Maynard James Keenan says that Tool have become “grandpa music” and he’s got some pretty strong evidence to back it up.

The climbing superstar reveals the music behind his record-breaking rope-free ascent, from Tool to Nothing More and Linkin Park.

Last month, famous rock climber Alex Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan without any ropes or equipment. It was the highest free solo climb of an urban structure in history (1,667 ft) ...

Alex Honnold climbed the Taipei 101 skyscraper while listening to Tool, Linkin Park, Nothing More, The Used, and other acts, he revealed in a Spotify playlist.

Widely regarded as a smart and witty lyricist, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks he could have done better on some ...

From Weezer's raw emotion to the Spice Girls's pop revolution, revisit 10 iconic albums that made 1996 a landmark year in music. 30 years on, they still define the era.

Steve-O mentioned that he asked AI to describe each band, and it came back with Tool as “reverent,” A Perfect Circle as ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...