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and is resurging again after a couple of hiatuses
The idea was to be confrontational—to evoke (as Tomata described in an early interview) a state of anxiety
with some vaguely reggae-ish dynamics and is quite unlike the more sentimentally-toned material
Warner Brothers hoped to avoid this with the band’s follow-up
TOOL – Undertow Country fiffmagazineArguably their finest album, this follow up to Opiate showcases Tool at their best, assisted by clean, crisp production, without the muddiness of Aenima. Edgy guitar riffs are complemented by spitting, heavy bass, especially on "Sober" and "Crawl Away". Lyrically, Tool are at their vitriolic best, targeting religious hypocrisy ("Intolerance," "Sober"; always a popular theme), the loss of innocence and it's consequences ("Prison Sex"), and deliberate