Despite remaining out of the spotlight and largely keeping the curtains drawn beyond his work in a highly private and heavily regarded band, we’ve learned a lot about Justin Chancellor through his 29 years of playing in Tool. His constant stream of riffs and barrages of technical fretboard acrobatics are extraordinary. His propulsive picking speed is as tireless and dexterous as it is precise. And his tone merges a deep, low growl with metallic electricity, conveyed through delays, distortions, wahs, and overdrives. While Tool’s music always keeps their listeners guessing, we’ve come to expect certain things from Chancellor that he’s sure to deliver. But his recent release from his side project, MTvoid, caught us off guard by showing his imaginative writing outside of Tool. Never did we expect to hear him play an upright bass on a record, nor his stream-of-consciousness dabbling over atmospheric synths and layers of plug-ins. He and vocalist/producer Peter Mohamed (Sweet Noi