When Maynard says "..." it sends chills up my spine every time. Such a brilliant lyricist.

I play this song for my kids and they dance around and act like wild animals. It’s always “dad, play the tool song!” It sounds primal and nature and I can see them getting ramped up to it. It makes my heart guts melt as a father I’m not going to lie

Danny sounds like he's trying to summon an ancient norse god or some shit

Disposition, reflection, and triad are just like one big song

I blame this song for my tinnitus. No matter how loud you turn it up, your ears get used to it and you just have to turn it up louder.

It's only on rare occasions that a group of people this talented and distinctive find each other in the same time at the same place. The results can often be beyond description. Tool are a stand alone, completely unlike any before or since.

The first time I heard this, I was driving across town and this badass violent cold front was moving in. The clouds were pitch back, and the lightning was ferocious. I turned this up as loud as I could stand it as the meteorological mayhem ensued. I would have been fine driving my truck into a wall and bursting into flames right then and there.

This song sends you straight into the deepest space where you can only find yourself.

my favourite. it is impossible to stand still while listening. people doesn't care about Triad as much as the other songs in the album because it has no lyrics. but there is no reason to write any. as a theme, lateralus is about change and spiritual progress. throughout this spiritual progress, a person who is free from hatred and has chosen humility, chosen his path, focuses only on the infinity in front of him, has prepared for it, accepts the change and no longer needs to speak. only lives. any object in front of it is no longer there to think about it or comment. this is the reason they went full instrumental on this. This song is the end of the journey, a celebration.

And here we are, 20 years later, still diggin' this groove to oblivion

Finally a Tool song I can keep up with on the vocals

How untouchable and unbelievable is this band???

2:48 that but where Adam is reeling the band in just before cutting them the fuck loose into controlled chaos is amazing. The first half is just a slow stalk, like your tribe is hunting game, then at 2:54 is the attack, where all that pressure builds and it’s life or death to devour to survive. To me this is a victory song, for a tribe that’s evolving, adapting, surviving, learning and ultimately thriving. Just as humans should.

The transition from Reflection to Triad gives me an involuntary stank face, it's fucking incredible how nasty and primal it sounds

this song has such a good finality to it. it feels like you've accepted some kind of ending. death, maybe.

I'll never forget having my friend listen to this album and hearing him ask "WHAT IS THIS DEMON?" as he heard Triad fading in.

Disposition Reflection Triad

Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor are two of the greatest musicians to have ever breathed

On the lateralus tour in 2002 I saw them at MSG, they played all 3 tracks and at the end of disposition the band went backstage (minus Danny) while he sat there playing the repetitive beat for 20 plus minutes during a light show accompanied by acrobatic stunts from the schism creatures from the actual video who came out and on stage during schism and walked on all fours bobbing their heads. They opened with the grudge and closed with lateralus which came right after triad. I'll never see another show that comes close to that. Ever.

I think I could listen to this song on a loop for the rest of my life.

4:06 that riff is filthy and i freaking love it

The most underrated Tool song

One thing that I have always loved about tool as how they function as a single unit. There is no ego involved in it and when they are on their music feels like it is really coming through from another place.

What a band. I could listen to Danny, and all 8 of his arms, play the drums all day and everyday.

Lost mom this year at age 55...listening to this with my pops and it's our therapy/bonding session... thank you tool👍

Those weird screams always give me chills

I really need to see Tool live and let my elemental self out.

I'm a city person,I don't like nature,don't like much animals,but when the Holy Trinity reach Triad,I feel like a beast running in a field during a tempest,and is just like a want to feel,is like the deepest scream of my soul

0:41 Robert plant on guest vocals

To all the Tool newcomers (Pt. 2): 4:59 is also one of the coolest things Danny Carey has ever recorded.

Triad is like a getaway, a freed soul on the run...

8 minutes and forty 6 seconds of pure, unfiltered, undiluted, free range, organic genius.

He's the best drummer there ever was in music.

So glad to know that I am not the only one listening to this

I get full body chills nearly every single time I listen to this... when it kicks in, that's a drug right there. Cant wait to listen to this stoned.

The trifecta of imagination and rhythm combined to create a grand masterpiece.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of this masterpiece!!!

And that how you end a masterpiece album.

Now listen kids... this is the greatest piece of music ever written... The effect this has on moving my spirit is unparralled to any other. Truly a spiritual experience..

Simply entrancing. Spiritual. Timeless. This track is one of many reasons I'll love this band and it's members to death, despite whatever temporary trends or socially acceptable yet soulless creations will keep getting forced to popularity.

currently listening to this on headphones and it is absolutely spiritual. I think TOOL was sent here as a gift!!! 🧠👁👐🏻🙏🏻

This theme is so spiritual

4:12 how Adam transitions from hammering on to gently picking is possibly one of the best things he's ever recorded... Fuck

Thank you, KZfaq for having the good decency to transition directly from Reflection to Triad. You're alright.

Makes me think of horses galloping across a desert under a blood red sky

What do you mean there aren't any lyrics? What about that AAAAAAAAAA at the start?? Those are vocals. I rest my case.

Was fighting Kos in Bloodborne...this song fit the battle perfectly

I remember listening to this the day it came out. Senior in high school. 2001. May we all find the light.

The feels. So many.

That beat is so hypnotic. Puts me in a trance.

this is so tribal it's like music coming from a dose of psychedelics

I don’t think it’s possible to get tired of this song.

Just listened to this and realized why it took so long for the latest album... BRILLIANCE

People give lots of credit to Justin, but not nearly enough credit about how difficult the bass line in this song is. The stamina needed to play these fast hammer-ons and pull-offs on a .105 or .110 string at the 2nd and 3rd fret for 6:37 minutes straight is pretty serious. You feel like your tendons are ripped out by the 3 minute mark.

Literally beside myself . . . unbelievable time

This song is the epitome of anguish. The embodiment of melancholy. A diamond made of crystallized tears.

Turning 50 this year. Nothing like Triad to make you feel like your 20 again...

My Dad use to play this album quite a bit along with Aenima and didn’t play Undertow or 10 000 days often, Tool has a important place in my heart whenever I think about my dad and what he did to prepare me and my brothers for the real world, all of the music he raised me on, Especially Tool it makes me feel proud to be his Son

this is what total self-actualization sounds like

This is my favorite lyric-less Tool song

What a time to be alive

I'm 61 and I'm just enjoying all of tool

4:06 the time signature transition from 6/6 to 8/8 to 6/6 again while maintaining a similar melody is what love most about tool

Totally underrated! Powerful track

Tool is so ahead of their time that the band members parents havent even met yet.

Dammit Danny! You are a beast on those drums. 🤟🏻👍🔥🎶🎶🎶

Tribal, primordial, violent..a masterpiece.

This must be unbelievable live.

This is probably just a warm up jam for them.

I really like the part where he say " *EUUEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH* " really deep meaning

The tone on those squelches and squeals from adam jones are just awesome , the sound he can pull out is just incredible

what a masterpiece of an album to end with a 3 part song that itself ends with such an epic and explosive track

Oh my fuckin god what an incredible piece of music. Unbelievable and no other collection of artists could have made this track this way other than Tool. So distinctively their own sound.

Tool makes me think about myself, my own dreams and how I interact with the world. It's kind of like a self-orientated spiritual journey. Maybe my belief is that in my mind I am the center of the universe, though I realize everyone else thinks the same way, therefore I see the world as a collection of unique individuals sharing the resources of the universe. God to me is the creator, the lawyer, the rock star. God is too busy enjoying the world to pay too much attention providing everyone with what they want. I think that the altimate creator would create an after life for individuals. Individuals when they die go to a mulitverse, where they get to relive a new life, meet new people, and simply enjoy living.

It feels as if i just listened to a greatest hits compilation. Lateralus is the greatest album

Hear those tool riffs my god!!

I remember blaring this in my headphones in high school whilst battling the Hunters in the very first halo game. I felt like the chants and hums in the song encapsulated the hunters presence perfectly. Now when I hear this song, I just think about how beautiful of a game the first Halo was. Anyways, if you're a gamer, I highly recommend this song for gaming. I listen to this when I fight Malenia in Elden Ring and it's super relaxing and rhythmic.

Goosebumps every time.

What an epic wild state song , I can see the warrior struggle in running to the light! left the darkness behind, break into the Truth path!

So underrated that’s why Triad is my favorite

Not only is Danny's drumming amazing, I absolutely love the sound he gets out of his kit. He brings the perfect volume and tones to the song.

Tool played this live. Lowell, Massachusetts. Tsongas (songas) Arena. Also did Third Eye. Its on KZfaq somewhere. Members of the backup band played also on this song. Awesome!

it's like surfing half pipe wave and finding the momentum to keep going again and again and gain 8

This is by far the heaviest song I've heard played in 6/8ths time. It's amazing.

If i ever go into battle, this is my pump up song

I bet that Maynard didn't show up to practice one day, so the other members had a jam session, and when it's done they realize they accidentally recorded it and decided to put it on the album.

Anyone know where I can find the instrumental version?

My favourite Tool song. Unbelievable !

Yo it's called triad cuz there is only 3 people playing. Its genius

4:05 so fucking awesome. Love the use of what I *wanna* say is a violin/viola later on as well. Everytime I listen to Tool there's always something really kickass that I didn't notice was there the last time I listened, every one of their songs is in a masterclass of its own.

Experiencing this peaking on 175ug completely changed my relationship with the song. This music is transcendental and sacred. It's so much more than music even, idk I can't describe it, just sacred 🕉

maynard killed it on this

The Singularity, the end... 87 years have been building up for this holy moment, now, what did you see?

Favourite Tool song. So grateful for its creation.

this here is what makes Tool amazing for me... the ability to go into other dimensions and push envelopes with non traditional music

I dance when I hear this and Parabola. Every damn time.

Triad is amazing. The beauty and greatness of music.

I'm not sure if I'm just listening to tool or if I'm summoning an ancient god of something 🔥🔥

Tool know something that other people don't ❤

That riff is the tool riff to end all tool riffs. The amount and finality it has to it is so epic. The last part of lateralus is my favorite of the epic closing songs tool has on their albums. Reflection and triad are the pinnacle of this band’s power.