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If you listen to the plethera of metal out there...Tool does not stand in it. Not at all. Maybe several years ago when Metal wasn't that big, but now they're nothing.
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When operating under this erroneous assumption you are effectively implying that the "plethora of metal out there" is indicative of the actual nature of metal. There could be a whole lot of 'my ass' out there but my ass will never be metal. And just out of curiosity, what do you mean by "out there"? In people's Cd players? Playing at the sweaty shit house down town? On MTV? Just because something doesn't sound like the conglomeration of garbage trying to be 'metal' out there doesn't mean that it fails to achieve 'metal' status itself. I will not disagree with your assertion that Tool is nothing to even mention in passing, but please spare me the useless debate about the definiton of metal. All you're doing is grappling with syntax, and to no consequence.