Tool — Opiate (EP)

EP Vinyl Pressing

Tool’s 1992 debut album is short but not sweet, with live tracks recorded on New Year’s Eve 1991 at the Jello Loft in Hollywood. As the title implies, they’re none too impressed by religion, though other targets — fear (“Cold And Ugly”), hypocritical moralizing (“Jerk-Off”) and nonconformity (“Hush”) — get their time in the spotlight as well.

Released: 9/17/96