Lateralus
The massive, nearly 79-minute *Lateralus* is TOOL entering full bloom as the 21st century\'s most popular, beloved, and impactful progressive rock band—a patient unfurling of heady ideas, mystical themes, and off-kilter riffs. The trademarks of their next two decades are born here on their third album—a spiral of math and science themes, brain-melting time signatures, shifting rhythmic interplay, expanding song lengths, tumbles of drums, and the metaphysical artwork of Alex Grey. It\'s a legacy band embarking on a new flight path, reinventing their experimental genius and finding new ways to be heavy.
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After an exhaustive five-year litigation battle between the band and their label management, Tool offer up the latest chapter in their musical self-discovery in Lateralus.