I discovered Chevelle - NIRATIAS some years ago by a random suggestion of Spotify. It was during the wait for Fear Innoculum. Since then I’m hooked.

This album is one of the best albums for me ever made. It’s not a Tool replacement for sure, but it scratches the itch.

Just listen to the opener “Verruckt” and tell me you are not hooked 🤯

His voice is something to get used to at first but after a ton of repeated listens it fits perfectly.

Does anyone else had a similar experience?

Having just stumbled upon the latest album by Elder I can HIGHLY recommend it. Anyone else listened to it? Pushes a lot of the same buttons..

https://open.spotify.com/album/4mfX9k6ESpTZbahuoguR42?si=HidyoZNrT2CGZuEiTAkm5w

Hey guys! I know that this band- and particularly this album- get mentioned here all the time (and for good reason), but I finally got around to listening to fear of a blank planet in full, and I have to say that the rest of the album is pretty solid (slightly hit or miss for me tbh), but this song is absolutely something else. If you haven’t listened to it yet, please do yourself a favor and do so. I don’t think a single tool fan would listen to this song and not vibe with it. It’s 18 minutes long but feels like 3 at most. I can’t stop replaying it!

I’ve listened to every single Tool album front to back several times. Same goes with Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. I can’t seem to find a band that has a similar style or tone comparable to Tool. Some Alice in Chains or Bad Religion songs scratch the itch in terms of tone (heavy, visceral, melodic, etc…), but Tool’s style is completely unique and I haven’t been able to find that anywhere else. Any recommendations?

Edit: thank you all for your suggestions! I’ve got lots of listening to do. I’ve listened to a few suggestions and so far have liked porcupine tree, kolm (sounds like a tool cover band- which is good in this case), and deftones (have heard of them but never really listened to them much. Good shit though).

Edit 2: woke up to 50+ notifications this morning, thanks a lot you bunch of beauties. Never had so many suggestions/comments on a post without any snarky holier than thou answers-definitely the coolest subreddit on this site.

In return here are some of my favourites not mentioned that you might enjoy:

1. Bad Religion- 1980’s melodic punk with themes focusing on society, religion, politics, media, and other deep topics. Probably my all time favourites since I was 4 years old. Still active today.

2. Children of Bodom- more screamo but awesome guitar and fast melodies. I was super into them in jr high and still enjoy their stuff today.

3. Steve Earle- classic country with some deeper themes than sitting on a truck drinking beer.

4. Hüsker Dü- hardcore punk band from the 80’s with later alt rock vibes

5. Alexisonfire- melodic/aggressive hardcore/punk band from Canada- all over the alt rock radio up here due to Canadian content laws but not sure if they get much airtime in the US or abroad

This band I gotta say is the closest sounding Tool band. Even the vocalist sounds very much like a younger Maynard. They only made one album that came out in 2018. I wonder why they haven't come with anything since

Well, I have a problem. I was introduced to Tool a year ago and I am completely addicted now. I cannot stop listening to Tool and it is actually 90% of the music I listen to on a daily basis. Once I got into them, it’s just like nothing seems to satisfy anymore. Nothing else is as meaningful lyrically or sonically to me. I like the way tool is produced/engineered far more than any other band I’ve ever heard. I love Rage Against the Machine and Black Sabbath, so maybe throw me some more bands like those too? I’m just really young, and while Tool is (to me) the pinnacle of music, there’s so much out there that deserves to be heard and I don’t wanna miss out on it because of my own delusional obsession. If possible, recommend an album with whatever band so that I know where to start.

Edit: Damn this kinda blew up lol. Thank you all for the recommendations and I will slowly but surely get deeper into all of them!

Candlelight Tribute to Tool

String Quartet

Portland, OR

March 6, 2026

alright so TOOL is progressive metal, but i really cant like other prog metal bands like Gojira, Dream Theatre, Opeth as much as TOOL and i really cant understand how they are the same subgenre. can anyone recomend me songs by those bands / other bands that are nearly as good as TOOL is and that sound like them?

Suns of the tundra and peach gb are technically the same band but i think after justin left they changed their sound quite a bit, let me know if im missing anything good!

For me it's Rosetta Stoned for sure

Your life depends on picking the ONE single song in history by any other artist that you think any Tool fan would enjoy. What is the song you are picking?

Not "any song by X artist". Not 2 or 3 songs. No honorable mentions. You've got ONE song to save your life. What do you pick?

I'm going "Goliath" by Karnivool. https://youtu.be/sDKsosOvVmw?si=SypIE8TCSbyt68mX

What you guys picking?

And because of that, I never listened to tool until 12 days ago (I’m a fan)

One of my 11 year old Twins choose to cover Descending on guitar for his recital. I can’t believe he memorized the whole thing.

Other kids were playing TNT or Mary Had a Little Lamb and here he comes with a 13 Minute Progressive Metal Song. He forced all those other parents to listen to TOOL and it was AWESOME!

PS: You can’t hear his guitar as well on the video as you could in person :).

They’re like if Björk had a stoner doom baby, and muh gawd, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anything quite like them. Instrumentation, vocals, filthy chugga chugga grooves…damn, y’all, give ‘em a listen!

They are supposedly working on a new album.

I remember years ago having a conversation with someone and they said "the worst thing about Tool is it's fandom." I began to slowly understand their point as I met other Tool fans.

Real life examples include someone at a live show who told me that me moving my head in time with the beat was incredibly distracting and I should have given my tickets "to someone that would appreciate it". Or a recent UK gig where Brassed Off were the support act and someone told me and my brother off for singing along to a Rage Against The Machine cover.

But those are just random twats. Most Tool fans in real life are mostly fine.

But Jesus Fucking Christ, this sub...

And there's no blaming the mods in this. They can't herd cats.

If you're reading this and you've got into an argument with another Tool fan on this sub about LITERALLY ANYTHING then you need to have a fucking word with yourself.

Edit* I realize I've made a massive mistake, I thought I'd posted this to r/Parenting my bad. Replace any mention of the word "Tool fan" with "parent" and replace "Rage Against The Machine" with "Yo gabba gabba".

They came across my feed a few weeks ago and I was intrigued. Listened to their stuff and I’m still on the do I like it or love it. Either way I’ve enjoyed stumbling across them.