TOOL - 7empest | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@andyandalex]

After some thought and conversation with some people, I’m thinking we should do another track as I’ve started hearing greater opinions on multiple tracks, go ahead and vote in the Poll on the community page to decide which Tool song we should next off the new album, after that I think we wanna go all the way back to check out some stuff from their debut! Have a great day guys this song was a BANGER! 🔥🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@PoliticallyAffiliated]

Pneuma! Or invincible! Off the first album. Do flood.. hard as fuck.

[@mikeymckinnon5778]

Andy & Alex How the fuck do you start dissecting this??!! I’m telling you now... They are on the same level as Floyd. Utterly outstanding. It’s like every Tool song rolled up into one. For some early Tool I’d suggest Stinkfist, Third Eye or Hooker with a penis. Raw as fuck. Hope you’re both well lads 💚🤘🏼🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

[@gotomymostpopularvideo3235]

Andy & Alex Andy & Alex you must do “18 and life” by skid row. this is their biggest song along with “I remember you” probably the greatest hair metal song of all time. they are a 80s and 90s band who’s first album was released in 1989. their first album had 3 of their biggest songs. 18 and life was inspired by the guitarist reading a story in the newspaper about an 18 year old who accidentally killed his best friend with a gun. he didn’t know the gun was loaded. the 18 year old got prison for life. the singer, sebastian bach, has an extremely powerful voice which was meant for the song. the range of his voice was incredible and “18 and life” scored #4 on the US charts giving them their biggest hit.

[@jerm154]

Should do Pneuma!!!!

[@2013_Shox]

Just listen to the whole album and then upload it in segments for the monetisation if there is any on KZbin these days. Then your opinion will be from the album as a whole.

[@getbendt2970]

Didn't you know, TooL has two drummers. Danny and Carey.

[@thomasbruzzese6419]

GETBENDT I’d hug you if I knew you at all, amazing comment.

[@benscott8747]

I always think of it as four drummers .. Danny, Mother, Fucking, Carey 2 arms each 2x4 gets to 8 making the ultimate octopus drummer he is.

[@lbow09]

🐙

[@Mazzini11]

Seriously though, everyone thinks Adam had the spotlight here. Yet, Danny was like, "Uh, I can keep up"

[@sidmf]

Nobody: These guys: _ _ 👄

[@joshuahuf9747]

😂

[@adjentb]

😂😂

[@odysseus384]

💀

[@lbow09]

Ha. 😂😂😂

[@hazardgaminghg122]

So true🤣

[@nickrose83]

You guys gotta hit up Pneuma. Fucking great track. My personal fav.

[@DragonFly-qm4vh]

For me its the best along with Fear Inoculum

[@BKJ-88]

Pneuma is the one.

[@inkubuzz]

Pneumaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

[@inkubuzz]

And then Chocolate Chip Trip, you're in for a treat

[@michaeltiideberg2670]

I concur

[@bawse420]

The whole album is absolutely amazing. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have their hearing checked.

[@ExploreNC]

Some peoples weak minds cannot handle TOOL !! They would rather listen to simple 4/4 beats and people singing about shooting other people and doing drugs and bitches !! Go figure .

[@Cosmic_42]

@@ExploreNC 4/4 and 120bpm for the masses zzz

[@johncostello9356]

It’s their weakest album. 4 interludes also?? Cmon

[@kyokushinheart]

John Costello in 10,000 day you have: Vicarious, Jambi, 10000 days part 2, the pot, rosseta stoned and right in two... 6 songs. In Lateralus you have the grudge, the pacient, schisms, parabola, lateralus, reflection... 6 songs. Here you have fear inoculum, pneuma, invincible, 7empest, culing voices, descending... 6 songs. Watafak are you talking about???

[@Hairyparrot]

@@johncostello9356 Have to agree....

[@darrenwozniak4364]

Definitely need to listen to Pneuma. Danny Cary is an octopus...it's the only explanation.

[@jaimeduendeozzzkr]

They already have

[@inquadroinquadri]

@@jaimeduendeozzzkr link?

[@masonblack3461]

@@jaimeduendeozzzkr Link please? I looked through their listed videos so if they did then it was taken down.

[@ThatofMusic]

Truth

[@Nedbeaner]

Danny is not human

[@davidobrien9216]

Descending is a fantastic track, it just builds and builds, outstanding

[@jays3710]

True that

[@HeavyStein117]

And the lyrics feets too much with the music, fantastic track

[@Bassmaster3250]

Descending=Tool's Freebird

[@xVIPgaming]

What if we’re supposed to listen to descending from end to start?! 🤯

[@beenperv]

On a 7 for 12 minutes

[@longingbydesign]

This is definitely the shortest 16 minute song in the history of music.

[@chaost4544]

It really is. It definitely doesn't feel like 15 minutes.

[@nybsfp7486]

It happens every single time I listen to it: “Fuck - how can it be over already!”

[@jonthulhu]

For real. Invincible felt longer than this song.

[@loyaluwang4228]

How tf do they do that it's like eveyone of their song

[@tomasbcs]

You guys are like a live-action Beavis & Butthead, i dig it...

[@justinbennett8057]

That was my first thought!

[@quintfl]

Beavis is supposed to sit on the right

[@RickmoZamms]

No they are not. Spoke. Like a true millennial. Born after the show ended and have your finger off the pulse but trying desperately to get there.

[@raygengamer8440]

Are you threatening me?!!!!

[@raygengamer8440]

Nerdy old white Guy let’s get him banned off Twitter!!! That Trump supporter!!!!

[@romantorrijos9470]

This is Tool’s dark side of the moon album for today’s generation! No doubt! Enjoy it and dig deep.. the messages are real.. ponder and transform. Great album!

[@chaost4544]

That's a great comparison.

[@KJT3000]

Adam Jones's guitar pick.....has its own guitar pick.

[@williamkramer9731]

Takes a ton of patience too learn anything they do, that's for sure

[@MaRodney07]

Adam Jones uses his picks with his superior mind powers He is that ascended

[@musicfeedsthesoultg5318]

I swear, I just imagine his guitar becoming self-aware and just pulling away and playing by itself LOL, Adams arms just held up over him head. His play in this song is so great!

[@GrowingDank42]

Pneuma is the best song I’ve heard in the last 13 years.

[@rdubya4911]

I see what you did there.

[@frhowe08]

Suraj Bhalaik way to ruin an amazing thread asshat

[@dianajemison105]

Don't listen to the people poo-pooing the album. It's a grower. Like some others have said, check out Pneuma next.

[@ThisIsAnAnnoyingProc]

Diana Jemison its reception is proof at least that the haters are more vocal than they are present

[@Hairyparrot]

For some of us.... Its not a hate. We are fans not fan boys. Take a deep listen and you will find that TOOL has made an album that is good, yet when you recycle riffs and drum patterns from past songs/cds and lay them in new songs.. Is it a new album or a best of album. After a 13 yr wait more was expected. Something new and fresh we craved. Didn't get it this time. Maybe 13 years from now we will get that something new and special concept album. If we live that long.

[@Hairyparrot]

For some of us.... Its not a hate. We are fans not fan boys. Take a deep listen and you will find that TOOL has made an album that is good, yet when you recycle riffs and drum patterns from past songs/cds and lay them in new songs.. Is it a new album or a best of album. After a 13 yr wait more was expected. Something new and fresh we craved. Didn't get it this time. Maybe 13 years from now we will get that something new and special concept album. If we live that long.

[@GamingSaurusRexYTube]

Hairyparrot please don’t say “we.” Your idea of what is fresh and new is most likely different from the fan next to you

[@Hairyparrot]

@@GamingSaurusRexYTube we we we. My thoughts my words and I don't need the thought police to censor my words.

[@ExploreNC]

Been listening to TOOL everyday for well over 20 years , greatness never gets old !!!

[@jayinfctd292]

Tool....Simply the best band on planet besides pink floyd 🤘🤘🙏🙏👊👊

[@doorshotel]

I cannot stop listening to the new album. Every day. It's just such a masterpiece. I especially love how there is no radio friendly 3 minute song. It's pure musical gold.

[@CharlieAnneCaves]

Same. My car must have a CD player!!!

[@anthonyoliva5291]

I agree...Hell yeah...I can dig it

[@curtisgunnarson1768]

Pneuma, Invincible, Descending,Culling Voices, it’s difficult to pick one, each song takes you on a journey. Tool has evolved from Anger to Transcendence. Awesome Musicianship and thought provoking lyrics.Bless this immunity.

[@shubhamkumar8596]

fear inoculum title track is also banger

[@brianmanning9271]

Depending on my mood, 7empest, pneuma, descending, invincible, culling voices and even fear inoculum can all be my favorite.

[@therealmcyousee5281]

This album will just grow on you and get better every time you listen. It's lot to digest musically, but once you can understand and anticipate what's happening you'll really start to jam with it. I think Invincible is the next one you should tackle 🤘

[@slantz49]

I USED TO BE INVINCIBLE...NOW MY ARMOR IS WEARING THIN ... HEAVY SHEILD DOWN .....love that track !

[@bryanwest8434]

Also, don’t let anyone tell you this album is soft. Every. Single. Song. Ends like a fucking wildfire. It’s not my favorite or their albums but damn is it great. I’m very pleased with this newest work

[@2013_Shox]

Anyone who enjoyed all of tools albums and gave them all proper listens will like this, anyone who says they are a tool fan and doesn't like it is the type to pick 2 "bangers" of an album and put them on shuffle.

[@danessazwarton4733]

Not true at all

[@HonorableGentlemen]

Yuppppp

[@DhirenSonawane]

My man

[@Spasstiful]

This album is, hands down, a drummers heaven. DC is a creative mastermind, his fills in this album are just next level shit. Recommendations are Pneuma and Descending. Especially descending is a journey. Keep it coming :)

[@Jaysun1]

Pneuma is the best song on the album IMO.

[@drg9522]

Dream Theater: "I'll treat'em all to sonic ecstasy" TooL: "Hold our beers for 15 min"

[@lbow09]

Mattia Catalano ❤️ this comment 🌀

[@MaxWindshear]

TooL: "So what'd ya think of that?" Dream Theater: "Hold our diplomas for 15 min"

[@absentcoder4552]

MaxWindshear Their Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence? The ones they got for their dissertation on Illumination Theory?

[@musicmademejester]

Desending, Pnuema, and Invincible are the best songs on the album. You should react to those songs on this channel. New song ranked(In my opinion) 1. Desending 2. Pnuema 3. Invincible 4. 7empest 5. Culling Voices 6. Fear Inoculum This has changed alot since release and songs get better the more you listen to them but that's where I am at right now.

[@Kardaszpm]

I think FI should be higher than CV. Love ya

[@dennisferguson1029]

Agreed but I’d swap Culling Voices and 7empest around

[@frightenedsoul]

Couple of years later now and I’m agreeing with this list still.

[@jacobfletcher3922]

So I read in an interview that there is a riff in this song that Adam wrote in the late 90s, but never could put in a song. I think it's the one that starts at 11:32 Love this album so much. Invincible and Culling Voices!

[@GeekFurious]

Every song on this album is great. Every. Single. One.

[@legionsherwood1744]

You can't listen to a Tool song one time and expect to get it. It takes multiple times and maybe more for certain listeners, ESPECIALLY the older Tool songs. I have been listening to Tool for nearly 20 years and Lateraus by Tool is still my top 3 songs by any artist of all time. Shit..I had to listen to it nearly 8 times before I fully heard it.

[@andrewpeterson5078]

Kinds looks like they're watching a particularly intense game of ping pong.

[@lbow09]

I love that you all stopped mid jam to get each other nods of approval!!! Definitely a badass song!!!!! Masterpiece!

[@marsjam4117]

If you like Pink Floyd, you will appreciate the new album.

[@NobodyAtAll1969]

I was thinking that the whole way through this album, it was like listening to wish you were here all over again, not that was a bad thing, I fucking love this album. took me about 4 listens to appreciate it though. 10,000 days is probably my favorite tool album though.

[@jamieweigold5234]

@@NobodyAtAll1969 Hate Pink Floyd but love the new album.

[@Egoblivion]

They also evoke King Crimson and ELP on this album.

[@joshalicea9870]

Cat Earth Shill Confirmed especially shine on you crazy diamond

[@stabbyeinstein6731]

My wife and I get to see them for the second time in November! I so hope that they play 7empest & Pneuma! and the whole album for that matter!!!!! Tool=GOAT!!!(edit) I think Alex meant 9.99...

[@ethanwilliams9566]

Stabby Einstein Same here! Seeing them in Indianapolis and couldn’t be more excited

[@tylerhastings236]

Will be seeing them for the first time in dc this November!!

[@1monsterthumb]

A will have my first time experience in Nov ! Too excited.

[@mmk7340]

Same here. I'm going with my son. Can't express how happy that makes me.

[@thaplymouth7155]

KZbin: Layne Staley and Chris Cornell | TOOL - 7empest (REACTION)

[@thegreypigeon]

Love the drive this band produces... songs you will go back to again and again.Well done guys.

[@friedpickles342]

I was telling my friend the other day that not only does this track span TOOLS entire musical portfolio history but also other tracks like invincible pays homage to my favorite band of all time.. Rush!! That synth guitar is straight out of 80's rush albums.

[@friedpickles342]

If i didn't love RUSH so much TOOL. would be my favorite band.

[@BecksDad93]

All four of these gentlemen are masters of their craft. It’s unreal to think that we grew up and are living with Tools music. The universe works in weird ways.

[@JoeBlow_4]

Pneuma! The whole album is epic. A great final recording for TOOL. Brought it all back together.

[@sheerqueencat5089]

I really like the change-ups in moods and rhythms! Great video! (my piano teacher says tension is very important for any song, haha)😊❤️

[@HumanAfterAll123]

What's the best way to describe what Tool is? to me it's that moment from Rick & Morty where in a flashback we see Rick asking Morty if he wants to know what TRUE level feels like, afterwards he builds a platform that gives Morty this overwhelming sensation that he never knew existed, and when he has to leave the platform he immediately freaks out and wants to go back to what he just experienced. To me, that is what Tool is; once you get a taste of something TRULY out of this world then nothing else can compare to it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y37adH2metp2apY

[@DylanSterling]

A lot of people, here and elsewhere, have expressed having a favorite track... and that’s cool; but what I find with this album is that I have favorite sections of each of the songs and can’t pick which I prefer collectively over the others. Luckily I don’t have to.

[@aaronpearson1744]

SOUND THE DREAD ALARM THROUGH THE PRIMAL BODY SOUND THE REVEILLE TO BE OR NOT TO BE

[@DylanSterling]

Aaron Pearson Great section selection! 💯

[@HevyDevy101]

You two listening to a track with your eyes closed is a gif meme just begging to happen

[@andyandalex]

@HevyDevy101 Lmfao I can see it now

[@truther4life]

Pnuema is 100% FIRE!!!!!!!

[@robnotwicz7002]

Ticks and Leeches is truly raw, Pushit has a huge long build up and climax, Third Eye is a giant amorphous monster

[@monkdog007]

I fucking love 3rd Eye. My fav on the album, no question.

[@lbow09]

Spot on!

[@kwenchrishendriks6427]

I listend to the album a few times now, and like you both did say, so much going on. With this song, and with Pneuma, I now know why I love it so much. It made the same awesome and amazing impact like Stargazer by Rainbow made !!! A masterpiece . Thanks for this superb reaction guy's !!!

[@bryanwest8434]

kwenchris hendriks couldn’t agree more. Now that initial shock of even having this album has worn off I find myself in shear awe of what they’ve created here. Well worth 13 years imo

[@kaekazakas4597]

Tool songs to check out: (harder tracks and albums) Ticks And Leeches (Lateralus) Hooker With A Penis (Aenima) Crawl Away (Undertow) Hush (Opiate)

[@florymha]

First time hearing this particular song. As it started out it really reminded me of Metallica. But then as in went on it was like going on a journey. Tonal transitions of the guitar were amazing. Many changes of melody along the way as well. I really like Metallica, but I have to give Tool some bonus points for the complexity of the song.

[@markosp99]

Pneuma is the best track. But then again all the tracks are phenomenal!

[@joshmcgrady9427]

Don’t you mean, “phePneumaenal”?😏

[@jaimeduendeozzzkr]

This is very oldschool tool Totally opiate and undertow vibe.

[@SeditiousJerk]

I love Tool and I've owned Opiate since it came out - let's just say I'm old enough to be a long time fine. With all due respect, the Opiate and Undertow albums have some great songs on them but they're nowhere near this level of sophistication. Lateralus and 10k Days was really when they kind of crossed into mastery as musicians.

[@malcas]

MannStooka with all due respect I’ve owned Opiate since it came out as well and I totally agree with HumanTalks that the beginning of this song has a heavy old school Opiate vibe and despite their progression that doesn’t negate that fact.

[@SeditiousJerk]

@@malcas I was just pointing out the fact that 7empest is worlds apart in terms of complexity compared to "old school" Tool.

[@ConnorTheMetalManiac]

@@malcas Would make sense that this song has older vibes to it, since Justin Chancellor has come out and said some of the riffs in this song have been around since before he was in the band - the riffs just didn't fit with songs they were writing for each album since, but they've found a home in 7empest.

[@jaredwbowman]

My first thought was this song sounds like it could have been on Undertow

[@taracolwart3663]

I absolutely love watching y’all’s faces guys. The best!! I’m so stoked for y’all that new Tool is out. Happy late Birthday Andy. ❤️

[@darko2407]

As a lifelong fan, nobody knows what this album is yet. It's far too expansive to really be unpacked. I personally think it could be the 4th best, maybe even their 2nd best album, who knows. 7empest is My least favorite track, it sounds like a Swan song, and I don't accept that as reality, even if it is. Pnuema, Descending, Culling Voices, Invincible are all must hear tracks, with Fear Inoculum and 7empest, that's the whole album at least 75 minutes worth. The rest is meant for an album listen setting. From a sheer sound and writing standpoint, this is the most challenging and developed music theory we've seen from them ever. They are legends, and a lot of this album Is in 7. These guys are going to be doing some serious counting on stage, no time for showmanship, let the music and video boards do the talking. Can't wait to see this album played live.

[@ThisIsAnAnnoyingProc]

Darko240 Sounds more like a lame duck than a swan to me. Descending and pneuma are infinitely more powerful and efficient. This is still good though. I just think if tool did a swan song, it will be THE swan song

[@seanbrent8294]

Don't know what it is yet? Listen more then. If you like tool but don't like this album, you've heard it less than ten times. Descending is a radio drama set to its own soundtrack about humanity perishing. Whats more mind-blowing than that

[@darko2407]

@@seanbrent8294 I've been a fan since the beginning, the details take 100's of listens to unpack. So no, I don't know what it is yet, and neither do you.

[@doorshotel]

Saw them live in Toronto this fall. It was a transcendental experience.

[@brantgreen3387]

I was at both Pittsburgh and DC shows. Been to a shit load of live shows in my day. Nothing, has even come close to these guys. I went in to that first show thinking Pneuma was my favorite song on the new album. They killed Descending and it's been my favorite ever since. Unreal how good they were.

[@thingybob4375]

closed eyes, rocking heads.... it's awesome watching you guys listening to new stuff every goddamn time :)

[@Isabellll__]

I love this reaction so much! You guys are great! The song is amazing first listen, but it just gets better every time you listen to it! Please do Pneuma and Invincible too. Those are my favs together with 7empest🤩

[@alanhilbert16]

I’m 66... I’ve never heard Tool before today. Man! They are killer! Can’t wait to hear all their stuff!

[@50NewEyes]

So Adam how many different riffs in 7empest? Adam: Yes....

[@CelestialGalaxy7]

gumbyrollers your comment defines the whole song

[@Egoblivion]

There are 21 riffs spread triumvirately and subdivided into 3 measures of 7 times 21 thrice spliced.

[@albertjacobs4312]

Love the channel guys. Once again, Tool sound only like themselves, incredible!!!!❤️❤️🤘

[@HarryWful]

One of their best older songs is Third Eye

[@ocat1979]

Harry Wful everyone gushes over Rosetta Stoned, great song don’t get me wrong but it’s pretty much the back half of Third Eye which is a masterpiece

[@legionsherwood1744]

Yo guys, this was the best reaction a video so far, you didn't interrupt the beat to talk, you let it play and you movements said enough, Awesome work and I definitely sub'd.

[@andyandalex]

@Legion Sherwood Thanks friend! Glad you enjoyed it, I’ve listened to this song at least 20 times since recording this, love it! 🔥

[@brianwhitney5441]

This song must be listened to many times. I'm really glad you guys had the courage to try this. A lot of the people that do what you do don't have the courage to do it some glad you did it

[@deckofcards87]

The "whoah" look on both of your faces is one of the main reasons I love your reactions😅You guys really feel the music

[@andyandalex]

@SamuelSays 💯🤟🏻🔥

[@marcguidetti3081]

more than any other Tool album this album needs to be listened to in its entirety Twice to fully appreciate it

[@donmcknight5273]

this has to be one of the best recordings ever released. insane good.

[@1ManNamedDan]

Good stuff! It was fun watching you guys exercise your necks for 15 minutes while digging this great song. Tool put out an EP in 92 with a couple AWESOME live live songs "Cold & Ugly" and "Jerk Off" both very powerful where Maynard screams with full power while Paul Adam And Danny massacre the audence in a sonic eruption. I really think you'll dig that shit.

[@Foxxy_Steve]

I love this song! I’d also recommend Maynard’s other band A Perfect Circle and their song Counting Bodies Like Sheep. They have tons of other great stuff too!

[@eclipsewrecker]

Check out Tool and Rage Against The Machine’s collaboration: Know Your Enemy Much like Sound Garden and Pearl Jam, Rage and Tool sprung from the same circle.

[@crawdadds]

I'm a daily Tool listener and The Grudge is my favorite song so maybe review that one next because it will get stuck in your brain for a decade I promise

[@jamesjessel9394]

Truly a work of art. A rock anthem. We'll look back on this--best music in quite some time.

[@elyse7509]

The whole album is amazing. Worth the damn wait!

[@Republic3D]

Pneuma and Invincible. My favorites. Especially he heavy riff towards the end of Invincible. Wow.

[@andrewmorgan6168]

While I love 7empest, Pneuma is really underrated right now, as it is a slow-growing love. Top of Tool's catalog, actually.

[@nickrose83]

Pneuma is the real standout for me too.

[@Itstwofourteen]

"Underrated" lmao

[@Avean]

The production quality behind Tool is just mindblowing to me. Just hit up a Tool song, listen to it a few minutes at high volume. Then search up Metallica or anything else, its like your $1000 headset turned into a $5 mcdonalds headset. Have no idea what Tool is doing but every time i listen to them, either with my headset, my speakers or in the car its like my audio system have gotten 100x better.

[@JoeBlow_4]

Me: What time signatures are they playing? TOOL: What ones aren't we playing?

[@bryanwest8434]

Joe Blow lmao yes! As a musician they make me feel inferior. I love it

[@Mazzini11]

In 7empest, they literally get to a point of playing 21/16 o.O

[@JoeBlow_4]

@@Mazzini11 beaming ties and anacrusis sh!t up in here.

[@bobolinho1]

Pnuema is the banger on album. Absolute UNIT of a track. Utterly immense and amazingly crafted.

[@distortionfiend]

Best Post - work notification I've ever received! Class reaction lads! Can't wait for Pneuma! Cheers 🤘🏻🇮🇪

[@TheLizardWizard17]

Descending is a must on this album... well in fact, all 7 tracks are musts

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Descending is gold

[@TheoPhile333]

Been waiting for this one!

[@fudhater8592]

Intolerance is the 1st song off of Undertow. The sound effect at the beginning is a scuba tank running out of air, pretty much gives you a preview of how dark the album is.

[@V7avalon]

All eyes on Andy's shirt at the 5:00 mark, very creepy. Ok alex you might relate to this. This song sounds like my hair feels on a Sunday morning, a tempest. This song however did not draw me into it and make me feel like I'm part of it. They should of placed us in a tiny vessel out in the storm where they could of controlled our every emotion. I got distracted by Andy's shirt. 🤭

[@Whatisgoingonnnnn]

This is so great to watch. You guys just feel it!

[@robertturner8040]

Very good sounds like Rush meets Matallica , Modern prog !! . I can see I am going to have to listen to the rest of the album now . Thanks for that.

[@STILL-KICKIN]

@2:18 Adam’s tone splits my skull in half... F’in sick 🤘🏻

[@uliseson7895]

The whole album is awesome! I recommend to react to every song! Good reaction!

[@chrisgore8597]

When I think of past Tool lyrical content I remember the themes of our spiritual, eternal self. I interpret this song as the 7empest being our lives. The "Heat lightning flash but don't blink", seems to be our soul entering our body, and to blink means we may miss important moments in our temporary lives. "Misleading, Tranquility ruse, You're going to happen again, that's what I think", seems to be talking about our current form/body/life being a distraction from our true Eternal self, and that for us to happen again is to be reincarnated and continue our Spiritual Evolution. "Follow the evidence, look it dead in the eye, You're Darkness trying to lull us in before the havok begins, into a dubious state of serenity", seems to be talking about how we are the Darkness which lull's ourselves into our false sense of security during our waking lives, to ignore our inevitable death until the time truly comes. The Darkness makes me think of outer space and how it is a blank canvas, ready for any artistic form to be created, far from No Thing, but an extension of our eternal and indestructible self. "Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie, It's not unlike you, we know your nature", seems to be referring to the lie of ourselves believing we are separate from the force many know as "God", and when you finally cross over the veil of "Death" you will be surprised when the other souls reveal your true nature to you once again. The 7empest seems to represent our Life/Death, and the "calm before" seems to represent our lives in our dubious state of serenity.

[@lisaw5604]

Thanks for addressing the lyrical content! I'm new to Tool and no one I know listens. Plus, not researching... Going in blind. I like where you're going w/ your theory... For me, if you link Fear Inoculum & 7empest, it seems to be an issue outside one's self, no? It's just a feeling I have. Haven't heard rest of album, as I'm experiencing via Andy & Alex. So, I may be way off. -- What is a song, if the words mean nothing at all? Peace. :)

[@ZIG4ZAG20]

Yes, what he said! I like it but could never articulate it that well.🤘🖖✌️👌🥁🎸🥁🎸

[@lisaw5604]

@@ZIG4ZAG20 Absolutely. Beautifully written and expressed! (ditto your emoticons.. lol!) :)

[@chrisgore8597]

I am glad you guys have appreciated my interpretation of the lyrics, but a good thing to keep in mind is that Maynard usually designs his lyrics to have multiple meanings, so there is still more to be discovered. I think Andy and Alex accidently hearted the comment and quickly corrected the mistake lol :P

[@lisaw5604]

@@chrisgore8597 Yeah, your interpretation was so well thought out and beautifully written. I'm happy you've added the "multiple meanings"... I thought, boy, did I miss the point! I'll leave my blind reaction posted. lol I definitely am learning from the long-term Tool listener's posts (rely on, actually). Never has a band caused me so much consternation... Thanks again! :)

[@binuvasu]

Tool always bring in an Eastern flavor somewhere in their songs ❤️❤️

[@micahboswell6672]

Thank you for reconsidering. I do like 7empest, but it is far from my favorite track on the album. Pneuma has me hooked something fierce. Self titled track is still getting better with each listen. Then invincible/descending/culling voices are also beautiful tracks on another level themselves. This album touched me just as the other Tool albums have. Had me in tears twice on the first listen. Can be overwhelming at first.

[@Phazydazy99]

Your looking for some old tool?!?! Check out 4° or hush! Will not disappoint you guys

[@jongrogan2168]

Add Flood to that list...

[@popejaimie]

Hush might, it disappointed me lol. Their worst song on my personal rankings

[@Phazydazy99]

@@popejaimie that sucks dog lol

[@MrSulfor]

Hush is a very poignant song these days.

[@jashoo8597]

when you can feel your goosebumps and hair standing, you know it is good. one of their best songs, high up there with lateralus. So often, prog rock likes to (1) be long for the sake of being long, (2) use complicated odd time signature and shredding for showing off. But Tool and this song, achieve them without you feeling too long because you are in trance!

[@bryanwest8434]

Please take the time to listen to the whole album on your own time or through reactions(either way). If there’s one thing that is important about tool it’s to form your own opinion. And enjoy the journey!

[@timwirasnik5878]

You both look like you just got off the best roller coaster when this track finished!

[@jacobfowles4992]

Invincible has been on repeat in my head phones

[@theOGnokk]

Im really liking this new tool album.

[@rx7dude2006]

Love the pull offs Adam does near the 3/4 mark of the song.

[@karstensmith3223]

I hope you guys get to see them live and see how good they really are....it is a journey and an energy that is the reason they don’t allow live video releases.

[@richardtaylor8595]

I am going to have to go out and buy this one. Love Tool.

[@YehudaLion]

This is an amazing song. I've been following this band since I was teenager back in the 90's. Glad to see people from younger people like you guys are discovering it. People from my generation were blessed to grow up listening to bands with substance like Radiohead, Perfect Circle, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Unsane, Death From Above 1979, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta and - on a more experimental and, occasionally, heavier record - Lightning Bolt, Ex-Models, Melt Banana, Big Business, Mastodon, Dub Trio, Russian Circles, Skeleton Key, Red Sparowes, Book Of Knots, Tomahawk, Zu, Fantômas, Car Bomb, Necrophagist, Cephalic Carnage, Moonchild, Naked City, Painkiller, Miasma And The Caroussel Of Headless Horses, Girth, Kayo Dot, Cleric, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Hella, Marnie Stern, Peijman Kouretchian, Marc Ribot, Ruins, Holy Smokes, Ahleuchatistas, Electric Masada, Rashanim and Secret Chiefs 3.

[@Walkerbtween]

Only two things make my eyes roll up into the back of my head. This is one of them.

[@haroldmurrayDFW]

It's like a banger from Tool mixed with Ted Nugent Stranglehold.

[@mattyone78]

Pnuema is my favourite off the album

[@michaellambert5223]

This album was almost recorded as one long song I heard. The full disc has the connecting bits but it was still pulled apart. Older? Disposition/reflection/triad... it’s all as one and have to be together! Rock on guys!🤘😎🤘

[@158102262]

If you like heavy tool, I suggest the opiate album. And as far as what you were talking about production, the past albums were recorded on actual tape. Maybe with the modern era, they had to record with a digital interface. Just my opinion. I'm sure you could find out how they really recorded it

[@jayspin8093]

Pneuma is a banger to. Like Danny Carry goes the fuck off

[@GoldTop57]

You guys will love Undertow. The vocals alone will get you. Do the title track and also Bottom, but they are all great. They don't really have bad songs.