Heavy Wait Champions
Total Guitar|October 2019
In thIs long-awaIted guItar IntervIew, AdAm Jones talks gear, perfectIonIsm, the strange magIc of the number seven and — almost forgot! — FeAr Inoculum, Tool’s fIrst new album In 13 years...
David Von Bader
Heavy Wait Champions
It’s been nearly 5,000 days since the release of Tool’s last studio effort, 10,000 Days. That’s 13 years since the genre-busting metal dissidents have put out any new music — the lion’s share of which have been characterised by vague progress reports, a ceaselessly active rumour mill, overly optimistic release dates and an ever-passionate but deeply frustrated fanbase that’s been kept busy with conspiracy theories and conjecture about whether or not they’d actually ever hear new Tool music again. However, on August 30, one of the most influential and mythicised bands of its generation finally added a new chapter to its discography...

As Tool cap offa triumphant run of European festival dates, guitarist and conceptual luminary Adam Jones ruminates on the creation of his band’s latest album – Fear Inoculum – from the confines of a hotel room in Belgium. Fuelled by exhaustion, relief and pride, Jones muses on the experience.

“The writing process can be magical and rewarding, or it can make you want to kill the other person. It really comes down to having the communication, discipline and respect to believe in the other person when you might not necessarily believe in what they’re bringing in. It’s hard for us to get to the end result sometimes, but it’s that thing where you do something difficult and sometimes you hate it, but when it’s done, you’re like, ‘Let’s do it again!’ ”

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