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With Sober, Tool attracted mainstream attention – and the ire of one of rock’s greatest frontmen
By Matt Mills published
Sober, the seminal single from 1993’s Undertow, made Maynard James Keenan and co. a quick success story, but not everybody was a fan

Inspired by astrology and tragedy, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan wrote his most personal song. He came to regret it
By Alec Chillingworth published
It was the emotional highlight of Tool’s 10,000 Days album

Watch Tool play a bunch of rarities for the first time in 20 years, plus a Black Sabbath cover, during New Zealand shows over the weekend
By Matt Mills published
Deep cuts from the Undertow, Ænima and 10,000 Days albums found their way back onto the setlist as the prog metal icons kicked off their Oceania/Asia tour

"I showed up with Tibetan Singing Bowls, some percussion instruments and champagne, and asked them permission to do some experiments." The strange story behind Deftones and Maynard James Keenan's incredible collab, Passenger
By Paul Travers published
One of the best metal collaborations of the 2000s featured two unique creative forces joining forces

How Terminator 2, a banned video and a massive earthquake shaped a classic Tool song
By Jon Wiederhorn published
The story of Tool‘s classic 1993 single Prison Sex

TesseracT’s James Monteith on the guitarist and band who changed his approach to music in the 90s
By Hannah May Kilroy published
The djent pioneer found inspiration in a player who ignored standard time lengths, came up with unique sounds and played the wrong parts of his instrument – but always managed to groove

Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Halestorm, Megadeth, Alter Bridge and over 130 more bands will play next year's Sonic Temple festival in Ohio
By Matt Mills published
The five-stage weekender will take place in Columbus, Ohio from May 14 to 17

Watch members of Iron Maiden and Tool jam a Jeff Beck song at a wedding last week
By Matt Mills published
Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and partially-retired drummer Nicko McBrain performed with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor at Smith’s daughter’s wedding on Friday
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