Lateralus

Occupation

• Vocals: Maynard James Keenan
• Guitar: Adam Jones
• Drums: Danny Carey
• Bass: Justin Chancellor

Lateralus is an album by the band Tool, which was released on 15 May 2001.

Genesis

Due to a dispute with the old record label Volcano Records, it came after the release of Ænima delays. An approximately four -year process delayed the work on the next album. Tool time trying to bridge with the box set Salival and the side project A Perfect Circle.

In January 2001, Tool announced a putative album with the name Systema Encéphale, the title of which have esoteric and occult names like " Numbereft ", " Encephatalis ", " Musick " and " celiac ". Within a short time the numerous file-sharing features of the files have been inundated with that name. Only a month later declared tool that the new album will be called Lateralus and that Systema Encéphale along with its title bar was just a fake to fool the public and especially the users of file sharing software.

In an interview Keenan responded to the question why the title track of the album " lateralis " instead of " Lateralus " would mean that it would have been a simple typo.

The album was recorded in the "Cello Studios " in Hollywood, as well as in the studios " The Hook ," " Big Empty Space" and "The Lodge " in North Hollywood. Was mixed in the " Larrabee Sound Studios North " in North Hollywood and mastered in the " Gateway Mastering Studios ," Portland. In addition, the CD is encoded with the HDCD process whereby a higher-quality sound to be achieved at appropriate players.

Cover design

The artwork - consisting of a semi-transparent plastic cover and a six-page booklet - comes from the artists Alex Grey and shows the people inside in different levels.

Title list

Singles

• Schism
• Satellite / Parabola
• Lateralus