Those writeups are interesting. It almost seems like they chose Fear Inoculum as the single because it's the closest thing they had to a song that sounded like previous tool works. I suppose they could have also released Invincible or Descending as well. But the album sounds like an absolute trip. Can't wait to hear 7empest.
The other reviews are pretty decent though at telling us what it is like, at least for a first listen.
Yeah that review is terrible. Looks like the writer just phoned it in by writing vague shit about the band, without clear understanding if they actually listened to it.First "review" out: https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tool-fear-inoculum-review
Pretty garbage writeup, very little details and quite short. Not sure if this critic has actually heard it, but we got two more track names so that's something I suppose, "Pneuma" and "Mockingbeat".
The other reviews are pretty decent though at telling us what it is like, at least for a first listen.