New Tool album - 10,000 days

[deAdeNdz]

after numerous listens...in various environments, during various times of day, and in various mental states (no, not drugs...more like happy, angry, betrayed, sad, etc) I can say with 100% confidence that 10,000 days is a great album.

At first, I did not really "get" it, it sounded like an over-thought rock album that was trying to achieve the glory of the band's earlier releases. I couldn't have been more wrong. This album will blow your mind if you listen to it from start to finish. As much as I searched for reasons not to like it, and as much as I claimed that it was boring, a rip-off of earlier albums, or anything of that nature...the more wrong and pathetic I began to feel. Those were my initial reactions to the album which I maintained until ealier this week...then somehow it all made sense and I actually felt like the music was transporting me to a higher state of musical understanding.

I give it 5/5 as compared to all their other albums which I give a 4/5