Grungy metal meets art-rock on Tool's stunning third release, and it's great! But let me adress some complaints of this album. The Non-music and "intermission" tracks- Personally, I love em. I think they're  quite atmospheric and provide good buildups to the next track. As for the  "ugliness" of the album, yeah sometimes there's some distorted  guitar noises and other things that aren't particurly pleasing to the ears,  but I suppose it just depends on the person whether they'll like that or  not. But along with this "ugliness", there are several very  beautiful moments on this album as well. Take for example the little guitar  solo in "H." or the opening of "Eulogy", absolutely  breathtaking. Of course, Maynard's voice is quite pleasing to hear as well.  I love this album, everyone may not, but I think most metal, hard rock, and  even some prog-rock fans or fans of music that's a little deeper than most  should enjoy it.