February 9th and 10th the Footprint Center stage, in Phoenix, AZ, lit up with the powerhouse that is Tool with direct support from Boston bred/and mostly now Germany-based band Elder. Elder started by warming up our ears to their heavy riffs and long instrumentals. This was my first time experiencing Elder, and I had never heard of the band until then. After this one experience though, I can easily see how the band fits and compliments Tool on this tour, as they too have some psychedelic and captivating soundscapes that just simply fits. Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Earthside – Let The Truth Speak
Over the past decade the genre known as “djent” strayed further from paying tribute to Meshuggah into a more slickly produced vein of pop music that just happens to have distorted guitars. Continue reading
Tool Books European Headline Tour Dates Including Graspop Metal Meeting, Tons Of Rock and Copenhell
Tool make their highly-anticipated return to Europe this Spring, with a month of dates slated for the 2024 trek, including outings at London’s The O2 Arena, Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena and Paris’ Accor Arena, as well as festival outings at Graspop Metal Meeting, Tons of Rock and CopenHell. See all the dates below and read our review of the current Tool headline tour here.
CONCERT REVIEW: Tool – Steel Beans Live at The Fiserv Forum
It was your typical dreary night in November in Wisconsin. It snowed 4.5 inches the day before, and was a bitter windy cold. Luckily Tool came to town to warm things up with their two-plus hour-long set.
ALBUM REVIEW: MTVoid (Tool) – Matter’s Knot, Pt.1
Tool’s bassist Justin Chancellor and Polish Alt-Metal outfit Sweet Noise’s frontman Peter Mohamed first met at a European music festival. A shared desire to collaborate in some way or another finally came to fruition in 2013 with MTVoid’s first album, Nothing’s Matter. Now ten years on the pair release their follow up, Matter’s Knot, Pt.1 (Lobal Orning).
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Tool Books 2024 North American Tour Dates with Elder
Tool, following a weekend that saw the band headline Aftershock and play the historic Power Trip festival, have announced a new round of U.S. dates for 2024, a trek that marks the band’s return to Madison Square Garden for the first time since 2001, and includes a doubleheader at Los Angeles’ Cypto.com Arena. Direct support will come from Elder on all dates.
ALBUM REVIEW: Source – Emergence
As album titles go, Emergence (Self-Released) is a powerful and meaningful moniker for Progressive Metallers Source at this point in their careers. Firstly, it references the album’s inspiration and, in part, narrative of new realisation and “transformation” of vocalist/guitarist Ben Gleason’s worldview following global pandemic-forced lockdowns and the following readjustment.
Goldenvoice Announces Schedule For Power Trip ft. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Tool, AC/DC, and Judas Priest
Goldenvoice today announced the schedule for Power Trip, the historic three-day event taking place October 6, 7, and 8 and bringing together six iconic bands that define loud and powerful music: Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden (Friday, October 6), AC/DC and Judas Priest (Saturday, October 7) and Metallica and Tool (Sunday, October 8). This unique night-time desert setting with unmatched concert production will amplify the experience beyond the traditional stadium or parking lot concert norm with three double-billed headlining performances. This is the most rocking line-up to ever perform in an unparalleled location for heavy music audiences looking for an unforgettable weekend escape. For more information about ticket types, packages, and more, head to powertrip.live.
Tool Announces Viral Sensation Steel Beans As The Opening Act for Their Headline Tour
Tool is about to kick off their highly-anticipated first headline tour of 2023. The fall North American tour dates include the band’s first shows in Canada since 2019. Known for their eclectic and decidedly not metal opening acts, the has has shared that relatively unknown Steel Beans will be the one support on their tour. Steel Beans is the one-man garage-rock artist Jeremy DeBardi who was little-known before having success with viral videos on iInstagram in 2022. Steel Beans will join Tool on all but their festival dates in 2023. Congrats dude!