Music Review

Aenima (1996)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Tool; Genre: Metal

Many bands start out by playing subversive, unconventional music, then gradually move into the mainstream. Tool do it backwards: Their platinum-selling ''Undertow'' was unadventurous and commercial, while Aenima is a jagged, brooding nightmare filled with roaring guitars, abrupt rhythm shifts, and jarring sound effects. One of 1996's strangest and strongest alt-metal records. A-

Originally posted Oct 04, 1996 Published in issue #347 Oct 04, 1996 Order article reprints

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