I agree, this music is not for the masses. This is basically music for musicians, it showcases the insane level of talent but most people will just hear noise.
@Youshallbeeatenbyme4 жыл бұрын
My first thought was "I'm not a musician though", then I remembered that I'm a singer. Lol. You're right on with this comment.
@kraterkop4 жыл бұрын
I'm a air drummer / air guitarist....does that count?
@EmmanuelMiquet4 жыл бұрын
Well, I technically am a very basic musician "noodling" on the guitar, but I have no idea how they perform at such high technicity, speed, quality..., yet I do enjoy it A LOT! ^^
@MrChrislur4 жыл бұрын
I'm not a musician at all, but i freaking love this song.
@benjaminandrews17384 жыл бұрын
I'm no musician but most of my close friends are.
@camyoung61594 жыл бұрын
'Woven Web' by Animals as Leaders is an easy recommendation.
@Rhodiac4 жыл бұрын
Ooooofffffff
@benflewelling85924 жыл бұрын
YES
@spaantz3 жыл бұрын
I remember Woven Web was the first song of theirs I listened to. I didn't bother listening to anything else from them for a while because I didn't think there would be anything as good as Woven Web. I was wrong
@lukesorensen94323 жыл бұрын
definitely one of their most fully realized tunes
@XoXitsSaruhh3 жыл бұрын
Also Tooth and claw and brain dance.
@fiedel3 жыл бұрын
Tosin really is that guy that makes you want to buy an 8 string guitar, lock the door and spend the next 8 years practicing 24/7 and just open the window and throw all your gear out because you know you'll live the rest of your days frustrated there's no chance to get on his level at the same time.
@nickbarrett31633 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard AAL when I saw them with the Devin Townsend Project. Three songs in I turned to the guy next to me and said, "I'm done. I'm selling my gear and taking up golf."
@ericthorpe56703 жыл бұрын
@@nickbarrett3163 ...but what he didn't know was that Tosin plays in the masters every year.
@Rio_whelshula_games.3 жыл бұрын
I think playing golf while listening to AAL is the way to do it
@Odd_Combo Жыл бұрын
Never with that attitude.
@sjsphotog Жыл бұрын
Amen
@KeyOfGeebz4 жыл бұрын
Hey Gang - The first upload got partially blocked on a copyright claim by WMG so I had to re-render with a static pic and not the original music vid. - watch gonna do. So hopefully this one won't get C-Blocked - Awwwwwwright!
@ShiivaWilding4 жыл бұрын
Thumbnail only seems like the right way to go about this Geebz, I would stick to this as standard for these breakdowns, definitely don't want to see you get copyright striked off the platform!
@Mudified4 жыл бұрын
Videos are a distraction anyway :-)
@IceKoldKilla4 жыл бұрын
This sucks to hear. I do wonder how some channels manage to do it and continue. But hey, you do what you can and the important part is we hear you and get your perspective and knowledge. Anyone can watch the music video and listen to the song. It's about see what you have to say, at the end of the day.
@mikemaas99444 жыл бұрын
I’d love to be a student of yours. And I’d love to hear you jam some originals you wrote. I’ve heard some and it’s really good. You got a cool personality and maybe we could get a jam session vid? I’m freezing here with no power in Texas and this video made my night. Keep up the good work Geebz! Aloha
@willrichards48204 жыл бұрын
I'm just happy to see that so many of us enjoy such a wide variety of music collectively. A lot of the songs you've decomposed have a deep, unique and often very personal meaning to us on the individual level. Your reactions help us to find even more meaning, strengthening our bond to a song even more. Thank you for that. Still here, not leaving.
@hillbillyheadspace4 жыл бұрын
Abasi is probably the first guy since EVH to revolutionize guitar playing techniques to this level. The guy is just head and shoulders above all of his contemporaries. Selective picking/thumping/tapping who thinks of that and how???
@RohannvanRensburg4 жыл бұрын
Yeah this isn't hyperbole. He does something completely different with the instrument.
@brandonmalone57584 жыл бұрын
You ever see him play? It’s like he can play this while talking about metaphysics. Effortless playing.
@RohannvanRensburg4 жыл бұрын
@@brandonmalone5758 It's a great example of mastery
@hillbillyheadspace4 жыл бұрын
@@brandonmalone5758 yeah him just noodling while talking with Rick Beato is madness
@AchillesStandsOn3 жыл бұрын
Apart from his otherworldly talent and musical intelligence, he's a testament to effective and dedicated practice. You can tell the guy plays for hours upon hours, but to effective purpose, perfecting techniques and ideas and using those hours and hours to continue to improve.
@M4n1Acal1 Жыл бұрын
Saw these guys open up for lamb of God and Killswitch.. I love all three but damn! Animals as leaders came to frigging destroy!! Everyone was frozen and mesmerized! My drummer and I saw it so many people even wearing lamb and Killswitch merch left early after hearing them before hand. They stole the entire show!!! Randy even said they were insane and next level and something that just blew there minds to see on tour! And uncomparible and gave them a huge shout out. Needles to say animals got the most cheers in the house. They were just next level wild. And they closed with this song. And that scale he fingertaps he def hit a boost pedal on it and that screamed!!!!
@RustinRoark4 жыл бұрын
Never clicked so fast in my life after the first post teaser
@gcvibe4 жыл бұрын
Was about to say the same !
@lashedandscorned4 жыл бұрын
same
@shdsky3 жыл бұрын
9:24 10 years later still getting goosebumps from that transition
@ConnorHammond2 жыл бұрын
For me it's 13:24. That drop into the solo G's me up so much
@ptrickthepat2 жыл бұрын
@@ConnorHammond 10000% that transition after the solo to that fucking riff he plays…
@BryanSpahr4 жыл бұрын
fun fact, this track is from the first album, which was essentially a Tosin solo project produced by Misha Mansoor (the founder of Periphery). Drums were programmed. This fact makes Garstka's drumming on this song when they play it live now even more impressive considering he's replacing programmed drums. :)
@pascalschulz58943 жыл бұрын
AND Garstka doesn't look like he almost dying while playing those songs, which is even more impressive. :D
@sharinglungs32263 жыл бұрын
I do find the drum timing very odd, there’s some snare hits that seem off. A bit disconnected like three musicians playing their own song.
@JessieJames03172 жыл бұрын
Misha programs his drums to be playable by a real drummer. He doesn’t go crazy and write stuff that’s impossible to play because it’s not tasteful in the majority of cases. Misha understands that a person only has four limbs to play with.
@jamielatty57402 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that. Even more impressive
@DeathN0cturnal Жыл бұрын
You have to give their OG drummer credit. Navene Koperweis is another underrated monster drummer that played this shit live, and also helped write drums for their 2nd album
@joeylittle26293 жыл бұрын
I love the way he tries to tell us stuff silently with gestures while he listens because he doesn't want to interrupt the song.
@TCP_dizzy-kf6rx3 жыл бұрын
Fr even he didn’t want to stop it’s so beautiful
@NarMattaru4 жыл бұрын
Animals as Leaders is a 3-men band. No bass, no vocals. just 2 8strings guitar players and the drummer.
@Koivisto1474 жыл бұрын
sometimes they record with a bass added tho, like with this song
@gus2n4 жыл бұрын
@@Koivisto147 there is always recorded bass. the recorded bass track is used in the live backing track. On this album it was actually recorded with a guitar and pitched down though.
@Trisket4 жыл бұрын
@@gus2n yeah, iirc the first album is just Tosin with Misha Mansoor of Periphery programming drums. Javier and Navene joined for touring.
@juankshalonga71904 жыл бұрын
These guys play chapman sticks?
@TV_Offroad4 жыл бұрын
@@juankshalonga7190 no. Previous Tosin had a signature Ibanez, he now uses his own brand of guitars! Abasi Guitars! I’m not sure what Javier is playing these days.
@chrisschultz18914 жыл бұрын
I have never enjoyed a reaction vid before. One day I was bored and decided to click on an Opeth reaction video. Well, I'm pretty sure I've seen every video since Harlequin Forest even if I didn't like a song or band you reacted to. Keep up the great work and thanks for all you do for the kids too!
@KeyOfGeebz4 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@SynysterPlague73 жыл бұрын
Reaction videos are good when the one reacting is giving professional input, or breaking it down I feel
@lSuperUnknownl4 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say you're probably my favorite react channel and the amount of depth you go into is amazing.
@waxtrax_4 жыл бұрын
me too. i'm not a musician, but it's so interesting to hear these songs being broken down into their bare essentials in such a clear and concise way. it's really great stuff.
@rakjel58553 жыл бұрын
I love how he reacts and breakdown the musics he reacted on
@mannytheseacow73814 жыл бұрын
I don’t know about this band’s intention but a CAFO (Kay-foe) in the ag industry is an acronym for “confined animal feedlot operation”.
@Haughaus4 жыл бұрын
Along with the band name, it makes sense to me. Orwells Animal Farm perhaps
@Ciscokehd3 жыл бұрын
@@Haughaus from wikipedia: "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". I would have thought Animal Farm as well.
@static_motion4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the "bass" part and the lead tapping part you're talking about around the 4 minute mark is all the same guitarist at once. He's using an 8 string, using his left hand to tap the bass part, and playing the leading melody with his right. Edit: here's a timestamped video of him doing it if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGOToYiCgpZgrpY
@halsamuelson38203 жыл бұрын
7 string
@static_motion3 жыл бұрын
@@halsamuelson3820 Tosin primarily plays 8 strings. Although the original iteration of Cafo was played on a 7 string, so I'll give you that.
@samuelbalanin3313 жыл бұрын
That blowed my mind. Dude those guys are completey insane. I just discovered them now, i regret i didnt it before.
@static_motion3 жыл бұрын
@@samuelbalanin331 Enjoy man, I wish I could forget all about them just so I could listen to them for the first time again. Their stuff has radically changed how I look at music in general.
@1dudecrush4 жыл бұрын
We gotta get a listen through of the brain dance by these guys. The mix on that is so damn good
@fubar12174 жыл бұрын
You should watch a live version of this. In that part where the "bass" part is in sync with the kick drum, the second guitar player (Javier Reyes) stops playing and gets the crowd to clap in unison to that part!
@gcvibe4 жыл бұрын
Tosin Abasi is in a track of Tigran Hamasyan's new album! Check it out!
@redshift9124 жыл бұрын
Totally . That whole album is amazing
@Easy_Skanking4 жыл бұрын
The song is called "Vortex" and is really interesting just like the rest of Tigran's music.
@gcvibe4 жыл бұрын
@@redshift912Like all of them! ahah I love "Ara Ressurect"
@Koivisto1474 жыл бұрын
pretty sure this was recorded in an apartment with a line 6 pod on a gaming PC. lol co-written with the main guitarist/songwriter of Periphery
@OvergrownWithTheMoss3 жыл бұрын
Seriously? Source?
@Koivisto1473 жыл бұрын
@@OvergrownWithTheMoss I remember hearing about the line 6 pod and gaming pc thing in an old interview with misha or tosin. AAL's Wikipedia says misha wrote some synth and overdubs and programmed some drum parts for the first album and produced it. Misha had a larger role in The Joy of Motion actually helped write a lot of the riffs and drum and synth parts, while Nolly helped write Tooth and Claw.
@The_Kiosk3 жыл бұрын
Of particular note: the self titled AAL album is Tosin Abasi on all instruments, the drums are samples and programmed. This is literally more of a self recorded composition than a band playing the song.
@dreamgames85513 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Bulb’s involvement.
@damnthebran3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to get to see these guys when they were still openers. My first thought was "Why do they need 8 strings?". I quickly found out when they started playing. Might have been 10 years ago, before 8 strings became kinda normal.
@RasheedKhan-bm8fm3 жыл бұрын
"Why do they need 8 strings?" - Top 10 Anime Plot-Twists of All Time
@brookeellenfreeman76994 жыл бұрын
I've seen them live a couple of times over the years. A truly amazing experience.
@matthinkle94622 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@metallon4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to just listen to the drummer's right hand if you feel you're losing your place.
@abcrx32j4 жыл бұрын
At least for the time when Matt wasn't in the band
@cgafken4 жыл бұрын
Those are programmed drums on this album
@gielv974 жыл бұрын
@@cgafken I thought Navene Koperweis played drums on this album.
@nicholascrockettfilms4 жыл бұрын
@@gielv97 Nah Navene didn't join until Weightless.
@metallon4 жыл бұрын
@@cgafken yes, but it seems dumb to say "listen to SD's right button" or some shit. Figure of speech.
@Charlie_Lol-no2km18 күн бұрын
8:11 I’m not a guitarist, I’m a drummer. However I just need appreciate how SICK that’s guitar riff sounds. Easily one of my all time favourite riffs
@Swollen_Goat4 жыл бұрын
Great song! Tosin Abasi is on another level when it comes to guitar playing and song writing. Definitely come back to Gojira eventually. Just put out a new song today!
@hoopsmccann6394 жыл бұрын
yeah! i watched the new video. it's sweet!
@dereklawless99154 жыл бұрын
everything off this Animals as Leaders album is amazing! This band was my first introduction to this genre. Thank you a lot for the reaction.. We love you
@robadobflob34054 жыл бұрын
4:27 Sir, that clean sound is all Tosin. He's playing it all at once. Also, if you like this band, you should check out The Glass Bridge and Cylindrical Sea. They have some more of that incredible musicianship, and the latter has some more of those INSANE sweeps you mentioned in this video.
@JoshStobart4 жыл бұрын
This. Tosin is a beast with a bugged thumb that nature didn't decide to patch because he uses it well.
@robadobflob34054 жыл бұрын
@@JoshStobart I have a near 90° hitchhiker's thumb and people comment on it, but that man could teach 5th grade math with that thumb... The only acute angle hitchhiker's thumb I've seen, and you're very right when you say he puts it to good use. Man's whole technique in the picking hand revolves around it, even his normal picking posture is unattainable to 99.999% of the population.
@static_motion4 жыл бұрын
@@robadobflob3405 I have a 90º hitchhiker's thumb aswell. I had a brazilian guitar teacher for about a year that had an acute-angle thumb, kind of like Tosin's, but the guy had hitchhiker's... Everything. Every single finger of his bent back significantly with his hands outstretched. It was freaky, but the guy was an absolute beast at guitar.
@disastermidi19903 жыл бұрын
@@JoshStobart he literally invented a new technique it’s crazy shit
@ibrahimutant4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you breakdown more Animals. Check out Lippincott, The Brain Dance, and Tempting Time
@gaborkrausz54023 жыл бұрын
Cool picks!
@Nightwishmaster3 жыл бұрын
Tempting Time was my first exposure to AAL, I saw the performance Tosin did at Sweetwater some years back and I think that's an awesome way to introduce people to the band. When I first saw Tosin I had to pause it because I was laughing so hard, his fingers looked like spider legs or something, it was so unnaturally fast and fluid the way he moved around the fretboard was so unexpected that I had to pause it and regain my composure. To this day I've never seen any other musician be able to move their fingers the way he does. Everyone I've ever showed it to said something along the lines of "Wait, what!?". It's one thing to hear it but when you see the way he moves his fingers it's just...wow.
@dima_r64 жыл бұрын
Learning this on drums currently, great song!
@derricktipps98674 жыл бұрын
Yes! Got my kit set up in garage and i wanna put my headphones with this track on and try to keep up.
@tcpowered134 жыл бұрын
Good luck
@derricktipps98674 жыл бұрын
@@tcpowered13 emphasis on the word try
@tcpowered134 жыл бұрын
@@derricktipps9867 haha
@tcpowered134 жыл бұрын
I need myself an 8 string
@thepetruccinator63183 жыл бұрын
A great testament to this first AAL album is that you can hardly tell the drums are programmed
@Diesel_Budgie4 жыл бұрын
Oh by the way, when they play this live they usually end it by having their human dynamo, Matt Garstka, creating a percussive meteor storm while they loop the rhythm riff in the background. Usually at the end of the show too. Front row viewers have been known to spontaneously combust.
@kfabick3 жыл бұрын
Garstka is such a beast!
@dt-wk2ny3 жыл бұрын
On impulse- animals as leaders please. It’s my stairway to heaven!!
@nathanzaslow56149 ай бұрын
Animals As Leaders @ Brutal Assault live playing the Woven Web and CAFO is one of the best videos of them on KZbin. Matt playing CAFO on drums instantly improves this massively and they sound amazing live. Great react/review!!
@nateellis41574 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to thank you on not only these outstanding reviews but your breakdowns really help me make and improve my own pieces as I'm quite inexperienced with it atm, thank you so much man
@failedstates53153 жыл бұрын
Tosin has literally changed the way some people play guitar. Hes inventive in ways that I'll never understand. Buuut, as a drummer, my love falls with Matt and his polyrythmic beastness!
@JohnsJustSaiyan4 жыл бұрын
I love you so much man, honestly, you are probably up there as one of the most personable and knowledgeable reactors out there. Always humble, always attentive, always open minded. It’s good to see this attitude twords a channel 👏🏻
@plantdesigns78894 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato has interviewed Tosin Abasi at least a couple times on his channel. I could listen to him just talk music almost as much as I could listen to his playing. 😂
@SpiderJerusalemJr4 жыл бұрын
Was waiting for that one! Suggestions: Unexpect - The Quantum Symphony Diablo Swing Orchestra - Vodoo Mon Amour Beyond Creation - Omnipresent Perception Borknagar - Up North Black Crown Initiate - Invitation Native Construct - Mute
@christophergolden16354 жыл бұрын
Kudos on Native Construct. Worst thing about that band is they only made 1 album
@nonZensically3 жыл бұрын
Oh man it's been a while since I saw Unexpected mentioned, god what a gem
@cbrite3 жыл бұрын
"The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing" by Animals as Leaders is a great song.
@dan.j.boydzkreationz4 жыл бұрын
My favourite AAL performance is CAFO and The Woven Web at Brutal Assault 21 metal festival
@jackanderson49223 жыл бұрын
saw them once and had my eyes glued to matt garstka the entire time.
@karl00l4 жыл бұрын
Love the analysis and excitement as usual!
@Smuckeroni3 жыл бұрын
You just earned subscriber. Loved the fact that you actually gave in-depth opinions instead of just staring at the screen. Absolutely awesome!
@christopherhorton46343 жыл бұрын
Also, I just wanted to add...watching you try to figure out the first two minutes of this....the look on your face!!! It was like you were impressed, angry, confused, and amazed all at one time! keep it up Geebz! We love you man! Aloha!
@differentbutsimilar78933 жыл бұрын
I love how for most of this he just looks strained, like his brain is going to implode. You can see the universe behind those confused eyes.
@DougMPA3 жыл бұрын
LOL its true.
@bigspintantien3 жыл бұрын
You give new life to old music that wasn't fully understood. I love what you do and I wish your channel the best.
@jacksmith44604 жыл бұрын
This is what I term "an accumulative track" In that its about the end riff , but that end riff is defined shaped and given context by how you get there (the rest of the track). This is not to say its the only good bit of the track, but its for sure the stand out part. This band and Tool do this, you know its building to something, you are never sure what, but you know until that point you are receiving the foundation, or even something designed to juxtapose what is coming. Opeth also do that kind of thing. All 3 bands do it in different ways, but they all have that concept of building to a specific theme or riff that marks the climax of the track and it always feels like the destination (almost like root note in a scale) They create that tension across the track and resolve it with the final main theme. The main theme is always gold, but its made exceptional with the push pull tension release of journey, and it make the resolution so satisfying (sometimes they hint at the main theme, sometimes its played earlier in the track, sometimes not) I wish they had not faded the end
@jordan_777.3 жыл бұрын
Awesome explanation bro
@Joel-io8xk3 жыл бұрын
This is the song that got me into animals as leaders. Such amazing musicians, Tosin is a god!
@akarasnj4 жыл бұрын
The part you were talking about with the bass sound lining up with the kick. It was one guitar doing both the low and tapping the highs at the same time in a polymeter. The second guitar is doing ambient work along with the pads.
@John4gamesyo Жыл бұрын
2 years late here but definitely enjoyed your reaction of this track. Animals As Leaders is one of my top favorite bands and I'm definitely in that small category of instrumental listeners. your knowledge of music helped me understand more about music just in this video alone, and just discovered you too! You've gained a new subscriber thank you for the video!
@christopherhorton46343 жыл бұрын
been waiting on this one for a while!!! This is crazy.
@IceKoldKilla4 жыл бұрын
Yes! At it again! This will impressive you for sure! (Commenting before watching 😁)
@soulstodeny054 жыл бұрын
The Falling Veil by Elder! You'll love it, a lot to unpack.
@markgueren96334 жыл бұрын
Saw them live!!!! AMAZING!!!!
@landonbollenbach24923 жыл бұрын
I really like your review here very intelligent soulful and articulate you are brother.
@Cameraroach3 жыл бұрын
My man the utmost respect for you and the channel you´re running here... Haken is also a band you could check, i´d love to see that, gone through all your tools (die hard fan here) and now im checking the rest... Created a channel to give you this comment i love your honesty in the content. Covid free hug from islander to islander (Cuban here XD)
@chrismhp3 жыл бұрын
This track is from the first album and it's actually just Tosin playing everything, with his friend Misha Mansoor (of Periphery) producing the album, tracking the drums, and helping with compositional arrangements. Javier Reyes (their other guitarist) joined in when they began touring, and their current drummer Matt Garstka came on during their 3rd album.
@XBTGGX3 жыл бұрын
I am so utterly impressed at the various bands you have reviewed. I NEVER would have expected to see you dive into Animals As Leaders, Protest the Hero, etc. Seriously kickass. Keep doing a great job!
@Riichr4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite tracks of the past 10 or so years. Thank you for reacting!
@drlaackenstein4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you came back to this one in particular.
@Johannes_W3 жыл бұрын
Great reaction, thanks! These guys are amazing on stage.
@DougMPA3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those songs where all of us remember the first time we heard this. We also remember introducing all of our friends to this. This the THE intro song to the progressive metal genre. Tosin is a freaking genius.
@ng.37283 жыл бұрын
You are the best reaction channel on here my guy. Being able to listen to a reaction like yours, referring to musician's trickery in playing halftime and such, keep it up! Also, haven't watched it yet but saw you uploaded a video on Danny Elfman. Yes. Absolute yes.
@holycow5124 жыл бұрын
I have been discovering so much new music thanks to your channel!
@polarityofworlds73614 жыл бұрын
Best live show I've ever seen. They're spot on.
@miannekahkol95564 жыл бұрын
Just pulled this video up and I'm excited for how you interpreted it
@chriscowolfmann4 жыл бұрын
Awwright Geebz! Aloha and thank you for being an open mind. Most importantly, a spirit of joy in this journey!
@mikemaas99444 жыл бұрын
Let’s thumb this up!!! This instrumental series is a great idea!
@eljaggerstanleynintendo9174 жыл бұрын
Just so you get more amazed, during the tapping that matches the bass kick, is done by the lead guitarrist as well. Left hand plays those bass notes while the right plays the higher melody.
@charlieo.possum55014 жыл бұрын
Perfect time for me to say check out some Intronaut!!
@jessemidel4 жыл бұрын
seeing them live and is an experience
@zzirjukez28993 жыл бұрын
YUSSSSS PLEEEEEASE LOVE THIS BAND SO MUCH
@mikelangdon19373 жыл бұрын
So glad you did this one! Love your work man x
@MrChrislur4 жыл бұрын
Love starting the day off with some CAFO, gets the brain juice flowin Suggestions: Slice The Cake - Stone And Silver Part 1 - The Mountains of Man Textures - Awake Slice The Cake - Unending Waltz Slice The Cake - Westward Bound Part I - The Lantern Dance Gavin Dance - Blue Dream Emarosa - The Past Should Stay Dead Slipknot - Vermilion
@ProgressiveMetalist3 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not the lower notes that match the kick in the first section are from the lead guitar while also doing the tapping. Javier Reyes, the other guitar player, does a very subtle tremolo picking part during the second half of that section
@XFC8564 жыл бұрын
About bass in Animals As Leaders, on their first album (which CAFO is from) they used pitch-shifted single guitar notes. Their second album Weightless was exclusively synth bass. The Joy of Motion, their third, has mixed synth bass and sometimes bass guitar (f.e. Lippincott, Tooth and Claw & Para Mexer - were played by their producer, Nolly). And The Madness of Many, their most recent work, I believe has both bass guitar and synth bass again, though fully played by Tosin/Javier (the guitar players)
@rr2ml4 жыл бұрын
Great pick! Loved the mastodon video as well
@Auron2009ia3 жыл бұрын
friend, human creativity impressive, in this case with music. Greetings from Barranco in Lima Peru.
@SlashWest3 жыл бұрын
Id love to see what you think of the band dance gavin dance - they have so much uniqueness and complexity in their work.
@xiiieternal3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly enough I believe that the drums for his album were actually programmed by Misha Mansoor, the guitar player from Periphery. They later found a drummer to join the band once they started touring.
@JohnOrem3 жыл бұрын
Now you need to react to AAL with Matt Garstka on drums. He's unbelievable. And Tosin is, well, Tosin. And Javier really keeps it all nicely molded together.
@TheDerpp3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, absolutely love your analysis of and appreciation for the finer details of music. You acknowledge that they're masters of their craft but you don't let yourself succumb to amazement. Pretty awesome man.
@rriss133 жыл бұрын
Love your videos...... I like seeing musically educated people critique the style of music I love. Also wanted to just add a comment.
@blacklabel18624 жыл бұрын
Dude, these videos have been such a pleasure. Please keep it up, i seriously get so excited whenever I see a new video is posted. Thank you for all the work you’re putting into these videos. Also, someone get this man some Scale the Summit, STAT
@gregorypalamara67233 жыл бұрын
might have been said already, but Tosin typically plays 8 string guitars , doing both bass and rhythm/lead parts. he also loops and plays over himself. The drummer that came in afterwards is an animal studio drummer basically kids a machine.
@rob0nemusic3692 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite song of all time
@Diesel_Budgie4 жыл бұрын
AAL have so many great compositions. "Lippincott" comes to mind immediately - they have such a knack for establishing a killer motif and developing it over time. Definitely one of the most creative bands ever.
@no-one54493 жыл бұрын
Scale The Summit is an amazing instrumental band as well
@livefreeprintguns3 жыл бұрын
Seeing them play this live was truly something else. Tosin (lead guitarist) uses a looper pedal to record the intro sweep arpeggios and continues playing double duty while pulling everything off flawlessly.
@vinnyvaquero8050 Жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite songs are instrumentals. This and Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny. They both give me goosebumps every time.
@16BitBass84 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite instrumental metal bands is Blotted Science. Ron Jarzombek, the writer of the music, is often times referred to as, "your favorite guitar player's favorite guitar player".
@sjsphotog Жыл бұрын
AAL is one of my fave djent/ prog bands. They are insanely talented. Yes they have 2 guitarists playing two EIGHT STRING guitars. Tosin Abasi ( lead) is one of the ultimate talents in modern metal. Hands down top notch. It's amazing the HUGE sound they get with only 3 guys like Rush did back in the day. Keep it up Geebz. Check out Modem Day Babylon and Distant Dream and Widek for some other great bands
@rangamsarmah20614 жыл бұрын
Woven web and brain dance are awesome, has more of their jazz side along with insane metal groove too in parts.
@IO-ux2we3 жыл бұрын
Favorite band for sure, Weightless is my favorite album lately
@DrAgNZRX4 жыл бұрын
Hey, I'm fairly new to this channel and just scratching the surface of you breakdown vids, and I'm loving your style and enthusiasm so far. It's cool to see an older generation with both experience in the music industry, and an appreciation for the art of heavy metal. I think a band you might really enjoy is Mandroid Echostar. They're a newer group that only released their first full album a few years ago, but they are super talented and I can't wait to see more of them. A great song to start with from them is Ancient Arrows. Keep on rocking dude!
@chefgregdc85693 жыл бұрын
Impossible not to groove haaaaard to this song
@vi36864 жыл бұрын
Cool thing, Nolly from Periphery actually did track bass for their earlier albums. I don't know if he was on The Madness of many but that's the story I believe. Also that clean part, that's all Tosin tapping before Javier comes in with the chugs. Good stuff, it's definitely music for musicians
@leeschofield4883 жыл бұрын
Great band, great reactor. I've loved AAL for a while now.
@PHIllip3243 жыл бұрын
4:38 If you're curious, Animals As Leaders alternates between using 7 and 8-string guitars (this song is a 7-string song). They have no dedicated bassist, however, they always have some kind of bass track going on in the background, sometime played by an actual bassist.