Animals as Leaders is a Washington, D.C. based instrumental/progressive-met… Read Full Bio ↴Animals as Leaders is a Washington, D.C. based instrumental/progressive-metal project formed by guitarist Tosin Abasi in 2007. Their self-titled debut album was released in April 2009 by Prosthetic Records.
Animals as Leaders was formed "out of the ashes" of guitarist Tosin Abasi's previous band, Reflux. The heavy metal record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. Abasi initially declined, feeling such an endeavor would be "egotistical and unnecessary". When Reflux disbanded, Abasi decided to take the label's offer. The name Animals as Leaders was inspired by Daniel Quinn's 1992 novel Ishmael, which addresses anthropocentrism. Abasi coined the name as a reminder "that we're all essentially animals".
The project's first album, Animals as Leaders, was recorded in early 2008. Abasi recorded all guitar and bass tracks on the album; drums and various synthesized effects were programmed by engineer Misha Mansoor. The album was released April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records.
Their second album, Weightless, was released November 8, 2011, with the addition of Javier Reyes and Navene Koperweis on rhythm guitar and drums, respectively. After touring in support of the record, it was announced that Navene Koperweis would be leaving the band. He was replaced by Matt Garstka for further touring duties.
It was announced in late December of 2012 that Animals As Leaders had signed a deal with Sumerian Records, who will release the band's next album in 2013. The album was produced by Misha Mansoor, from Periphery.
Following, "The Madness Of Many" was released in 2016, with "Parrhesia" coming in mid-2022.
Members:
Tosin Abasi: 7 ,8 and 9 String Guitars
Javier Reyes: 7 and 8 String Guitars
Matt Garstka: Drums
http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders
Animals as Leaders was formed "out of the ashes" of guitarist Tosin Abasi's previous band, Reflux. The heavy metal record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. Abasi initially declined, feeling such an endeavor would be "egotistical and unnecessary". When Reflux disbanded, Abasi decided to take the label's offer. The name Animals as Leaders was inspired by Daniel Quinn's 1992 novel Ishmael, which addresses anthropocentrism. Abasi coined the name as a reminder "that we're all essentially animals".
The project's first album, Animals as Leaders, was recorded in early 2008. Abasi recorded all guitar and bass tracks on the album; drums and various synthesized effects were programmed by engineer Misha Mansoor. The album was released April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records.
Their second album, Weightless, was released November 8, 2011, with the addition of Javier Reyes and Navene Koperweis on rhythm guitar and drums, respectively. After touring in support of the record, it was announced that Navene Koperweis would be leaving the band. He was replaced by Matt Garstka for further touring duties.
It was announced in late December of 2012 that Animals As Leaders had signed a deal with Sumerian Records, who will release the band's next album in 2013. The album was produced by Misha Mansoor, from Periphery.
Following, "The Madness Of Many" was released in 2016, with "Parrhesia" coming in mid-2022.
Members:
Tosin Abasi: 7 ,8 and 9 String Guitars
Javier Reyes: 7 and 8 String Guitars
Matt Garstka: Drums
http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders
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penfold1992
it seems like Animals As Leaders are becoming more and more popular, ive seen several mentions of other youtube videos talking about them but... I have an issue with this...
why do people like this band? (wait wait wait... I love this band! dont hate on me! lol)
why is Animals as Leaders becoming popular when they are almost the opposite of anything mainstream that is popular...
jazz is not very popular (Guthrie Govan is not very well known yet does very similar style of playing albeit less heavy).
they are very technically inspired with difficult rhythmic sections, odd polyrhythms and complex time signatures.... not something you can easily tap your feet too.
Theres no vocals which most people brush off...
They dont really fit into any category of music with a mix of Jazz fusion, Prog Metal and some say "Djent" however I dont really put these guys in the same catagory as Periphery...
so what is it about this band that people like?
General Sam
2:39 this part really moves the bowels in a good way.
Uras Akman
What 🤔
Abdiel Alfonso
._.xd
opiate connoisseur
oh shit sam
Ben Afallouss
Hey didn't expect to see you here!
Bob Jones
Turquoise metalhead man?
J Whiskey
8 years later and after many a long hours, several skin grafts and 8 bionic fingers... I can proudly say I can finally play 11.7 seconds of this song
Gunt3r
Better late than never ))
Ceo0f_india
@Dr. Tempoville cap 🧢
Greed
420 nice 🤘🏻