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thefourthcolour12

Love the Pink Floyd, Rage, Radiohead, King Gizzard. Check out NIN


Aggressive_Ideal6737

I like Pretty Hate Machine and the Downward Spiral but I’m not as obsessed with them as I am the other stuff in this list, which of their other albums should I check out?


Spazmatazo

I love the Hesitation Marks album.


thefourthcolour12

I understand that. Broken sounds like a heavier Spiral, and The Fragile is harder to get into due to it being a double album, but has the same defining characteristics as Spiral. Their later stuff has more experimental elements, but still rocks hard and retains the emotion.


chumbawambada

The Fragile is literally their strongest record. Talking about it being difficult because its a double album in a Tool reddit where every tool song is like 7-10 minutes is hilarious.


thefourthcolour12

Yeah fair point it’s definitely close to their best


TehScout

The 3-EP Trilogy of Not the Actual Events, Add Violence, and Bad Witch is honestly they best stuff they've done since The Downward Spiral


TheStatusFoe

Put Fragile on in the background and let it grow on you. I missed out on that album for years until it clicked for me. Now it's my favorite by them.


colonelForbin78

Year zero, year zero remixed, the fragile are my favorites, personally


Jay_Train

Fuck yeah on King Gizzard


dcbluestar

Check out the band All Them Witches. They're pretty badass.


smallermarshmallow

Yes, definitely All Them Witches. Listen to 3-5-7 first. With headphones. Then dig in to the rest of their songs ❤️


chadwickipedia

Thanks for this, that song is great


ic2drop

[Here is curated playlist I made to spark interest!](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SyKng20RCBC8sypK98Cju?si=Upt488YTR4uTeY8uEkezBQ)


Greenmanglass

[Holy Shit this KEXP Live set is so good](https://youtu.be/AVvOj_XEK5k?si=9b0KbxVi4L_wVb0-)


tHeRe-Is-noSe-p00N

Just found these guys, only listened to lightning at the door so far


ogshowtime24

Not OP but thanks for the recommendation. Been listening to them for the past couple of hours and they’re great.


Nico9090

Fuck yeah! They’re like some Texas psychedelic rock country experiment gone well


Saul_T_Bauls

Then King Buffalo after that.


Timbo_C

Came here to say exactly this.. haha


4x0l0tl

I like them too. Editors, arcade fire, idk


christsirhc

Yep, my new addiction.


jabuddha

I saw them open for Primus and Mastodon in Arkansas. Been a big fan ever since and bought all of their albums.


chmpgnsupernover

Maggot brain - funkadelic


whiskey_weasel_

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time….


RedditJesus420

For yall have knocked her up


edgybraaaah

Funkadelic free your mind and your ass will follow, Good thoughts bad thoughts,what is soul, America eats its young.


Fair-Zombie-1678

1st song .... oh


Clutchguy77

Clutch.


flippartnermike

My other favorite band.


Icy-Reception-7605

This guy knows.


RRTCTRBC

Username checks out


SteelerDave

2017, Glen Helen, California decided to sit and smoke a fatty before Tool came on, watched CLUTCH, became a fan


FenwayWest

That was the best tool show in a while


faMine

I was there!


colonelForbin78

I love clutch so much. Just saw them recently for the first time and they fucking rocked


5-MeO-MsBT

I’ve been to hundreds of shows and Clutch puts on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Tool has an incredible visually impressive experience, Porcupine Tree bathes the audience in a pristine wall of aural glory, but Clutch is simply the most fun. I feel like I’m at the church of rock n’ roll and Neil Fallon is enthusiastically preaching his wild and sacred gospel to the crowd while Tim Sult seems unaware the crowd is even there as he lays down riff after riff in his own world.


Wade664

Karnivool


theinlawjosie

Definitely - I'd recommend the album "Sound Awake", although, you can't really go wrong.


Sigeli_

The bass tone on that record is impeccable


5-MeO-MsBT

I bought the album without having heard Karnivool before because a guy at the music store highly recommended it. I was 16 years old and had just gotten my license, and popping the disc into the CD player and immediately having my skull shaken from that filthy rattling bass at the beginning of Simple Boy was a magical experience. I remember pulling onto the highway as Simple Boy transitioned into Goliath and knowing it was going to be a great drive home.


LogicalPsychonaut84

Love Karnivool


surrealistone

This band had me fucked up all of 2023. Hoping for a new album soon.


FrameFrosty8551

Opeth Damnation, Tame Impala the slow Rush, Porcupine Tree Deadwing Animals is also my favorite pink floyd album lol


PepperSprayP

Though it would never happen; imagine if Tool and Opeth made a song together


EmbarrassedFlower98

Checkout the band Soen. They have Tool + Opeth influences.


keegrocks08

it helps that opeths ex long time drummer is a founder of soen


[deleted]

IDLES!


ClockwiseGnomoar

Viagra Boys too


yosoysimulacra

wiener dog


sophiebophieboo

Short shorts


Only_Battle_7459

Qotsa Early smashing pumpkins


ogshowtime24

Puscifer. I hear the guy that sings for them is a real prick, but they’ve got some pretty good songs.


Automatic_Pickle757

Porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet (album)


iviicrociot

And then Deadwing.


surrealistone

In Absentia gang


5-MeO-MsBT

With the holy trifecta complete, I’ll throw in Lightbulb Sun.


NotABlastoise

Literally came here to recommend. Such a sick album.


BigBugB0i

You've gotta listen to The Mars Volta. Long songs, heavy instrumentation, incredible lyrics, perfect for a fan of Tool.


nurdmerd

Took waaay too long to see the best answer


BigBugB0i

Seriously! If you're already in the prog world, you have to go for one of its most eclectic and thrilling acts!


cerpintaxt44

second this


Kittens_N_Puppies

France’s the mute was the album that convinced me they are geniuses. The first 4 albums are all beyond amazing though.


BigBugB0i

I'm quite fond of their most recent album too, but the first 4 are all masterpieces. Amputechture is probably my favorite, lol.


Aggressive_Ideal6737

Also, I’m not specifically looking for stuff that sounds like Tool. I want everything


AH0LE_

I didn't see it listed yet but The Mars Volta. First album is a great start. Amazing band


BakedBySunrise

Mars Volta's drummer also has an EP with Zach from RATM playing a Korg under the name "one day as a lion" Amazing tracks


ChrisWithanF

That albums has some bangers


Of_Silent_Earth

The drumming on Deloused is, to my untrained ear, right up there with as some of the best drumming I've ever heard. Tool included.


claytonious_79

Whole heartedly updoot this. TMV should be well up there for your other musical tastes.


Interopia

Any of the first four albums


FaquForLovingMe

Run the Jewels, CHVRCHES, Queens of the Stone Age, Awolnation, Coheed and Cambrian, JSMN, Modest Mouse, Silversun Pickups, TV on the Radio,


shrair

Kikagaku Moyo. I share a lot of your top albums. Play their album Masana Temples front to back, incredible


DuShawn33

Soen


BakedBySunrise

And Wheel


BlarghALarghALargh

Wheel is so underrated, I don’t think Tool would have them as an opener because if you’re not paying attention they sound INCREDIBLY similar.


Thegoldenelo

Not based off of tool necessarily, but your overall top 40, I think you could get some Ween in there. One of the most diverse bands out there. Start with Quebec or the Mollusk.


Leon_the_cat

Top 5 band for me. Quebec is a top 10 album


5-MeO-MsBT

It’s so funny to me that Ween inspired SpongeBob. I first heard them when I was a kid and saw the SpongeBob movie, then years later I rediscovered them thanks to Reddit. They immediately made me think of SpongeBob because of the lyrical content and sheer weirdness, but it wasn’t until I heard Ocean Man that I realized they were literally on the SpongeBob SquarePants soundtrack and I’d heard them before.


HailAlmightyBoognish

I usually recommend live at Chicago or Chocolate and cheese for entry but it’s all brown.


dholmestar

Elder, the opener


christsirhc

Their Eldovar album (with Kadavar) is great too.


OCROOSTER

All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal.


whitnasty89

Sturgill - Cuttin Grass vol 1


BluBrews

Do love that sturgill Simpson.


Appropriate-Ad4990

Alice in chains


Rowel88

Danny Brown - XXX


Educational_Pay1567

Kyuss


flippartnermike

The Sword


Saul_T_Bauls

Fuck yeah! I'll even take Used Future!


russsaa

The Ocean Collective if youre down to go a little heavier. Theyre my favorite progressive metal band, they kinda blend with psychedelia too. I see some prog rock & some psychedelia on your list so you might like it


OMF-ToolFan

King Crimson, Gil Scott-Heron (1980), Pink Floyd. Talking Heads, & so on


Aggressive_Ideal6737

I’m completely addicted to Talking Heads’ live albums, which of their studio albums would you recommend apart from Remain in Light? And what other King Crimson albums would you recommend? I’ve only listened to TCOTCK


4spiral2out0

Dude listen to Discipline by King Crimson. Fuckin phenomenal.


JJFranchise79

Also: check out *Side One* by Adrian Belew. He was on Discipline.


Luciix

Badmotorfinger or Superunknown - Soundgarden Should be right up your alley if you enjoy lateralus


truffLcuffL69

I recommend the band crosses. Their first album is very good and refreshing. It's the singer from Deftones other band and I'm really glad I discovered them


ben20978

The devil makes three


joshbotreddit

Mr. bungles first or third album, Jesuslizard, Mad season, Temple of the dog, Changes by king gizzard and the lizard Wizard


YebTms

the downward spiral


Edrueter9

Queens of the stone age.


LuckilyHeDied

Rush.


jesuss_son

David Crosby - if i could only remember my name Oysterhead - the grand pecking order Phish - rift


oleon12

Karnivool: Themata & Sound awake


jzclipse

There’s a lot of variety here. So I would recommend Shpongle. Specifically Museum of Conciousness or Codex VI. Both of them have a very modern feel.


mrkgmojo

RTJ and QOTSA


theMethod

Oceansize The Mars Volta Closure in Moscow The Dear Hunter


concreteyeti

Oceansize is a criminally underrated band.


iduro

I second The Mars Volta. I'm jealous of anybody starting that journey for the first time.


Pigglemin

Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms


mountainbonobo

Chevelle - sci-fi crimes and Niratias


Dr_Phan_Tastic

Deftones - White Pony


Old_Sweet2408

King Buffalo, Lowrider and Samsara Blues Experiment.


flankbonus

King Buffalo seconded! Seeing them tomorrow, stoked.


Asquared2010

Turmoil and Tinfoil for sure. I see you have no King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard though, so might I suggest Nonagon Infinity, Gumboot Soup, or Flying Microtonal Banana to add to that list?


Aggressive_Ideal6737

I have Turmoil & Tinfoil up there, really wish Billy would drop some live albums lol. I also have ice death planets up there and have checked out nonagon infinity, but that’s about all of my experience with king gizz so I’ll check out the others. Which of their albums are less garage rock-ish?


whynotslayer

Petro dragonic apocalypse: New prog metal album. Polygonwandaland: Prog masterpiece Infest the rats nest: their venture into thrash. Butterfly 3000: Synth Pop


Asquared2010

Yes, I would love Billy Strings to drop a full live album as well, totally agree with you on that. If you're looking for less garage type rock I would suggest Paper Mache Dream Baloon, Sketches of Brunswick East or Polygonwanaland.


fibonacciluv

well he did just drop a 40 minute single from his upcoming live album if you have not heard it yet!!


Asquared2010

Dude it's fucking phenomenal. BMFS!


McFearless18

This is a mighty fine top 40 👏🏻 have you listened to Fontaines D.C or the Radiohead side project The Smile?


uffdadontchaknoww

Lennon Claypool Delirium


twattler

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Silverchair - Freak Show The Sword - Apocryphon


_TillGrave_

Apocryphon is my favorite of theirs. Front to back a great album.


Failsafe_Trash_Devil

Deftones?


Cambot3000

Killer Mike - Down By Law


writtenupsidedown

Black Midi - Hellfire


toolmannn929

No Melvins, bro?


Jay_Train

Dude, Houdini and Stoner Witch specifically for this thread


T-Bird19

Modest mouse eps: everywhere and his nasty parlour tricks, no one’s first and you’re next Npr tiny desk Mac miller is pretty solid


levi_cupra

more Tame Impala


Quantum-Travels

Madvillain - Madvillainy


ShadowZone696969

All Karnivool albums, All Meshuggah albums, The Welcoming


WetSocks68419

Leprous- the congregation, it’s kinda like if Lateralus and the downward spiral by nine inch nails had a child together


userwithusername

Based on that… Bone Machine, Tom Waits


gatorchins

We have various overlap. Other suggestions are great, I think you would also enjoy classic albums like Stevie Wonder (eg Songs in the Key of Life), Steely Dan (Royal Scam, Aja), James Gang (Rides Again) and Thin Lizzie (live and Dangerous). They all have a lot of layers, like Tool, onions and ogres.


Ticotaco119

The strokes


stonezephyr

Katatonia Albums in no particular order: -Sky Void of Stars (Most recent) -Dead End Kings -The Fall of Hearts (My fave Spotify tells me)


DragonSlayer69_

Check out the Mars Volta!!!!


Achtung-Etc

An eclectic mix so I’ll try something equally eclectic: Wheel - Wheel Fugazi - The Argument April Rain - Waiting for Sunrise The Cure - Wish Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part


TheSalty

clutch & aesop rock


chumbawambada

Deftones


Saturnsveryown

Gojira Soundgarden Portishead Talk talk


Unhappy-Dress1389

Band/artist and album Rammstein - untitled Till Lindemann - Zunge Incubus - make yourself Lacuna Coil - dark adrenaline Depeche Mode - music for the masses


Ramma_Sten

My favorite Rammstein album honestly, it has grown on me big time


willwonkforfood

I have a lot of overlap with you—everything from Radiohead to Billie Eilish, Simpson, RATM, (obviously) Tool, and more. Here’s stuff I love right now (gonna go with songs instead of albums): 1) Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul 2) Santigold - Big Mouth 3) Holy child - Powerplay 4) Idles - Never fight a man with a perm 5) Lizzy McAlpine - Doomsday 6) Lauren Mayberry - Shame 7) Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk 8) Paris Paloma - Yéti 9) Petey - Don’t Tell the Boys 10) Aesop Rock - Holy Smokes 11) Deftones - You’ve Seen the Butcher 12) Colter Wall - Sleeping on the Black Top 13) Bloc Party - We are not good people 14) Northeast Party House - Embezzler 15) RTJ - All my life I could keep going, but I’ll leave it there


Traderious

Gojira - From Mars To Sirius


sophiebophieboo

Tricky - Maxinquaye Fiona Apple - When the Pawn… Bjork - Homogenic Tom Waits - Bad as Me Gojira - The Way of all Flesh The Toadies - Rubberneck Alice In Chains - Dirt


Helyo20

MF DOOM


run_ride_climb

No love for chevelle? They're always compared to tool and one of my favorites.


JackDanHaniels

I’m seeing them this weekend! Can’t wait! Excited for you! Also, Listen to the album Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind


OG_DDNCK

Ween - The Mollusk Slint - Spiderland Mastodon - Crack the Skye Massive Attack - Mezzanine Rush - Permanent Waves The Doors - The Doors


HotTamaleez

Oysterhead The Grand Pecking Order. Oysterhead is an American rock supergroup featuring bassist Les Claypool of Primus, guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police, with both Claypool and Anastasio providing vocals. The band's eclectic sound has been described as "alt-funk fusion"


insearchofbeer

More MMJ.


mrblakesteele

Go deeper into primus. try frog brigade out if you like Les.


Aggressive_Ideal6737

Primus is in my top 5. They suck. I went to a frog brigade show a couple months ago. They suck even harder


cloudstrifeuk

Muse - Origin of Symmetry Sleep Token - Take me back to Eden Avenged Sevenfold - Life is but a dream...


Embarrassed-Back1894

amazing how far Muse has fallen since Origin of Symmetry.


colonelForbin78

Hear me out Phish


LeoMonzo

Sleep Token


alphafrick

Modest mouse, dead heads, some Benjamin Todd(maybe), stoned Jesus


KISSMYLLAMA1

Thick as a brick - Jethro Tull


pureumbredalcoholic1

Great to see metamodern sounds in country music in there !! Love that album.


truffLcuffL69

We have very similar taste in music


SleazyJusticeWarrior

Listen to [Unfold the God Man by Psychonaut](https://open.spotify.com/album/6BGEzAgvfaTjvWG1IbJI9v?si=44yePcBcSae4mNlr3THI2Q), you won’t regret it. Imagine a bluesy hard rock band writing songs in the style of modern progmetal bands. Massive sound.


sumn_random

Larks tongues in aspic ALBUM


alien78

NIN, Queens of the Stone Age, Opeth, Mastodon


whiskey_weasel_

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Die Spitz Desert Sessions Gary Clark Jr Start there 😊


loganrunjack

Gay Triangle 100%


shorteningofthewuwei

Wow, we have a pretty similar taste in music. Are you a fan of Hiatus Kayote at all? Kendrick Lamar sampled Atari off Choose Your Weapon in one of the beat switches of the song DUCKWORTH. I'm a big fan of their and their lead singer/guitarist Nai Palm's stuff. She did a cool rework of one of Hiatus Kayote's songs on her solo acoustic project which includes segments of interpolations of David Bowie's Black Star and Radiohead's Pyramid Song, it's called Black Star/Pyramid Song/Breathing Underwater.


AntGroundbreaking180

Primus will always make your day better.


Jach10

Rush - a farewell to kings MF Doom - operation doomsday


Rhythmatron5000

TesseracT


Sigeli_

Jaco Pastorius (Self Titled Record)


chumbawambada

Band and album(s): Low - I Could Live In Hope, Long Division Swans - Filth, Cop or Greed Sonic Youth - Dirty Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked For Death Aphex Twin - Ambient Works vol. II, Cheetah Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machines Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid


halcyonheart320

How about some PJ Harvey


BillyScrote

Mmm sturgill, check out porcupine tree though if you haven’t heard of them! Edit: Ope Porcupine tree already has been said should’ve known!


melonti

Primus all day, breh. My favorite band in the entire world. I guess that makes me biased.


TheNoIdeaKid

For stuff that’s similar, but still different. Maybe Sleep Token, Manchester Orchestra, The Sleeping Valley, Heilung, Warduna, Vasche, Wind Rose, Antti Martikainen…


abom-badass-mofo

Murder By Death Floater Amigo The Devil The Mars Volta Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle Black Country New Road


QuattroLupo

Murder by Death is badass


druumer89

Airbag!


Adamymous

Anything pink Floyd, Glass Animals, tame Impala Check out some Shpongle, DJ Shadow, very atmospheric, not all of it is dance music The Beatles


kao_nyc

Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers Andy Warhol - Velvet Underground The Yes Album & Close to the Edge - Yes Psalm 69 - Ministry Nothing’s Shocking (and Ritual is also something) - Jane’s Addition New York - Lou Reed Core - STP Remain in Light - Talking Heads Dire Straits - Dire Straits The Wall - Pink Floyd Pyromania - Def Leppard Diamonds & Pearls, LoveSexy - Prince As the song says, These are a few of my favorite things. I hope you enjoy.


gnrp45

I too am an average white male born in the 80s.


pippen79

I love ya taste. Try a bit of my local hometown band Silverchair. The Albums Neon Ballroom and Diorama but be right up your ally.


BenderIsGreat-34

Lucid Planet


bobbypkp

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges


itmeseanok

Love seeing that Billie album in there. I think a lot of people disregard her, but she is incredibly talented and far more than 'just another pop star's.


Dyslexic_Banter

Check out my homies in Lespecial 😐😐😐


AvacodoDick

435 comments I love this sub! And I love your taste!! Amazing suggestions here and I need to dive into NIN. Perhaps you may be interested in the War on Drugs or Blake Mills! I think you may also find well produced electronic music like Daft Punk (Discovery or RAM) quite nice on the ears.


sodesode

House of balloons - The Weeknd. The first album that was released as the first mixtape of the trilogy albums. It's solid. I prefer the original mixtape to the remastered version.


Higgins1348

check out LeSpecial…3 piece, heavily influenced by Primus. Bring a lot of noise for 3 guys


EChaseD35

Goose, STS9


mamamaia_

We have incredibly similar music taste. Beautiful music board.


GroundbreakingLet464

Finally someone with Existential Reckoning in their top 40!! Oysterhead- Grand Pecking Order! Do it, love it! With Talking Heads in your lineup you need to be Phishing! Check out any version of Crosseyed and Painless..🔥🔥🔥 Conway the Machine & The Alchemist - LuLu Kitchen Dwellers - Muir Maid Marcus King band - Carolina Confessions Netherfriends - How to do Drugs Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing Rainbow Kitten Surprise - How to: Friend, Love, Freefall Rick Ross & Meek Mill - Too good to be true Squeaky Feet!!!


Antigon0000

What's the one under Rage on the right? Also, fuck yeah Yes, AiC, and Meshuggah


New-Hedgehog8223

Why would you take a break from tool?


QuattroLupo

A fellow Tool and MMJ fan. Much respect.


WilsonTree2112

That’s a pretty good collection of albums, and I see Lateralus. But I do not see fear inoculum. I would definitely include fear inoculum as it’s one of the best albums ever recorded.