ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Tooth and Claw 

Dylan Daino prog rock... what a joke

+krthkh Progressive Jazz Metal, Fellas

+Dylan Daino More because of the drums and bass, Djent is a mix of progressive metal and metalcore. also listen to the melody, this isn't progressive rock.

Brayden Fath djent wasnt even a genre 2 years ago. this is no mix, this is just progressive metal, and ive grown to accept that /iamverysmart

+Dylan Daino Dude... You just called it prog rock

Cjclb Oh my god, right? The bass kick has incredible presence and clarity while not sounding triggered or too 'muddy' and every other part of his kit can be heard clearly at every stroke. I wholeheartedly believe that it's also the player though not just studio magic :p

BURGRKNG Matt Garstka (drummer) is an absolute machine on the drum kit. He is a huge example of "is the sound the player or the machine".

+Cjclb I agree, Dream Theater should take note.

+Cjclb Thank Nolly from Periphery!

@@AG-ur1lj cool guy alert

+Jason Bottoms Fuck yes

You forgot one afjective!..."KIKK-FUKKING-ASS."

And Jazz as fuck

Bro I remember the exact day this album came out and I went to Best Buy holding my infant child at the time to buy the CD. Now that infant is coding websites and making animations. That time goes by quick!

2014 was another good year 🥲 oh to be hopeful and so young again

@@cryptedanimations6509 thats gotta feel absolutely baffling lol. your child learning how to code and animate makes a lot of sense if this album was in their life! cheers!

gone it the wind. music lasts forever though, hope i find this song the next go around

Lmao this killed me !

Lmao

alepagna Accurate.

alepagna yes

alepagna I sing this shit everyday ahahahah

This killed me xD

haha

Same, good stuff..

We've all been there

We've all been there

Welcome to the tribe.

me too, i'm so inspired to create music. they're brilliant.

Saw him play with them in Sydney not long ago. Absolute BEAST! His solos fit in so well with the progression and complemented the layout perfectly.

he isn't new.... he has been in the band....

***** I'm referring to the fact this is his debut album, being in AAL.

ANIMOSITYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Bob Godden derp

Could not agree more. Previos albums were beasts, but this one... make me feel like I stepped into another dimension. Very unique, organic and original music.

nailed it eugene

+Bobby Torres Why does it bother you? If the ignorance of people bothers you then you must have a hard time, because most people are pretty ignorant. And you cannot 'convince' people into liking the things you like anyway.

+Bobby Torres one of my favourites off the album - love the intro solo, almost as good as that soaring solo in Ka$cade!

Super late here, but holy shit I think it's amazing! A lot of people just can't get it...

+Bobby "Pretentious", "feel the grove man" ahhhh I love this song!

+Bobby Torres because you have to listen to a lot of music from a genre to start appreciating "the groove." and some people don't want to spend that kind of time with something that they don't necessarily like. It's like getting into a new TV show that takes a few episodes to pull you in. If they don't see themselves caring enough, then why put in the effort?

Same.

Hello. Just got here myself! Nice to meet you!

SAME

I’ve been here since 2011. Believe me, it’s never too late!!!

First time getting to know this band and GODDAMN we living it up now.

25.

75 yo with a hatsune miku pic?

@@user-vr3ex1fj7c Exactly.

@@user-vr3ex1fj7c a man of culture 😄

That’s major 🧢 lol No 75 year old has that pfp or says “frfr” You’re probably like 23 max

Some times the most powerful emotions are expressed without a word uttered all sarcasm aside.

(y)

garrettmiranda i actually think this song should have lyrics. im never one against good instrumental but this could use something.

john myung wrote them

gotta fall back on low hanging troll fruit when no one but God and Tosin can play this.

I know what you mean. Insane levels of virtuosity seem to be the standard today

Haken have taken Dream Theater's crown.

yep, totally agree

Drop B I think it is better than Weightless's tone because in the previous album he used Lace Alumitone and Deathbar, and now he uses the Ionizers, which are much better.

Oh yeah.

Pomegranate Tiger is King :) We Love it.

Dont forget about Matt and Javy!

You guys are amazing too! I love your bands music Tiger.

I'd hate to be in AAL, all anyone seems to care about is 1 member of the band.

***** Tosin is obsviously the main "character" of the band, although he didnt want that, ence the name Animals as Leaders and not Tosin Abasi Trio or something. Javier Reyes is a wonderfull musician as well, sometimes I personally prefer his approach. Basal Ganglia is an amazing album! TRAM's Lingua Franca is another masterpiece!

You know he hasn't changed his tone since the first album right? He literally only uses three guitar tones... and with each one he will shred thine face off if he pleases!

Josiah Montague Maybe amp wise it's the same, but he started using the Ionizers in his guitars not too long ago. That effects a lot. Also, the Misha/Nolly mixing treatment adds a lot too. This is not the same tone from the first two album at all.

Josiah Montague I thought the new pickups sounded wildly different from his previous rig.

Especially at that breakdown around 0:42, seems misha reeeaaalllyy liked the tone he got on Punisher by VoM

Josiah Montague His basic tone hasn't changed....but the engineering prowess of Misha has greatly improved since the first album. Plus Nolly who's just a boss. It sounds MUCH improved, but yes, still Tosin tone.

***** Or he's hired by the artist to contribute...

SabianTamaDrummer you mean he's hired as the producer.

spicyfetus Nolly produced the album, but I'm pretty sure Misha helped write this album in some capacity.

He co-wrote and co-produced 7 songs on the album with Tosin, and Nolly did final mixing.

I’d love to see them write together again.

chaotemagick3 an honorable death it would be

🤘

Why would you wanna die? Revel in the madness ensuing and live to do it again.

Oh the new album will GROOVE ALRIGHT.

I still think CAFO from the first album is the ultimate face melter.

MotoX Champ that and Song of Solomon

sounds very peripherish

@@user-xx5cc4ws9zYeah.. cause Misha Mansoor produced the whole album 😂

Yeah, definitely, I thought it was a sort of mind trick but I was so unsettled by it that I had to pause and play to figure it out. Glad you noticed it too haha.

Brandon Chambers Hey man, the album's called Joy of Motion after all.

אורי לוי well stated.

muntificator nope

+Brandon Chambers These guys like the trippy vibes.

share, please

***** then why are you listening to an AAL video?

***** Not as boring as your comment.

***** dude just because you can't appreciate it doesn't mean it's bad, it just makes you ignorant

***** you probably dont love music like you think you do

exactly!

He was..

Peripheral Animals of Maya

What about a literal Bull Moose?

Hm the 'Moose Lodge' is a Masonic Lodge, meaning Illuminati, so you're voting for the same ol thang!

Well they already are anyway.

The Roman emperor Caligula made one of his horses a senator, Animals as Leaders.

ex3vious That is a cool factoid! is that where the name comes from, or is it a coincidence?

best comment here

Awkwardly enough, this comment made me ask, do I want tomato juice? Now I'm all confused.

lolwat

Top 5...well, top 1 weirdest yet most awesome comments ever.

I realize tomato juice was in question, but I broadened it to anything liquid tomato

Nice to see you here V!

The man himself.

I agree... and I adore it so flopping much

What a coincidence, haha. We have the same profile picture.

that is a coincidence haha

Tyron Tention Masayo Mandeles you guys should follow the signs

Masayo Mandeles separate yourself from the machine and embrace your own identity you guys

FOLLOW THE SIGGGGGGGGGGNS, DADADADAD DADADAD ADAD AD A D AD AD AD A D AD A D dD d a d ad a

Fuck yeah! you fish in Washington at all?

No, but I have family near bremerton.

Nice, try going to eastern Washington sometime, preferably the potholes or Moses lake some badass smallmouth and walleye here

Right on!

Urban Bass Slayers Sacramento CA Bass Fishing. Hell yeah bro! I fish to this band all the time, it's great!

Bpo tjr hatrrs could it be. Rhe next renisaumce has fainaally arived yumabs are evolving agai n as we sspeak!!!!

SI PERO PERIEPRY TA BIEN KULERO

still listening? :)

they did, it's called armored core

Bryce Tackes heh... Dank Souls. I want to play THAT game.

@@vicrattleheadslayerofwaifu6288 Armored core is not a Souls game though...it's entire different in style and genre.

DANK SOULS LMAO

Tosin Abasi is a Demi-God!

+GRiMHOLD no. He's 666od.

My sentiments exactly.

+Dylan Daino hahaha yeah that angry cow got me hooked, she is kool

+Dylan Daino he sent me here haha

charlie bennett aal is a great band, you should listen to their other songs

That's why I'm here

+Dylan Daino Naked Ape sent me here :)

Wait, wha? I guess people like what they like, but "meh" @ Veil of Maya. Sreamy kids don't really do it for me. But alas, that's coming from someone with a taste for the likes of Torture Killer.

Yeah that syncopation definitly has a VOM feel to it.

PainIs4ThaWeak85 Veil Of Maya is of the first american Meshuggah inspired progressive metal bands that came before this band.. Marc is a great composer and guitar player in my opinion. This song shares a lot of the same sense of exotic melodicism found on tracks like "mowgli".. the jarring angular maj7 sound reminds me a loooot of them. That combined with some of the alien like effects and the choppy syncopation really reminds me of them. To me this sounds like a more stream lined version of of AAL and what they're capable of. Not a bad or good thing IMO.

It's mostly just that first fret bend that does it

Me too, Vancouver last night. These guys got themselves a new fan!

Nice, haha. I don't think there's a single page in Berserk that this wouldn't fit with.

Animals as leaders, doom 2016, and berserk is a vibe

I was thinking the exact same thing!

Steven Christopher Goddamn right! Thank the Lawd fo Nolly!

***** Nolly mixed this?!

It's got real drums and bass this time too, definitely helps it sound better.

Darth Doge I don't think Nolly mixed it, I'm pretty sure that it was Misha who produced this album.

Well the album is named joy of *motion* after all...

It's moving

If you pause it it will stop moving.

***** Mind BLOWN!

I couldn't tell you I'm too stoned 🤣

IKR

holy crap

+Jack Delaney Green and open purple notes EVERYWHERES

+Jack Delaney some parts would literally be 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

+Jack Delaney Probably too good for that.

***** Agreed brother

Yea, first time I could not comprehend and the complexity flooded me but then I digested and now I feel GOOD! Yep, nutritious.

Adam Nolly Getgood at his finest :P

*here

elizle He was making a pun.

You are missing out on instrumental music man... This will Destroy you, Scale the Summit, God is an Astronaut, Modern Day Babylon, Tides, Irepress, Red Sparowes, and the list goes on.. Do yourself a huge favor and venture into the world of instrumental. I am glad I did for sure man.

Timothy Sharp Also, Russian Circles (Whom I will see live tomorrow! :)) Angel Vivaldi, Chimp Spanner, Pomegranate Tiger, Pelican and one of my favorites..If these trees could talk. Ok I am done. Haha.

and CLOUDKICKER!

cause tosin collabed with misha on this i believe

***** did misha helped veil of maya on the recordings?

Yep. He produced "Eclipse" for them!

***** No I met Tosin yesterday, and he said it was Nolly that they collaborated with

lol xD

@@kalisto52 r/whoooosh

WRONG there is an owen wilson sample or someone saying WOW at the first part of the song.

EXACTLY! I COMPLETELY AGREE!!!! I look forward to every new album. Tosin, Javier and Matt are three geniuses to their craft!!!!

So true, that's why Prosthetic released CAFO first when promoting the first AAL album although it sounded much more mainstream and nothing like the rest of the album.