Animals as Leaders Live Full Set at Tokyo Japan 13 April 2023

Animals as Leaders Live Full Set at Tokyo Japan 13 April 2023
Absolutely beautiful band!
00:00 Tooth and Claw
4:52 Arithmophobia
11:18 Ectogenesis
16:53 Conflict Cartography
22:34 Gordian Naught
27:49 Thoughts and Prayers
34:06 The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing / Behaving Badly
39:09 Gestaltzerfall
44:35 Micro-Aggressions
49:25 Red Miso
54:22 Wave of Babies
1:00:36 Physical Education
1:05:43 The Woven Web
1:10:33 Monomyth
1:15:40 CAFO

[@nathanf9499]

It takes a lot to draw my attention away from someone as amazing as Tosin, but Matt Garstka is just an absolutely unbelievable drummer.

[@Yukixjapan]

Same here. I don't know how they can play that look easy and effortless

[@joeyhathaway8447]

@@Yukixjapan You have to run it all (in little bits and pieces, themselves well-selected and -crafted) in slow-motion in the practice room over and over and over and over and over again until that shit SHINE!

[@Yukixjapan]

@@joeyhathaway8447 haha happily I volunteer for it

[@MrLieka]

3 monuments there, Javier, Matt and Tosin and each one is equally gifted to me, they have a pure transcendental synergy together, like a perfectly balanced chemical reaction

[@metroknowm]

@@Yukixjapan lots of practice. :) and ... lots of touring. it gets tiring playing as much as they have on this tour. they never phone it in - but you've got to stay relaxed to execute the level at which they operate.

[@KarltonFranz]

the most respectable and calm animals crowd I've ever seen haha

[@postmoderncondition3353]

I've been to the last Gojira concert in Tokyo and the crowd was so chill, it felt kinda alien

[@rezzyblue9948]

@@postmoderncondition3353 I’ve seen that in their recent shows. The crowd acts like they bought seats and it just makes me want to watch their older performances.

[@collenkelton4095]

@@rezzyblue9948that’s just Japanese crowd things. They are always chill.

[@Goose21]

There was a circle pit during micro aggressions in my city when they played a few weeks after this show it was hilarious

[@StirTheNesquik]

Might be late to but... There's a... major difference to Japan' indoor crowds and outdoor crowds. 😬

[@dinghoti]

Seeing this trio live gotta be in my top 3 best concerts. Top 5 best moments of my life tbh.

[@joeyhathaway8447]

Matt's application of rudiments around the kit is always so geometrically pristine. I wonder what it would be like if he tried to play as chaotically and unpredictably as possible, while staying within the bounds of the material's structure and feel, and his own energy's patterning.

[@Yukixjapan]

Haha I feel you! I was hoping to see it but he didn't show off. We need drum cam for it :)

[@asafaraujo3173]

He is always looking for new patterns. Sometimes the halfway point of this learning takes away his naturalness and energy.

[@dimsonvenus684]

It would be like danny of Tool.just my personal opinion

[@paulbradley8654]

I bet if we had some footage of them working the songs up we would something like that!

[@c.l.368]

@@dimsonvenus684 garstka would never sound like carey in his life.... unless he had a traffic accident or something that gave him brain damage

[@Rejii16]

本当ありがと I was the guy yelling in between the songs 😂

[@Yukixjapan]

Ohh you were there😃 be loud as much as you can. As many artists said shows in Japan are too quiet

[@theantongavrbro]

lucky one😀👍

[@jessepuhr4353]

Wait, I was that guy...

[@thecoderofyoutube]

What venue was this?

[@tankediatriba]

you represented me better than the congressmen of my country...

[@davmakesmusic]

1:01:23 now that's a good drum tech

[@c.l.368]

looool though matt didn't trust him with it haha, he muted the cymbal himself with his left hand....

[@FlipperWolf]

It's the second time I see them doing this so now I have my answer, this is on purpose xD

[@Blacklight_Music]

Matt playing the opening to CAFO with single strokes AFTER stepping off stage and combing back on is bonkers.

[@viraajgupta7090]

HOLY CRAP HE ACTUALLY PLAYED IT WITH SINGLE STROKES THAT IS CRAZY

[@Blacklight_Music]

@@viraajgupta7090 That mid-show adrenaline is insane, makes you a superhuman. At the end of the set too.. sheesh.

[@FlipperWolf]

What? I might be dumb but I don't see that

[@rorybninetythree]

One of my fav things about AAL is at this point it's a band of three powerlifters

[@ach31337]

Of all the drummers I've seen live, Matt and Baard Kolstad stand out as absolute monsters.

[@johnhowetv]

Imagining remember one hour twenty minutes of music at this complexity and having rhe stamina to perform is so effortlessly. I dont remember what day of the week is.

[@user-qc2yr2tw6m]

00:00 Tooth and Claw 4:52 Arithmophobia 11:18 Ectogenesis 16:53 Conflict Cartography 22:34 Gordian Naught 27:49 Thoughts and Prayers 34:06 The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing / Behaving Badly 39:09 Gestaltzerfall 44:35 Micro-Aggressions 49:25 Red Miso 54:22 Wave of Babies 1:00:36 Physical Education 1:05:43 The Woven Web 1:10:33 Monomyth 1:15:40 CAFO

[@nicolashernandez8698]

wow, i´ve never seen Tosin failing a whole riff (46:15), memorizing all that shit must be hard as fuck. All my respect for them

[@volpeverde6441]

we musicians call forgetting a bit.... 'improvisation'....

[@WishMount]

24:08 Nothing beats this section of thumping, it's pretty much the first time they do it in this set list so it's such a heavy mood change during the concert... and they catch you with the 808 at 24:23 just to finish you off. The video on my channel doesn't put it into words... it's like getting kick in the guts! You can hear the audience reaction too lol

[@JeremyMcCant]

That harmonic @7:37 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@IDAFFIRANU]

thanks

[@antonioduarte1335]

amazing

[@YutsiAion]

Tight AF bro damn

[@inuwikantiyoso2767]

Good to see real tube amps again on live stage!

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

They are for stage volume. Using only the power amps for their pedalboards.

[@codyfield6859]

They are just so good live. God damn

[@janpeleivelic4234]

thanks for the video! Awesome show and the band!💗

[@Yukixjapan]

Aww thank you for your kind words. I'm happy to hear that

[@misterbaker9728]

These dudes need a light show like Tool

[@FlipperWolf]

Or Meshuggah

[@barbosahMX]

This band rules!

[@Yukixjapan]

yeah they made my night

[@Joseandresyanes]

nice to see tosin rocking the kaizen

[@LUXXIVRECORDS]

Who thought it was a good idea to set the bar that high? I cant imagine what playing 1 of these songs live is like, let alone an entire set. You only get 1 take, and you guys killed it!

[@marioodzuki3753]

I was in there that day!

[@anthonykenny1320]

You lucky bugger Was the live sound better than the recorded I hope so I couldn’t listen to it it wasn’t doing their musicianship justice

[@adrianwalsh666]

This is the first time I ever heard this band play they sound pretty good kind of a progression band 😢😢

[@Yukixjapan]

Yes they are! I hope you can experience it soon

[@misterbaker9728]

@@YukixjapanI just bought tickets to see them in July. Cleveland Ohio

[@Yukixjapan]

@@misterbaker9728 wow! Enjoy!

[@stepitupandgo67]

whoa...they're getting better...that's scary...

[@charleschi843]

The crowd looks like San Fransisco in April of 2020.

[@chancegillardmusic]

1:07:14 Crowd was a freaking metronome

[@esnotionoctarine8914]

At 1:16:50 as well, incredible crowd indeed!!

[@TheLowest]

​@@esnotionoctarine8914great how they've made such strange time signatures and musical ideas palatable in a way that people feel the music rather than counting in their heads. What makes aal stand out

[@FlipperWolf]

Most crowds can't keep clapping to a 4/4 rhythm for more than 5 seconds... Leave it to a AAL crowd to clap perfectly to any weird time signatures 😂

[@chancegillardmusic]

@@FlipperWolf i know too that crowd clapping is usually a nuisance for the band as well, as they can’t keep time. In this case the crowd was legit helping out😎

[@gustafbstrom]

I'd love to see them them live one day.

[@Yukixjapan]

It was my first time. I hope they are going to your city :)

[@jeremyfreda6544]

Not sure if you're in the US, but they're going to tour with Dream Theater and Devin Townsend

[@Yukixjapan]

I just had a look. Australia and Japan in April. US in June and July. Europe in November

[@baax]

I'm going tonight in Brisbane!

[@Yukixjapan]

@@baax 😃enjoy!!

[@TheDar666]

[@thatdrummeroz654]

The whole band is looking Super Saiyan 2!

[@Yukixjapan]

Haha video can't contain the vibes in the show. They have some powers over the crowds

[@istillsuckatguitar]

Awesome. Thanks.

[@JUGGERWOLF]

The best instrumental band ever.

[@marcio1745]

AAL was always unbelievable ... but Matt just added so much. I can't stop looking at him play. And see .... he's alongside Tosin and Javier. I will let you think about it. :D

[@guitarforall262]

1:06 fire

[@Inchewingkul]

1:16:53 Mindblow

[@misaellemos6640]

Os deuses da música!!! Fico triste em saber que vou morrer sem ver eles tocando ao vivo, a não ser pela internet.

[@giovanigomes3257]

Se nao me engano eles tiveram em SP ano passado. Espero que voltem

[@misaellemos6640]

@@giovanigomes3257 verdade.

[@RooEfx]

One continuous drum fill

[@gutemberg7946]

Matt is fucking ripped.

[@JLP-333]

They sound best with rectifiers

[@confucamus3536]

Man I love this set list, I just wish they had a good fit for a song off Weightless

[@Yukixjapan]

Haha can I put Ka$cade on the list too? This band never fails to amaze me

[@confucamus3536]

@@Yukixjapan I think they were playing it a few times on their Parrhesia tour actually!

[@Yukixjapan]

@@confucamus3536 I didn't know that. Probably they have few setlists for change

[@aidenmcdonald5605]

i’d say isolated incidents or do not go gently, title track was also nice live

[@MichaelJohnsenOslo]

They were in Tokyo at the same time as me and I DIDN'T KNOW??? I can never enter Valhalla now.

[@markusszelbracikowski956]

In the albums the guitars are the main focus but live the drums take center stage lol

[@luqmanawalludin]

they are just God

[@asafaraujo3173]

22:40 he doesn't know the japanese audience😂

[@Yukixjapan]

I didn't see pit in this show but so many ways to enjoy music. I usually go to hardcore shows and you can find ninjas in the pit here ;)

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

honestly if they said we have one more song and it was cafo I'd shit myself

[@bucketfeet5567]

Notice how few phones are out

[@drumswest]

Garstka!!!!!!!!!

[@johnkenn1608]

Me: Floor tom blast beats aren't real, they cant hurt you. Matt Garstka: hold my beer.

[@c.l.368]

what about bass drum flams? 52:20 :D

[@cloud041089]

What’s the bass amp for?

[@colinburroughs9871]

when the parts have more bass and the band makes more thumping noises- the ampeg is on

[@cloud041089]

@@colinburroughs9871 🤯

[@bowlofnuggets]

the bass

[@andrewtucker2782]

laser focus from the crowd lol.

[@omly85]

They should do in game music for Doom!

[@dkpv2012]

Meanwhile while leaders are at The G7 devising ways to force multiply suffering and chaos on the world populace, Im in Tokyo waiting for more cool bands to come through. Arch Enemy/w sp guest Guthrie Govan. That would be interesting

[@user-vr9ut3we7i]

Tosin :So quiet

[@eskilstunakuriren]

audience headbob malfunction at 50:55

[@c.l.368]

hahaha those 7s are a mindfuckkk, the way he splits the 7/4 bar into two 14/16, each of them into 4 groups of 3 and one of 2 16ths.... yea... not easy to count/feel haha

[@jimhaglund597]

drummer kinda steals the show, imo

[@superman6210]

At first id mistake this for a nice band to play for a high end dinner music, then they smash up all the plates

[@nuke97]

Man, these guys desperately need some better stage production. Seen them perform live a number of times and it's always bare bones on stage.

[@user-cnwi92kmxk02ls]

Monomythの拍が後半反転してることも知らない人多そうやな〜

[@lrglucas97]

he did not... he did not do the blast beat in Gordian Naught final section................

[@user-co9rc1kp7p]

I started to listen these guys 3 ys ago may be. But I didn't expect its... trio, not f***ing orchestra!

[@edisongabutero9455]

So Tosin no longer uses an 8 string?

[@Yukixjapan]

I have no idea about gears. waiting someone drops any info about it

[@fuglyslut8982]

No it's an 8 string. His new laradas are so dope

[@SunFire7000]

Tosin plays with a 7 strings for some songs. At 38:30, he's switching to a 8 strings guitar to play Gestaltzerfall.

[@tauronval1404]

Amazing!!!! But all these Musks, come on relax🤌🏻…

[@keberagaman5058]

did marty friedman see this ??

[@tybiroos2055]

P r o m o S M

[@_yllw6155]

monomyth is the like the most fucked up song anyone could ever play on drums wtf. I can't follow ANY OF IT

[@drennansmith595]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6uWg2h6nM6agqM Don't worry, Matt can't really get the right words out to explain it very well either! 😅

[@maggsvamp]

audio really bad

[@volpeverde6441]

heard about them....never heard their music before....rather tidy - aren't they ! heavy stomping prog....similar to KING CRIMSON'S improvs....

[@slash196]

If you like this, I hate to break it to you, but you like jazz.

[@justaamateur6533]

NOOOOO, ANYTHING BUT JAZZ !!!

[@vitorarsenio4105]

Matttttt, STOP... 🤦‍♂

[@mattgarstkasfan8602]

HAAHAHAHAHAH

[@rttp-righttothepoint6656]

Yngwie Malmsteen sound alikes with no singing....

[@McFlurry448]

mid crowd

[@Yukixjapan]

I know its quiet but it doesnt mean we were not enjyoing. Speaking in a non-native language can make some people more shy. Some artists doesnt like it and some made extra efforts to communicate with crowds. I found it shows a lot of their personalities. And I also add It's like I cant capture beautiful moon with my phone as i can see with my eyes. This video didin't capture the excitements and energies and more. You can blame my iphone for it haha. And thats the point actually going to show makes the experience more special right?

[@dissonantpulse]

Japan crowds are like this they are not mid they are respecful. It's a cultural thing don't be so ignorant.

[@bowlofnuggets]

american response

[@McFlurry448]

@@bowlofnuggets lucky I’m not American

[@user-cnwi92kmxk02ls]

日本人ちゃんと予習してる？ めちゃめちゃ聞きやすい3rdアルバムの曲達ですら盛り上がってないやん、見てるだけでつまらなそう。 海外ライブの映像とか見ればどう盛り上がってるか見れるのになぁ。

[@Nnang82]

We don't need bassist

[@guybuddy1]

Jesus christ look at Tosin's arms! someone's been doing some pushups. lol

[@KS-MDCCLXXVI]

Pushups barely work your arms but yeah him and Matt both are buff.

[@guybuddy1]

@@KS-MDCCLXXVI What do you reckon the best workout is for your arms?

[@KS-MDCCLXXVI]

@Guy Buddy Something that works your biceps and triceps. Which would be something that flexes the elbow and extends the elbow. Which would be things like curls and pushdowns or chin ups and skullcrushers/extensions etc.

[@KS-MDCCLXXVI]

@Guy Buddy With pushups you do extend the elbow, so it does work your triceps to some degree, but I say it's not great at working arms because it isn't a pure elbow extension, it also uses chest and shoulder. Not to mention it neglects the other function of the arm which is elbow flexion.

[@guybuddy1]

@@KS-MDCCLXXVI thanks for the tips man!

[@exhainca]

Where's the bottom end, guys?

[@volpeverde6441]

when you find the top.... go in the other direction....