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Tool are POOOOOOO. It's disappointing they are lumped under PROG. They don't deserve that honour. ;) They can't write a melody to save themselves. Just another metal band with a garbage vocalist. Metal was good when Ozzy and Dio were with Sabbath and Judas Priest were starting. Now it's just boring with a bit of good drumming. :cool:
 
Madtiger2006 said:
Tool are POOOOOOO. It's disappointing they are lumped under PROG. They don't deserve that honour. ;) They can't write a melody to save themselves. Just another metal band with a garbage vocalist. Metal was good when Ozzy and Dio were with Sabbath and Judas Priest were starting. Now it's just boring with a bit of good drumming. :cool:
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I think that's why people hate on em.

The drums and vocals take centre stage and not the guitar.


Anyway,I'm allowed to be elitist because I'm a Genesis fan.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway blows away any thing Tool or Radiohead or any other band have done.

70s music 5,000,000 light years >>>> todays music-that's just facts folks.


Listening to the mighty Stevie Wonder atm,his 70s releases are incredible.

Can't wait for his concert!
 
Madtiger2006 said:
Tool are POOOOOOO. It's disappointing they are lumped under PROG. They don't deserve that honour. ;) They can't write a melody to save themselves. Just another metal band with a garbage vocalist. Metal was good when Ozzy and Dio were with Sabbath and Judas Priest were starting. Now it's just boring with a bit of good drumming. :cool:
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Fair enough if they're not you're cup of tea but what you just said is still a subjective steaming pile of shit and was followed by a post not much better. I do really like Peter Gabriel Genesis though.
 
The Sim Dog said:
Fair enough if they're not you're cup of tea but what you just said is still a subjective steaming pile of shit and was followed by a post not much better. I do really like Peter Gabriel Genesis though.
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I'm telling you they are mediocre because my limits are much higher. Real prog is 70s, Tool are a nothing band like 1000s of other modern bands :thumbsu:
 

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The Sim Dog said:
Again. Don't be ####n ridiculous.
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lol. I know what I'm on about. :thumbsu: Been brought up with the sound of the hammond and rhodes playing jazz and fusion in the loungeroom. You think I'm going to rate Tool? ;) I'll just put on some Hatfield. Light years ahead even though it's 33 years old. Tool and 1000's of bands from the 80s, 90s and 00s are mediocre. Don't be fooled by some odd time signatures. The difficult and most valuable part is in the discovery of a melody. That's when it gets interesting and musicianship is the icing on the cake. Tool are just a bunch of musicians but they are missing the key ingrediant
 
Madtiger2006 said:
I'm telling you they are mediocre because my limits are much higher. Real prog is 70s, Tool are a nothing band like 1000s of other modern bands :thumbsu:
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Ha ha, MadTiger is a prog w***er!

And KingMalee, you hit the nail on the head there, the basis of Tool is in the rhythm, that's what I love about them actually, it's a interesting way to approach a song. Music doesn't actually have to have melody as some people would have you think. Meshuggah are kind of a extreme metal version of Tool who approach songwriting in a similar way. Of course to write music in this way, you need an awesome drummer, and there are few better than Danny Carey from Tool and Tomas Haake from Meshuggah! :thumbsu:
 
the_interloper said:
And KingMalee, you hit the nail on the head there, the basis of Tool is in the rhythm, that's what I love about them actually, it's a interesting way to approach a song. Music doesn't actually have to have melody as some people would have you think. Meshuggah are kind of a extreme metal version of Tool who approach songwriting in a similar way. Of course to write music in this way, you need an awesome drummer, and there are few better than Danny Carey from Tool and Tomas Haake from Meshuggah! :thumbsu:
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Cheers guys. I did ask the question as I am interested from a song writing point of view & rhythm focussed writing is important to me as I'm usually part of the rhythm section.

Is there anywhere or any books out there that have a look at the background of this aspect of tool?
 
the_interloper said:
Ha ha, MadTiger is a prog w***er!

And KingMalee, you hit the nail on the head there, the basis of Tool is in the rhythm, that's what I love about them actually, it's a interesting way to approach a song. Music doesn't actually have to have melody as some people would have you think. Meshuggah are kind of a extreme metal version of Tool who approach songwriting in a similar way. Of course to write music in this way, you need an awesome drummer, and there are few better than Danny Carey from Tool and Tomas Haake from Meshuggah! :thumbsu:
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lol @ meshuggah. Terrible music :cool:
 
Schism said:
You are dead to me.
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Yeah everything's dead to you metalheads :cool:
Image music. You'll move onto another musical trend soon. What's next Death Greek Folk? Death Chilean Pipe music? Death Russian Accordion, Death Scottish Marching Music? Try quality instead of quantity. You'll find your taste improves significently :D
 

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Madtiger2006 said:
Yeah everything's dead to you metalheads :cool:
Image music. You'll move onto another musical trend soon. What's next Death Greek Folk? Death Chilean Pipe music? Death Russian Accordion, Death Scottish Marching Music? Try quality instead of quantity. You'll find your taste improves significently :D
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Death greek folk = Dead Congregation

Death chilean pipe music = Uaral

I don't know about death russian accordian or death scottish marching music...but they sound intriguing. UneXpect and Irepress may cover both those genres.I shall investigate further.

uneXpect mix elements of Black, Death, Progressive and Melodic Metal; Classical, Operatic, Medieval, Goth, Electro, Ambient, Psychotic, Noise and Circus Music with an occasional jazzy touch. With a crew composed of 7 different beings, the atmosphere sometimes takes a form of symphonic proportion by its sound diversity and arrangements. Their vocal performance range from one extreme to the other as they alternate between glorious choirs; inhuman screams of deep, high, mid-growl and delirious intensity; theatrical narrations and clean/sober sections strewn with bewitching feminine singing pleasures.

I've got In a Flesh Aquarium by uneXpect,it's a bit too out there for me. But you asked...so i answered. Those trends have already been and gone :D
 
Schism said:
Death greek folk = Dead Congregation

Death chilean pipe music = Uaral

I don't know about death russian accordian or death scottish marching music...but they sound intriguing. UneXpect and Irepress may cover both those genres.I shall investigate further.

uneXpect mix elements of Black, Death, Progressive and Melodic Metal; Classical, Operatic, Medieval, Goth, Electro, Ambient, Psychotic, Noise and Circus Music with an occasional jazzy touch. With a crew composed of 7 different beings, the atmosphere sometimes takes a form of symphonic proportion by its sound diversity and arrangements. Their vocal performance range from one extreme to the other as they alternate between glorious choirs; inhuman screams of deep, high, mid-growl and delirious intensity; theatrical narrations and clean/sober sections strewn with bewitching feminine singing pleasures.

I've got In a Flesh Aquarium by uneXpect,it's a bit too out there for me. But you asked...so i answered. Those trends have already been and gone :D
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Opeth are good when the guy sings and they don't play metal. Damnation is a pretty good album. But Deliverance is complete and utter POO :p
 
King_Mallee said:
speaking of mixing genres have you heard Virgin Black who supported Opeth in '04. Brilliant Opera metal
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Yup i have talked up VB on this board before. Great band but probably not as original as some people think,another aussie band called Paramaecium was doing the same thing well before VB. Cryptal Dakness were another good aussie band that had a similar sound.
 
I love Tool because I enjoy that genre of music. I don't need to justify my music tastes to anyone. You like what you like and f*ck the rest. What I can't stand are people who bag other peoples music tastes just because they don't understand it. I know the OP wasn't having a dig, but my point is you don't have to fully understand something to enjoy it.
I enjoy their sound, the way the songs build and flow over a long period of time, the lyrics, MJK's vocals, everything.
It's so hard to have conversations with people about music because everyone always treats it like a competition and not an art which it is.
 

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