The middle section mellows out and leaves the listener wondering what the band are building up to, when it finally explodes it is well worth the wait and will be hard not to enjoy. ThisДЄlongside with Maynards angry vocals and adams heavy riffage creates the perfect kick in the balls song, giving the album an everlasting sense of balance. Danny Carey steps into the spotlight next with his ferocious drumming on 'Ticks and Leeches'. This could not have been achieved without the quiet introduction to the song. The sheer volume of Parabola is absolutely incredible and will leave the listener in a sort of euphoria for the whole of the track. 'Parabol' and 'Parabola' are almost opposites of each other, using similar lyrics and guitar pieces. The middle section here is brilliant with it's fiddley guitar effects. It is nice to see a blend of acoustic and tortured vocals progress into an agressive outro. Listen to as pretty short (for a tool song). 'Schism' is one of the bands best songs and is probably the easiest to It build ups brilliantly with an overall mellow scale to it, again showing the different sides of tools vocals, guitar skills and drumming techniques. 'The Patient' is one of the most beautiful songs the band have ever done. Of course this is what makes Maynard such a great singer as he canДo it easily and get his moment in the spotlight. Not sound very impressive, it is near impossible to hold one note whilst screaming for To make way for Maynard's epic scream which lasts 30 seconds long! Although this may This song includes one of theДЄlbums highlights where the guitars start to slow down in tempo and decrease in volume The guitars and drums start to build up and progressД¬ontinuosly to keep the listener satisfied throughout. Yet ever changing guitar intro to 'The Grudge', a daring opening track as it is 9 minutes Production and musicianship here is unbelievable. Maynard James Keenan's vocals and lyrics here are at their best ever and the Here tool have perfected that technique and it does wonders for the album and adds to the progressive feel. These linking songs include 'Eon Blue Apocalypse', 'Mantra', 'Parabol' and 'Disposition'.This technique was also used on Aenima but it ended up dragging the album down. These are short instrumentals that help link together the main songs. Lateralus flows like a concept album and is helped to do this by its linking songs. The band have perfected every littleДetail for 'Lateralus' and was well worth the wait. Managed to create a winning formula with their 1996 album 'aenima' and theyД¬ontinued with this for their follow up in 2001. This is as close to perfection as you could ever imagine.

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