Tool 24bit Vinyl Pack

  Genre: Rock
  Styles: Alternative, Metal
  Source: vinyl
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit rate: ~ 2,900 kbps
  Bit dpeth: 24
  Sample rate: 96 kHz

  1992 Opiate 

  Shure V15 Type III cartridge 
  Audio-Technica AT-PL120 turntable 
  ATI P100 phono preamp
  Echo MiaMidi 24/96 balanced in 
  Adobe Audition 1.5

  1993 Undertow - 180g Vinyl US pressing

  Hitachi HT-466
  Pre-Amp - PC 
  Adobe Audition 2.0
  FLAC Frontend Level 8 

  1996 Ænima - 180g Vinyl US pressing

  Hitachi HT-466
  Pre-Amp - PC  
  Adobe Audition 2.0 
  FLAC Frontend Level 8

  2001 Lateralus - PD Vinyl

  Hitachi HT-466 
  Pre-Amp - PC 
  Adobe Audition 2.0
  FLAC Frontend Level 8

  2003 Lateralus - Volcano Entertainment US pressing

  Thorens TD190  
  Audio Note IQ 1 
  Rega "Luna" ADC 
  Apogee duet Program-digitizer 
  Logic Pro 8 Processing

  2005 Lateralus - Volcano Entertainment - Zomba Recordings 
  61422-31160-1 Original U.S. Pressing 2xLP Picture Disc 180g

  TT: Clearaudio Emotion
  Cartridge: Clearaudio Maestro Wood MM
  Interconnects: Original Clearaudio
  Phonopreamplifier: Clearaudio Smart Phono
  Interconnects: Oehlbach NF 1 Y-Adapter

  Tool's greatest breakthrough was to meld dark underground metal with the ambition of art rock. Although Metallica wrote their multi-sectioned, layered songs as if they were composers, they kept their musical attack ferociously at street level. Tool didn't. They embraced the artsy, bohemian preoccupations of Jane's Addiction while they simultaneously paid musical homage to the relentlessly bleak visions of grindcore, death metal, and thrash. Even with their post-punk influences, they executed their music with the aesthetic of prog rock, alternating between long, detailed instrumental interludes and lyrical rants in their songs.

  Tool had a knack for conveying the strangled, oppressive angst that the alternative nation of the early '90s claimed as its own. So, Tool were able to slip into the definition of alternative rock during the post-Nirvana era, landing a slot on the third Lollapalooza tour in 1993, which helped their first full-length debut album, Undertow, rocket to platinum status. By the time the band delivered its belated follow-up, Ænima, in 1996, alternative rock had lost its grip on the mainstream of America, and Tool's audience had shaped up as essentially metal-oriented, which meant that the group and the record didn't capture as big an audience as their first album, despite debuting at number two on the charts. After a co-headlining slot with Korn on Lollapalooza '97 wrapped up, Tool remained on the road, supporting Ænima until well into the next year.

  During the band's usual extended hiatus between albums, Maynard James Keenan decided to use his downtime productively by forming a side project, dubbed A Perfect Circle. The band's 2000 debut, Mer de Noms, was a surprise hit, while the ensuing tour was a sold-out success as well. With Tool breakup rumors swirling, the band put the speculation to rest by re-entering the recording studio and issuing the stopgap B-sides/DVD set Salival late the same year. Finally, May 2001 saw the release of Tool's third full-length release, Lateralus, which debuted at the number one position on the Billboard album chart and became the band's biggest hit. After the obligatory several-year sabbatical to pursue other projects, the group returned with another chart-topper, 10,000 Days, in 2006.

  Thanks to all the original rippers and uploaders. :)