Animals as leaders - The NAMM Show 2020

[@fnp865]

Where's that guy who always posts the lyrics in the comments?

[@salvulcano3726]

1:06 Tempting Time 6:58 Kascade 13:42 Tooth and Claw 18:35 Ectogenesis 25:00 The Woven Web 29:27 Arithmophobia 36:02 Cognitive Contortions 41:15 The Price of Everything/Behaving Badly 46:08 Physical Education 51:35 Inner Assassins 56:55 CAFO

[@atmiles88]

Thanks Sal!

[@floralfire]

thank you sal

[@code.liplox]

God bless you

[@kihan8107]

Thank you

[@humphrey2032]

Thanks Sal

[@omukssbm]

Tosin dripped like a final boss

[@heyyitsRJ]

this man dressed like he's in The Matrix

[@jjones7837]

Matt is a monster on that drum set bruh.

[@Osagie98]

there are times when Tosin returns into the matrix to perform

[@chillysfunhouse]

Imagine hearing Tooth and Claw for the first time ever and it’s live at NAMM

[@mitch5699]

hehehe , straight up can't get enough of these guys , I'm spoiled from here on cause nobody comes close...nowhere near it ...sickest riffs out there, and they had a blast doin it . all I need..

[@sham3632]

1.5M/10

[@dgfeeder9801]

Must be life changing

[@golfymate3903]

14:30 The audience is all answer 😆🤘

[@piercedevine]

That was literally me! I was there and yes it did change my life!

[@WishMount]

15:59 The mark of a great guitar tech! Watch on the right! Tosin starts playing with the tuning pegs which alerts the absolute unit of a GT to get another guitar on standby! Love to see it!

[@JGBDYT]

MATT'S SNARE SOUND SOO GOOD

[@tylergoodguy1194]

46:50 is the moment the floor dropped and everyone knew their minds were blown

[@WishMount]

I call it the elephant stomp. Just a absolute kick to gut of pure sub bass

[@jakeamano]

i was right in front this moment. HUGE bass drop that the camera dosent really pick up, in my footage i was right in front of the sub so i just got absolutely blasted

[@pharcydebug]

how's that happening?

[@tylergoodguy1194]

@@pharcydebug how low (tonal) their strings are and how loud the mix is probably.

[@pharcydebug]

@@tylergoodguy1194 Cheers, wasn't sure if it was like a triggered pad or something as well. sounds heavy

[@justadudeinpursuit]

29:39 hahaha Tosin following rhythmic pattern with his head is fucking badass 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@myluciddesign]

I can’t get over the dude in the pit with his Kiesel in a gig bag on his back 😂

[@Metalefs1]

How did you hold the camera up for one hour?

[@Andrew_Mustang]

The power of Djent

[@themightygrav]

@@Andrew_Mustang Lol! \m/

[@VirgoKing89]

By the way of the force.

[@RemyBailey1998]

It attached to the head

[@tylerfortner4838]

@@RemyBailey1998 Dingle dangle

[@TheNuclearMantis]

Damn! Insane production on this. Every song had it's own visual theme

[@multoc]

The LD had no idea of the band he was local

[@multoc]

A.k.a. he was not our usual ld

[@TamiEvans-pk9rj]

One of the greatest bands my ears have been blessed to hear. Refreshing and Original as I don't know what Music at its best thank GOD for different people

[@3rdstone311]

Man, I am so late, just discovered AAL by chance, man these guys are amazing! Luv um!

[@rexrocker1268]

This band and bands like them are basically instrumental musician porn. No vocals and all that, just sick instrumentals to be in awe of.

[@Cestariarts]

Me personally find instrumental music infinitely superior than the ones with vocals

[@rexrocker1268]

@@Cestariarts I like both, I guess it just depends on the type of music for me. This band here, no need for vocals, a band like Pantera or Sepultura or Meshuggah etc etc, they need vocals.

[@cometcourse381]

@@Cestariarts for the most part I agree, especially in the case of electronic music (Autechre, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Flying Lotus, Pan Sonic, Boards of Canada, etc.) and jazz.

[@gregorypalamara6723]

THANK YOU !!!! GREAT FOOTAGE !!!! Did i forget to say thank you?!

[@paulphoenix1669]

I miss concerts! It's been too long. Have tickets to see Sepultura, Deicide, Meshuggah, Napalm Death, Dinosaur Jr, Jeff Mills and Decapitated in the coming months though, so it'll all be worth the wait I hope. Would love to see these guys too someday, wish they'd play nephele more !

[@Sbeatsophrenia]

I just can't help but smile while watching this. Thanks for uploading bruv!!

[@kevinobrien3888]

Thanks for uploading this. I had tickets to see them in Austin, TX in April of 2019, but had injured by back a few weeks earlier and knew there was no way I could stand for an hour straight so I had to miss the show. I think I was more bummed it would have been my first concert with my (then) 14yr old daughter. Ooh well, we got to see Twenty One Pilots together 3 times in 3 cities since. That was a blast.

[@thatdrummeroz654]

2021 New Years Eve. Javier in Inner Assassins is straight up fire!

[@KP-tx3cv]

Imagine being Tosin trying to keep time in those taps with all those people clapping sooooooo far off time. What a nightmare. I feel like Javi was trolling him there.

[@juggernautproduktion]

Haha that’s awesome! I reckon so too! Hahaha

[@tonyjackson4099]

World-class musicians of Tosin's caliber don't get thrown offbeat by "rhythmically challenged' audiences. lol And on top of that, they REALLY don't get thrown offbeat when a drummer like Gartska holding it down behind them. With a band like AAL, which plays super complex multi-metered tunes with modulations inside modulations, the vast majority of people that think they heard a mistake don't realize it's not a mistake at all. It usually happens with parts of tracks that are in crazy odd time signatures, or even 4/4, and 16th or 32nd notes are played and/or displaced. To the untrained ear, it can sound like a mistake but isn't.

[@ggrant4569]

Haha, I don't think the audience actually did too terribly at this show. Assuming you're talking about that part in CAFO, if you listen closely that's actually what Garstka's playing on the kick, so Tosin would be used to playing over that pattern

[@Majician69]

@@tonyjackson4099 No bro lol

[@ronjacksonmusic]

I was there. Great times.

[@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842]

The clapping to cafo was something else

[@t3hgir]

every live video of CAFO the crowd is just not there...

[@floralfire]

19:20 THE BEND

[@GHmasterlord342]

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[@PonsTwice]

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[@vladvlad4032]

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[@ethanpeed]

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[@choroloco7031]

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[@jobo6965]

I had a musical awakening way back in the early 70's when I first heard Mahavishnu Orchestra. Then Larry Coryell. Then last year Animals as Leaders. Love it, thank you for the music. They are excellent, but does the drummer remind you of Tony Williams?

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

No he doesnt really, or`?

[@fubar1217]

Matt's stated that one of his biggest influences (and one he always comes back to) is Dave Weckl.

[@ropy89]

not really but Matt is in his own league just as Tony was with Miles and co.

[@BassMecca312]

@@fubar1217 OH WOW. Seriously I had no clue regarding that nugget of information. I’ll be damn. Explains a lot, now that I know. Matt is unreal. I saw these guys live about a month and honestly I’m still stunned. 🙌

[@fubar1217]

@@BassMecca312 If I remember correctly, it was in a Vic Firth interview here on youtube.

[@bertramprstekjr-schmidt7502]

Tosin flexing that sith lord look

[@pimpmastert4980]

Dude, that was fuckin’ AWEsome! And Matt Gartska holy fuck 🤘!

[@t10claytempered16]

Scary drumming etc. Sounds like rehearsals were frequent. Maybe a keyboard one day? I hear RTF and DiMeola, Mid seventies fusion baby.

[@martinreyes3399]

*Plays Animals as Leaders* -other person: Is that metal or jazz? me: Yes

[@combo306]

Looks like in Ectogenesis the backing track went out at some point.

[@juggernautproduktion]

Haha yeah man, and that note bend also, it was the guitar just popping out slightly.

[@james-coble]

Dude with guitar moshing in pit on cafo 😂

[@charleschi843]

Performing in front of some of the greatest musicians on the planet. No worries for these guys.

[@ToxicTerrance]

I would've shitting my pants knowing I'm playing in front of a bunch of other guitar players lol

[@Knightkrawla34]

Well Tosin is a god, so its a pleasure for the crowd to witness a king at work.

[@bennyccp]

I'm there for the Drummer

[@RendyArdyansyah]

They're gods amongst mere mortals!

[@jbaby007]

Thank you for this!

[@jaked4926]

that was the best ! incredible to be there

[@dedompler]

29:43 The rhythmic headbanging stops.

[@thaddeusmaximusking1059]

Thanks TOMO!!!!

[@Artikulo71]

Awesome!🤘🤘

[@zulu1320]

ok i see now ... lot of odd timing .. i love it !!

[@StrateleStudios]

I was there! Woohooo!!!

[@hernanmanfredi]

Thank you @Tomo for recording this, i enjoyed every second of it!

[@sibourne82]

Inner Assassin is the greatest 🔥

[@mitch5699]

Ectogenesis..the growing of 3 extra fingers on one's hand for guitar purposes.....I noticed nobody sayin shit about those couple misfretted notes on Tooth and Claw.. that's for normal guitar players, Tosin ain't normal...sound is incredible . What kinda device did you record this on

[@thereverendfetus]

43 MIN IN AND IT'S CONSTRUKTION OF LIGHT TIME....

[@JGBDYT]

Not as tight as Car bomb lives but, I saw em both one year ago Car bomb doing first part, best concert of my life

[@JGBDYT]

The big difference tho is that Car bomb plays album note for note, singer excepted , while AAL plays some variations

[@juggernautproduktion]

@@JGBDYT awesome man I’ve yet to see either and are both on the most definite list next time in Australia. Elliot Hoffman’s parts are insanity, and just as insane as mr G’s here. These 2 bands are def in my faves. Seen meshuggah. Twice. Awesome and seriously flawless as expected. But yeah man car bomb is froth material! I’d be going mental at that gig

[@genericname9875]

COR BAMB!!! Yeah all of them are insane I have never seen Mike mess up before on video other than in 2009ish on the gojira tour he came in like a bar early on the intro to Ceilo Drive, but it is understandable since it was there first major tour ever, must of been HELA(HAHA GET IT) nervous. And Elliot is not even human at this point he rarely messes up, he just a clock really.

[@Yanks1005]

Just think, this is like the day, or a few days, before the entire world shut down.

[@Ayyydrianne]

Look at the nerds in the crowd

[@stopit2964]

fucking javier trying to get people to clap that weird timing part in cafo. javi is awesome

[@mikehart4742]

All the gear on planet earth in one building, bit if you want to watch any of the bands it's going to be filmed on a mobile phone mediocre audio quality. Gotta love this world of endless intellectual property rights management. I'm glad some lawyers were there to make sure no officially-produced recordings actually get out. Also, AAL are gods.

[@Acepilot1312]

True, it's pure bullshit. Nobody's stealing their work. :(

[@tusharjamwal]

he said Abasi guitars and not Abasi concepts, very intersting.

[@charleschi843]

I must find this pro shot. Where is it?

[@Matt_c333]

Lmao the dude in the pit with a guitar case on his back

[@cabreragildesag8183]

19:20 Where is Nick Jonas??

[@blauwzakjecrack]

By Freddy! To bad you had to leave early!

[@aneskintveit5295]

oh ol tooth and claw ja

[@chassegardee7694]

Yeah, definitely not their Best performance, mistakes here, and there... but cmon, you gotta admit, "It's a lot of notes to remember", as Javier said...

[@jellyfish-qualle]

the mistakes compared to the complexity are negligible to be mentioned

[@heretustay]

This is gonna be a really boomer thing to say, but I hate how many phones I see up in the crowd. 😔

[@Paintplayer1]

Nah it's true. I'm 28 and I have made an absolute point to not have my phone out at concerts and stuff. Because I have done it before, and I've gone back and watched that footage exactly zero times. But I always remember the feeling from the event itself, so I am prioritizing that instead of taking a video I won't probably ever watch again.

[@heretustay]

@@Paintplayer1 im 30, and same. I take like one pic just to remind myself I was there, but I'm not there it be a photog, I wanna enjoy the show

[@iletthedevilin828]

The one thing I can appreciate though about phones in the crowd is when something like covid happens and you have the itch to watch your favorite bands play you can at least find videos on youtube.

[@hydrakn]

11:21 appropriate reaction

[@Cestariarts]

Was this the last AAL concert ever?

[@ropy89]

I heard the new album is almost done so I'd say not the last concert ;)

[@twitchthepocket]

@@ropy89 where did you hear that?

[@ropy89]

@@twitchthepocket saw one of Matt's drumming videos from the past 2 weeks or so and someone in the comments there aksed about new AAL material and Matt himself replied that it's close to done

[@twitchthepocket]

@@ropy89 god that is some of the best news i've heard in awhile. thanks man

[@ropy89]

@@twitchthepocket yeah man, I hope when it's out, they tour in my city again and I can finally watch them live

[@00govan00]

Kascadia!

[@gotheran3]

javier reyes 🤨🤨😜

[@Rhodiac]

What happened at 46:53?

[@tomoakiguitar]

huge bass drop attack lol

[@noahbrierley885]

@@tomoakiguitar Yeah they've done that bass drop at that part in physical education every time I've seen them over the last few years. It borderline hurt but it's pretty dope I suppose

[@Rhodiac]

@@tomoakiguitar That's sick

[@Jayyy_Wav]

I heard that all the way from the other hotel. It was insane 😂😂

[@skisledshred1277]

warped 808 baaayybayyy!!

[@jorikmigueljundez1020]

55:56

[@Exelumnos]

Bruh what happened to their backing tracks

[@martingaspar8364]

I didnt know Blade can play guitar so well

[@JGBDYT]

;-)

[@christophermohdyusufbrown5495]

you all need bass @davie504

[@combo306]

I love AAL, but for both the guitarists, Cognitive Contortions needs work. On all the recordings I've seen of them playing, their playing kinda falls apart.

[@damiangomez8540]

For that song?

[@code.liplox]

They messed up really bad on Ectogenesis

[@code.liplox]

I love this band tho

[@fubar1217]

With as technical as these songs are, there's bound to be screw ups here and there.

[@NicklasJazzström]

I think they had some technical problems with the loop machine/playback

[@bravepart]

It's good to get to see a top tier band mes up, reminds you they're actually..really doing it. Every. Damn. Night. I'll take a sloppy performance over essentially having the studio recording played for me any day!

[@JGBDYT]

@@fubar1217 I mean, car bomb is more consistent for example

[@isaac-fl7pl]

Seeing them perform live I start thinking they could use a keyboard

[@brannonevans3685]

All this full sound, and no bass player.

[@chassegardee7694]

1:50 C'mon Matt, you can do better...

[@damiangomez8540]

I'd like you to record a video and post it on KZbin doing exactly what he does there

[@zulu1320]

first time watching these guys .. i like it .. bad ass .. but my 0.02 there tight 95% of the time ... when there not its like 3 different bands up there... sorry mho ... and the drummer .. playing way to many notes ... gets busy ..... that said ... these guys kick ass .. im still watching .. 4th vid in a row .. i like it ... keep it up

[@zulu1320]

ok yea drummer kicks ass ... but to me ... again mho .. seems to be pushing .. trying ... forcing it ... too many beats per measure ?? maybe i need to see more .. ? again maybe its me... i agree hes good ... sorry i watch a lot drummers .. i am one .. well kinda .. i tend to focus on them ...maybe just me ... ( oh btw "The Woven Web" bad ass )

[@bravepart]

I dunno dude, he's been through Berkeley college of music..pretty massively prestigious music education there..never once copped out and filled a bar or track with blast beats or something basic, always creative..

[@DannyTOG]

It's Prog metal bruh why you complaining about too many notes. Listen to Metallica or some shit

[@genericname9875]

@@zulu1320 Are you trying to make a TTS Bot stutter with those ... Constant.. .spaces ... in . between. ever... word.

[@Majician69]

Wut...are..you...talking...about............... ..... ...... .....

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

weakest moshpit ever, as a side note

[@mpmedia6735]

why would you mosh at an animals as leaders concert?

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

@@mpmedia6735 You guys are elitists

[@memeburgler187]

I would say it's kinda weird to mosh to AAL. It's just not that type of music most of the time

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

@@memeburgler187 I know. I dont like mosh pits. But my observation still is legit. I think it is funny.

[@JGBDYT]

@@_hunu ;-p

[@LeakyGuy]

garbage audio quality

[@multoc]

Sounds great on AirPods

[@Clozof]

It's a shame they all got Covid from this

[@KevinCorkran]

dont know if trolling or not, but i was there and i didn't get Covid lmao. i was actually in the mosh pit here. NAMM was in like mid to late January. virus wasn't really declared official in United States at the time but is possible people could've gotten it from attending.

[@robfulco4739]

LOOK! Back when people weren't scared shitless to be in a crowded room. When people were still leaders.

[@genericname9875]

lmao.... now WERE THE ANIMALS

[@istillsuckatguitar]

Awesome. Thanks.

[@zerosixsixsix2931]

good vid man nice audio. how did you get good audio?

[@multoc]

It's the camera audio from the PA