Tool Pranks Fans With Leaked Clip Of New Music

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the most recent Tool album, 2006’s 10,000 Days, the band’s fans have been champing at the bit for new music from the psych-metal act. Tool played off the excitement surrounding the album they’re working on by sharing a stream of “unfinished music” off the LP which they said had leaked.

Here’s the post from Tool’s Facebook page as pointed out by CoS:

“This music leak is unsettling on many levels. First off, it truly sucks to have your unfinished music available on the…

Posted by Tool on Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Of course the update comes on April 1, aka April Fools’ Day, and when you click on the YouTube link in the post you’ll quickly realize Tool was having fun with their fans. Meanwhile, Ultimate Guitar took it one step further by reviewing the fake album, “What seemed like a simple 66-minute file turned out to be the most sublime piece of music anyone had a privilege to listen to; there is no doubt here, this is indeed the new Tool album. Off to the review now. All we can say is… wow… We remain absolutely stunned and shell-shocked from this glorious musical experience.”

Sadly, Tool fans still need to wait to hear the band’s long-awaited new album which they are currently recording.