Ænima

Tool’s second album arrives on Volcano Records as a sprawling prog rock opus that redefines alternative metal through seven-minute epics and polyrhythmic precision. Maynard James Keenan’s vocals coil around Adam Jones’s angular guitar work and Justin Chancellor’s bass lines, while Danny Carey’s drumming fractures time signatures into hypnotic patterns. Ænima treats metal as a vehicle for complexity rather than aggression, earning its place as a generational landmark.