170. Tool - opiate

170.Topiate,
originally uploaded by jrd550.

I had read at one point that the band was in some sort of legal dispute with their label and wasn't going to be releasing anything soon, so I went out and picked this up. And it is sort of what I expected, a cruder sounding Tool – Maynard's voice is great but the songs sound too much like math rock, stop, start, stop, start, yell and hit the cymbals. You can tell there is a lot of promise, but the sound isn't quite there yet. Six tracks, two live.

5 out of 10