'It has been five years since the notoriously media shy and overly mysterious band have pierced our airwaves with new material. After cries that ‘Lateralus’ was to be their last release for many years and possible in-band-tension rumours as many of the members have broke away temporarily to pursue side projects, it was a relief to hear that Tool would reform and push the envelope farther yet again.
'Overall ‘10,000 Days’ is almost a direct continuation of ‘Lateralus’, yet an abyss compared to the deepness that was attached to the direction and emotion of the latter. Where the immediacy of the 2001 release’s songs gained new fans and sometimes disappointed ones of old, ’10,000 Days’ will subdue followers as it is plain to see that Tool have something to be angry over again. Their angst riddled approach is fuelled due to their well documented distaste for the American president, but luckily at first glance they have not gone fashionably political. Tool have drawn upon the direction of ‘Aenima’ and sometimes even ‘Undertow’ at times, but still, as previously stated, it does sound like a direct continuation of ‘Lateralus’ but with all the good bits and riffs reminiscent of their far earlier stuff.' (Entertainmentwise review & BitTorrent download).
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