In a new interview with Summa Inferno, Tool bassist Justin Chancellor clarified that fans won’t have to wait for 13 more years for a new Tool album.
“Yeah, well, the other thing is the climate of releasing music has completely changed, especially when you take a long time to make new music,” he said. “It’s always a bit different when it comes out. So, we’ve talked about releasing a single, just one song— we could do that. We could also release an EP. And I think because we have such a dedicated fan base, everyone’s gonna be up for it.”
The rocker then detailed the way Tool plans to release their new material. “They’ll all be interested, whatever the way it comes out. So we might not necessarily have to really wrestle out a whole album. We talked about the option of just maybe doing it a little differently and doing a song at a time. Or you could release a single and then another single, another single, and then after a year of releasing singles, you could put them all together on a record and make that an album.”
“I’m not really answering your question fully, but it doesn’t really have any rules when you’re making music. We’re just kind of making it up. But I can tell you that we absolutely have to write new music to continue doing what we’re doing. We wouldn’t be happy just to just sit on our laurels and play the same stuff over and over again. We really want to create new music to be able to continue doing what we love. So it’s coming. Trust me,” the bassist added.
After the release of their fourth studio album, ‘10,000 Days,’ Tool fans had to wait for over ten years for a new album. They eventually released another album in 2019 titled ‘Fear Inoculum.’
In May last year, vocalist Maynard James Keenan told Metal Hammer that the band is determined not to wait another 13 years to release an album, as they did with ‘Fear Inoculum.’ “Tool is a more complicated beast with a lot of egos and a lot of other things going on in our lives,” he said. “But all the creativity’s there, the songs and the ideas can flow and the arguments ensue.”
He continued: “As soon as we get past the arguments, we can get sh*t done! I think we could do it more efficiently. And I think everyone’s on the same page that we have to get through that, because we can’t drag this out another 14 years.”
As for now, Tool is getting ready to perform at their first Tool Live in the Sand event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from March 7-9th. The festival also includes performances by Primus, Mastodon, and others. Afterward, the band will head on a series of headlining dates across Latin America.
