There's only one album that I was more overdue on buying than Reign in Blood: Tool's Aenima. It holds the distinction of being the only music that I was equally infatuated with as a 13 year old as I am as a 25 year old. Most of the songs on here were played on the radio at the time - "46 and 2", "H", "Eulogy", "Aenema", "Stinkfist". I loved all of them. I have particularly fond memories of hearing the long intro to "Eulogy" come on the radio. But, combining the fact that I already knew half the album with the fact that for some reason it always cost $17-$18 at the CD store, I never ended up buying it.
I don't really know what finally pushed me over the edge this year. I know I was listening to Meshuggah a lot the previous week - maybe because they have the same sort of self-important fanboys. Either way, I'm glad I stopped being such a tool.
It's pretty lame how many people out there don't take Tool seriously because of their image and their fans. On the other hand you've got underground metal or prog fans who would act like this or that obscure band blows Tool out of the water, and you would realize this if you had heard of them. It's all a bunch of crap. Indisputable band.
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