Animals As Leaders, Toontrack Metal Month 2014

Animals As Leaders @Metro Chicago 11/26.14. Toontrack Metal Month 2014
Matt Garstka Signature MIDI Pack Metal Fusion. For EZdrummer 2 or Superior Drummer 3.
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[@micheleperrone90]

0:00:00 Tooth and Claw 0:04:50 Tempting Time 0:10:45 Wave of Babies 0:16:18 Ka$cade 0:22:33 Lippincott 0:27:23 Air Chrysalis 0:32:05 Point to Point 0:34:15 The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing 0:38:32 Espera (intro) 0:40:30 Physical Education 0:45:27 The Woven Web 0:49:47 Weightless 0:55:40 CAFO

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

thanks for taking the time, brother.

[@NickMavromatis]

Thank you sir!

[@Contreskate]

or On impulse

[@GavinOswald]

Alejandro Contreras or mind spun

[@estebanorellanarosales7411]

Gavin Oswald or joy of motion :c

[@ossibossi100]

love how garstka gives like 150% on every song.

[@survivalstyle9228]

ossibossi100 he’s obviously having too much fun !!!

[@_TECHIECHAR]

Garstka is a beast!

[@JediCrackSmoke]

He overplays

[@TheMjbemis24]

No such thing bud

[@gub4941]

@@JediCrackSmoke "he overplays" bro, its animals as leaders. Go listen to weezer

[@rogerleemeyzindi2979]

Tosin ABASI is certainly the world's GREATEST guitar player alive today!

[@PhilipHS]

not at all :)

[@jaschajohannsmeyer7192]

Roger Lee Meyzindi Matt Garstka one of the greatest drummers

[@dennisbunarta1190]

He's better than Jimmy page in my oppinion

[@martimlopes8833]

Vai, satriani and gilbert are still alive. He's the most innovative of the XXI century tho

[@_TECHIECHAR]

I'm sure that Gilbert, Satriani, and Vai would salute him as one the greatest in today's modern vanguard. I've also heard Tosin pay tribute to Gilbert as a great inspiration when he was a young player learning his craft. He's definitely got GOAT chops, and his innovation is without question. (The fact that he paired himself with phenomenal bandmates shows he cares more about music than top dog status. Same for Javier and Matt.)

[@andre.1984]

These guys are monsters. Music skill apart, just the level of memory required to play all this complex stuff note by note, is mind-blowing on its own.

[@literacylabyrinth4018]

Came here for the drummer, stayed for the guitars. Incredible musicianship

[@jamesmelton5245]

damn Matt gartska is ridiculous

[@pranakhan]

I hope for a live Dvd from these guys in the future, I'll definitely pick it up.

[@tyrbaldur5317]

I came here for the guitar and left with a new favorite drummer.

[@anthonyjones3835]

Garstka is a god

[@P0LYBiUS7]

Holy balls, that drummer is amazing!!

[@anthonyjones3835]

"THAT" drummer is mr Matt fucking Garstka! Lol

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

7 years later best drummer alive

[@evelyneverlasting9038]

Would you expect any less from tosins band lmao. You should see the accuracy of his snare hits. The mark left over from hitting the drum so many times. It's literally the size of a dime with no misses. Dead center. No drummer but him does that lol. And there are a few drummers as good but not as accurate

[@Mentolado17]

No matter how many times i've listened this to band , every single time I get so impressed. Absolutely amazing, they're wizards

[@axeljuengst2522]

truly the best prog gig in years. Matt is just from another planet...

[@emillarsson7075]

I love how Tosin just looks at Matt when he does the solo in "Weightless" thinking "How the hell did he do that!?"

[@evelyneverlasting9038]

Matt's beating those drums like his father whooped him when he was a kid. He was enjoying it

[@ZackBrannon]

this is a really long drum solo

[@Trisket]

Garstka's life is a really long drum solo.

[@leandrobego154]

Drums solos are never enough dude! Never!!

[@gorillabeatz3936]

Garstka is seriously next level. It's insane how effortless he makes it look.

[@kevgor138]

Can't believe I get to see them live at Heavy Montreal 2016, that was one of the 2 main reasons I decided to go again this year. The second being of course... Despised Icon!

[@Dakota-cz5od]

Every so often I come back to watch this in its entirety. I think this may possibly be the best set aal has ever played. The sound and the whole energy is just 100% dialed. Love this band with a passion

[@GENXJOPLIN]

I was at this show. Obviously the video can't do justice for how it sounded in real life but holy shit, this was the tightest they've ever sounded. I saw them a couple times after and due to no fault of their own (generally worse venues/acoustics) none of those held a candle to this one. I have seen them seven times in total from 2011-2017 but this night will always stick out to me. One of my highschool buddies was off his rocker on either mdma or some other meth like euphorant and was completely hyped throughout the entire set, really balancing out the whole snobby prog rock vibe coming from the majority of the audience. I'm personally not even much of a metal buff by any stretch of the imagination but I really wish i could re live this particular show. Hell, I wish I could just go back to being 19 again. Weird how so much can change in less than 5 years

[@JeremyMcCant]

The way that this specific video and venue is mic’d makes it sound like they have a bass which sounds DOPE!!!! It makes their 8 strings sound like legitimate basses!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@empanadasfritas7142]

This time we can hear the drums as they are. Love this performance. Very pure.

[@CaptainBeefy]

35:37 The sound guy finally gets out of the shitter

[@sethbaer684]

The riff at 7:01 gives me hope for life since 2009

[@n1mbusmusic606]

this is their best performance Ive seen. god like in its perfection. just wow.

[@JustinThomas-qt9hv]

Incredible musicians and genuinely humble human beings

[@mattpeacock2193]

Loved these guys for a long time....Just unreal what they can do with timings

[@toontrack]

Awesome drummer and true talent. Hear Matt's story in this video. We had the pleasure of streaming Animals As Leaders last November during Metal Month. Check the full show here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovZYqacZs6Ci5o

[@twilightguitarist]

I wanna thank Toontrack for this awesome stream and of course for all the amazing products that they make, you guys are awesome!

[@lucasthelemur7606]

these guys are fun as hell. a perfect mixture of "djent" as some call it, and progressive metal. i know they're basically the same thing, but technically they are very specific subgenres.

[@PLAZ1990s]

+Daisy's Destruction The term "djent" actually began as a guitar tone; however, I suppose for the most part that it has become a sort of subgenre over the years (Somehow.) I believe the term was coined by the band Meshuggah, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

[@Invayda]

Prog is completely different to djent. Prog is life

[@dextruded6020]

All I can think is I don't know how they can possibly remember every sequence of notes/riffs for these songs.. like they must never forget where their car keys are...

[@GeraldLyn]

This is making me miss live shows :/

[@joshuasalgado4694]

I love that you can literally hear all his influences pretty much in every song.

[@Catrapazau]

Thanks Toontrack for providing me with this amazing concert since to date, this is the only opportunity I'll have to watch then live as they wont do a live show in Portugal

[@evelyneverlasting9038]

I've watched this a few hundred times lol😊

[@palsyddad]

How come Javier gets virtually no camera time, even when he's taking leads?

[@SKi4o5]

+palsyddad because people dont realize he's every bit as good as tosin

[@nobodylovesme3743]

@@SKi4o5 they are technically the same but in different ways. Tosin is much better at fast playing and rhythmic playing, like thumping. Javier is much better at fingerstyle and dynamics

[@idn]

Javier is AWESOME. I love every AAL song he has written so much.

[@aylexmusic]

RIGHT?!? Javier is one of my biggest inspirations for picking up guitar right now and he hardly ever gets any recognition…

[@PitchforkStudios]

Cuz he's the best thing that ever happened to Tosin and nobody knows that.

[@bibowm]

how do they play woven web soo naturally??? it's an alien's song dude... it's amazing

[@ferdykartawireja9334]

say no more, this band is awesome.

[@squeedum4893]

So this is all in straight 4/4 time and standard tuning, right?

[@Wenasd]

+Jed Honrado more like π/4

[@BlakeMullens]

+Jed Honrado Im pretty sure they tune standard with the 8th string dropped actually, I was quite surprised when I found that out. I thought tuned lower than that.

[@PLAZ1990s]

I watched a video displaying tosin's rig run down, and if I recall correctly, he said that he usually goes standard tuning with the 7th being B, and the 8th dropped to E as a bass effect since that would be an octave down from the 6th string. I'm not too sure how many octaves lower a bass guitar's E string is in comparison to the low E on a 6-string guitar. Google to the rescue?

[@PLAZ1990s]

indeed, a bass is one octave lower

[@Jotun184]

+PLAZ1990s yep, the E they play on their 8th string is the same is the same note as the E on a bass guitar

[@Raymx3]

Tosin always looks so happy when playing live

[@fabiovera7956]

that ESP of javier sound like a terminator t1000 so powerfull it macht the tam100 perfectly they just keep geting better cheers animals!!!!

[@gareginasatryan6761]

Fabio Vera i thinj esp is garbage brand, but that's another story

[@delfeth]

HENDRIX REINCARNATED!!!!!!

[@irena7777777]

Tosin Abasi plays nothing like Hendrix did. You're basing it all on skin colour. Silly.

[@sistersmusic184]

I sped up this concert 1.5x and wasn't disappointed. They almost sounded like they could have played it that way lol thanks KZbin :D

[@sistersmusic184]

post djent

[@cassiusklaine7714]

13:56 ¡¡¡¡¡¡THAT DRUM ROLL¡¡¡¡¡¡ SO SWEEEEET¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@SlimeBugman]

They play with a click that has a synth bass and pad. Also heir eight string guitars help complement the lower range.

[@leeland175]

Pure awesomeness, I hope and think they deserve more recognition for their amazing talent. I saw them at the crazy donkey on long island when it was still there and the show was flawless,,also hope to see them again in new jersey this august. Tosin and matt are some of the best on the f'in planet!

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

Also Javier

[@SebastianTinajero]

Saw these guys and Chon a couple months ago and I'm going to see them again this month great band great show :D

[@_TECHIECHAR]

This ensemble is the very meaning of true art! Bravo!! 💯 All of the players contributing to the whole with stellar skills.👏 Each one appreciating the mastery of the others. ☝️This band epitomizes greatness.

[@franciscolorenzo7596]

better than rings of saturn

[@joellarsson6573]

Easily

[@DiePixelkrieger]

weird comparison but ok

[@normichtrailrider.7343]

thanks for turning up the volume @ 35:23

[@3rdstone311]

Mannnn, soooooo soooooo bad!!! They are amazing!!!

[@kolbypaquette5995]

this one of the few concerts I've seen from AAL where the crowd moshes

[@RealJohi]

Going to see them this summer at Houston TX, looking foward to it!

[@BAKETAMETAL]

Increible, ojala algun dia vengan a Venezuela, una gra fanaticada los espera!!!!

[@GaryJibilian]

Simply, SICK!! Love it.

[@MattLemonsackMusic]

I’m just jealous of the camera operator who got to film Matt Garstka

[@stupidusername38]

First time I've had the chance to check these guys out. Only advice I'd give is to try different tempos. The drums in each track all seem to be within the same BPM

[@thomaserak7]

36:12 jesus christ!!

[@shanuprateek777]

thomaserak7 my favorite part though out the whole vid

[@guilhermetonon7267]

he plays with a complex "backtrack". So hard.

[@anthonyjones3835]

Matt is a beast

[@diminisheddestiny7330]

Enjoyed the heavy grooves and solos!

[@jordanols]

Great Show and great band. Just a shame that Tosin's guitar is mixed way too quiet!

[@jaxnaturals]

So pissed i found these guys too late to see them live.

[@Snipemywaythru]

Fuck, I wish I could've been there!

[@matthewsnover8320]

I like these guys way better live

[@Acepilot1312]

Me too. They play with more emotions live, and that's not something very common in a lot of other bands. :)

[@mgkpraesi]

Holy Crap these Guys are realy good.

[@coronelklink9130]

47:19 that face

[@SaintScapin]

Matt is such a beast !

[@prometheusxc]

Yeah. I know a lot of the focus gets put on Tosin but I hope listeners can appreciate just how fucking good Matt is. Really young too.

[@zondurite]

these guys are going to sell out madison square garden one day.

[@gargoyle1850]

one can only hope, but they won't.

[@CryThunderdarealone]

I don't think any prog band would. Maybe Dream Theater?

[@Pleasantries]

I was at this show and the audio was MUCH better at it than on this video. More than a year later and I'm still upset that they didn't play the explosion part in 'The price of everything and the value of nothing'. The drum solo was cool don't get me wrong, but I feel like they could have squeezed the explosion in after it

[@DaxTheSlayer45]

nice live mix for 2014 matt always goes hard on drums tho and his kit

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

The rhythms in Woven Web aren't even human

[@wesrobertson1889]

Garstkas answers Everything

[@lucasasdf2419]

Amazing setlist, would kill to have been there.

[@abregoja]

Outstanding project. Nightmare sounds. I really got excited when I listen Physical education, min 40:30!! mind blowing!!!!

[@Cagebreaker40]

What's wrong with the crowd at this show? Three of the most talented musicians in their sphere yet only a few people in the audience bobbing their head at the most. I don't see one person person banging their head in the front row, anyone getting really into it. You don't need a singer screaming his head off to bang your head!

[@StompL7]

Benteen Brandow we all have our own way to enjoy music :)

[@bubblytar]

Benteen Brandow They're being attentive to the music instead of the presentation

[@tribbyyonda-bass9186]

Benteen Brandow theyre probably having trouble finding the beat

[@spawn302]

Robbie Tribulan LOL YES. We are so used to nodding or banging our heads every two beats, it just feels right, but when have these assholes(only joking) playing in 5/4 and 7/8 the beat we were rhythmically bobbing our head to switches from onbeat to offbeat every measure hahaha

[@Zaiyetz]

Benteen Brandow It's a little more hard to headbang to 7/8 time

[@Diesel_Budgie]

51:08 😭 It looks like that security guard at the front row is giving that girl an awkward kiss

[@mikedervos5974]

its like music from the future!!!

[@JohnnySideburnsX]

When they started playing "Point To Point," I had a heart attack!

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

top form & great sound ( even through my phone speaker...think ill go play this through the sub in my truck now ).

[@robertosalgado1809]

Bass sounds HUGE. Not complaining.

[@MrRockeur26]

la qualité du son est bien meilleure que celle de l'image et tant mieux, je préfère ça plutôt que l'inverse !

[@ploppoo95]

Matt on The Price of Everything is divinity

[@gabelube7597]

They seriously need to play "do not go gently" more

[@cfmetal]

holy crap i cant believe this is recorded. i was there..... awesomeeeeeeeeeee

[@HakeMati]

What a great show, they are from another planet I'm sure. haha . ***BTW: Did anyone notice that girl in front row YAWNING at **55:05** , at the most epic moment ever XD. !***

[@lordtyrus1]

Awesome set!

[@nivadsaid2153]

in most videos of AAL you always find that the sound level of the guitar of javier is lower than tosin's and even sometimes almost inexistant but here is the contrary witch i find it sad also given the sound quality overall witch is good and especially for the cambo of the price/behaving badly that i like so much but you can't find a near good quality than the one in this video

[@leandrobego154]

Yyyyyeeeessssss!!!!!!

[@michaelprofita2878]

cant wait for my new 8 string

[@istillsuckatguitar]

Fuck yeah! Thanks for posting this!

[@danielbrents]

7:00 - 9:10 OMG! I love this \\,,//

[@MasGinstiC]

Fuck maaaaate, Espera has such a niiiiice feel/vibe to it.

[@ChrisP872]

The audio quality on this video is quite good although the volume level seems to lower and raise now and then (but not too often, unless it's just me)

[@lolh4x]

Pretty sure they do a bit of Behaving Badly between Espera and Price of Everything.

[@SpocksBart]

100 %!!!!!!!!

[@InsaneCarville]

I like how they throw it in there but am also sad by not hearing it live in full

[@larrypennisi7765]

Not into metalbut this transcends it GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

[@johannrajan6357]

Can the camera and people give some more attention to Javier. He is in my opinion still equally or better than Tosin Abasi.

[@TheGrupoepidemia]

Awesome !!!!!

[@anthonyjones3835]

36:14 to the rest of the song omfg Garstka is just top notch prob best in the game. Top 3 easy

[@ONEALIEN24]

WOWWWWWWWW amazing....Drummer ,,, topclass

[@ewaldzach6046]

The best ever

[@astraluniverse5928]

Animals as Leaders - Acid Metal

[@VJ_The_Vigilant]

Awesome he uses Planet Waves locking straps too!!!

[@raas96]

during The Woven Web, the crowd must be either dead or in complete shock. that fucking LINE oh god

[@azlawa]

I LOOVEE IITT

[@TheMalikTwins]

Tosin's tone didn't cut through the mix AT ALL when we saw them in Cleveland last night.