Tool to release triple vinyl edition of Fear Inoculum with new artwork
The triple vinyl version of Tool's Fear Inoculum will be released in August, and won't require you to sell a kidney

Tool are to release a triple-vinyl version of Fear Inoculum, nearly three years after the album was originally released.
The album will ship on August 5, and can be pre-ordered from Tool's website for $64.98 and Townsend Music for £45, less than half the price of the five-disc set that came out in April this year. That release was originally available as a signed, $810 (£595), edition, and was only available to fans who bought Toolarmy VIP tickets to forthcoming tour dates. A few days later, the band announced a non-signed edition retailing at $170.
Fear Incoculum was originally released as a CD package featuring a 4" HD rechargeable video screen, a USB charging cable, a 2 watt speaker and a 36 page book.
The triple album package features new artwork from Adam Jones, and comes packaged in a triple gatefold sleeve. The release also includes an exclusive 12" x 36" double-sided poster. Full tracklist below.
Earlier this year, Tool marked the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut EP, Opiate, by releasing a reworked and extended version of its title track. Originally clocking in at 5 minutes 20 seconds, the new take on the track, titled Opiate², extended the party to a monstrous 9 minutes and 54 seconds.
The new version of Opiate was accompanied by a Blu-ray only "visual companion", billed as the Los Angeles' quartet's first music video in 15 years, with a physical release housed in a 48-page art book with behind-the-scenes and making-of photos as well as interviews and insights from special guests.
Tool: Fear Inoculum Triple Vinyl Edition tracklist
Disc 1 Side A
1. Fear Inoculum
2. Pneuma
Side B
1. Invincible
Disc 2 Side C
1. Legion Inoculant
2. Descending
Side D
1. Culling Voices
2. Chocolate Chip Trip
Disc 3 Side E
1. 7empest
2. Mocking Beat
Side F
Etching, no audio
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Tool: Fear Inoculum Triple Vinyl Edition - out August 5
Almost three years after Tool's long-awaited fifth studio album Fear Inoculum was released comes this triple vinyl edition. It'll feature new artwork from Adam Jones and will be presented in a triple gatefold sleeve, complete with double-sided poster. Buy from Townsend Music.

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