10 Famous Musicians Who Literally Did The Same Thing Every Time
2. Casually Warping Minds - Tool
Tool was the band that truly brought metal out of the doldrums in the 90's. After hair metal had long since died out and other harder genres like industrial and nu metal were looming around the corner, these guys took the rulebook for what a metal band should be and threw it out the window.
Across the band's discography, the band looks to take you on a musical journey as they run through complex time signatures and pummeling riffs that seep into your brain. While Tool has brought countless innovations to the genre, their brand of metal does seem to follow a distinct pattern throughout their albums. Whenever you throw on a Tool track, fans can typically expect a meaty riff in a drop tuning matched with intellectual lyrics and more tempo changes than you can count on one hand. The band's albums do feature some departures, but those come in the form of instrumental and interlude tracks, which seem to do nothing more than cleanse the palette before slaughtering you once again.
The band's consistency is not so much a handicap in this case as much as it is a distinct sonic trademark that they have branded themselves with over time. Though each respective member has ventured out into other projects, there's no way you're going to mistake a Tool track for anyone else other than Tool.