No fucking way; Laturalus sucked and was a HUGE step down from Aenema. Not to mention the fact that Maynard seems to be more concerned with APC than he is with Tool in terms of channelling his creative energies.
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Wow, now thats just moronic. Did you actually bother listening to Lateralus or did it just suck cuz its new?
And, about the APC thing, and this has been explained a million times...Tool ALWAYS takes years between releases. There was such a long time before Lateralus' release that the minions thought that theyd broken up. Do you even realize that there are other side-projects within Tool than what Maynard Keenan is doing? Do you realize that APC isnt Keenan's only creative outlet, its a completely different entity?
Lateralus was amazing and no doubt the best record of 2001. Its fair enough to say its not as good as Aenema or Undertow but to say that it 'sucked' totally ruins your musical credibility as far as Im concerned.