{"product_id":"tool-undertow-cd","title":"Tool - Undertow [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eTool's Undertow arrives here as a German import CD: the 1993 debut full-length that turned a Los Angeles band with a taste for dread into one of heavy music's most studied acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing after the Opiate EP, the album sharpened everything that made their early shows so unnerving. Maynard James Keenan's voice swings from a murmur to a howl, Adam Jones builds riffs like load-bearing walls, and Danny Carey and bassist Paul D'Amour lock in with a patience that few metal bands of the era could match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSober is the obvious entry point, a slow-burning grinder with a chorus built on self-doubt, while Prison Sex pairs a coiled groove with some of the band's most uncomfortable lyrics. Bottom brings in Henry Rollins for a spoken-word turn, and Intolerance opens the record with a nervy, stop-start attack that sets the tone. Co-produced with Sylvia Massy, the sound is raw and heavy without losing detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is more direct than the sprawling albums that followed, and that is exactly its appeal: you can hear a band working out how strange it is allowed to be. The closing stretch drifts into noise and odd experiments, a hint of the rabbit holes still to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who came in through Lateralus or Fear Inoculum, this CD is where the obsession starts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439082414385,"sku":"828765364720","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/1200x1200bb_b63b2712-e7f7-410a-aa9b-3708ca7295f3.jpg?v=1794152010","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/tool-undertow-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}