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Shop online for official Tool band merchandise including Tool shirts, Tool hoodies, Tool long sleeves, Tool stickers,Tool patches, Tool posters and Tool stickers. Tool is an American alternative metal band whose transcending style has been described as progressive metal, art rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock with some critics describing their unique style as the thinking man’s metal band. The incorporate unusual time signatures, polyrhythms, sampling and guitar techniques utilizing power chords, scratchy noise, chiming arpeggios and minimalism. The band likes to put emphasis on the sound of the songs encouraging the listeners' perception by not including song lyrics with their album releases. Tools live concets include the use of unorthodox stage settings, extensive backlighting and visual displays.

The bands reported influences include Melvins, King Crimson, Rush, Helmet, Faith No More, Janes Addiction, King Crimson, Depeche Mode and country music. The band's influence on modern metal includes System of A Down, Deftones and Korn. Tool were one of the last major holdouts onto digital streaming platforms with the release making each album re-chart in many international territories. Fear Inoculum was their first album in 13 years and become their third US number one, prior to its release the band had sold thirteen million albums in the US alone. Enjoy browsing our range of official Tool band merchandise.

Tool albums released to date: Undertow (1993), Ænima (1996), Lateralus (2001), 10,000 Days (2006), Fear Inoculum (2019)