







Tool’s new album Fear Inoculum finally arrives on August 30 via RCA. The band has confirmed the tracklisting for both the physical and digital release. The physical edition of the album will include seven songs, while the digial edition will contain 10 cuts, including the closer “7empest”, which is almost 20 minutes long. As previously reported, the “Fear Inoculum” title track recently became the longest song to ever land in the Billboard Hot 100. The TOOL cut, which entered the chart at No. 93, has a running time of 10 minutes 21 seconds, 24 seconds longer than the previous record-holder, David Bowie’s “Blackstar”. Check out our review of the title track. Hopefully, more details will be revealed soon!

In other news, four of TOOL’s studio albums entered Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart after their arrival on digital services (both for purchase and streaming), led by 1996’s “Ænima”, which debuts at No. 1 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music. TOOL’s 2001 album “Lateralus” follows (No. 2, 27,000 units), with “10,000 Days” re-entering the tally at No. 4 (24,000 units) and 1993’s “Undertow” rounding out the top five at No. 5 (23,000).

Fear Inoculum track listing:

Physical edition

01. Fear Inoculum

02. Pneuma

03. Invincible

04. Descending

05. Culling Voices

06. Chocolate Chip Trip

07. 7empest

Digital edition

01. Fear Inoculum

02. Pneuma

03. Litanie Contre La Peur

04. Invincible

05. Legion Inoculant

06. Descending

07. Culling Voices

08. Chocolate Chip Trip

09. 7empest

10. Mockingbeat

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