(FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL, June 25, 2019 – )It’s been 13 years since Los Angeles’ powerhouse art-metal band Tool released their 10,000 Daysalbum. The wait may be over as they have debuted two new songs, Invincibleand Descending, during stops on a US and European tour that started in May.
The band, comprised of Danny Carey (drums), Justin Chancellor (bass), Adam Jones (guitar) and Maynard James Keenan (vocals), has been touring with a sound system supplied by Eighth Day Sound. Along with d&b audiotechnik GSL loudspeakers, Midas XL-4 console and the usual ton of assorted gear are Heil Sound microphones.
Alan “Nobby” Hopkinson, the band’s long-time FOH mixer, has had Heil Sound mics in his toolbox for many years. For the current run he is using PR31s and a PR40 on the guitar cabinets, a PR40 and PR30 on the two bass cabinets, PR30s on Leslies (L&R), PR48s and PR40s on kick and floor toms, and last but certainly not least, a PR30 for Adam Jones’ Heil Talk Box. “We were first...
