Last week, multiple music sites posted news that Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan had laid down his guide vocals for the band’s LONG awaited 5th album and that the band were hard at work obsessively laboring over the instrumental tracks:
“Maynard James Keenan broke the heavy-music internet by tweeting the headline-making news that — wait for it — he had recorded scratch vocals “awhile ago,” final vocals were up next and there was still “a long way 2 go” on a new album. “Step back. Adjust. Mix. Adjust. Re-Adjust. Master. Adjust. Re-Adjust,” he described the process to come. Until we get our next excruciating update from the studio, below is everything we know about the album so far.”
Read their whole news story – largely reprising earlier news breaks about the recording process’ progress:
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tools-new-album-everything-we-know-so-far.