Album Review: Tool - "10,000 Days" (2006)

I bought this album about three weeks ago and am only getting around to reviewing it now. That should tell you something about how much I'm enjoying it, which is to say, not much. The first track, "Vicarious", is amazing, but from there, it's all downhill. Pointlessly heavy at times and without enough structure to keep me interested on top of far too much anger, these guys sure can play, but to what end?

Zeppelin and Rush were able to pull off seven-minute-plus tracks that have stood the test of time, but Tool is not in their league because they try to do too much. All the packaging and technical prowess can't substitute for the one thing that's lacking here, and that's this - good songs.

A lot of sizzle but the $12.95er (scroll down to the bottom of the linked page), this is not.

Overall rating: 4.5/10