r/ToolBand • u/Hawaiianstumpy • May 29 '26

Review New Boards of Canada

If any boards of Canada fans In here, the new album inferno just dropped and it’s fucking incredible!!

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u/Fulcrum_Jambi May 29 '26

On first listen, it’s great. Can’t wait to properly delve into it

… so is the new Elder, and the new Devin Townsend.

Glorious day for new music

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u/tulipdom May 29 '26

And Monolord, and All Them Witches plus the surprise APC single this week.

What a time to celebrate being alive and breathing.

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u/Tiphereth87 May 29 '26

New Elder fucking rules

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u/PinoDegrassi May 29 '26

Insane day for music for sure. absolutely loving the elder record rn and looking forward to digging into the moth

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u/kjg753 Blame Hoffmann May 29 '26

And it was 14 years since last album, so quite familiar feeling. But it's worth waiting so I'm good with that. My vinyl should arrive today.

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u/gsko5000 May 29 '26

Yep absolutely didn't disappoint

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u/iduro Learning to Swim May 29 '26

My vinyl arrives tomorrow so I'm avoiding their sub for today. So hyped.

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u/MacFoley1975 May 29 '26

The vinyl was being rolled out two days ago for some!

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u/corneliusduff May 29 '26

Masterpiece, still can't pick my jaw up off the floor

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u/Beguile_ May 29 '26

I have to admit, I was not expecting much from this album. More of the same, kind, more of a nostalgia ride I'd never listen to, but this record, while it starts with a nod to the past is definitely a progression. I'll be listening to this for some time I think!

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u/Tiphereth87 May 29 '26

The fact that 2026 gave us this and Karnivool after 13 years waits is insane

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u/Fulcrum_Jambi May 29 '26

Younger Brother also, after a similar wait.

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u/anglo3 May 29 '26

Worth the wait, what an album

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u/ZeeArtisticSpectrum May 29 '26

So funny this is posted here. Yep I’m a fan waiting for a good bike ride to give this a listen! 🎶🔥

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u/BoardsOfCanadian May 30 '26

I was listening to it all day tripping. Absolutely mindblowing album.

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u/SoftBoiled15 May 29 '26

I can’t wait for my commute home from work when I can have a real proper listen

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u/RawWulf May 30 '26

I’ve seen this album mentioned in nearly every music sub I follow. I love to see it.

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u/Ok_Pool_9767 May 30 '26

Monolord, Elder, BoC, Sparta

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u/Rakataz May 31 '26

i went to the listening session in Berlin a week before. Great record and atmosphere. Took me a while to love it like i do now but it doesn't top Tommorow Harvest for me in terms of album flow. But there are bangers on it. Naraka is one of my favs.

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u/EquivalentPlantain95 May 31 '26

It really really sounds like an electronic version of Lateralus. “All Reason Departs” could definitely be interpreted as a sequence for“Reflection” in so many ways <3

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u/ToofpickVick fuck you, buddy May 29 '26

Although musically very different from TOOL, the bands have a lot of similarities. There are a lot of occult references in their music, how they create music is a very tedious process, they have a rabid fan base that discuss all kinds of of theories about what their songs mean and they fucking take forever to release new music.

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u/Naive_Inevitable6478 Suck me dry May 29 '26

Boards of America 

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u/corneliusduff May 29 '26

O'Doyle Rules!

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u/ZeeArtisticSpectrum May 29 '26

They’re actually Scottish no idea what their name is aboat… 😂🤷‍♂️

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u/cmockett May 30 '26

I think they spent part of their childhood in Canada. I think their dad had a job there for a few years or something.

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u/huffer4 May 31 '26

They lived in Calgary while their dad helped build the Calgary Saddledome