The next Tool album is almost finished according to Maynard James Keenan

It’s been well over a decade since Tool last graced us with 2006’s 10,000 Days however the long wait for it’s followup may be coming to an end.

According to frontman Maynard James Keenan, the legendary progressive metal band is one song away from completing their still untitled release.

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Although things seem to be much more definite on his side project A Perfect Circle’s next release, Maynard is still a little ambiguous when it comes to given any kind of timeline for Tool’s new music.

Thankfully, Tool guitarist Adam Jones gave fans some time stamps saying on Instagram that the band intends to head into the studio in April. Jones also reposted some comments from Skid Row‘s Sebastian Bach who had a glowing review of Tool’s new music after paying the group a visit recently.

AV Club:

This is progressive metal at its most atmospheric and right when you get into a groovy trance you get beat over the head with riffs so heavy it feels like a TOOL. Some tunes were so pummelling it felt like I was getting a deep tissue massage! in fact they could call the record that. No song was shorter than 7 minutes and some were 20 minutes long!

 

~ Huge fun & honor performing all the new tunes for Guinea pigs Sebastian & #KingBuzz b4 the recording starts in March. Still instrumentals with Mjk in town working on killer lyrics. Exciting! ————————–Repost from @sebastianbach @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost How lucky am I? Spent yesterday getting my face melted by 3/4 of TOOL at the TOOL headquarters / rehearsal Studio. My very own private Tool show just missing the vocals! This is not just your average simple rock and roll music. This is progressive metal at its most atmospheric and right when you get into a groovy trance you get beat over the head with riffs so heavy it feels like a TOOL. Some tunes were so pummelling it felt like I was getting a deep tissue massage! in fact they could call the record that. No song was shorter than 7 minutes and some were 20 minutes long! Just my idea of how to spend the perfect day! Thank you so much to my great friend Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor on bass for your hospitality! Danny Carey you are one of the most talented drummers I have ever seen in my life and such a nice fun dude! You are all inspirations to me & thank you so much for the great preview! I can only Imagine what the Majestic vocals of Maynard James Keenan would sound like on top of this music. If it’s as delicious as his wine is, then I am buying this record for sure! 🎛🔈🍷cheers guys ! It was also great to see Buzz Osbourne the guitar player for The Melvins, who I last saw backstage in Seattle (I think) when we were drinking beers with Chris Cornell decades ago. Always good to see someone still doing great so many years down the line! #Melvins #Tool #MathRock #Rehearsal #rock #survivors

A post shared by Adam Jones (@adamjones_tv) on Feb 16, 2018 at 6:47pm PST

Last year, Tool posted a mysterious teaser leading to rumors that a new Tool release was imminent. Maynard however shut down the speculation saying that nothing would be released by the band in 2017.

2018 however will hopefully be a different story.