Fear Inoculum
Tool · 2019
10 min · 1 track · progressive metal
A sprawling, intricate journey blending heavy riffs with meditative passages and challenging time signatures.
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Fear Inoculum — The title track exemplifies the album's thematic exploration of fear, featuring a blend of hypnotic rhythms and dense instrumentation that encapsulates Tool's signature sound.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album showcases intricate compositions and strong production, rewarding repeated listens with its complexity.
What we noticed
- The album features several tracks that exceed ten minutes, allowing for extended instrumental passages and complex arrangements.
- The first track builds gradually over its length, layering instrumentation before introducing vocals, which is a hallmark of the band's style.
- Composition 25% of the score
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8/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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9/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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8/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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8/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Fear Inoculum 10:21
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