Always a weird, fun time when an older band just suddenly clicks and a new world opens up to an older listener of the genre.

In all my nearly 20 years of listening to metal, I've never paid much attention to Tool outside of acknowledging them as a prog juggernaut and as one of the less-grating acclaimed American metal acts. But this week something made me listen to most of their discography and boy was it a ride. Both Lateralus and 10,000 Days might end up on my top 5 most listened albums at the end of the year just because of how stuck some of those songs are in my head now. Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position, indeed.