Quote Originally Posted by CocaCola
Please, the band doesn't want you to support this album... download it and hear it for yourself. Listen to the grand scheme... It's literally a joke, isn't it? I mean, it sounds like it... it's abysmal. Especially for a Tool album, it's REALLY bad. And Vicarious sounds like Schism reversed... gay.

If you buy this album, you're not Tool fan... you're a Tool fan boy, and the band doesn't like you.

The best part of the album is the mantra chanted during Intension and that's the only part that seems to have any thought put into it... well, it all seems like it does... but it's quite funny... if you know the Tool FAQ well enough, you might notice all the contradictions in this "10,000 Days". (LOL)
I notice it feels like it really lacks any sort of energy, imo. Ane, Under, and Lat felt charged and there was something cool in the way they made the music... 10,000 is a bunch of overplayed notes for songs... Little to none of the innovative sudden tempo changes... But there are tempo changes... That seem added in or developed because that's what they knew everyone expects... or something. Dunno... A lot of the tracks just don't impress me... the whole set just carries a sort of sedated or subdued feel to it. I found myself wondering if they were on too much or too little drugs for this one.

Might be good if I were on heroin all day and didn't want any sudden surprises like good music to startle me, but I really haven't played any of the tracks since the week I d/l'd em all, tbh. I can't say you're bad for buying this album... I can just say that you should have downloaded it, because it gets old fast, unless you're on opium all the live long day... I spent a couple days on an opium bender and I thought the album was pretty ok. Tracks got old even during it, though, imo.

Then again... Some people love everything about it, on the same token... I guess its a polarizing type of thing they did, this time around. Its not that I wanted them to do one particular thing... Some of 10,000 is great and I liked it, just not what I really wanted, if you can dig that.

I like more energy in my music than what 10,000 gives me, here. But, who knows where they are going with it. 10,000 is definately something new, and I still look forward to more Tool. Last verdict on 10,000 would be 'disappointing' from me, however. Then again, it was free.