TOOL - 7empest (REACTION!) 

Did he say this in an interview? Would love to check it out!

❤

I wouldn't doubt it. It shows a lifetime of devotion to a craft. It's peak creativity, not necessarily the peak technical skill of guitarist. He's a creative genius. Music should take you to another realm, this is beyond that.

I’m sorry bruh but his opus has to be Rosetta Stoned

​@omnis1182 also a great track

Let's face it. Wasn't really much of a competition, since it was a shitty year for music.

There was this beautiful moment that year where Tool, Korn, Slipknot, and Killswitch Engage all had albums debut in the top 20, and the mainstream was surprised. Rock ain't dead, but sometimes, it's good to remind the mainstream of that.

And they lost none of their potency too.

@@gnomeofwar YEARS*

Deftones

I bought two tickets to see them in Miami. I hope I can find someone to go with me. I might have to go myself. Life of a tool fan

Legend!

Fellow Michigander going to see them in Detroit! Can’t wait!

@@MitchM240 I WAS THERE 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 PHENOMENAL SHOW!!!

@@M3G4FR34K great show! I just don’t know what was up with the steel curtain in front of them for 3 songs.

He doesn't refine it. He just finally learned how to solo properly. He had to reach out to Kirk Hammett to get advice. Adam is a rhythm player, not a lead.

@@gimphandjeff Am not a musician, could barely add anything to a 4 count on drums when I played for a few years. But, whatever it is that Adam does, it is the most spacious, creative and psychedelic music I have ever heard - by far - at least IMO.

​@@gimphandjefflol Kirk Hammet?? I believe you're talking out of your other hole.

Maynard: "hey adam, its been 13 years, what you got for us?" Adam: proceeds to play every riff ever in 7empest

As prog metal goes Adam's guitar playing is generally in the song and fairly subdued. I appreciate this normally, but sometimes it's great to see him take it out and whip it around. This song is really his showing everyone he could if he wanted to

@@brandonjames1606 aka "ya'll mfers musta forgot"...

@@brandonjames1606 idk bout that lol. In my mind he always was a beast. I think he brought to another level in song like "The Patient", "Parabola", "Third Eye", "Jambi" and many others

@@bernasouza8734 he absolutely is, that's not what I mean. I meant that he doesn't normally go into full solo mode like you'd see in a dream theater song and it doesn't normally fit Tool's music. In 7empist he goes nuts, song be dammed, and it's fun to see and it still works

I was wondering if I heard that right.

I'm late, what did Maynard do?

That doesn't sound like something Maynard would do......

@aaron zoma no. You're just plain wrong.

I knew I wasn't the only one who paid attention to that part!

Edit: They did the grudge on Patreon :)

@@TopSpeedKertus Aw shit lol

@@TopSpeedKertus what other tool songs did they do on patreon?

Wfm 1&2, lateralus, right in two.. list goes on

Yez…my favorite Tool song probably along with The Patient and Right in Two

For sure, and not only on this song, but I feel like this is his best album individually, which is huge, considering he's always great.

Agreed I loved his work on the album overall especially with the way he handled Descending too.

I thought he played his ass off on this entire album!!....I love how loose and raw some of the solos are....

@@victorhsluiz I agree

Harry Mack just dropped Omegle bars 56 and it’s insane please check it out guys!!!!

Agreed. Tempest is great, but it's far from the best song on this album

George has heard the song before. I believe he listened to it prior to their Invincible reaction.

I nearly cry every time haha

Completely agree. Descending may not only be the best song on the album but may be the best ever TOOL song.

One of my top Tool songs, too. It is weird how many people find the record boring, there is so much there, so much detail, particularly in the drums. This is my favourite side of Tool.

I concur, sir.

im sorry but what does "concur" mean?

@@izanyzam5308 Ask Leonardo DiCaprio. He knows.

@@izanyzam5308 it means “I agree”.

I thought they did, guess not. Descending is my fav off Fear. Amazing song.

Agreed!!!!!

And classical yet modern.. almost all of the greatest classically composed pieces from mozzart, Beethoven, Brahms ECT... have a long crescendo in the final movement of the composition. The build.. release.. and then peaceful bliss. Like an orgasm.

Yeah the storm needs to be sixteen minutes for that very reason.

Harry Mack just dropped Omegle bars 56 and it’s insane please check it out guys!!!!

@@joshythehand2960 You clearly know nothing about classical music. Building long crescendos was not common at all in classical music until the 20th century, and even then it was a rarity, and certainly not in the final movements. Most all final movements in classical music were simply fast. If there were any slow-to-fast build/transitions it was usually in the first movement. Most typically the first and last movements were fast, the second movement was slow, and the third was either a dance or (by Beethoven's time) a fun/joke movement. There are a handful of exceptions, like the final movement to Mahler's 2nd symphony (written in the late 19th century) and Beethoven's 9th symphony, but they are indeed exceptions.

@@jonathanhenderson9422 wrong

I've often thought that this track could have easily appeared on Undertow, it sounds like it's origins stem from that era

It's what this whole album sounds like. This and the the previous ones. Tool is an infinite loop of creativity.

@@shoebunkin yes, same here. Maybe it’s because I play guitar and I’ve managed to learn the majority of Adams’s riffs over the years. It’s almost as if they had pieces of unused tracks laying around and they managed to put them together seamlessly. The riff towards the end when they do another breakdown sounds a lot like The Patient. And obviously Pnuema has a ton of similarity to the breakdown in Schism. I’ll never forget the amazement I felt when I first listened to Lateralus all the way through. This album didn’t wow me upon the first listen like that one did but has really grown on me since it’s release. Cheers

It's called the holy trinity for a reason

that combination of songs is their masterpiece from within their masterpiece album.

they arent ready

Me too

YES!!!!! I fully agree with everything you said.

Their patreon is so worth it man consider getting it

Grudge, parabol/parabola, wings of marie 1,2. Actually they should react to everything, all the albums are really good!

@@vaanchitkundlia57 they did the grudge on patreon

@@brezz6759 time to get patreon!

I always felt that way about 10,000 Days but he shines on everything he's ever touched

Really? I always thought Lateralus was… Schism, Reflection, Disposition, The Grudge. His bass lines run those songs. I respect that you like this one from him though.

@@Ja-mbi - It's all gold, actually. And the songs you mentioned have some of the best bass lines in prog. But there's something special about what Justin is communicating to me on this record. Hard to explain. More like a quantum pulse right into my third eye :)

@@Physics_Dude I'm gonna have dive back into this album, you might be right. Many great bass players can be overlooked but, with the catalog tool has, one only overlooks at at one's own detriment.

I agree Justin is great on this track.

I relate to this so much. I personally loved it right away, but even then it's STILL such a grower. I listen to the album every day to help me sleep. Nothing like great proggy metal grooves to keep you and your dreams trippy.

@Chase Especially considering when it came out… this song predates the pandemic by only 6-7 months. I’m from New York and remember driving around in late March and early April 2020 when everything was locked down. Fear Inoculum was just so…on the nose. I would just aimlessly drive around and play this entire record start to finish. Will never forget it.

They mentioned in Pneuma or Invincible video they’ve listened to it. From what I remember, the reaction was lukewarm.

I agree

@@DogZy9 I remember, but if they listen carefully, they’ll probably have an eureka moment 😄

Descending rocks.. feels like going to war! 😂

I almost agree. Pneuma has become their "Free Bird" in my opinion but Descending was the second best song on the album.

Hell, anymore it seems like a miracle for a band to last 14 years with the same lineup, let alone last 14 years at all.

Yes I didn't appreciate this album when it first came out. Two and a half years later, I have grown massively as a person after going through some hard life changes and maturing, which is what it took for me to be able to appreciate this work. it's my favorite album of theirs to date. All of their music has culminated into this. Listening to their work is like watching the life cycle of a human. Starting with their youthful, angry first albums, their spiritual and deep center, the excellence of an adult coming into his power, and now this. This phase is called mastery. Each of them displayed complete mastery on this album.

Definitely his best vocal performance on FI. Great song 🤘

Very, VERY underrated song. I realised it's my favorite song the time I put my headphones on and just closed my eyes for 10 minutes and just listened to it. Incredible experience.

Ions flashbacks haha

I actually like Mockingbeat

C'mon man...Mockingbeat blows this outta the water!! 😂

@ghost mall For me it grew alot. Listen 3 and the 10+ times after were great for me

I like your comment, but I have to point out that this song is maybe the most technical one in the entire album. Even Adam Jones says that in interviews. He does his best effort in making a several-minutes solo in a 21/8 time signature (which is the time signature of the majority of the song, the intro is 5+5+5+6=21 too, as well as other riffs in the song). To me, it is catchy as hell too, at least more than Fear Inoculum, Descending of Culling Voices. Anyway, that is subjective, just wanted to point out what Adam said about the song.

I see fantasia lights when the 2nd part starts with the drums. Splashes of lights. That songs is the one for me.

@@fonzy721 glad to know im not alone. Unfortunately, i think ryan said that they've already listened the song and couldnt react to it.

It’s my favorite song on the album. Everyone always says Pneuma or 7empest. I don’t argue, those are amazing songs, there is just something special to me about Descending.

PREACH!

Seems like Adam went through the riff vault on this one. Absolute epic.

Glad someone else recognized the "here we go again". First time I heard this song I shitted myself

I always hear bits of Part of Me from Opiate in 7empest.

@@mpmarques Nice!

Upload videos of you playing the guitar, no matter how cringe you think it is!

Good to see u here Drew u fuckin rock

@@Defensive_Wounds let him upload, we wanna see him playing this song. Don't be hater

Good luck! Its a journey I'm also on lol

Super agree! Feels like the fanbase skips over 10.000 days when recommending songs, but they are perfect for the lost in vegas boys

I've been requesting more from the 10,000 Days album for a while now. They've only reacted to one song from that album, The Pot. Vicarious and Jambi would blow their minds and Wings for Marie 1 and 2 and Right In Two are great songs that would transition them to the other side of Tool

Its crazy they didnt react to Jambi to this day!

Right with ya. I’ve been anxious for them to react to Vicarious most of all. Many Tool purists think of that song as sounding too conventional/mainstream, but for me it’s just a perfect Tool song that kicks so much ass and has everything they do well without getting too prog/experimental. Just the lyrics alone is a trip.

Vicarious. Vicarious. VICARIOUS!

Watch as COVID goes on to headline for 7 years...

@@srbaran If the powers that be have their way it'll be 70 years.

7 deadly sins

Yea this is probably the songiest song out of their songs

Thank you for your input Jimmy Dean. 👍

@@damiankirkwood7924 lol well, it IS pretty song-y, I must admit. Musical, even.

@@JungleJuiceJoey You're very welcome. I'm good for nothing, if not my valuable in-depth breakdowns and analysis. :-)

Yeah, they should really consider making some other songs like that.

7empest sounds like Jambi in so many places.. yeah nothing beats Jambi

The angry growl of his bass tone on this song is just incredible. He always cuts through the mix, but *especially* on this one.

Agreed! More classic Prog Rock please guys. Maybe start them at the beginning with Crimson, then on to Yes, maybe Tarkus from ELP, and I think they would enjoy Renaissance.

YES, I have been endlessly praying for them to get into King Crimson!

Fun fact: Kanye sampled King Crimson's 21 Century Schizoid Man for the song POWER

Tool, King Crimson, and Gojira are my top 3 all-time bands. My favorite King Crimson is ALL OF Larks' Tongues in Aspic. If I could pick one song from it, it would be "Easy Money." "For sheer formal inventiveness, the most important progressive rock record of 1973 was... Larks' Tongues in Aspic", adding that listening to this album and Yes's Close to the Edge will demonstrate "what progressive rock is all about" -- Bill Martin 1998 Not only is Larks' Tongues my favorite record from King Crimson (I seldom play anything released after 1975), it's probably my favorite record from all bands and genres (with "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis second).

On the Lateralus tour, i saw KC with Tool in San Diego at SDSU (ON MY 30TH BDAY, 3rd row center, Greatest day ever!) and then in Mountain View at Shoreline 3 months later with Tricky opening.

Imagine what it's like for those of us listening since the 90s 😅 it's been getting better with each listen the whole time! You can see why people are such super fans. Welcome to yhe club!

Welcome to the tool army my friend

Truth.

You forgot Between The Buried and Me. They are fuckin legends at what they do.

@@davidscates1300 I also forgot Chemistry, Caravan, and basically EVERYTHING from Clockwork Angels and 2112

@@loganrosepiler2005 all good, sorry I just had to chime in haha.

@@davidscates1300 I could list any Rush song and any Tool song (real Tool song) but I tried giving them ones they would maybe like the most. You’re good I’m happy I found someone else that likes Rush.

@@loganrosepiler2005 I think that you think he was listing another Rush song, when he was listing another band

Same here. Took a while for me to notice this song. Now ot stands with the resf if not better.

It's even weirder when Little Orphan Annie sang "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" and it DID! Whoa, she must have psychic time travel abilities because it's impossible to predict things just by paying attention to historical patterns repeating themselves. Yup *tokes blunt* must be psychic illuminati *hits bong* totally... wait what were you saying I'm so high I stopped paying attention. Whoa dude!

I left a comment about Fear Inoculum coming out right before c-vid on another reaction video. Some lyrics here in 7empest, makes ya think. The definition of an inoculum is a substance introduced into the body to create or increase the body's resistance or immunity to a disease.

Gotta get that Patreon mah dude, they reacted to Prong - "Whose Fist Is This Anyway?"

They've reacted to all those bands you listed

Thats interesting... i think 7empest is the best of the album. Its a journey through their catalogue and everybody is at its best. Its absolutely fantastic, but i like pneuma and the others too :)

@@bernasouza8734 Yes, it does seem like a rundown of their entire oeuvre, having the moody angst of Ænima as well as Lateralus' progressive meanderings. However, on its own I feel it does not hit the point as much as the three i mentioned above. Not taking anything away from its technical brilliance, Adam and Dany are just immense throughout. But ever since Lateralus, Tool has grown in its writing, and it is as cerebral, as it is visceral and has added a spiritual note to their overall sound. Somehow 7empest falls a little short in its spirituality, and it is where Pneuma precisely wins me over. Even Invincible's heartwarming vocals has that. 7empest tries being political, and I feel Tool has moved on from that side of things and it shows. It seems contrived and less organic than a Eulogy or Hooker with a Penis. Maynard wants to be angry, but I somehow don't feel it as much. Anyways it is alright, we all have our choices and any Tool is better than much of the music out there. Just lucky to having been able to appreciate such an immense band, in the cacophony of shit that's pop music these days.

There's elements of Schism in this song and a little bit of Flood as well. The middle is amazing but alot of this album has bits of other songs in it but it's technically amazing. It's the only Tool album I don't go back and listen to though.

@@HiddenHandMedia It's a good album but I think the songs were a little bit long. I have no problems with long songs but they did it better in Lateralus because you could listen to Parabol seperate to Parabola etc. So I feel like I can't just put on a song with my friends because they are all 10+ mins.

@@thewildhealer541 yep, i agree with that. I think fear inoculum and pneuma are fairly great songs, then invincible e descending are too long man. If both were like, 6 to 7 minutes, would be better. I like culling voices and that drum solo, but for me, 7empest is the best song.

Exactly!!

That's because the main riffs were written by Adam during the Opiate/Undertow era! Justin talked about it in an interview.

I've often thought that this track could have easily appeared on Undertow, it sounds like it's origins stem from that era