Monday, March 12, 2012

Video Of The Week: Tool

One band that always has really nice videos is Tool. They're usually centered around stop-motion filming, claymation characters, and dark subtext. And health-related shit, like diseases, goo coming out of people, injuries, even blood at times.

The music is hard-prog, with heavy metal mentality and groove-heavy, funky undertones. If Bootsy Collins had made a record with King Crimson, this band would still be listening to it.

Singer Maynard James Keenan is the type of charismatic frontman who permeates his art. Whether he's in Tool, A Perfect Circle or Puscifer, his unique voice and delivery always add a sombre, macabre mood to the situation

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