All has been quiet on the Tool front for far too long. The alien-prog rock maestros are no strangers to half-decade gaps between records, but with nearly seven years passing since 2006’s magnificent 10,000 Days, fans are rabid for new material. And finally, reliable news of real progress has arrived.
According to a Loudwire interview with drummer Danny Carey, work on a new Tool album is most definitely underway.
“It’s still the three of us right now and four of us it will be soon,” Carey explained. “You know, just working on all our parts and working on our compositions together. Stylistically, we’re trying to push things in different ways, but it always comes out sounding like Tool no matter what we’re trying to do. We’re working everyday on it and it’s going really well, so I’m hoping we’ll get into the studio by the end of the year.”
As for whether we’ll see a 2013 release, the stickman was less optimistic:
“I doubt it. Right now, since we haven’t started tracking stuff at this point, it’ll be hard. We could have the record finished by the end of the year – that’s a possibility, but the logistics of getting it manufactured and getting the record company in line and all this stuff, I doubt we’ll be able to get it out before Christmas. We’ll see how it goes. Most likely, it’ll be early 2014.”
Enjoy a dose of immortal fury poured into a reaction to the term ‘sell-out,’ courtesy of Maynard and friends:
