Tool

Perhaps the greatest merit of Tool is that they make you realize how inferior Dream Theater are. Here, progressive music is not based on Genesis, but on its own terms, far from clear and "expository"; rather, it is dark, frustrated, and controversial. Here, it is man who is at the center of the pieces, not the instrument, so the music can only be damnably more complicated and multifaceted. Aenima and Lateralus, respectively the muscles and the brain, are albums to be listened to, and to be watched in the music videos.