Lateralus

Spin - Ranked #16 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Spine-crushing dynamics and the best rock howl of the year..." Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Drums, bass and guitars move injarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent death march....the cumulativ eforce of muscle, imagination and immaculately wrought suspense....In another era, this would have been considered prog rock..." Spin - "...Their first No. 1 album is also their spaciest and most technical..." NME - 7 out of 10 - "...Adds a little more color to their palette of chanting, drumming and high drama....They're the metal Radiohead..." Alternative Press - 7 out of 10 - "...A thick slab of art-rock..." Alternative Press - Ranked #2 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001". CMJ - "...Staggerringly brilliant..." Entertainment Weekly - "...It's the sound of a giant beast slowly rousing from a slumber, raising havoc, and then settling back in again. LATERALUS reasserts their strengths....leaving you admiring their principles..." - Rating: B- Q - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Extraordinary in every sense..." Kerrang - "Complex, depressing, uplifting, spiritual and arcane, LATERALUS is rock at its most epic and transcendental." Spin (1/02, p.77) - Ranked #16 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Spine-crushing dynamics and the best rock howl of the year..." Alternative Press (2/02, p.64) - Ranked #2 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001". Rolling Stone (6/7/01, pp.109-10) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Drums, bass and guitars move injarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent death march....the cumulativ eforce of muscle, imagination and immaculately wrought suspense....In another era, this would have been considered prog rock..." Spin (10/03, p.107) - "...Their first No. 1 album is also their spaciest and most technical..." Q (8/01, pp.141-2) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Extraordinary in every sense..." NME (6/2/01, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...Adds a little more color to their palette of chanting, drumming and high drama....They're the metal Radiohead..." Entertainment Weekly (5/25/01, pp.76-7) - "...It's the sound of a giant beast slowly rousing from a slumber, raising havoc, and then settling back in again. LATERALUS reasserts their strengths....leaving you admiring their principles..." - Rating: B- Alternative Press (7/01, p.57) - 7 out of 10 - "...A thick slab of art-rock..." CMJ (6/4/01, p.15) - "...Staggerringly brilliant..."

Third album of complex, progressive metal from one of the most respected bands in rock. Released five years after their breakthrough album 'Aenima'. Singer Maynard James Keenan is also frontman of A Perfect Circle.|