| "Parabola" | ||||
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| Single by Tool | ||||
| from the album Lateralus | ||||
| Released | January 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal[1] | |||
| Length | 6:03 | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Bottrill | |||
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"Parabola" is a song by American rock band Tool. The song was released as the second single from their third studio album Lateralus. Initially released in 2002 as a promo only, the single was re-released on December 20, 2005, which includes the song and a DVD containing the music video and an optional "dual" audio commentary on the video by Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys. The dual commentary consists of two separate recordings of Biafra's voice, one playing in each stereo channel. The DVD was released alongside a DVD single for "Schism" as well. The song uses a modified drop-B tuning for the guitars.
The song is featured on the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. The song was played onboard Space Shuttle mission STS-130, as a wake-up call for astronaut Robert Behnken.[2]
Parabola explores the Heideggerian concept of life subjectively experienced as "feeling eternal" in the moment by the consciousness held within its mortal physical body.[3]
- ^ Hill, Stephen (January 28, 2019). "Every Tool album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best". Metal Hammer. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ "STS-130 Wakeup Calls". NASA. February 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ Hegarty, Paul; Halliwell, Martin (2011). Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock Since the 1960s. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 9780826444837.