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Tool

Formed: 1990

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Genre: Rock

Styles: Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal

Group Members: Danny Carey, Paul d'Amour, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan, Justin Chancellor

Biography: Tool's greatest breakthrough was to introduce dark, vaguely underground metal to the preening pretentiousness of art rock. Or maybe it was introducing the self-absorbed pretension of art rock to the wearing grind of post-thrash metal -- the order really doesn't matter. Though Metallica wrote their multi-sectioned, ...Read full biography

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Aenima

Released: 1996

Label: Zoo

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For their third release, Tool explore the progressive rock territory previously forged by such bands as King Crimson. However, Tool are conceptually innovative with every minute detail of their art, which ...Read full review

Undertow

Released: 1993

Label: Zoo

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Just as grunge was reaching its boiling point and radio-friendly punk-pop loomed on the horizon, Tool released Undertow, which firmly reinforced metal's prominence as a musical style -- but, for once, ...Read full review

More Tool albums: Main Albums (4), Compilations (1), Singles & EPs (4), DVD/Video (6), Others (2)

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