Fun fact: the word ''mitosis'' (a process where a single cell divides) is exactly half way through the song.

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

That's very interesting, thank you

@PongGod

3 жыл бұрын

That is so... Tool!

@dan.j.boydzkreationz

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this album

@joehynes5452

3 жыл бұрын

Of course it is!!

@russelnelson4151

3 жыл бұрын

Maynard is so cerebral. Lateralus was written around the Fibonacci sequence.

Fear Inoculum - inoculation against the fear of... Pneuma: being alone Invincible: becoming irrelevant Descending: death Culling Voices: being judged 7empest: that which we can't control

@Corneliussong

3 жыл бұрын

Very good.

@50NewEyes

3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👍👍✌️

@sebfaucher8508

3 жыл бұрын

oooohhhh exellent

@wallchris75

3 жыл бұрын

perfect

@larjkok1184

3 жыл бұрын

Calm down Oprah.

Not fair....you were supposed to wait 13 years before you heard this, like the rest of us! 😉

@mostresticator3000

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@heathcliff8624

3 жыл бұрын

@@mostresticator3000 ikr...lol

@kermitpocanowski1

3 жыл бұрын

the bless of late birth.

@Soljarag5

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, that was pretty funny

@adammichener987

3 жыл бұрын

Right

The good news is that there are official lyrics to this album!! I can't get enough of this album. I'm so excited for Invincible!

How prophetic is this song? First lines of the song and album set the stage for 2020 events. Keep up the good work.

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

It is indeed :)

@davidh8293

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Great reaction. I will take responsibility to give you the hypotheses of the whole album concept. It is called "The Great Turn", like artwork for the album with the dude with two heads. The album can be listened in two ways. From Fear Inoculum to Tempest (from light to dark) or otherwise from Tempest to Feat Inoculum. In the middle we have Descending. Descending was initially called Ascending/Descending, the first part of it is light, the second part is dark + it was the first for this album to be written and the most complex one. Basically through the album we have a journey from one side to another Fear Inoculum - immunity to fear (being the core evil in the album), enlightenment Pneuma - searching for the inner light, embracing it Invincible - preparing for the inner battle + winning the battle in the end, which greatly showed by Danny's drums in the second part of the song. Treat it as going on march and fighting with your nemesis and eventually winning. Descending - call for arms + fight Culling Voices - doubts within the mind Tempest - infection with fear. Those descriptions are obviously do not reflect the whole depth of the songs. But it shows the transition within the journey and that it can go both ways. mostly from dark Tempest side actually, since every tool first album songs are really heavy, which is not the case with FI. There are a lot of hints, but the core key for all of this is the artwork "The Great Turn" by Alex Grey. You can also see that the middle of the artwork is the spiral, which is reflected on the album cover + reflects Descending song. + there is a video created with this figure from "The Great Turn" where it is floating in the spirals and getting soaked into a red eye creature. So if you take this video and add to it its backwards version it perfectly matches Descending song. The narrative hidden depth of this album will amaze generations to come.

This is what 13 years gets you, Pure Perfection!!!

this album is so good

@misterXCV_games

3 жыл бұрын

Best album after Lateralus

@mmk7340

3 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece

Also, I feel like Maynard’s pen is extra mighty on this album. Every song is poetry.

@chokovok7231

3 жыл бұрын

He made sure to keep it close after forgetting it that one time

@RDB93

3 жыл бұрын

@@chokovok7231 Never to shit the bed again 😂

@joehynes5452

3 жыл бұрын

for sure

@joehynes5452

3 жыл бұрын

@@chokovok7231 🤣🤣🤣

@patthewoodboy

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear too many previous tunes in this , the lyrics are awesome.

Inoculate the fear of getting old. Inoculate the fear of releasing an album after 13 years, and hoping it will be relevant. I heard Maynard say that during an interview. Remaining relevant as you get older seems to be the main theme of the album in my opinion.

Inoculum - (noun) a substance used for inoculation. For me, Tool is the modern day "Pink Floyd" in that not only are they incredible musicians, they speak to the human experience and social issues. This song speaks to our journey toward overcoming fear and it's control over our actions, or better stated, overcoming the ability of fear to suppress / oppress.

Stop apologizing . You too are doin great . Stoked you 2 are digging in the mind of Maynard . 🎶 for thought .

@mmk7340

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, no apology necessary.

Can' t wait for your reaction to " descending" my favourite song ever not just Tool favourite my favourite among thousands

@theoutsider5311

3 жыл бұрын

It’s one of my favourites too!! 👍🇦🇺

@johnpendergrass9191

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I cried when I first listened to Descending. So perfect.

I agree with the people saying that you should listen to Pneuma first and then do the Danny Carey drum cam version. Both are absolutely great.

New reactor listening to Tool. I know a few of us are always on these videos. 😁 Tool Army 🤘

I absolutely am so excited for next wk... Its time for you to discover Pneuma!! Tools masterpiece.. Godbless and as always, your reactions are "so good".

Seems like you blazed through to get here it’s been a pleasure to see your reactions to this great art

Fun fact: if you fold the image on the album cover in half 'TOOL' appears to be a syringe. Which is interesting not only because of the album title but also because of all the songs by them that can be layered upon each other to make "new" songs out of the old ones you already know. Lost keys/Rosetta stoned with faaip de oiad on top is haunting. Tool is really the gift that keeps on giving, always enjoyable to hear your discussions on them. Can not wait until you get to 7empest. The dirty solo is the best thing I've ever heard from Adam Jones

@thunderstock42

3 жыл бұрын

While I've always admired and loved Adam Jones' compositions (his perspective of what is required by the guitar at every point in all of their songs to achieve greatness is the height of creativity)...he truly upped his game on this album and 7empest in particular.

Its been enjoyable watching your journey through Tool.

this song is a musical banishing ritual

Maynard didn't forget his pen on this album.

@garrettgearhart6123

3 жыл бұрын

🤣👽👏🏻👍🏻

@theawakener4360

3 жыл бұрын

😆

Who else is here because KZread recommend ALL people who react Tool videos?? :D (and i watch all em.. )

@heathcliff8624

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly it doesn't connect to APC or Puscifer as much as it should.

When you do pneuma do the studio version first than do the live version with Danny carey but you better buckle for this ride your mind will be blown

@damonwiseman5440

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe studio version, discussion and then followed by the drum cam.

@TheLast-BoyScout.33

3 жыл бұрын

You took the words out of my mouth... I cant wait.. Pneuma Baby

@garrettgearhart6123

3 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely drum cam that tour was great I caught two shows in AZ

@TheLast-BoyScout.33

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrettgearhart6123 your so lucky man, the tour got cancelled when I planned on seeing them in Toronto due to covid.. But honestly, im happy for you man, must of been great.

@PongGod

3 жыл бұрын

YES! Definitely a mind-blowing song, and Descending as well!

My favourite Tool song

This is a home cooked heart warming stew of gorgeous music🔨🔥Toolarmy

Don’t worry about negative comments. Anyone who comments negatively are idiots, you are doing a great job

This is almost a prophetic song Maynard wrote ...think bout what's going on fear inoculated....the whole world ....

Initum I'd like to see you react to the studio version first so that you can experience this truly amazing song then immediately watch Danny Carey's drum cam so that you can see with you own eyes how amazing Danny is. The drum sticks in his hands literally look like hummingbirds wings. 🤞✌🤯

I would suggest the audio only version of pneuma first so you can concentrate on all the instruments and vocals. Live drum cam is great to watch for Danny drumming focus.

@DCBabos

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Next week do the album version. Then the week after that, do the cam version. Then continue on with the rest of this amazing album.

@daniccrn

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 👍

Always so good Thank you both so much 🙏

I fell asleep the first three times I tried to listen to this song. Not because it was boring but because it was peaceful. My fears were inoculated.

Can’t wait for the rest of the album...

*Always* studio/album versions first -- it's the way they wanted it presented to the world. Then you can treat yourself to live versions, since those were meant for the intimacy of the attendance.

Amazing song. I got choked up when the band opened with this song at the show. So beautiful, so powerful. Absolutely love this MASTERPIECE. Love your reaction!!

Great channel. And great book collection!!

I cried when I heard this album, I hope I was the first to hear it full when it showed up on youtube as a video with the full track and it was like almost 1 in the morning. Amazing album

@randomness3235

3 жыл бұрын

It's really heady..

@trentwebb521

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomness3235 heady? What do you mean

@daniccrn

3 жыл бұрын

@Trent Webb I was captivated and in tears as well! So much emotion after so much anticipation. Did whole album alone, uninterrupted, in dark with great headphones...such an incredible gift and pure perfection. Seeing them play live again in NOLA 2/1/20 was amazing 👏

the song and this album (fear inoculum) is basically hinting to wanting to cure or become immune to fear, loved the reaction keep it up!

You are really going to enjoy this album!!! Especially Culling Voices

Goosebumps!

Really really love your videos. Very much looking forward to Pneuma. I would also strongly recommend the audio with lyrics first, and then the Danny Carey video.

It's a banishment spell

IMO this has the best production values of all their albums

@davidh8293

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

I love tthe guy being there giving quick facts before the listen. Helps prepare a bit more before the dive in.

Finally made it to Fear Inoculum. Fantastic. I just wanna put it out there that when you go into this album it really helps to drop any expectations of what you expect to hear. Many people either, don't like this album at first, or are unsure about it. But after more exposure to it they find out how truly amazing it is. A masterpiece. Plz enjoy. Also, how about after the grand finale of this album, Mister can do a face reveal? Merely a suggestion

This tune has music elements from all across the globe ..deep

if got goosebumps and tears at the same time by this song...

I knew something was missing from my Saturday

When you two listen to pneuma you should have her hear album song first then watch Danny Carreys drum performance video live in concert. Trust me itll be worth it! Love you guys your reactions are awesome

So glad I splurged and went to see this tour twice in 19! You never know when your favorite band is going to call it quits (or the whole world will get flushed down the toilet) and it damn sure was nice hearing the band play an ass load of new material. In Cincy after the intermission Danny unleashed that giant gong of his out to the front of the stage and made it his bitch for about 10 minutes. We were all tripping out on it. Tool is one of a few bands that sound as good or better live and the stage show has evolved into visceral psychedelic eye candy as well. As a bonus I was lucky enough to have my boys with me at both shows and we caught Descending both nights. Descending wasn't played at many of their North American concerts so we totally lucked out. My advice if and when the tour ever resumes, buy the fucking tickets and go see the show. I'll be that tall asshole in front of you that won't sit down, and I am not sorry at all. Buy your tickets before me if you want a better view, and for fuck's sake stand up. This isn't a James Taylor concert bitches.

Pneuma - Listen to the album version first, then the live drum cam

To me this song is relevant from anyone’s perspective. We all act and react to fear. And usually our fears lead us down paths in life away from what and where we’re truly meant to be. But also, the fear that we’re fed daily thru media. At least I feel, in American culture. We’re all fed fear which keeps us distracted, from truth and faith, true faith. I see this song as almost a prayer to remove fear. To inoculate it.

I need to do work but as soon as I saw this posted I just have to watch it

Great song. Feels like they're slowly waking up from their slumber. Sets the mood ande structure for the rest of the album.

Invincible and Pneuma immediately stood out to me on this album. The rest grew on me hard and now I feel this is their 2nd best album after Lateralus. Enjoy

@chokovok7231

3 жыл бұрын

Somehow FI went from my least favourite to my absolute favourite

@Corneliussong

3 жыл бұрын

Lateralus , perfect. Fear Inoculum, nearly perfect but It could mature over time, like a good 🍷. 😉

Pneuma up next Studio version, then hopefully Danny Carey drum cam video, let's be honest we all allow time every Sunday to watch these videos lol 🇦🇺🇦🇺

This is the album of the past decade. There's no other band getting even close to what these guys do. Even when not at their peak, they're better than everyone else.

Besides Tool, which like your partner I am kind of obsessed with, you shout react to Soundgarden Beyond the Wheel live, April 16, 1990 at Philipshalle. Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Purge me and evacuate the venom and the fear that binds me" I think that's rather straight forward line. :) Clense me from the fear and hatered (venom) I have inside of me.

Love your channel

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Please do the whole album it's incredible

It was such a long wait. Enjoy the final leg of your journey.

Imagine how many minds will be blown when you take the logo from the album and fold it in half horizontally from between the two "O"s

1:22 its not about doing better for your audience, its important to know the lyrics and to try and grapple with them yourself, thats why people get on those listening to Tool for the first time about lyrics. Its deeply metaphorically rich, and Tools music isn't just about listening to it and having a good time but theres a lot of philosophy and metaphor in it. So don't worry about pleasing the audience and acting unnaturally like we're your boss or something, just try to enjoy the music and take it as other people giving flawed directions for more ways to experience the music. Because people do suck at giving directions and this comes out a lot as angry sounding words and insults borne from frustration. Easier to blame other people for not getting something instead of yourself.

Maynard is a sommelier in his life outside of music. He has a wine business and grows vineyards. So I read somewhere that this has had a great influence on this album, especially in this song. Innoculation against poison and parasites to help life grow.

Yes! I can't wait for Pneuma

I really love your interpretation of this. This is still new to me. After you started figuring it out, I enjoyed it more. Please watch Danny Carey cam, but I would like to hear you do both. Maybe song first, for the whole experience. Then let the drums show you how great the individual instruments are. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to next week.

Cheers from Kansas city

Innoculated FROM the source of fear. This song is where the pinnacle of personal growth is realised.. Like many tool songs, this speaks to the divided self, ego/soul, higher self / lower self ect. The devil on your shoulder, that inner critic giving negative whispers that keep us from thriving and hides from our concious awareness. Now that it is unvieled and seen for what it is he can release it from its control over him and exhale in relief from the chaos and fear that this aspect of him brings.

Honeslty dont even pay no mind to the angry Tool fans, they're barely fans, no apology necessary, English isn't even your guys first language, these imbeciles complaining about your passion can barely muster the mastery of their own language let alone two languages. They're in essence... Useful Idiots. Good for a view on your page and not much else. Love your channel

At first I heard the first bit, "immunity, long overdue" as "in unity, long overdue," like the band finally together again

#BLESSTHISIMMUNITY

@garrettgearhart6123

3 жыл бұрын

Danny came up with the lyrics from his latest “hi colonic “ out of body experience lol

‘Your veil now’ wait what, I’m sure it’s ‘Unveil now’ just nitpicking. Another great reaction, thank you both

There is an incredible amount of meaning in Fear Inoculum. But, where to start unpacking it all? I'll start by saying that I think the whole album is based on aging and the changes in fears, concerns and purpose that come with aging and experience, with Fear Inoculum setting up the themes of the entire album. In the first two lines there is "Immunity / Long overdue" giving a hint that this has developed with time and age. This is followed by "Contagion / I exhale you / Naive / I opened up to you / Venom in mania // Now, contagion / I exhale you". Fear is obviously the contagion that naiveté allowed him to fall prey to, and that fear is poisonous, contagious and prone to creating manic responses. It is that mania that is venomous as, based in fear, the mania is irrational. "Naive" indicates his youth, his inexperience, in allowing fear to infect and control him. Note that exhalation is the expelling of air that has reduce oxygen and increased carbon dioxide. I think we can treat "exhale" and "expel" as synonyms, here, as show by the later lines, "Exhale, expel / Recast my tale / Read my allegorical elegy." There is also a tie here to Pneuma with repeated references to exhaling, and thus to breath. If you look the meaning of pneuma it comes from Greek and means "breath." The interpretation of breath has spirit exists in Greek thought, but is also found in the first verses of Genesis. Genesis 1:2 reads (as per the NIV) "Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." If you look at the Hebrew, the word translated as spirit also means breath, so we have the same connection between breath and spirit. In Genesis 2:7 (NIV) there is "Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." God's breath or spirit is used to give life, breath, spirit to a man. In English, apart from pneuma's meaning as spirit, we end up with the more mundane pneumatic tires and pneumatic tools, which are air filled and air powered. But, here we are dealing more with the etymological, religious and historical usage as spirit, which is carried into the next song. (The theme is also carried into Invincible, where "the warrior" fears not the fears of youth but of loss of meaning and relevance as his life, his breath, his spirit, wanes with age.) The sources of fear are the deceiver, and the fear acts to possess him, isolating him from the light (knowledge) of others, the spirit of others. But as experience, the breathing in of life experience (not just fear) grows in others he sees that light, that life, that clarity, and is inoculated against the fear. But, as the other parts of the album show, not all fears are baseless. Inoculation against the control that fear can exert makes the responses much different. They are no-longer controlling and isolating, nor motivating to the self-destructive. Rational fears understood rationally motivate rational responses. He wants to enumerate the steps he must take to separate himself from irrational fears, and thus his irrational spiritual clone that has acted out of fear, delusional from the manic responses he has had to those irrational fears. The whole song is symbolic, and thus allegorical. It is a sad, almost tragic tale of how he was controlled by fear, and is the an elegy for how life was. And so, he weaves the allegorical elegy we read and hear, with the remainder of the song speaking of the expelling of irrational fears and their responses, along with the ending of their control over him. The lines "Exorcise the disparate / Poison for eternity" should be read as a single statement, just as the lines "Purge me and evacuate / The venom and the fear that binds me" should.

After 13 years maybe they were fearful of how this album will be received. This song seems almost like they are summoning something from the past, in order to sacrifice it in order to move forward. he chants a little spell "deceiver says" part.. and the "innumerate all that im to do calculating steps away from you" is like the planning and preperation of what they need to do in order to "divide from mania" it feels like a metaphor for what they went through releasing the album maybe.. Anyway, just a thought.

Just curious as to where you guys are from? Good channel

Pneuma audio w/ lyrics first then Danny Carey Drum cam video of Pneuma second. I love the Danny Carey drum cam video. The audio is excellent. Make sure the play back speed if correct so when you post your reaction the video of Danny doesn't play at 0.8x speed. I've noticed other reactions where the video plays a little slow. Great reaction loved it.

You forgot to say that they had played Invincible and Descending in concert and there were leaked videos of the songs on KZread since the middle of Summer 2019. Not the best quality but you could hear the songs.

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's true, I haven't attended those concerts and I restrained myself from listening to those on KZread before the release tbh. But that's right (him)

@christopherrousseau1173

3 жыл бұрын

@@initum1599 I only listened to them one time each, because honestly I didn't like to listen to the crowd talking over the new music... They had been so disrespectful. It was like they had no idea they were getting new Music.

👍👍👍👍👍

From now on I will say it..."Welcome on our channel..." hope you're enjoying your journey through Tools discography!.

FEAR INOCULUM... a prophetic album...

NICE❤️❤️❤️

Pnuma next... I can't wait.

She was grooving to this one haha such a heavy baseline throughout!

Invincible and Decending had live versions posted online before fear innoculum got released 👍

I interpreted this as getting rid of confirmation bias. The upward bell notes at the beginning (to me) are likes on a social media platform; note that there is an accompanying downward note that goes with it noting the long-term effects of an echo chamber.

It only gets better from here. When I listened to Descending it hypnotized me, I woke at the end saying WTF just happened?

15:14 during a time where fear is becoming a more prevailing force in the world, love and art and understanding the beauty even in the ugly things in the world can inoculate you from the self inflicting madness of fear when it becomes your driving engine. Both in the meaning of the song, and even the construction of the music itself. I believe you can activate parts of your brain the resonate with certain tones and frequencies just the same way your brain resonates with an optical illusion in just the right way to create this appealing experience, but we only ever think about these experiences in the terms of drugs when those are just the easiest paths to these fundamental truths found in alien perspectives. Besides fear itself, what you you think is the disease that comes from it?

I cannot fucking wait to hear your reaction to pnuema!!!!!🤘

It's mezmerizing to watch you listen to their music, but I knew it would reach it's peak when you would start to listen to their latest album. It's even more of a journey than their earlier albums, with Pneuma argueably being at the top.

You should also do one -on- of the Tool songs, "Right in Two".

@randomness3235

3 жыл бұрын

lol, I see you already did.

Great music 🙃

I strongly recommend listening album version of Pneuma first.. just to not be distracted by Dannys performance... but I would also recommend to return to drum cam version.. maybe after finishing whole album. Other thing is that there are some differences between album and live version of Pneuma.. so.. yep.. :) Hope you enjoy Pneuma as much as I do.. from my point of view it's one of best songs and I had days when I listened that in loop for almost whole day.. and I didn't had enough of that... and I had to break that circle not because I was fed up with Pneuma.. but because I missed other masterpieces from them.. :)

Great reaction as always but i would love to see ur reaction towards pink floyd cause they are really something which u definitely love

Pneuma album version - discuss - then drum cam live version!! 🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺

I felt the same way, in terms of cliffhanger. I thought this was a perfect intro to the album. And when it was released it was the teaser trailer.

This channel allows me to live the fantasy that I am back in college discovering Tool and Philosophy with my wonderfully brainy and insightful college girlfriend.

Just wait for the rest of this album... You're just scratching the surface.. Enjoy

Just before the pandemic as well ..holy foreshadowing batman

Do the studio version of Pneuma first, then Danny Carey, that’s a live version.

@barrybarry8564

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah she has to do the live one after since it's the only high quality recording of Danny I can think of.

@toolfan862

3 жыл бұрын

no no no. Danny live first! Much better expierience :)

Almost sad you are at end but there is the side projects which are far from B projects. Listen without missing out of APC and puscifer i would love to see you do Bullet train to Iowa. Its just fits well with all that's going . Thoroughly enjoy your input on much anything at this point lol.