Tool Mantra

[akuru2]

anyone know more songs like this?

[C0ldSvn]

@akuru2 (-) Ions, Cesaro Summability, Useful Idiot, Faaip de Oiad

[konfusionxD]

Why does this sound so familiar?

I feel like this has been part of me for my entire life.

I don't even like this ''song'' but it feels so nostalgic for some reason.

Did I kill a cat as a kid?

[tzDub92]

this reminds me of all those "strange noises in the sky" videos

[Dafluffy1]

begining of schism

[iliketeaa]

@Dafluffy1 The whole album is connected. That is if you sort it in the Fibonacci manner.

[tnix80]

@iliketeaa correct. listen in this order: six, seven, five, eight, four (this song), nine, thirteen, one, twelve, two, eleven, three, ten.

6, 7, 5, 8, 4, 9, 13, 1, 12, 2, 11, 3, 10

[xDreams2Realityx]

whale mantra ?

[JR99497]

wow... silent hill the room?

[rj31789]

This is what happens when your cat doesn't get meow mix

[linzlibra82]

Thanks for posting! Couldn't remember the name of this song. Gonna use it on a halloween playlist i'm making.

[forceadeptjedi]

@Ophiguris really?



[Meestarcheez]

1) Listen to this song.

2) Picture Slenderman while listening.

3) Wow I'm an asshole because that is terrifying.

[alter3go777]

this song goes so well into schism...it's fucking awesome

[marko92pn]

Did the cat die afterwards? I don't know what to think about Tool now...

[Joshcomicguy]

@marko92pn dont worry mate it was his cat and it was fine

[marko92pn]

@Joshcomicguy Oh, thanks .... :)

[SkyePyro]

Listen to Mantra right after listening to Ticks and Leeches. This song songs like a bunch of whale noises and dry heaves, sort of like stylised choking. The last line of ticks and leeches is "I hope you choke." So... you see how it would go... its a spiral...

[blackwolf222403]

I tried Speeding this up making it squeaky at the same time and doing it to were I've done every thing I can do and it's sounds so creepy making a video soon of what I got

[ermelindo111]

lol



[pyurmassacur]

This always reminds me of the Undead from the Legend of Zelda.

[ashkibala1]

how did they create this music by squeezing a kitten? is it slowed down?

[blank21121]

@ashkibala1 yeah.

[joethetimelord]

@ashkibala1 Slowed down and echoed from the sound of it.

[erblecde]

I don't have a problem with being progressive and whatnot in your music, but I'm pretty sure that people pay for music not trippy cat-squeezing

[BadAcidVacation]

More proof that wonderful things happen when you hug a cat

[amarantnraz]

It's Maynard squeezing his cat :-| there is nothing deep about this... just hysterical.

[Zartyzzo]

@amarantnraz Depends on how you look at it.

[skudstorm44]

wtf?this is schism

[MrDude904]

@skudstorm44 no it's...mantra

[Zartyzzo]

@skudstorm44 It's the part that comes before Schism. It may be included in some music videos you find since it has potential significance in relation to Schism.

[ashkibala1]

@skudstorm44 this is not schism. this is mantra .schism is the track after mantra.

[NocturnalTerror]

1 person didnt squeeze hard enough

[misterkill27]

lmfao I love how these things snowball

"he hugged his cat"

"he squeezed his cat"

"he squeezed his cat to death"

"he raped his cat then squeezed it to death"

"he adopted 50 kittens, put them all in a room, raped them then squeezed each one individually to death"

"wait wait wait... so this is the sound of Maynard being raped by his cat?"

[tuckmyster]

@misterkill27 that is the best comment i have ever read in my whole entire life

[misterkill27]

Damn man this song is too long...

[SavajCabbaj]

There's a hidden message when you play this song backwards.

[1y9b9b]

@SavajCabbaj

no there isn't...unless your crazy !!

lol

[punkgirl765]

i remember when i was 5 i would ask "daddy can you play the zombie song?" xDDD hahaha but i FUCKING love this song :3

[Jmsn72]

can meditate to this 4 hours

[ZachValkyrie]

Prog Metal Kitteh!

Kan I Haz Tool?

[gmanrios9316]

@Ophiguris how do you know that?

[musefanatical1]

@Ophiguris he/she should be honoured to be OWNED by him

[musefanatical1]

@Ophiguris yup

but not just any kitten. Maynard's kitten.

[munkyfetal]

haha anytime peoplee hear something they don't understand, they say 'it must be reversed'. Don't you know there are many effects out there other than reversing?

[iXizXmoen]

@munkyfetal thissounds the same when its reversed anyway lol

[darkbit1001]

Its a cat. Maynard says so. Check out the faq on toolshed.

[91nickt]

animal cruelty involved? pretty lame guys...doesn't sound like a cat...

[mattheweirk777]

@91nickt its slow down..........

[macfreak18]

@91nickt nope, maynard gently squeezed his own cat. this was slowed down, just speed it up and you'll get maynard's cat

[thenazipanda]

@91nickt Well it is. Let's squeeze you and see what sound you make.

[gielomir2]

is this a cat?

wtf HOW?

[hojima]

@gielomir2 By slowing it down. HURRRRRRR

[gielomir2]

@hojima yeah saw that later

pretty amazing

[hojima]

@gielomir2 They need to do stuff like this more, just to fuck with the pseudointellectual fans that tool seems to accrue.

[Ambulanceo]

@hojima

I actually think this song is the true conceptual center-point of Lateralus. It encompasses the broad themes of the album and is the transitional chain in the link that pits mankind versus nature.

[hojima]

@Ambulanceo I think maynard is making fun of you. Because it is just his cat. That is all it is. A cat. Meowing. Nothing more.

[Ambulanceo]

@hojima

I don't think you're quite grasping the philosophical significance of Lateralus. The shift between The Patient and Schism is quite noticeable and this song is at the forefront of the changing in emotion and themes.

[hojima]

@Ambulanceo or it could simply be a pallete cleanser/joke to transition between a light and heavy song.

[Ambulanceo]

@hojima

Oh heavens no! Tool is simply too deep and philosophical for that!

[CrazyTrainisawesome]

@Ophiguris i wanna know what made maynard want to do this

[XxriflexpertxX]

Jesus christ you people are freaking out... "Did he really squeeze a cat" "I heard a squeezed a cat" "He put a cat in a rock tumbler and recorded it" "I'm gonna go squeeze my pillow and record it!" "OMG WTF LOLZ ZOMG this is a cat?" just.....relax.....enjoy the art.

[Entrew]

@koopster420 bullshit. It is just the sound of the cat, reversed...

[blahuffo1]

....I wanna sqeeze a cat now....

[chibixaileen]

wtf is this i read about a cat and shit. was this a cat who produced this track? how do you know?

[whitewolf262]

In the alternate arrangement of the album, it comes after Ticks and Leeches, and that whole "I hope you choke," line. . . And he makes the sound by squeezing his cat. Crazy stuff.

[CORNHOL0]

XD that's a weird cat!

[TransverseWaves]

If you play this backwards, it sounds the same

[fedarkbp]

Please, where can I find the lyrics? :D

[MacMan282]

this is the one that starts the vicarious music video...! i never made the connection before now. ahaha, im a retard...

[r33c3100]

@MacMan282 no its the intro for schism

[chibixaileen]

@MacMan282 yea dude its for schism

[roflmao88]

He didn't kill his cat -.- He just hugged it and it made a sound, recorded it and slowed it down.

[eightshotringcaps]

It's definantly squeezing his cat.

[MGraphics11]

Its actually whales.

[vikingsfan1995]

trippy sounding song

[x4aperfecttool]

How do u guys know its from squeezing a cat?

[annieyouok]

this is confirmed

[Nihongoking123]

Wait he squeezed his cat to death to make this song? lol

[Chameleonizer]

He didn't squeeze his cat to death! XD He was playing with his Siamese cat and then he noticed it made a weird sound when he was hugging it, so he was like "I'm makin' a song outta this" and he recorded it, slowed it down a lot, and now we hear it on their album =D

[ThrillRider1138]

this shit is freaky............but awesome at the same time

[davidthemann]

So just randomly deciding to squeeze your cat, then realize it makes a funny sound, and then repeat the squeezing while recording it isn't interesting?

[Luvinhas]

Lawl...was it gently squeezing a cat to dead or to just make some noise? xD

[fattylol123]

Fuck you PETA faggots. Go cry elsewhere.

[44eelz]

i always thought it was just Adam's guitar through a talkbox or something

[DaveOfTheDead94]

Its just a segue. The album has a full lenth song and then little 1 minute segments to smoothly transition each song or add atmosphere.

[chukleheads]

I LOVE this song! I can play it on a guitar! AWESOME!

[noopklu]

that was freaky

[xjennicyde]

What does this video have to do with peta and society? lol coughretardscough

[thenazipanda]

Never has a kitten produced such great music.

[91nickt]

@thenazipanda does not sound like a kitten...pretty lame...

[gmanrios9316]

@thenazipanda how do you know that?

[Ranguvar13]

You're right, our society is very fucked up...

And because of it, we fucked up _their_ society, which makes it even more our responsibility to fix the mess we made...

Humans are animals, non-humans are people, and fucking life won't help. Doing something will.

[100PercentBored]

He wasn't hurting the cat. Just making it make a noise by GENTLY squeezing it. Made it meow for a few seconds. This is much longer than what he actually did, so take your PETA shit somewhere else

[Ranguvar13]

You're right...

but PETA isn't shit.

[davidAnonsen]

the founder of PeTA is diabetic, insulin was tested on animals, she's still alive, therefore she's a fucking hypocrite.

[Ranguvar13]

For not doing what, refusing to use any already-produced drugs that were tested on non-humans?

We need more animal rights supports, not more over-the-top freaks.

[drumslayer27]

Ha PETA got mad at Obama for killing a fly, and sent him a "humane bug catcher." That's what i call worthless, time wasting, big, warm, stinking, PETA bull SHIT.

[mensendike]

plus its slowed down... even if it wasnt on loop

itd only be 30 seconds of a cats life being squeezed...

who gives a fuuuuuuk

[orkavorn]

musicislife2882, in reference to your username: it sure is..

[HailDaFins]

I can see where you get your name. =/

[requiredattention]

its the sound of him sqeezing his cat. just all morphed and shit... i knew ppl would get sensitive cos suddenly its not what they think it is. still a fun tripp

[GrayLeopard379]

hey, please tell me if you're serious. is he really squeezing his cat? cause it does sound like a slowed down yowl of a kitty kitty mowmow :(

[Tennisers]

it is

[GrayLeopard379]

aw nevermind, i checked it out. that's so weird that that sound is sctually like from something alive. who woulda thought ya know?