Tool announces title of long-awaited album, digital release date for back catalog

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Bret Gibson | Tuesday, July 30, 2019 5:11 p.m.

Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey of the band Tool.

After waiting 13 years, fans of the rock group Tool are finally getting their light at the end of the tunnel.

The band announced that its fifth record, titled Fear Inoculum, will be released on Aug. 30.

FEAR INOCULUM, Aug 30th, 2019 Album Art, Lead Track, and Pre-Order info TBA. Thank you for your patience. pic.twitter.com/DxDM5j5D8X

— TOOL effing TOOL (@Tool) July 29, 2019

Not to be outdone, Tool revealed on Instagram that its back catalog will “go up on all digital and streaming formats” on Friday.

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NOT A DRILL. This Friday, Aug 2nd, the Tool catalog goes up on all digital and streaming formats. ?. . #tooltheband @toolmusic #tool2019 #music

A post shared by Tool (@tooltheband) on Jul 29, 2019 at 1:30pm PDT

“What a weight lifted off my chest,” frontman Maynard James Keenan told “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast recently. “It took a lot of work.”