Misha Mansoor & Tosin Abasi - Optimist

[@MishaMansoor]

Hey! I'm shouting at you!

[@kttyfl1p]

you scared me bro :/

[@fredleber2432]

b nice plz misha

[@IguanoTwix6942]

Bro it's been almost eight years, where can I buy these songs to listen to on my phone whenever

[@sidadi2124]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhaahhahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@TheTuckerhusker]

I heard you!

[@AdrienRako]

goku and vegeta making a fusion is this

[@dano1999]

agree!

[@myklelara]

This comment on this video is everything I need in life.

[@Mike-pf9zc]

Omfg yes

[@indrathelonewarriors1677]

Woohoo

[@covid-mx9ng]

Ya except Goku is Misha and Vegeta is tosin

[@TheJoshery]

This is actually an exact 50/50% split of Periphery and AAL. Exactly. And you can tell who wrote what.

[@kylebutleracoustic]

Couldn't agree more, they both have such distinct styles, its quite easy to pick out who was influencing which part more. Love this song

[@sacredxgeometry]

Misha Mansoor helped produce pretty much all of their records except for the newest one, and has influenced the songwriting somewhat as well- since I've studied his writing, I can hear it throughout the first album a great deal, and a little on Weightless. While he helped structure and record Joy Of Motion, I think Javier really found his voice with that record and so did Gartska.

[@Tomahawks360]

Gartska only got involved on the songwritting in the Madness of Many, because when he arrived The Joy of Motion was, as far as I know, near to finish (On matters of songwritting).

[@sacredxgeometry]

@@Tomahawks360 Fair. But I really really REALLY like the drumming on that record and it wouldn't be farfetched to still say it helped him find his voice as a drummer, it's so..effortless and elegant. Poignant like Marco Minneman, I'd say.

[@nickknee3515]

@@vodalavoid I definitely think that Tosin did the clean leads and Misha did the Meshuggah Djenty stuff but its hard to tell. If I didn't know it I'd think this was a new AAL song with Javier and Matt.

[@chvideo12]

Mosin Absoor

[@AzimiolaMshikamano]

Aaron Hooper Mishin Mansobasi

[@BlakeBagnell]

Toast in a basket.

[@ufukinwotm8434]

blake MY FUCKING SIDES

[@Jethrospect]

Shatos Soorbasi

[@ezassegai4793]

Tisha Abasoor

[@NinoMesarina]

2023 and I still keep coming here, one of the best songs ever written. Tosin and Misha go beyond perfection when composing

[@deanjelofrizell3023]

Nerd culture is what's saving rock and roll. This is living proof.

[@ryanjones1567]

Well yes because it's intelligent music.

[@AllTheRamenOnTheSky]

I had forgotten about these Tosha Abasoor songs. So noice.

[@UOTCbassist]

Hope they do more soon

[@felippebueno5876]

Tosha Abasoor LOL

[@chriswachiralappaitoon6610]

Misin Manasi

[@claytonwahnee5122]

Toshin Manbasi

[@ufukinwotm8434]

Clayton Wahnee toast in a basket

[@djentledavis]

imagine how beautiful your mind must be to compose something like this

[@eatmyshorts3147]

A damn gifted mind yessir

[@k.w.a.s]

yes

[@Scorge120]

optimist prime

[@Scorge120]

optimus periphery, with animals

[@CaseyWalle]

Scorge120 Wut?

[@Hauntedundead]

Periphery as Leaders, Animals as Periphery, Leaders as Animals, Leaders as Periphery... God damn it, now I can't stop!

[@alpenjodel24]

Thuner Lulz you forgot Periphery as Animals :D

[@MrDrummerGuitarist]

Animy as Peripherals

[@0515Futuresoldier]

Music is, like so many things in life, misinterpreted. Music is never competition with another, unless voluntarily agreed upon. Music is a competition with the oneself. Each and every sentient being interprets their reality differently. Music is the strive to better oneself, not see who is better than someone else.

[@ESPmrBrough]

a truer word ne'er were spake

[@KyleSSmith]

***** spank sp00nk

[@volxerut]

Blessed be thou, who greets us with words of such wisdom.

[@lazarsfiftythree8996]

Well spoken

[@ollietodd4845]

+0515Futuresoldier real talk

[@LINE4RR]

Dunno why people are shitting on Periphery so much, both bands and both guitarists are pretty damn amazing and they're better than I am. Love them both.

[@rorbot_SMF]

I agree with you 100%.

[@madthough2298]

Robert Harris Fuck off, jeremy wolfe is by far a better musician than Tosin or Misha.

[@tk667]

Mad Though u mad bro ?

[@madthough2298]

***** Just a little butt flustered man, nothing to be concerned about

[@drink.juice.]

Mad Though what?

[@Fastlanebaby22]

AMAZING these two need to make a whole album.

[@LouisR56]

Technically, AAL debut album is a collaborative work by Tosin and Misha!

[@davewinston4304]

i feel like im about to meet my creator

[@zondurite]

me too bro

[@majesticbanana1629]

The science of evolution and the laws of this universe that governs entropy is what made me..

[@Aozora333]

Dave Winston fucking hell lmao I feel you dude. a break down by BULB AND TOSIN where do you even go from there besides to your creator?

[@waitingchen1553]

Exactly my feelings lol

[@marvelousdetermination]

Did you resolved your health issues bro? Go to a doctor

[@chaotemagick3]

I have trouble not listening to this song every day

[@mrdee734]

I agree. First time I hear it and I find it beautiful.

[@TheMtvdeath]

Diego Lafuente This music is absolutely awesome!!!

[@stayin91degrees]

thats a good trouble to have

[@jimdanielhoxworth3374]

Still going at it, are you?

[@ironnwine12]

i know i am lol

[@TheRevProdigy777]

Misha also helped write some sections of the first AAL album as well, not just with the programming and rhythm guitar, but also giving Tosin some constructive ideas on leads.

[@ehoc42]

It's so obvious to see who wrote which riff...and that misha produced it

[@Necromechanicalistic]

These dudes have the most odd style of guitar playing. Its unheard of.

[@wadejq]

Meshuggah.. the father of this "groove" style of playing.. :)

[@sandrastoffman145]

Juni Lee meshuggah have played probably 6 notes in the whole band's history

[@darakhox8214]

Caleb purvis You've never heard a Meshuggah song, have you?

[@Kzard47]

Caleb purvis ok buddy...

[@mickeylikecrazyy]

+Caleb purvis you're correct. (I have listened)

[@ryanprivitera3019]

2 of my 4 biggest influences on the guitar as well as John Browne and acle kahney

[@djentledavis]

pretty sure if jesus had to choose a sound track to go with the rapture it would have been that intro

[@thomasreuter1614]

Still coming back to this

[@sacredxgeometry]

This song is actually so good that I tested in some very old earbuds that have nearly no bass, and this song even in 360p delivers a subtle yet suitable form of backing bass. Talk about Optimism, this is a hopeful overlook.

[@taz2807]

It was a smart move for them to just use a computer for drums. I mean just imagine choosing between the gods of prog metal drumming. Halpern and Garstka. Which coincidently are both named matt haha. Don't even think of splitting them like halpern for optimist and garstka for pessimist because it would just become one perfectly awesome drum battle other than become a song

[@JamesWhitmarsh]

Halpern drummed for AAL for a bit didn't he?

[@taz2807]

Yeah but i think the entire debut album of AAL is programmed tho

[@blueskythinking4745]

They didn't use a real drummer because it costs money to record drums and it takes a fair amount of time to mic everything up and get the right sound. I bet they recorded this for 0 dollars since misha has such a good setup at home.

[@3AwesomeLetsPlayers]

I think Halpern wrote most of the drums for AAL iirc

[@Okshake]

Chop Matt Halpern and Matt Garstka in half and sew them together to create one super Matt called "Matt Halpstka".

[@kevgor138]

Can't wait to finally see Animals as Leaders in August. So pumped.

[@onewaytickettotheastraplan2232]

Did your brain dance?

[@MrHestichs]

Every night when I got to sleep I wish we got more music exactly like this. Sooo awesome!

[@yawanawolfe2247]

This is what happens when the music gods have a baby.

[@OGPimpin]

Please release this in high res audio format (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, etc.)

[@ABR1fan]

this might be the best thing i've ever heard

[@druminnigga]

What do you think about tesseract?

[@ABR1fan]

druminnigga i've listened to them they are pretty good

[@DemiseUnseen]

Awesome track. Meshuggah and Hum just had a baby in my ears.

[@eddiegrajeda3284]

Still jamming this 2021 💜

[@b03y]

Listening to this while I sat on the toilet was an interesting experience, to say the least.

[@theescapist8466]

I love Misha (if thats even him) at 0:23 in the background it really colors that riff beautifully.

[@Donnythecynic]

They seriously need to do an album together.

[@yodharajasyadasa]

This music is basically Jazz-Fusion with a metal overtone..first check groups: The Mahavishnu Orchestra..Return To Forever....Weather Report...Headhunters... etc...

[@oh033]

I cant stop listening to this song

[@rogrogel3996]

I heard tosin play the 1st n 3rd riff on an acoustic7 in another video long before this song was released. sick to hear with the distortion

[@snackpack2191]

why am i just now finding this gem of collaborations

[@Calquin123321]

these guys should give us backing tracks!!! that fkn riff at 1 10 is fkn powerful

[@SoulLegenda]

What a great Fusion... Misha at The Rhythm & Tosin at the aperggios and chords!

[@XxboxandmetalX]

Misha uses some crayz chords man

[@Hockeymat79]

I suscribed to this channel purely because you told me not to.

[@HappiestSadGuy]

+Hockeymat79 HAHA SHAME ON YOU >:)

[@aishwaryauniyal]

both of them are phenomenal, you can listen to any section in this track and tell who wrote it.

[@guitargrimblin]

Haters guna hate peeps chill. Rock on AAL AND Periphery!!!

[@vee_del_sol]

why am i just hearing this? eargasm.

[@ABR1fan]

Listening to this on 1.25 speed hurts my brain.

[@neomaredi5922]

***** All the boners breh

[@louharvey953]

***** That riff probably was the work of Misha.

[@elliotmcconnell5449]

Josiah Harmon listening to it at .50 speed hurts more

[@Brave_New_Tube]

Elliot McConnell you mean g r o o v e s more

[@MrAlepedroza]

Josiah Harmon It's like a rush of cocaine with a drink of red bull after.

[@ZeeGrego]

Listening to these two songs creates a good news/bad news situation. The good news, both of these artists' bands' (AAL, Periphery) upcoming albums will be truly amazing as they continue to improve and evolve their skills and song writing. The bad news: that the dream scenario of these two artists collaborating and creating a hybrid band to write a full length album, building off these two songs, will likely never happen. Optimist and Pessimist will just be a tease.

[@Shr3dward]

kinda wished that the joy of motion would sound more like this

[@thercat]

Weightless was underrated amiright...

[@danielkeefer7328]

TheRCat Weightless changed the way I looked at music.

[@DarkPwnag3]

shredward And their newest album. I want them to go back to their roots with Misha

[@g59enjoyer48]

Still jamming both of these in 2023

[@ollietodd4845]

For those who are wondering, no the drumming isn't real, its done on superior drummer,

[@BrianPurge]

+CHUN “jVj A G N U jVj” BUNS Still sounds good

[@ollietodd4845]

Yeah sounds decent. I use it myself

[@abeeraaleeza5618]

in

[@XenonOfficial]

Animals as leaders do have a drummer. So would depend, On if they used AAL's drummer or what you said!

[@ollietodd4845]

This isn't AAL though, It's Mischa and Tosin.

[@SpiritualComatose]

This sounds exactly like they were trying to mix both their sounds together. Perfect collaboration!

[@Ninololcss]

THIS is how it sounds like when 2 gods play some beautiful and powerful music, so idk why you are reading this in the comments, just fking listen to the song bro

[@battleaxesoldier]

Tosin has such an ear for driven riffs outside of what most perceive as the standard, while Misha has a grasp on chord voicings quite unlike the majority of guitar players out there... It's a win win.

[@SecondBlueSun]

Drumming sounds like Halpern. God this is great.

[@jacobgranigan5979]

GhostConstruct it’s either Halpern or an extremely early version of GGD

[@the1zeldafan609]

@@jacobgranigan5979 superior drummer i think

[@34The_PrinCe]

Both Misha and Tosin go HARD in everything!!! ** mic drop*

[@heyitsdamos]

Periphery as Leaders lol

[@rwvisuals]

Two of the most creative guitar players ever.

[@XxTRIPPINGxxGUITARxX]

I'm not the first to say this in the comments but get Devin Townsend on vocals for this.

[@Lerborn]

this!

[@karaskrulszczupakow4046]

vocal in progressiv metal is shit

[@justinkroboth360]

@@karaskrulszczupakow4046 Maybe, but Devin transcends.

[@scottie2hottietfot]

I agree. Tosin clearly writes more of the convoluted type of stuff and Misha has more of a heavy rhythmic undertone. Plus the harp-like sweep with hybrid is something Tosin has been working on for a while. So awesome =D

[@MrEtienne6657]

Besides AAL, do you know where i can find riffs like the ones @ 1:10 and 3:06 ?

[@jlobato900]

I over came something in my life wile I was listening to this. Never forget it. Changed my life.

[@tijuana_tony]

tijuana_ tony hey it's me. Woo

[@tijuana_tony]

Hey there's my old acount cant get back into😅

[@kevinkiso3394]

Pretty Gdamn perplexing and baffling.

[@dinos35]

The Uploader has the best Username ever.

[@dinos35]

+Peter Sotham whatcha say asswipe

[@aristarhstefanskiy2747]

Remember that time ... Periphery + Animals as leaders and tesseract, the best thing in the last 8-10 years is that I listened in this style

[@valxinha29]

Absolutely Djentgasm.

[@Varithgar]

They're both excellent musicians and have a unique set of skills to their names. I don't see a musician as being "good" or "bad", I just acknowledge the level of experience and understanding that the person in question has acquired and give them an albeit arbitrary place in my mind for where they'd fit on a comparative scale, but I really encourage horizontal thinking where you can still acknowledge difference but the egotistical ideas like "better" and "worse" don't have much meaning or weight

[@Altusfonz]

Godlike

[@toconnx]

Thanks for uploading these. Can't wait to see these two at the Summer's Laughter tour.

[@HaZexHD]

animals as leaders isnt prog metal. its a genre within itself. no one else uses chord qualities from baroque era classical music and advanced jazz in their metal. only tosin aka god.

[@AstralOceans]

haha didn't I see you on an AAL video saying this? You check out Arcturus yet?

[@usernameinvalidforu]

Look up Tony MacAlpine. The late 80s and early 90s had a lot of this kind of thing around. The time signatures were generally more basic but the chords and progressions were based on baroque and other "classical" eras. There were jazzy elements depending on the player. I think once you stray from the basic approaches to any music that inevitably there begins echoes of jazz. Also the genre was called neo-classical. Shrapnel Records was putting a lot of it out. Tom Varney was, I believe, the owner and major proponent of the shredder movement. Not trying to be a know it all, I just sense that you give a shit and knowledge is power. That said Tosin is sick.

[@Oborowatabinostk]

Aaron Hooper xD

[@ItsDrewsif]

They did, It's the self titled Animals As Leaders album

[@CassioAND92]

My dream will became true when i see these animals playing in a periphery If you know what i mean

[@OhDelta9]

That was so whack dude

[@CassioAND92]

Damian Conde HAHAHAHAHA

[@aureliomoreira3860]

Someday these animals will become leaders of the periphery

[@devongonzalez2037]

what the.... ive been listening to AAL for 3 years now and i am just hearing this

[@stevenadams7863]

Where can I buy this?

[@OneWOneL]

..came across this on a blog, and upon listening to both, I would definitely say that Optimist and Pessimist were written in accordance with the overall sentiments of optimism and pessimism... or at least to convey their ideas respectively; why would pessimism be better than optimism in any case? you should be an optimist, obviously.

[@sefir666]

Moshin Abasoor

[@GhostDoG8550]

That part in the beginning, Tosin played that on his Bergeron acoustic. This song is just freakin awesome. And Misha, I know you read these comments, you rock bro! Periphery and AAL FTW!

[@DarkIron98]

The gods of progressive metal are Misha, Tosin and Petrucci

[@mada_2]

The fact is that periphery isn't prog, just djent

[@blisteringfilth]

Realmetaldom if you think that Periphery isn't progressive then you are actually a spoon

[@mada_2]

I mean they were progressive, spoon...

[@mada_2]

Biophonism Exactly dude :)

[@soccablau9203]

what about Fredrik Thorndahl man?

[@InfiniteEntirety]

This is some genuinely great music. It's honestly one of my favorite songs by both musicians, and it's made even better by the fact that they worked on this song together.

[@Mr.TierraCaliente]

thoes 55 unlikes tho... haters gonna hate

[@fleisch19843]

Holy shit. What the hell is this? Mind blown

[@the1zeldafan609]

welcome to the mind of tosin abasi and misha mansoor

[@DjugyRamone]

repeat repeat repeat!!!

[@dunpeal5357]

I've only listened to the first 3 tracks and so far so good. I've also listened to the other tracks with Misha and Tosin...those are badass!

[@marmac7467]

Eargasm.

[@tobee_gamer5816]

Dude… these two created magic together

[@slump75]

Periphimals.

[@delicrux]

This is the duality of chaos and order in balance. Sick

[@adamrguitar]

Don't be a pessimist, be an optometrist!

[@FearAbsence]

I love how clearly you can hear which guitarist plays what parts sometimes

[@MiguelBatalha]

Reminds me Deftones.

[@afterstars]

Miguel Batalha it’s like Deftones on player difficulty level: impossible

[@Entities916]

Yessss, finally new music from them!! I've been waiting to hear more from these two since waves of babies! Must have mooaarrr

[@EloyvanNieuwenhoven]

urinating the crowd tho

[@Heinrick192]

Incredible, Tosin and the Bulb sound so great this time around.

[@modernroyaljams]

So much over analysis of everything all the time. It's so boring. This persons name. That persons name. That's the worst thing music can do is make you think of this guy or that guy in a room playing his certain brand instruments with this mic or that mic or this rack or that rack. Why do people have to destroy everything with their analysis? It's a great track. Makes me want to listen again. It takes you on somewhere. Really cool track. Actually brilliant!

[@phillipisrad808]

I could get lost in this masterpiece for days.

[@DaDavidVids]

"Do not subscribe to this channel." -- 536 people subscribe --

[@afterstars]

Godmode unlocked.

[@SstalkerS]

This sounds more like a result of Tosin giving Misha a lesson..

[@Mrguitarcover1234]

+SstalkerS Actually, I've heard that Misha taught Tosin

[@dogukancil5128]

+Kacper Wiśny Misha produced for Tosin.

[@Mrguitarcover1234]

Dogukan Çil That's correct, but i heard he also taught him

[@Aozora333]

+SstalkerS Why does it even matter?

[@jessejameslv702]

They actually co-wrote a lot of the first AAL album.

[@daken1134]

... imho this is the best thing tosin has done in a LONG time

[@BryanScottMacKenney]

Dude! I remember when Tosin uploaded the video of him playing the opening riff on his 8 string acoustic. Misha recorded it and I'm glad they threw it in here, sounds good.

[@scottmorris13]

probably two of the best tracks ive ever heard. wow.

[@lostrait]

i think they're both amazing musicans. Go tosin and mansoor!

[@Aozora333]

Yeah like crap they were good friends in highschool there's no need for no competish

[@blueskythinking4745]

+Jon Ramen I don't think that's true.. I remember misha saying they know each other because they were neighbours

[@petrucci619]

the sound of dancing 8 strings is magical

[@digitalfreak123]

It's so great hearing two artists collaborate like this, it's so fun being able to distinguish the different writing styles.

[@zaitrippin4141]

I swear this song is transcendental