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Schism
Background- "Schism" is a song that has been composed by a rock/metal band known as Tool. The band was formed in the year 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Schism was their first single and was also the first music video from their third full-length album, "Lateralus". The single proved to be one of the biggest hit for the band. In the year 2001, Tool also won the Grammy Award in the category of "Best Metal Performance" for this song. "Schism" is the result of their fusion of complex rhythms and changing meters, which them famous. In the year 2005, they released the DVD for "Schism". In the similar lines, a DVD single for the epic tracks "Parabol" and "Parabola" was also released in the year 2005. Each of these DVD contains the remix of each track done by Lustmord, as well as an audio commentary by David Yow ("Schism") and Jello Biafra ("Parabola").
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Artist Biography - Schism
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 An analysis of Schism has shown that there are meter changes. These analysis was presented by Guitar One magazine released in the year 2001, in their August issue. The analysis has been done by Adam Perlmutter. The song starts in 5/4 for one measure which is followed by 21 measures of 6/4 (or 5/8 and 7/8 alternating), which continues till the first interlude, which is a bar of 3/8, three bars of 13/8, and a bar of 10/8. It can be also termed as four 13/8 bars, but has to be played with a 3/8 upbeat. The next verse is eight bars all in 6/4 that is followed by another interlude. This verse also follows the same pattern as the first one. This pattern brings in the section "The poetry that comes..." that conatains four bars of 6/4 which is followed by one bar of 11/8. After that another eight-bar verse in 6/4 follows, which contains the same interlude like the earlier ones. But it is bit different from the final one only in the final one. As the final10/8 bar is replaced with an 11/8 bar which sets up the middle section, which is four bars of 7/4 before settling into a pattern of alternating 12/8 and 15/8, one bar each, twelve times, and it conatains the "Cold silence..." lyrics. At the same time in the end we find the word "compassion", where there are three bars of 4/4, this lends to it a foreign sound, a bar of 2/4, and four bars of 4/4 which is established in the section of "Between supposed lovers", which is two bars of 9/8 followed by a bar of 10/8, which again follows the same pattern, a single bar of 9/8 followed by a 13/8 bar. This leads to a bit different set of 9/8 and 5/8, that appears four times before a bar of 9/8 and a bar of 6/8. The final lyrics "I know the pieces fit" again brings back the 6/4 meter for eight bars, followed by eight bars of 4/4 , which is done to finally end the song.
The music of Tool has been influenced by King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Meshuggah. Their music has been critically acclaimed by the critics and they have a devoted fan following them.
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