If you took all the boring parts from Tool's previous albums..

[ZEEGLER]

...and mashed them together, you know what you'd get?

Fear Inoculum. That's what.

Yeah I know I'm late to the party, but I just listened to this. Actually I'm about half way through. What a snoozefest.

 

[thegame]

Give it a chance. Most of the songs really pick up at the 10 minute mark

 

[BeZo]

I'm going to get "MAKE TOOL GRUNGE AGAIN" embroidered on some red hats. Who wants one?

 

[Jccobb2]

It’s not their high point, but it’s listenable.

 

[Jimty]

I felt the same way when I first heard it - literally had to check if I was still listening to the same song at one point (I wasn’t, a new track had started while I was out of the room briefly, but it could have still been the same one). That said, Pneuma and Invincible really grew on me and so did the title track to a lesser extent.

 

[angelspade]

...and mashed them together, you know what you'd get?

Fear Inoculum. That's what.

Yeah I know I'm late to the party, but I just listened to this. Actually I'm about half way through. What a snoozefest.

Not their finest hour...Still better than a lot of stuff out there.

 

[DanTravis62]

Overrated band puts out overrated record, i'm shocked i tell you, shocked

 

[SonVolt]

Fear Inoculum is my favorite Tool album since Aenema.

 

[skoora]

Overrated band puts out overrated record, i'm shocked i tell you, shocked

I don’t know of any other band that confuses me as much in regards to such a rabid fan base. They have a couple of good riffs, one or two OK songs but in general are just very bland and repetitive.
Not saying they aren’t good players and Maynard I do think is a good singer, but the package is just not exciting.
In all of their catalog that I’ve heard they only have one song that I’m actually stoked to hear start up….and I can’t even remember that one’s name