Tool + A Perfect Circle

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You should order Mer de Noms. It's one of the best albums in my entire collection. The Hollow, Three Libras, Brena, Orestes, Magdalena: all top class songs, with a very nice ethereal sound. And as I said, the lyrics are very well thought of as well, having a true meaning (or in case of Brena: the best lovesong I ever heard)

eMOTIVe was a bit of a trick to get the third record done they promised, so that they were off their record deal. Still, it contained a few excellent songs, and Passive is as good as any other APC song from the first two albums. Still, despite the good intentions of eMOTIVe, if they reunite (fingers crossed) I'd rather have the Mer de Noms era with Troy and Paz, although I doubt if it's realistic.

By the way, Eulogy has a very hypnotising intro... That intro alone is incredible (though religious believers better not listen to the lyrics...)

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Did they split? Woah I am so naieve lol
I have a live version of Eulogy lying around somewhere, sounds good but i can't work out the lyrics.

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Any opinions on Maynard's Puscifer side project?

To be honest, as much as I adore his work with APC and Tool, I am a bit disappointed. Puscifer sounds a bit chaotic, and the lyrics are a bit silly. It is like Maynard never took it any serious himself. He sings about subjects similar to what he did before, but while with APC and Tool he did it with beauty and poetic lyrics, with Puscifer it's like he tries to make it a bit silly. Also, an album title "V is for Vagina" sounds like a cheap sales trick.

If he enjoyed it, good for him, but this is not the sort of Maynard I enjoy a lot. If he wanted a short break from Tool, I'd much rather have him doing a short APC reunion instead of more Puscifer.