(Feel free to move this to rumors if you feel so inclined. I thought it was worth seeing just to start up a bit of conversation.)

The following link has a picture of the supposed CD itself:

http://10000-days.com/forums/viewtop...0b8bab70f19cbc


He goes on to say:

"remember the first tracklisting we saw for the new Tool album? Well that's it. Aldaraia. The band quickly came up with a scheme to cover up those details to keep potential leaks at bay. The scheme isn't really a total hoax though. The artwork that's posted on the official site is the artwork for the live dvd that comes out along with the album. It's title is XM Days. The tracklist is completely fabricated, so don't be surprised when they say "april fools" regarding the tracklist. The band has dropped several hints to the new album, the most visible is Adam featuring the track titled "the thorn" written on his hand in a promo pic."

Well if thats the case, I certainly wont be disappointed. AND WE'RE ALL RIGHT!

the cd means nothing, its easy as shit to print out cd covers

eye candy

Aldaraia was made up.

there's no source there for anything

"yea I just talked to maynard on the phone, he says you failed at life"

fanmade hoax.

that cd looks fucking horrible

your penis is made up

you guys seriously are a bunch of fucking clowns, you know that?

the black generic looking case holding the cd doesnt look legit... ontop of that if you actual did have the cd, why only take one screenshot of the cd itself.....

I want to believe this.

you're saying the actual plastic doesnt look legit? How does that work? Not that I am arguing for its validity or anything, but that just is a silly thing to say. Nevertheless, this would be a hopeful possibility, yet unlikely.

Yes it was. Quote from Blair on toolband:

"Finally, about the “Aldaraia” document that has been circulating on the internet as of late: It is obviously a hoax, and, in my opinion, not a particularly good one. Even a cursory glance at the contents reveals several tell-tale signs that it’s a complete fraud (not including the questionable date formatting). For instance, why would the band’s P.O. Box address be blacked out? It would appear that the perpetrators of the hoax were attempting to make the letter appear more authentic by adding this little touch, but, as it was completely unnecessary to do so, it only betrays it being a genuine 'document.' Also, I don’t think anyone in the band would add an ‘n’ to the ‘Enochian’ word “Aldaraia!”

That is bullshit. It is not the CD. Do not believe it. If it was the CD, there would be leaked music as well. Also, 'X' in roman numerals is 10, and 'M' is 1,000. I think they were simply naming that new cover art 'xm_days' to tie it to the album.

We all know aldaraia was the best track listing we'd seen, but it was fake. Maybe if Blair hadn't mentioned it it could've been true, but he's gone out of his way to address the titles and confirm they were false. He said the new album isn't lateralus II (but it's apparently lateralus II enough to recycle the art for the old tour :/)

and people complain about my posts, seriously.....

well, I dont think its likely, but to play devils advocate, he could have said the aforementioned to cover his tracks because it WAS in fact the real deal, knowing very well that we would take everything he says to be real.

When are you guys going to get it? The album is called '10,000 Days'. It is coming out May 2nd.

Yeah well the paper came after the tracklisting was found. Anyway, they were all made up and we have been told it's 1 CD. Why can't people believe that?

and you know this how?

"Well you know, I read er, um, I read it somewhere on the internet. Yeah! THAT'S IT! On the internet. Plus, my local college radio DJ - Jimmy Jam Rim Job - said so, so it HAS to be true."

All the information we have heard is the same. Why would it all be lies? It MAY be the internet, but real people said these thigns that we have heard.

i thought we were through this shit...

that black generic case is like something you buy for the dozen at your local dollar store... doesnt look offical thats all im saying

So, do you have proof to back this theory up?


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[QUOTE=flipmojo]Yes it was. Quote from Blair on toolband:

"Finally, about the “Aldaraia” document that has been circulating on the internet as of late: It is obviously a hoax, and, in my opinion, not a particularly good one"

That part as always pissed me off if it wasn't a very good fake in general than how did they have a title on that list that matches with one on the "Real" list??

Have you been to Toolband.com?

^ please see every single thread on this forum, because if they havent started out that way, they sure as hell ended up discussing the possibility of such. I'm not going to re-explain why *anything* is possible at this point.

SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there's no point in arguing this because you could both be right and we won't know for a while.

coming from a person who has actually worked in a reputable record store for several years, any version of a final whatever is bound to be circulated in the most unlikely of containers.

Didn't the guy who actually made up the name/tracklist admit it was fake? If not, then maybe it is a possibility because I don't think we can really believe anything Blair says with 100% certainty.

But if someone admitted to making it up, then it's obviously BS.

I made up the tracklist.

Unless they got to him too!!

See how convincing it is to sway an opinion with one sentence. Anyone could have laid claim to this. Same thing as copycat serial killers. You cant prove it without evidence.

Prove it.

Edit:
Grudge767 or whoever did prove it though.

just to play devil's advocate, because I don't believe this guy, but the aldaria list had the correct number of tracks before we knew the number, the correct release date before it was confirmed, and 23 which is found in latin on 10,000 days. Dammit I want to believe this, but I can't.

i believe it

prove that.

We knew the number from the Andy King review.