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Tool released their fifth studio album, “Fear Inoculum” after 13 years on Friday. 

For the mind-bending (and sometimes consciousness-altering) progressive group, this release marks their fifth full-length record and first since 2006's 10,000 Days. After years of promise of new material, everything started to materialize when Tool debuted two new songs — "Descending" and "Invincible" — live earlier this year.

The saga leading up to Fear Inoculum has been a storied and impressive one. The band announced the album’s name in late July, followed soon after with a reveal of the album’s cover in August.

When Tool released the title track from the album, it quickly became the longest song ever to crack Billboard’s Top 10. On top of that, the band finally put their back catalog on streaming services this month, leading to them becoming the first band to have songs in all 10 slots on Billboard’s Rock Sales chart.