The vinyl version of Tool’s critically-acclaimed fifth album, Fear Inoculum, arrives on April 8 via RCA Records, with the GRAMMY®-Award winning release spread over 5 LPs and paired with new, extensive artwork. Find preorders here.

Adam Jones re-conceptualized the already impressive album packaging with each of the 180g vinyl discs emblazoned with a unique etching and accompanied by an elaborate pictorial booklet including never-before-seen artwork. The limited-edition set, which also features a new cover, is housed in a hard shell box.

Tool has consistently elevated the concept of album art, from the groundbreaking Fear Inoculum CD release fronted by a 4” HD rechargeable screen with exclusive video footage (“Recusant Ad Infinitum”) to 10,000 Days’ integrated stereoscopic lenses to Ænima’s lenticular jewel case, Jones has pushed the boundaries of what is possible. He has been twice nominated in the GRAMMY®-Awards Best Recording Package category, taking home the trophy in 2007 for 10,000 Days.

Quite possibly the era’s most highly-anticipated album, Fear Inoculum arrived in August of 2019. Debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200, the album earned heaps of critical praise with NPR saying, “Fear Inoculum was worth the 13 year wait,” Revolver proclaiming the album “a masterpiece to be dissected for years to come” and Consequence saying the release finds “Tool in peak performance.”

Vinyl tracklisting:

Disc 1: “Fear Inoculum” and “Pneuma”
Disc 2: “Invincible”
Disc 3: “Legion Inoculant” and “Descending”
Disc 4: “Culling Voices” and “Chocolate Chip Trip”
Disc 5: “7empest” and “Mockingbeat”

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Earlier this week, Tool also announced the impending arrival of Opiate2, a re-imagined and extended version of the 1992 EP’s title track and an accompanying short film, marking the band’s first new video in 15 years. Opiate2 is available via DSPs on March 1, with the Blu-ray only visual companion available on March 18, with preorders on-sale now here.

Tour dates:

February
22 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena
23 - Belmont Park, NYvUBS Arena
26 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
27 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center

March
1 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
3 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
4 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
6 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
8 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
10 - Chicago, IL - United Center
12 - Omaha, NE - CHI Health Center Arena
13 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
15 - Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
17 - Moline, IL - TaxSlayer Center
18 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
20 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

April
23 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena
25 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena
28 - Hamburg, Germany - Barclaycard Arena
29 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle

May
2 - Manchester, UK - AO Arena Manchester
4 - Birmingham, UK - Resorts World Arena
6 - Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena
9 - London, UK - The O2 Arena
12 - Paris, France - AccorHotels Arena
13 - Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
15 - Berlin, Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena
17 -  Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena
19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
21 - Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena
23 - Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena
24 - Budapest, Hungary - SportAréna

(Photo - Travis Shinn)