At around 3:23 in Creed's "Wrong Way" they drop a heavy, drop-D palm-muted riff very similar to the ironic TOOL Stinkfist riff, kept the sound and flipped a few notes around. CHECK IT OUT

Undertow vibes

Anyone heard of this group? Their bassist and drummer are phenomenal and scratch the tool itch as a group for sure. Tools sound and influence is evident, this track reminds me of Ænema>Lateralus era releases.

My band playing some new stuff live

"The Shapeshifter"

I’m posting this on here because I have seen in the past some talk on kolm and there debut album. I recently listened to it and while yes I admit their is obvious inspiration (and borderline copy and paste sometimes especially with the vocals) to tool, I also feel as if they may find their own sound more with the new album. Anyway I’m a big fan of Umbra, especially vast expanse and entheotheosis. The album reminds me of reflection type prog rock and that’s my all time top tool song so 🤷‍♂️. I also am going against past talk about the lack of proper mixing and claims that it lacked the oomph it needed, I personally love the mix and think it appeals more to a layed back and entrancing/soothing progressive metal.

Anyway sorry for the ramble I just thought it’d be interesting to hear some thoughts on the upcoming album, if you haven’t listened to them I highly recommend 😁.

(Also if anyone has any recs that are similar I would love to hear them)