Tool "Opiate" 2024-05-03 also released on vinyl by

also released on vinyl by Jingle Town Records

and triple platinum in Australia

On the follow up to their highly successful debut Vessel

The stories focus on relationships and humanity

and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields

Tool "Opiate" 2024-05-03 also released on vinyl byAs the title of Tool's 1992 debut implies, they're none too impressed by religion, though other targets fear ("Cold and Ugly"), hypocritical moralizing ("Jerk Off"), nonconformity ("Hush") get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like Acid Rock), packaged in songs noticeably shorter than on their later efforts (Undertow, 1993, and Aenima,