in the opening for "Ticks & Leeches." Over the summer, I counted the number of tom hits in that song, and it's 1,023!! Amazing.
