Tool’s Fear Inoculum release has finally fulfilled the desires of many fans who have been waiting for 10,000 days, and it appears that the members of the group are excited about their recording future, albeit on a quicker turnaround. Nobody wants to wait that long again. Thankfully Danny Carey has revealed we may not have to.
Adam Jones recently commented on the difficult but ultimately rewarding recording experience that Tool goes through, exposing his desire to “do it again.” Now, drummer Danny Carey has confirmed he too feels the same, and is excited for the band’s future.
Speaking with Metal Hammer, Carey relayed that it will likely be a while before the band considers their next album, but that he does have the desire to do something more. “We’re going to tour on this probably for two or three years at least, I imagine. It feels like what we’ve done on every album, and then I guess we’ll see where we’re sitting after that,” stated Carey. “My hope is we get in and knock out another record. We have tons of material. It’s not going to take 12 years, or if it does, I’ll probably be so old I probably can’t pick up my sticks any more! But my hope is we’ll do another record and just keep moving forward.”
“This (Fear Inoculum) is the last record of a five-album deal, so that’s a good feeling and I hope that will be motivational in the writing processes.” He adds, “There’s more motivation. The carrot on the stick has gotten larger because now we’ll be free agents – we don’t have to deal with a record company or if we do, we deal with it on our terms, because we can do whatever we want now.”
Speaking on their process, the drummer continued, “There are no leftover Tool songs because of the process it takes to compose our songs – the way we hash it out in a room with all three or four of us, that there’s tons of riffs and jams and things. But there’s no put-together songs that are sitting in the eaves. It’ll take a process of doing it. And if we do do another album, it’ll take three years after touring. That’s just the way it is with our band.”
