Tool, Guns N' Roses and Rival Sons added to Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning final show line-up New bands have been added to Black Sabbath's all-day festival in July Metal Hammer · Feb 17, 2025
Guns N’ Roses and Tool added to Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s final show at Villa Park The event will be hosted by actor Jason Momoa MusicRadar · Feb 17, 2025
“You wouldn't have thought that you would see those three guys together”: Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show will play host to a Tool, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins supergroup The July 5 mega-event's lineup is stacked with top-tier names, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira and Alice in Chains Guitar World · Feb 7, 2025
“Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them”: Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show “You’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never thought you’d see” Metal Hammer · Feb 6, 2025
Tool’s Danny Carey just invented an exercise bike with a built-in drum workout You’d think that being the drummer for Tool would be exercise enough… MusicRadar · Feb 4, 2025
"The last Tool record ... sounded like spa music." Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta gives brutally honest appraisal of prog metal giants' Fear Inoculum Tool's Fear Inoculum won praise from just about everyone –but Hatebreed singer Jasta was not a fan Metal Hammer · Jan 18, 2025
4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month From the post-hardcore squall of Hidden Mothers to Lutharo's invigorating mix of power metal and melodeath, to one-woman black metaller Hulder and Saudi Arabian tech-prog-metallers Ana.n7n, these are the bands you need to hear in January 2025 Metal Hammer · Jan 15, 2025
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale dumped guy for falling asleep at Tool concert Lzzy Hale was left fuming after a date dozed off during a Tool concert. BANG Premier · Jan 13, 2025
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale once dumped a guy for falling asleep during a Tool show Harsh but understandable Metal Hammer · Jan 13, 2025
“Chris Squire was super fun. I love it when musicians retain their childlike qualities; that’s where music comes from”: Tal Wilkenfeld’s prog connections include David Gilmour, Todd Rundgren and Trevor Rabin Inspired by Tool, the Australian bassist got her big break from Jeff Beck and went on to play with Prince, The Who and Brian Wilson – and her solo work is equally impressive Louder · Jan 10, 2025
“An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music The original Dual Rectifier arrived in 1992, and was championed by a huge array of guitar greats, from Foo Fighters to Tool and Korn Guitar World · Jan 8, 2025
25 things we’re looking forward to in 2025 It's a new dawn, it's a new day, and we're feeling good - and here's 25 reasons why Louder · Jan 2, 2025
“I could be listening to Abba one minute and then Morbid Angel. It doesn’t seem strange to me”: How Porcupine Tree reinvented progressive rock for the 21st century metal generation Porcupine Tree’s 2010 album The Incident capped their rise from cult psychedelicists to prog metal giants Metal Hammer · Dec 28, 2024
“I can’t say what it will feel like…I’m wise enough to know I’ve got to hear this before judging”: How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality When Adrian Belew failed to persuade the 80s line-up to reunite, he had to come up with another way of bringing that decade’s three albums back to life – and he did it Louder · Dec 23, 2024
Guitar World · Dec 18, 2024 “He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, and was ceaselessly encouraging to me when I was a beginning guitarist”: Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today Morello remembers how the Tool maestro helped kick-start his career by dragging him to gigs in a lengthy post that recalls the pair’s friendship
Metal Hammer · Dec 17, 2024 "He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, drove us to see Judas Priest." Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello celebrates the fellow iconic metal guitarist he was in a high school band with Tom Morello heaped praise and love on another guitar legend yesterday
Cycling Weekly · Nov 29, 2024 This impressive Black Friday deal might just inspire me to complete my home workshop toolkit Rejoice! This 30% discount finally means no more 'no torque wrench' guilt
Guitar World · Nov 24, 2024 “My dad called me a ‘rhythm bassist’, but all he taught me was a power chord and an AC/DC drum beat”: Wolfgang Van Halen on calling the shots in rock’s royal family He isn’t just Eddie’s kid – Wolfgang Van Halen is a talented bass player with his own style
Guitar World · Nov 22, 2024 “It dishonors that brand to say, ‘Now we’re King Crimson.’ But we do have the ability to say, ‘Look, this is legitimate – half of the band is onstage here”: Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin on how they made Beat – with Robert Fripp’s blessing Performing material from King Crimson's trailblazing '80s oeuvre, Beat finds three kings of the strings with the peerless Danny Carey pushing the envelope and Steve Vai doing Robert Fripp proud
Guitar World · Nov 12, 2024 “My friend talked to Joe Walsh and gave him my number. Awhile later, I got a message: ‘Adam Jones, this is the Talk Box fairy. Give me a call’”: Tool's Adam Jones on taking cues from Meshuggah, unorthodox pedals, and the trick he learned from Robert Fripp On the eve of the release of 10,000 Days, Tool's tone titan sat down for a chat with GW about the reclusive quartet's creative process, “the Melvins school of writing music,” and why he absolutely, positively, did not use an E-Bow on the album
Metal Hammer · Nov 7, 2024 Stop the presses! Maynard James Keenan has named his favourite tool A burning question, finally answered
Metal Hammer · Oct 29, 2024 Tim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he "lost his passion for playing" US prog metallers Primus's live date in the Dominican Republic will go ahead with Tool's Danny Carey filling in on drums
Metal Hammer · Oct 25, 2024 "2025 is shaping up nicely." Tool are hosting their own tropical getaway festival with Primus, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria and more Tool Live In The Sand will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from March 7 - 9 2025
Guitar World · Oct 18, 2024 “We were surrounded by bands like Animals As Leaders, Meshuggah, Plini… and the crowd could clap in time over a 7/8 time signature, too!” From a virtuoso Tool support to Rabea Massaad’s new supergroup, meet the next generation of progressive guitar heroes The UK’s ArcTanGent Festival is the world’s biggest celebration of heavy progressive music, and this year’s lineup featured epic sets from Meshuggah, Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. Could these 5 bands be the headliners of the future?
Guitar World · Oct 17, 2024 He’s a drop D master who fuses monstrous powerchords, haunting single-note melodies and off-kilter time signatures in one of prog-metal’s most technically ambitious bands – learn how Adam Jones forged his rhythmically audacious Tool riffing style We unpack the rhythmically complex metal style of Tool’s polymath guitarist, improving your timing and legato in the process