Undertow was Tool's very first full-length studio album, and for a debut record, it's pretty solid. What role does this album play in the band's discography? In response to retailers' reactions, Tool released a censored version of the album cover, which contained nothing but a bar code, along with a snide note to the fans in the liner notes. Wal-Mart and K-Mart refused to sell Undertow due to its album cover and liner notes, which contained photographs of naked men and women, pins stabbed into the heads of the band members, and a rib cage. Second single "Prison Sex" and its music video were banned from MTV due to graphic depictions of child sexual abuse. The band's cynical and grim attitude would not be without controversy, though. Undertow was met with mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the dark imagery in Tool's lyrics and the excellent instrumentation. This album helped metal remain prominent among the Soundgardens and Smashing Pumpkinses, and let other alt-metal bands gain attention.
Undertow came out when grunge was the most popular musical genre at the time, and alternative rock was just starting to break into the mainstream. What impact did this album have when it first came out? Tool surely have a lot of talent (drummer Danny Carey and guitarist Adam Jones are absolutely excellent musicians), and their second album is one to look forward too. Even through all of its faults, this is just the beginning for them. Undertow could have been a much better album if Tool had shaved off a minute out of half of the tracks, as many of the songs don't justify such a long running time. "Crawl Away" and the title track are both tedious and monotonous, wasting about ten minutes of album space on truly insipid music. "Flood" drags on for nearly eight minutes, accomplishing nothing but showing how bland Tool can be when they want to. It's not a perfect album though the middle of the record is chock-full of filler tracks that easily rank among the album's worst. With the release of their debut studio album Undertow, Tool showcase their incredible songwriting skills and excellent riffs on tracks like lead single "Sober" and opener "Intolerance".
Songs like "Hush" and the title track were filled with chugging riffs and cynical lyrics about subjects such as censorship and religion. While not one of the best releases in the last year, it certainly displayed some of this four-piece alternative metal group's potential. Tool’s next show is May 8th at The YUM! Center in Louisville.Rising metal act Tool have made a splash in the underground scene after the release of their 1992 EP Opiate.
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Hopefully a formal announcement and official new UPDATE: The band has now shared a new social media update with this information, seemingly confirming the release date: singles will release very soon. This even calls to mind the old Pink Floyd hoax from the 1990s. This date has not been confirmed from the band, who are also notorious spreaders of their own misinformation. Images of this lit up social media from multiple people at the show, in spite of Tool’s anti-cell phone photo policy that has been in place for a decade and a half. That date is the final Friday of August and of course a “New Music Friday” as well.
Not only did they perform the two new songs again, ‘Descending (with vocals)’ and ‘Invincible’ again, at the end of the show the videos screens lit up with a giant block letter post “August 30 th. Well tonight at their first arena headline show of the current tour at Legacy Arena at the BJCC, Birmingham, Alabama, the band may have leaked the date of their new album release. Still, the fires have been stoked with Tool performing two new songs at last weekend’s Welcome To Rockville Festival. With the media, fans, and haters all falling all over the place trying to find a morsel of information about the new Tool album, it would be understandable if people are feeling a burnout before we actually get to a new album.
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