Publication: VG(National newspaper in Norway)
Date: May, 2001
Transcribed by
herman rasmussen (hermannen@hotmail.com)
herman rasmussen (hermannen@hotmail.com)
page: title: Tool - Lateralus author: Stein Østbø "You need to have a good portion of patience and a free mind to walk along in to the world of Tool. For someone the world will never move further. The pretencious and still full og anger metal-symfonics in Tool definatly belongs in this category with their perfectionised coctail of art-rock and prog-metal. Lateralus - Their first album in 5 years since Aenima sold a couple of millions in the U.S, lasts almost 80(!) minutes. The songs featured on the album are between 6 and 12 minutes, and in best progressive style they are filled with complaining and dark instrumental parts with metal attacks against the eardrum, while vocalist Maynard James Keenan throws out metaphysical messages that only litterature proffessors on a high level can understand. It's okay since Tool is in a league of their own in the year 2001. By all means, let them stay there" (Lateralus got a 2 on a scale where 6 is the best, and I am now trying to locate the reviewer and let some terrorist group get medieval on his ass. The article was in norwegian, so I have tried to translate the best I could)
Posted to t.d.n: 08/21/01 17:45:33