10,000 DAYS

I have to hand it to Tool for creating such a loyal following of fans that seem to love everything they put out. Well, up until now there has been reason. I've seen about as much anticipation for this new Tool release as any other album that I can remember. However, I'm not so sure if it lives up to the fans' hype in the long run.

There are some good tracks, namely Vicarious, The Pot, and ___ . As with many of the tracks on Lateralus, the songs on 10,000 Days tend to drag on slowly and take forever to get anywhere, and many go nowhere at all. Tool seems to be rivaling The Mars Volta for simply adding filler track length to make it appear as if they could take up the whole CD with music. Ultimately, this album brings little to nothing new to the table where Tool is concerned although I can understand where a relatively new fan could dig this. It's just nowhere near as original as Undertow or Aenima...just more of the same rhythms and spacey sections we've come to know Tool for producing. Perhaps the album will grow with time, but that means I'll have to actually want to keep listening to it.

If you're not a Tool fan, you probably will not like this. I am a Tool fan, and I can't really get behind it...and I really want to.