Tool is hoping to release a new album in 2027 and support it with a residency at the next-level Sphere in Las Vegas, drummer Danny Carey told Spiral Out in a video interview. It would be the follow-up to 2019’s Fear Innculum, which was the band’s third consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Responding […]
Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown and Bring Me the Horizon will headline the next Sonic Temple festival at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Oh., which will take place May 14-17. Pierce the Veil, Breaking Benjamin, the Offspring, Staind, Good Charlotte, Godsmack and Megadeth will further anchor the bill. Sonic Temple drew 175,000 fans to this […]
Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer project will return early next year with its first album in five years, Normal Isn’t, which will arrive Feb. 6 from Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The lead track, “Self Evident,” is out now in tandem with a video filmed at a special album preview event at Exchange L.A. in August. “Instead of […]
Primus pulled in an eclectic list of surprise guests for its show last night (Aug. 6) at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, welcoming Tool drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor, opening act Ty Segall, South Park co-creator Matt Stone, comedian Bill Burr and bass virtuoso MonoNeon onstage at various points. Chancellor and Burr (on drums) […]
For decades, having a signature guitar was reserved for classic rock legends — the Claptons, the Hendrixes, the Pages, the SRVs and EVHs. But that’s no longer the case. From pop-punk to heavy metal, alt-country to neo-soul, modern artists of all genres and backgrounds are getting signature guitars from companies big and small. Among the […]
Nearly six years ago, Tool busted out a re-imagined and extended version of their 1992 track “Opiate” live at Sacramento’s Aftershock Festival. Now (in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their EP of the same name), the rockers released the studio version of the alternate take on the track, officially titled “Opiate2.” Alongside the new […]
Tool drummer Danny Carey was arrested on Sunday night at Kansas City International Airport on misdemeanor assault. According to TMZ, Carey was arrested after allegedly getting into a scuffle with airport security. He faces a fine of up to $13,900. Additionally, TMZ said that Carey shoved the person in the chest with two fingers and […]
Fever 333 and Night Verses drummer Aric Improta and Tool‘s Justin Chancellor collaborated in the surreal, high-octane song, “EXU.” [embedded content][embedded content] Improta explained in a statement that at the beginning of his pandemic lockdown blues, he built an infinity room. Inspired by Panos Cosmotos’ films Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy, he knew the room would be […]
“Let’s finish what we started. Shall we?” Maynard James Keenan said. Tool is taking off on the road again on a huge international tour in 2022. “It is with great pleasure I get to announce our return to the road,” Danny Carey said. “These past 18 months have been trying to say the least but […]
Music videos are the perfect bastard child of art and commerce, even more than pop music itself. A promotional visual accompaniment to a popular song doesn’t need a coherent narrative (although on rare occasions, they do). It just needs to suit the song, sell the record, and possibly make the artist look cool. But since […]