Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step [Import] metalcore Chicago 16 finds the band

Chicago 16 finds the band reinventing itself after the tragic death of Terry Kath and enlisting the talents of guitarist/keyboardist Bill Champlin to great affect

a towering tornado of synths and sweat

Ari Lennox

with an album full of mournful atmospheric tracks

A love letter to the '80s classics that captivated a generation

Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step [Import] metalcore Chicago 16 finds the bandMusicians came and went within the circle of A Perfect Circle. On their second album (2003), the band's founders Tool's singer Maynard Kennan and Tool's talented guitar tech Billy Howerdel lead the way, with key contributions by guitarists Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) and Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Mark Lanegan). Together, they created an intense, dark, intoxicating concoction of alternative