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If you reckon New Year’s Eve should come with more polyrhythms, existential dread, and at least one primal scream, good news.

A dedicated Tool superfan has put together a guide showing exactly when to press play on Tool songs so their most iconic moments land right on midnight. 

We’re talking the whole catalogue too, Opiate, Undertow, Ænima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days, and Fear Inoculum. No half measures here.

There is a timestamp for every song, so that something iconic happens right at midnight. 

 “My fellow fans! It's yet again that time of the year, where I post and expand on my list of Tool songs you can ring in the new year with!” he wrote. “It brings me so much joy to do this, so I won't let you off the hook this year either.” 

The instructions are easy to follow: “Simply start at the given timestamp and watch the magic unfold.” 

We’ve listed some of the most iconic ones below, but you’ll have to take a look at the full thing yourself (I’m not sure if copying all of them over is totally appropriate). 

Sober: 11:56:03 to ask yourself why

Undertow: 11:56:13 to get back in the undertow

Stinkfist: 11:55:42 to KEEP DIGGING

Eulogy: 11:52:03 to say GOODBYYYEEE to 2025

Forty Six & 2: 11:54:54 to see your shadow changing

Ænema: 11:53:50 to flush down 2025

Schism: 11:54:36 to start the new year between supposed brothers

The Pot: 11:59:13 for the first drop or 11:54:01 to start your new year with a scream

Fear Inoculum: 11:50:30 and hold on for dear life through Adam's solo

Pneuma: 11:50:56 for the peak of Danny's breakdown or 11:50:01 to become PNEUMA

If that’s not enough, he’s also included timestamps for entire albums, for those of you psychopaths. 

For example: 

Undertow: Start it at 11:08:07 to get cleansed and purged in the WATEEEEEEER

Fear Inoculum: Start it at 10:49:25 to hit HERE WE GO AGAIN at midnight

Tool fans, your New Year's plans are officially sorted. Everyone else will just have to deal with it. 

Published by Maia Williamson

31 Dec 2025