![]() ![]() ![]() “During those formative years, I discovered a band that sounded unlike anything else. He’s now completed the trilogy and made all the live performance videos available on his Youtube channel.Ībout his choice to take on this project, Everall says: We last caught up with Vancouver-based artist & musician Colin Everall ( shortly after he’d taken on the daunting task of arranging and performing ‘the sacred triad’ of Tool albums – “Ænima”, “Lateralus” and “10,000 Days”, on solo piano. Knowing Tool, there’s no reason to think that would change one bit.Vancouver Artist Colin Everall Releases Instrumental Piano Versions of 3 Full Tool Albums on Youtube The band’s classics “Ænima”, “Lateralus” and “10,000 Days” are performed in full. Tool is getting older too-the members are now in or approaching their 50s-and their songwriting has matured along with them.īut make no mistake, just because they’re not writing songs about wishing the whole of Southern California would sink into the ocean (though they did play that one at this show), the band still displays ferocious playing and incredible musicianship live. That will happen when most of your fan base is now in his 40s. The audience was almost entirely dressed in black, and many seemed to have a similar strain of male pattern baldness. It has an acoustic core of two bass drums, snare, and a few toms, surrounded by responsive trigger pads, a multi-pad, small gong, and a large, vertical, electronic marimba-type instrument behind the kit.Ĭarey played this with mallets on “Invincible,” blending with Maynard’s vocals to create a combination of sweeping and percussive punctuations. (He also plays Paiste cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, and Mandala drum pads.) It appears to be more than 50 percent comprised of electronics. After having the same kit for a dozen years, he got a new Sonor kit for this album. I guess that happens when you want to stretch out a bit and your songs are all in time signatures like 13, 9, and 7, with a touch of 6 and 8 every now and then, ya know, just to change it up.Ĭarey was playing on a new drum set as well. In a couple places, it seemed like Carey didn’t quite finish a fill the way he wanted to, mostly on the newer songs. It felt like Carey and Jones were off on a few cues, dynamically. Tool’s music is so calculated, and they’re such good musicians, that it stands out on those rare occasions when it’s not spot on. However, there were a few moments where the band didn’t seem completely on the same page. It was good to hear him cut loose.īassist Justin Chancellor was locked-in all night, and Maynard’s voice, when it wasn’t being distorted by an unfortunate, unintelligible megaphone effect, sounded as beautiful and powerful as ever. His extra vigor also shined through in extended solo sections during “Invincible.” Especially compared to the clean, crisp recording of this tune, the solo felt fierce and raw. Here we saw the only camera work of the night, an overhead shot of Carey projected on the screen behind him-except it was effected to look like a kaleidoscope. Alternating between the gong mallet and sticks, he bathed the audience in overtone-rich sonic delight before moving to the kit for a proper drum solo. ![]()
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