Tool Lateralus Vinyl Review

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Tool lateralus vinyl review.

I know it s a picture disc release. The discs are heavy grade being a double album the grooves are not crammed in tightly together allowing for more headroom and giving your arm and cartridge every opportunity to extract as much detail and energy as possible. So much of tool s third full length studio album five years in the waiting due in part to extended legal turbulence makes so little sense at first. It was rush sabbath.

The biggest complaint is a shut in sound and poor dynamics on the cd. Lateralus takes the l a. Sounds ok when it s full band but in the soft dynamics it ruins the listening. As soon as i received it i cleaned it thoroughly and then i put it on the platter of my b o turntable with an mmc 5 cartridge running at 1 2 gram.

Finding tool records never used is difficult much less in like new condition. Undertow tool s 1993 debut lp took studio skill and over trained chops to metal with aplomb. Band over the edge with elongated musical movements that simmer under heavy duty distortion middle eastern percussion and freakish guitar and drum time signatures that will make musical mathematicians i e prog rock dorks as excited as the kids in the mosh pit. Lateralus has long been a favourite album and this vinyl pressing serves only to enhance the experience.

Lateralus flows like a concept album and is helped to do this by its linking songs. On august 23 2005 lateralus was released as a limited edition two picture disc vinyl lp in a holographic gatefold package. Just another terrible review for this. As emotional melodic metal goes the cultural impact of which will be left to.

I ve only seen few that say it sounds great so looks like it ll just be a collectors item for me. It s not the picture disc they are normally crap sonically it s a 180g black vinyl copy. But that is one of lateralus most. Anyway on a whim i splashed out on tools lateralus on vinyl.

Editorial reviews fifty one months after lateralus original release in cd format tool is ready to release a double vinyl four picture disc edition of lateralus. Here s hoping they release this album properly for vinyl. Tool managed to create a winning formula with their 1996 album aenima and they continued with this for their follow up in 2001. The band have perfected every little detail for lateralus and was well worth the wait.

I ran it through a technics su 91g and my ess 1b speakers. Mine has tons of surface noise. Reviewed in the united states on february 25 2019 after reading the feedback on this product i was very hesitant to buy this lp.