Animals As Leaders - CAFO - 13-11-2023 - Berlin

[@ElusiveDirtyd]

Animals as Bodybuilders

[@DEADPEDAL]

Animals as Lifters

[@oskariniemi6535]

😂

[@inflamerss]

Did you see the Matt?)

[@james-coble]

Animals as band players..? lol to corny ? Lol 😂 ok bodybuilders was good enough lol

[@sergioandresvahos281]

Physical Education

[@DizzyDez613]

Tosin has already completed guitar. Now he’s gonna master body building.

[@dwprado25]

Tosin is looking more and more like Booker T. Guy is shredded and so is Matt.

[@RaspySquares]

thicc boys

[@Dj0sten]

Animals as Lifters

[@Error_4x5]

I thought of Booker T as well

[@jeremyschiesser7086]

Optimal male performance

[@newtension]

Lol I enjoy a good look alike

[@markschmidt3081]

Shout out to Javier. Such an incredible musician that gets overlooked since he shares a stage with two undeniable goats. I love his influence on the band.

[@dcQ23]

Everyone knows Javier is a badass and I doubt he gets overlooked.

[@GorcStew]

Oh please, when Tosin was asked who is your biggest inspiration as a guitarist? He answered Javier :P He taught him a lot.

[@jcortest]

I listen to Mestis everyday.

[@markschmidt3081]

@@jcortest I listen to Mestis way more than AAL these days

[@royjones3099]

All 3.... geniuses

[@gordie4059]

Matt is an insane drummer. So glad he’s with AAL

[@Cpt.CoffinNails]

That little lick he did before they started playing was ridiculous.

[@secoif]

Came for the music, stayed for the biceps 💪💪

[@james-coble]

😂😂🔥🔥🔥

[@alamunez]

Excellent recording for lovers of cymbals 👍

[@SavedbyHim]

and snares

[@DizzyDez613]

Fuckin love it. Whole kit sounds incredible. There’s just something so special about that “live drum” sound. Never gets old.

[@nibblrrr7124]

Haha. Trouble with standing in the first row is that most of the PA system has to point somewhere else. (Yes, you can compensate by adding near-fill speakers, but it's not 100%.) And cymbals are just insanely loud and cut through even without amplification, so the mix is just not as balanced when you are this close. If you want the best sound, stand close to the FOH mixer in the back.

[@maldoror2007]

can't hear the bass at all

[@spanneng]

fo sure loveee the sound of crasshh

[@TheArtofGuitar]

This just gives me hope for the future. Thanks.

[@robertpavey5615]

Animals As Lifters - Wheytless

[@guilhermetonon7267]

Weightfullness

[@educostanzo]

Carrying around those 7 and 8 string guitars must be a hell of a good exercise.

[@MrLieka]

they are actually lighter than a lot of 6 strings

[@winston6752]

Its a room full of music nerds and i love it! Such a hard hitting track!

[@nibblrrr7124]

1:48 Look at those nerds! My people!

[@KasbashPlays]

Tosin has now reached the John Petrucci stage of virtuoso guitardom, where one’s guitar ends up looking like a toy ukulele in their hands.

[@iloper]

he almost looks like he is morfing into Petruccis body hahaha. Amazing artist!

[@patrickftw8464]

with a big ass guitar too lmao

[@KasbashPlays]

@@patrickftw8464 Exactly. I'm 5'10" and pretty decently built and the 7-string Majesty is pretty beefy in my hands. I can only imagine what the Kaizens will feel like.

[@patrickftw8464]

idk how tosin can play this shit while headbanging, i use my FULL concentration to play this song at half speed lol

[@koc0090]

geez it has been a couple of years that i saw their last show, oh boy they got buffed both musically and physically.

[@bassheadjazz2708]

Matt is just destroying it. Those rim shots during the breakdown. Man.

[@lomomi5520]

2:39 all the friking croud clapping at one 16/8 polyrithm🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@gus2n]

Javier looking very nu metal 🔥

[@iau]

This is the amount of crowd energy expected at any live show. Americans, take note!

[@didan3813]

Thanks for share this video

[@asianslayer555]

Goosebumps during the clapping

[@insulani]

Great video. Catching the music and atmosphere of the audience.

[@nkasdu]

I even see myself in the crowd 😅 it was a great concert.

[@InnokentyShuvalov]

+1

[@DeewarPutr]

man I miss berlin metal/mosh crowds.. such glowing positive energy saw them in Vancouver and we had to sit down and watch it (how ridiculous)

[@thisguy2973]

When I was in a band, we were always told by other bands in our practice space that Canada sucks for bands and to never play there. Aside from the shows, the bands always tend to get stalled by CBSA saying you can’t bring your equipment over the border. It was bad. Mexico was easier to get a show in.

[@samulation5047]

yeah crowd in zoetermeer was also kinda ded

[@DeewarPutr]

@@thisguy2973 oh god thats terrible (fortunately I had my early to late 20s.. 10 golden years in europe with 6 of them in Berlin) Gojira went on a tour last yeat didn’t even show up here so i can imagine why not more clearly now

[@shellderp]

@@thisguy2973 its not so much canada but the particular venue they were at. Every other time I've seen AAL there was always a good energy and moshing which is hilarious for this kinda music

[@B0K1T0]

lolwut 🥲 I go to classical concerts sometimes (I can enjoy pretty much every style of music), but the idea of attending something intense like a metal concert that way is just too absurd to me.. being part of the crowd as one organism is part of the experience for me, ever since I went to my first one as a 16 year old little boy with all those hormones raging through my body :D ♥ although AAL is a bit more "virtuoso" of course than your typical hardcore/punk concert..

[@leedanielisla2440]

oh my god, Matt always ripping time and space with his drumming

[@james-coble]

He blew my car speakers lol

[@MaxxwellTheLegend]

great camerawork man, very fun to watch!

[@danielschomaker6010]

This drummer is sick 😮

[@bagzy868]

None other than the great Garstka 🙌

[@thecartatree]

Was Tosin sneaking in pinch harmonics there for a minute? Also Matt is growing out of his kit.

[@Goose21]

Him and Jaavier sneak em into almost every song live. At least they did when I saw them

[@pR0ManiacS]

Yup 2:18

[@XpSAN]

Animals Are Lifters

[@By_Rant_Or_Ruin]

Odd times, odd meters, packages of three. Good all around.

[@AussieBassplayer]

Tosin Abasi looks jacked as fuck

[@garrettboone4306]

Criminally unknown band/genre. This is pure metal/music brilliance

[@james-coble]

Genre: animals as leaders 😂😂

[@nathanmiller1079]

Just brings me back in a time when the band REFLUX was starting up.

[@pandoratypography]

6:20 godDAMN

[@summeronio9751]

Tosin out here built like Shannon Sharpe

[@GutekZ]

Testoterosin Abasi

[@hjmath2021]

hahahahaha

[@james-coble]

@@hjmath2021that had me dying 😂😂😂 I’m still laughing

[@7AKV7]

I LOVE THEIR BASS PLAYER!

[@jeffd.3883]

By that logic there's two of them

[@james-coble]

Ha.. lol

[@anthonykenny1320]

How is that possible So fast so clean so complex

[@nikitakapitanov]

So goddamn true to life. I thought only meshuggah can do that on that level. Good job

[@finisrobinson]

Fucking incredible on all parts

[@diemcarl5546]

Nice intro lol 😅😂😊 Long live AAL. What an a-freakin'-mazing band. One of it's kind. Long-time fan❤️ 4life, man, 4life

[@jasonnaranjo4622]

Alluvial is amazing, Tosin knows it!

[@captainhowdy3104]

they lookn very metal these days

[@Kiki_Guitare]

does tosin abasi go to the gym with john petrucci ?

[@jeffd.3883]

Best comment lol

[@Meehtesh]

Wow how did I forget this concert

[@WatchWatches]

The talent comes from his muscles Tosin and Matt. But Javier’s fat is the pure power! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@masonkiller1]

What a nice evening!

[@RareYogurtMale]

What a time to be a fan of guitar! So many great players 🤘🤘

[@arthurcardoso11]

This song is fucking awesome!

[@jeffd.3883]

You should check out the whole first album. Produced by the legendary Misha of Periphery and I'm pretty sure the drums are fake but it's still super super good.

[@geneprell3838]

Best animals song ever.

[@Coldwallbar]

Tosin’s locs look amazing

[@dennisvanruijven4489]

Sick ass performance. Yeez!

[@MunroB0T]

yooooo shout out to the Alluvial shirt Tosin got on

[@Gonboo]

Damn Tosin is jacked.

[@MrAndrewCreech]

Tosin lookin thicc af. I still Javier makes this band live. He's like this grey bearded wizard over there, making it all happen.

[@djcj]

what a fun crowd!

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Get it, Matt 💪🏽🔥🔥 ....And that's a great thumbnail shot.

[@SMG59]

Man that drumming is just incredible 😮

[@ricardoceballos5189]

Cuanta calidad señores

[@james-coble]

Hahaha! I keep laughing lol I love how much the crowd loves this band lol there’s no words in the music, but the words is all the time signatures and everybody keeps chanting them lol I love it

[@DannyEye2704]

2010… college roomate showed me this jam, been a fanboy ever since

[@Bubblepoot]

Matt is the best drummer on earth currently

[@Aephyn64]

Certainly among them

[@efafe4972]

@@Aephyn64 in his space he might just be the best. not a big prog metal guy though so idk

[@Aephyn64]

@@efafe4972 I'm a firm believer that there isn't one "best" drummer, but a handful of em instead, and I'd definitely include Matt Garstka

[@nikoaguilera1960]

well think about it, out of every human on earth one is bound to be the best. and its matt. lol.@@Aephyn64

[@Paniekzaaiertje]

Tomas Haake is better

[@EdgarChacon-xz9gr]

Booker T is awesome

[@MrFranckb34]

Insane band.

[@Joshen_Marient]

For the first glance of the thumbnail, I thought it was Satchel, especially with the green guitar and the tanktop haha

[@brentbartels1983]

Incredible

[@GypsyDanger514]

Well the drums sound amazing. Can’t speak for the rest, I can’t hear em

[@TheMooseintree14]

See you in Portland!!!!

[@kayziix9618]

3:10 i could feel that "FUCK" it really went down at this moment 3:16 "ALRIGHT"

[@DrMabuse2010]

Hey! Their instruments have shrunk! Oh wait....

[@ombligodeagua]

I came here to evaluate the German Mosh pit.

[@max_robak_mrowki]

Wow Francis Ngannou playing guitar

[@CoryIsMyName]

This must be how my dad felt when I played Yngwie Malmsteen for him. I get how technically difficult it is to play, but musically it does absolutely nothing for me.

[@mrbouncelol]

That's Polyphia for me lol. AAL aren't too bad but this video can't hear shit obviously

[@renato360a]

I too felt the same way about Malmsteen..

[@djentlegiant739]

Quite honestly, the song seems confusing if you've never heard it before and you're now hearing it live or poorly-mixed. I recommend listening to it with proper headphones to get a better idea of what's going on. There are a lot of polyrhythms and time signature changes, but once you find the framework of the song that lies beneath, it's pretty amazing to then hear everything else and how it all complements the underlying framework.

[@CoryIsMyName]

@@djentlegiant739 Trust me, it's not the mix

[@algorhythms._2195]

This song instrumentally encapsulates a wide range of emotion in an original way moreso than any instrumental piece I’ve heard. It embodies emotion from anxiety to uplifting feelings to peace etc. It has catchy melodies and song structure just like any other song. If you’re too bricked to hear that, that’s your loss. Not everyone lives a sheltered life and the chaos of this music reflects a lot of the chaos people go through on a daily basis. What is art but the transmutation of emotion through a medium. Whether it’s “technical” or not isn’t the point some people are tired of hearing the same 4/4 groove over the same boring chords to infinity.

[@tiltedhorizon1435]

There's always that one guy trying to film at the edge of the pit. He sure is persistent. With as many times as he's been bumped, he keeps trying to film. Quality will be absolute ass though. 😂

[@a-gnosis]

damn, homies got thicc

[@christophejergales7852]

Tosin needs to change his name to Tren.

[@brienooy]

Daddy Javier 😍😍

[@CartoonKidOLLY]

Jesus Christ Matt is a machine

[@djctoafn]

Sick!!

[@sw385]

I thought the date was time signature

[@jeffd.3883]

I wonder how many musicians are in the crowd, what's the percentage? - a musician

[@lefunghi6151]

I couldn’t get tickets 😭😭

[@fiedel]

Same here :( I bought some for Hamburg instead … but then didn‘t have time to go. Now have to wait for another 10 years lol

[@lefunghi6151]

@@fiedel Well, at least they'll get even better until then xD

[@floralfire]

This is the most women I’ve ever seen at an animals as leaders show

[@terran236]

European women actually have good taste in music, murican women just like whats popular.

[@kimasailo6629]

Booker T as bodybuilder

[@popoyskey224]

Animals as WWE superstars

[@sebastian7494]

Tosin 🐐🤘🏽

[@avi184]

Whats the song they played at the beginning?

[@Luan-bejeveld1280]

That guitar is so afraid of messing up…

[@zoinkiezz]

Love the kaizen

[@james-coble]

Crowds cool as fuck lol

[@gregbradshaw7220]

Toastin a Sandwich

[@axelarmas1229]

Monsters of Rock.

[@ELECTRICSCARS]

Geil 🔥

[@erasmorljr]

6:27 Ok Matt 😅

[@mr_anoin]

prog metal not have dance rhythm - aal and fans - tadada dada / tadada dada / tadada dada / tadada dada

[@banno011]

suber geht los

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Fkn tuff.

[@ErwinMojica-p3x]

that biceps is from wakanda

[@eduardorogeliorodriguez7012]

Esto es Living Colors hiper tecnico

[@frederikmillingfrederiksen1527]

How to count to 5, the song

[@james-coble]

We all know Matt’s player.. swear on it