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After eight long year of being on a hiatus will Tool finally release a new album?

The American rock band who battled an epic and lenghty lawsuit against its label company is expected to finally launch a new record anytime soon.

While the band has confirme the news, a possible hindrance has once again came their way.

Tool's frontmant Mayndard James Keenan has reportedly suffered from a health problem, which forced him to have a hip replacement surgery.

The musician is reportedly still in recovery, but while fans are starting to get worried, he assured that the new album is still right on track, Loud Wire reported.

"Didn't want to freak anyone out," Maynard said on a post at Puscifer official web page. "Wanted to wait until out of the woods. Years of foot stomping left me with no cushion in my right hip. Full replacement yesterday. Walking today."

He assured fans that he's very much involved with the upcoming album despite his health condition.

In an interview with Yahoo Music guitarist Adam Jones said that fans should expect a new album soon now that the "lawsuit out of the way."

"Our greatest strength is jamming and coming up with stuff," Jones revealed.

"We're doing that really well now and I'm excited about everything we're working on. Some of it's really heavy, some of it's complex and some is more atmospheric, but it's definitely Tool. I think having this lawsuit out of the way should really speed of the progress of getting the album done."

Keenan on the other hand has previously shared with Loudwire the different measures the band had to make to be able to over come the trials their band had to face.

"We moved over to a North L.A. courthouse and we had a brand-new judge, who was fantastic," Keenan said. "You know what his name was? Randy Rhodes! I knew the power of metal, and my appreciation of metal was someday going to be like a guardian angel."

"We're going to trial and we want to crush them. But every time we've gotten close to going to trial, it gets postponed and we've wasted money and time and it has just drained our creative energy. We bought an insurance policy for peace of mind, but instead we would have been better off if we never had it and just dealt with the original lawsuit."