Tool guitarist Adam Jones shares demo of Fear Inoculum track "Descending"

Fear Inoculum, Tool's first album in 13 years, has been out in the world since 30 August 2019. Yesterday (18 May), guitarist Adam Jones decided to share a brief clip of an early version of their "Descending" track.

Sharing the video on Instagram, Jones wrote, "Justin and I normally bring in potential riffs and demos - then the 3 of us tear them apart like wolves while DC stirs it up with the most opposite counter rhythm drumming (which actually does drives everything forward). Justin brought in this killer 7 melody which is now the main verse of the song. (He called it "bluegrass" as a working title). We jammed it a LONG time trying to find other cool working parts."

He added, "Eventually I added the 9beat turnaround and a chorus. Then we arranged the intro -which came along very naturally. *The two guitar parts are recorded left and right stereo so feel free to try some headphones."

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Early comp of what is now descending. Writing music Justin and I normally bring in potential riffs and demos - then the 3 of us tear them apart like wolves while DC stirs it up with the most opposite counter rhythm drumming (which actually does drives everything forward) Justin brought in this killer 7 melody which is now the main verse of the song. (He called it “bluegrass” as a working title). We jammed it a LONG time trying to find other cool working parts. Eventually I added the 9beat turnaround and a chorus. Then we arranged the intro -which came along very naturally. *The two guitar parts are recorded left and right stereo so feel free to try some headphones ~enjoy friends

A post shared by Adam Jones (@adamjones_tv) on May 18, 2020 at 1:11am PDT