Fear Inoculum
by Tool
- Type: Album
- Released: 30 August 2019
- Label: Tool Dissectional, Volcano, RCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:26:38
- Community rating: 3.69/5 from 44 ratings
Artists on this release: Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor, Danny Carey
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Thirteen years after their prior album, 'Fear Inoculum' expands on Tool's established sound with a series of lengthy, atmospheric compositions that reward patient listening. The album is built on intricate, polyrhythmic interplay, with Danny Carey's complex drumming and Adam Jones's layered guitar work weaving through unconventional time signatures, often based around the number seven. Lyrically, the album explores themes of aging, wisdom, and catharsis, with Maynard James Keenan's vocals adopting a more measured and melodic tone within the dense, meticulously produced soundscapes.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, polyrhythmic, sprawling, conceptual, dynamic
Tracklist
- Fear Inoculum (10:20)
- Pneuma (11:53)
- Litanie contre la Peur (02:14)
- Invincible (12:44)
- Legion Inoculant (03:09)
- Descending (13:37)
- Culling Voices (10:05)
- Chocolate Chip Trip (04:48)
- 7empest (15:43)
- Mockingbeat (02:05)
Credits
- Maynard James Keenan - vocals, lyrics by, composed by, performer
- Adam Jones - guitar, composed by, art direction, performer
- Justin Chancellor - bass, composed by, performer
- Danny Carey - drums, percussion, synthesizer, composed by, performer
- Tool - producer, written by, performer
- Joe Barresi - produced by, recorded by, mixed by
- Matthew Santoro - cgi artist
- Alex Grey - cover, artwork by, 'the great turn' concept
- Mackie Osborne - design, layout
- Brian Lustmord - sounds, effects, additional tracking, water/waves
- Chris Bellman - lacquer cut by, mastered for vinyl
- Joyce Su - artwork [original art], graphics [original graphics]
- Deborah Sheedy - illustration [digital illustrator]
- Alan Jones - legal
- Ann Chien - management [satellite management], production manager [production]
- Pete Riedling - management [satellite management]
- Debbie Alagao - management [slant business management]
- Natalie de la Cerda - management [slant business management]
- Sean Cheetham - painting [tool portraits]
- Garrett Lubow - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Greg Foeller - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Jun Murakawa - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Kevin Mills - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Morgan Stratton - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Scott Moore - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Wesley Seidman - recorded by [recording assistant]
- Bruce Jacoby - technician [drum technician]
- Joe Slaby - technician [drum technician]
- Jon Nicholson - technician [drum technician]
- Junior Kittlitz - technician [drum technician]
- Dan Druff - technician [guitar]
- Pete Lewis - technician [guitar]
- Sacha Dunable - technician [guitar]
- Scott Dachroeden - technician [guitar]
- Tim Dawson - technician [guitar], additional tracking
- Andrew Means - additional tracking
- Mat Mitchell - additional tracking