Like most of Tool’s videos, you won’t see band members (or any humans for that matter) playing or posing in the background with a fake absent-minded look.
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After a series of bizarre interactions with goblins, the two figures fuse, and form a rather creepy version of Gogeta. One of them is relatively passive, and is the subject of inspection of the more active figure of the two. Two alien but rather human-like figures of seemingly opposing sexes appear to be trying to communicate with each other. The music video of “Schism” is disturbingly engaging. The next day, I rushed to the nearest CD shop and purchased a copy of the album – a physical album, can you imagine that! – and on that same day I listened to the album from beginning to end a few hundred times. Honestly, I knew little about Tool back then – I was really just watching the show because of the VJ – but, my oh my, was I in for a treat. I still vividly remember how she described the song, emphasizing the originality of the bass playing the main motif, which is so preponderant throughout the entire song. It was sometime in 2001 and I was watching some MTV top music charts hosted by the intelligent, funny and beautiful VJ Joanne Colan (yes, yes, I might have had a little crush). The memory of listening to “Schism” for the first time is as clear as that when I lost virginity – I’m not joking! I must say that Schism completely altered the way I perceived music, in that it awakened me from the stupor of a naive and downright tasteless appreciation of music – you would drown in your own tears if you knew what my music preferences were prior to Schism. The instrumentation is undeniably challenging (particularly Danny Carey’s excellent drumming), and the ever-changing and unusual time signatures are mind-blowing, which brilliantly match the poetic expression of the lyrics.ĭespite the unusual combination of musical elements, the song flows naturally, and there is not a moment in which we feel it is “out of place” – the pieces really just fit! I have been learning music theory for over 20 years now, and I still cannot get my head around some of the nuances in Tool’s compositions. If you know your way around music theory, you will immediately appreciate that this song is something of sui generis (see this excellent musical analysis video on Schism, which breaks this piece down for you). In this article, I will go to great lengths to try to interpret Schism, the first single of the album Lateralus, which, arguably, epitomizes Lateralus’ mysterious realm. I cannot count how many futile attempts I made at finding another band that could trigger a similar climax in me in the end I resigned to the obvious – no band is quite like Tool! The phenomenal and complex instrumentation coupled with expressive lyrics is unprecedented. Within the genre of progressive metal, one of the bands that immediately pops into my mind which is capable of delivering all that is Tool.Įven though I enjoyed all of Tool’s albums, Lateralus stands, in my opinion, head and shoulders above all others. When evaluating a particular musical composition, there is normally several aspects to take into consideration: lyrics (if any), originality, compositional complexity and importantly, how the different musical elements fit together.
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