Animals As Leaders - Live at House of Blues, Dallas, TX 4/18/2022 

1:31 --- Tooth and Claw (Joy of Motion) 6:22 --- Tempting Time (titular) 12:08 --- Wave of Babies (single, Animals as Leaders - Encore Edition) 18:38 --- Gordian Naught (Parrhesia) 23:58 --- Micro-Aggressions (Parrhesia) 28:47 --- Ectogenesis (Madness of Many) 33:40 --- Asahi (Parrhesia) 35:31 --- The Problem of Other Minds (Parrhesia) 38:34 --- The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing (abridged; ends after first solo) (titular) 40:30 --- Behaving Badly (abridged; intro arp. motif -> + Matt solo --> djent + motif --> final iter. of main melody) (titular) 42:53 --- Espera (filler during prep for Brain Dance) (Weightless) 45:05 --- The Brain Dance (Madness of Many) 53:03 --- Thoughts and Prayers (Parrhesia) 59:10 --- Monomyth (Parrhesia) 1:03:08 --- The Woven Web (Joy of Motion) 1:08:01 --- Physical Education (Joy of Motion) 1:14:11 --- Cafo (titular) Seen these guys + met Javier and Tosin several times now. Definitely a different vibe artistically with Parrhesia than with previous albums, but, wow, you needed to experience the tone in person. Actually jaw dropping; very hard to put into words. Would cut off a toe to have recordings straight from PA e.g. the 2018 reference recording of Meshuggah at Graspop. Think I've watched just about every posted clip of this tour and am yet to find one that was able to perfectly capture all the nuances, etc. as I remember them. Most noticeable/ notable change were towards the low-end, which was significantly more articulate (maybe as simple as tighter noise gates, more compression?). Javier, in particular, reminded me of that Dingwall NG-2 crunchy sound... some of the other recordings (particularly of Brain Dance, since there's less collision going on so phone mic --> phone compression --> RU-vid compression doesn't drown it out) capture that a bit more clearly. Nonetheless, absolutely one of the best concerts I've been to. Even as a guitarist-only, blown away by Matt's progression over the years. Kudos to all three.

You gotta respect a band that plays a set this damn long with so many difficult songs and is still tighter than most bands that play much easier stuff.

Dude Matt is the greatest drummer on earth. Jesusssssss

Every... Every time I watch them live it gives me crazy amount of adrenaline....😰

This band is next level. Everyone is on 110% and mastering the craft. Music truly is medicine ... thank you .

Man... Gordian Naught is just wicked BRO!!! Everytime I see Matt playing this tasty mini solo in the middle I'm fucking blown away

Damn they are on fire!

Awesome!!

We had the 3 peice band Rush since '68, and we all said "how are there only 3 people in this band???". Well, AAL are continuing that legacy just fine

That drumsolo tho 😍

BRUTAL. Dudes are monsters 🎸 🥁 🎙️ 🎶

LE RockBand des 15 dernières années.. incroyable en tous points.. jeu complexe et technique mais la beauté est à chaque mouvement et l'intensité omniprésente.. je connaissais Javier Reyes pour la guitare classique et baroque espagnole, là je suis heureux pour lui et ses copains d'être capable de s'exprimer dans ce registre avec autant d'efficacité et d'esprit.. Unanimement séduits, nous allons les voir à Bristol les 16 et 17 août de cette année... RockOn

Real frickin' musicians. Thanks for the bootleg

man, what I would give to experience them live...

14:47 - 14:57 was a fascinating seat exchange

The Best Band on Earth!

Now I really regret missing them the next night when they played in Austin.....

Insane setlist, Simply Superb! I can't wait to see them live one day.

I would like to hug everyone of animals as leaders

It's fuckin' unbelievable how tight and great they sound live. I have to make it to a show one day.

Seriously unreal, can anybody explain how are these 3 guys even human? Holy fuck

The lighting at 22:32 is so cool! oh yeah and the band is fkng amazing

That was such a great show last year, I was in front on the ground 🤘🏼

Holy shit I can't believe I was down the street in San Antonio and missed this, thanks a gazillion for the upload! What an amazing show!

THE LIGHT IS JUST INSANE

Yea man thanks for this recording. Sounds great!

ok, I'm gonna go against the grain and give props to the sound guy who has the mix this good through someones fone mic! thumbs up!

That setlist is so wicked!

one word: WOW

My guy, this sounds amazing. Congratulations and thank you!

Awesome, thanks so much for uploading!

I was at this show! They killed it.

Thanks for sharing this!!

Thank you for this

Incredible quality!

This was a wonderful treat, thanks for the upload 👍🏽

Awesome 🤩

Soothing

39:37 Matt adding the disco beat to this song kicks ass

Great set, Great recording.

Awesome. Thanks.

Outstanding performance

BRUTAL

I NEED to see AAL live if I ever get the chance! This is an amazing setlist!!

dude whatever camera you're using is amazing, great sound

Thumbs up, I was down on the floor right in front of Tosin

Killin

damn nice stufferony

Wow

That thing you did there at 35:18 just🥲

57:43 -- matt after following so many notes 😄

Needed a Houston stop

The new songs are *nasty* in the best way!

Can (mostly) hear stage left. I guess that's where the phone is. Would love to hear a properly recorded AAL live performance for once. Do bands still make live DVDs?

Damn not a single weightless song what a shame, its their best album imo

No Inner Assassins?

Sic😳

Thank god Javier moves his head so I can know what's happening hahaha

how do they write these songs? like zappa - where it's finished in his head and written down before a note is played? or like the rest of us schlebs: hey, i gotta riff - lets do some improve...

How the hell can it be a sit-down concert?

Imagine if one of these dudes quit the band, and they had to find someone who could play their songs, and produce with them 😬

Starting with tooth and claw... man who does that

No Inner Assasin 😭 Matt Grotzka stealing the show completely here. Octopus Boy

Phenomenal musicians. I just wish they had a live bass with them. From a producer's standpoint it is lacking quite noticeably imo - the live album they released in 2018 is lacking some depth and glue in the mix and even though they have a backing track for the bass, it's still missing some presence. Just my humble opinion. Fucking love the band.

Garstka is honestly just not human at this point.

I need to micro dose and witness this phenomenal group of dudes. 🍄

Guitars a little low in this mix, no?

like buckethead..... why aren't their C.D.s in record shops by the lorry load....

Where the fuck is red miso ? Best of the new album but they don't play it on tour

lousy sound from the recording person