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Tool Mesmerize the Faithful at Madison Square Garden: Concert Review


Veteran post-metal icons Tool served up two nights of visually dazzling, musically challenging concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden.

With just five albums over a 30-plus-year career but an esoteric, enigmatic and formidable mystique and strain of progressive post-metal, Tool are one of the world’s biggest cult bands, inspiring a level of fandom and devotion that many artists would envy. He also has long since eschewed the wildly provocative stage costumes of past years, opting instead for businesslike dress pants, vest and crisp white shirt that contrast jarringly with his mohawkesque hairstyle. And although the group continues to challenge their audience musically, some songs are more accessible than others — the set included a stellar track Tool haven’t played live in 13 years, 1993’s edgy, muscular rocker “Flood.”

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