Tool Album Review
Tool has recently release their new album, 10,000 Days, not to be confused with Disturbed’s 10,000 Fists. The first song on the album is called “Vicarious”, and if you visited Tool’s website anytime when the album first came out, this intro was playing. The “I need to watch things die” is probably the most catchy part of the entire song, but I would listen to the whole song anytime. The next song is “Jambi”, a single. The beginning verse is just magical, along with the guitar riff that plays throughout the song. My favorite part is the “Damn my eyes” in the bridge, along with the part right after that, which includes the guitar solo. The next two songs are probably my favorite of the album, partially because of the meaning behind them.
Number three is “Wings For Marie (Part 1),” while number four is the self-titled “10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)”. The first talks about how Jesus (Christ) descended into hell, along with his crucifixion and death. The effect of both these songs is amazing, especially when listening to them through head-phones really loud. The “10,000 Days” in the next refers to the 10,000 days that Christ spent in hell, then rose from it and ascended unto Heaven. It also talks about his divinity among mortals and the familiarity with his father. The song also contains tracks from a storm, rain and thunder, which gives it an even more “crown” feeling effect. I was quite surprised by Tool’s Christian influence, but also found it in their song “Eulogy,” which is in fact, a eulogy for Jesus. It’s really neat if you listened to the song before, then realized it later. It just makes things fit together.
The next song is their most popular single, “The Pot.” This song is about, oddly enough, pot. I think the whole thing was meant to be ironic in a way. I thought it was pretty funny. The beginning of the song is the best, because if you turn up the volume, you can hear the reverse echo of the intro. The melody to the intro is great. Number six is called “Lipan Conjuring,” and is just a tribal chant. Honestly I usually skip it, unless I’m in the need of a relaxing, say nothing song. The next, “Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann),” is basically an interlude, but towards the end it sounds like a hospital with an unknown patient who doesn’t know where he is or something. “Rosetta Stoned” has either really fast lyrics, or actual gibberish spoken, and continues to be an interlude. “Intension” seems like a continuation of the last two [those three sort of blend together].
The last actual song on the album is “Right In Two,” another awesome song. It talks about how [again the Christian theme] God gave humans free will, and the humans misuse it, by comparing us to monkeys. I found this funny since most Christians believe in Creation, which usually doesn’t support evolution. My favorite part is “Angels on the sidelines,” where it has that sort of disappointed feeling attached to it. The last song, “Viginti Tres,” [which is 23 in Latin], is just nosies. Very cool nosies at that. Apparently there are lyrics to be found in it, which is also Latin? I’m not sure. That reminds me of the number 23, which I’m coming to believe that it is evil… But I shall save that for another post. These summaries and interpretations are mine, and can be wrong, with which I am perfectly comfortable. If you have your own opinion, please share.