Guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor stand up front, but don’t do much beyond standing there and playing their instruments.īut Tool makes it work and, once again, they played a wholly engaging show that was easy to get lost in, both in the powerful songs and the trippy visuals. In concert, they perform under dim, or sometimes absent, spotlights, with lead singer Maynard James Keenan acting as a sort of anti-frontman who is far more comfortable hanging out in the shadows by drummer Danny Carey. They’re released a mere five albums over the past three decades, each denser and more intricate than the last. They exist in their own world and take exacting care on everything from their songs to their record sleeves to their live performances.

Paul’s Xcel Energy Center with a series of lengthy, dark and heavy songs delivered with an impressive ferocity from a band that released their debut album 30 years ago. There’s something quite appropriate about seeing long-running art metal band Tool on Halloween.

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