I think it's impossible to explain what's great about Tool- whereas other metal bands have started to bore me, I can still listen to Tool and be blown away. For some reason, Tool is a band a lot of people (myself included, at one point) become obsessed with, and I can't really figure out why. Sure, they're talented musicians and all of what Merkaba said, but even if you don't bother to notice any of that the music is still so strangely compelling. Either you just have to get into it, or maybe it just affects certain people.
Maybe it's subliminal messages. That would explain why I went on a frenzy and bought every Tool album I could find.
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