Animals as Leaders, Tosin Abasi plays "Wave of Babies" on EMGtv 

i havent listend to this in 10 years... or tosin for that matter... whats some of his new stuff i can get into?

@@BrandonHilikus check out "the joy of motion" its animals as leaders 2014 album. its great.

You aren't even exaggerating. This is Tosin Abasi in his rougher period, if people can believe that.

@@MrNeosantana right!? Like, somehow, dude became MORE proficient, more learned. Incredible guitar player

@@The_Mimewar yeah its crazy

This was being played 13 years ago?!? Where in the hell was I? What. A. Drummer. Oh yes, the Guitarist isn't to bad either. With a little practice he could really improve on his dexterity! (Sarcasm). 😂😂😂

Me too !!

Watch the Animals As Leaders: Dunlop Sessions. The version of Brain Dance is one of the finest musical performances I’ve seen. Javier, the other guitarist, is amazing and Matt is probably the best rock drummer alive today.

Your in for a treat and a wild ride. TOSIN Is that guy.

stahp

his guitar djently weeps

Clever. AS FUCK

i'm crying xD

got me rolling on the floor like a madman mate xDDD

Crimson Rain It still fascinates me. He could be Buddy Guy's rebelling son hahaha. "Dad, I need to tell you something." "What is it, boy? Have you discovered a new blues tone for your strat?" "Kinda, but not really. I think I love djent. And I used my birthday money to buy an 8 string."

well, this guitar shape is still strat-like, just 2 additional strings

Anti Phase it's a superstrat. Basically a stratocaster but metal. And then two strings added.

I know.

Hahaha, you're right man, I was thinking the same. The music is great, but metal guitar players usually dress like shit, nice to see someone looking great (and not just sounding great)

What about Devin Townsend? xD

Iván Agustín Ogñenovich dude is a fkn creep

But no doubt he's well dressed :P

Don’t you mean well djressed?

Dickslap Mcgee and tube amps lol

Dickslap Mcgee That would not be Djent enough.

ThePhobos100 that's the point!

ThePhobos100 duh-jent!

***** There's one video of him and joe sat covering BB King actually.

To the trained ear you sound like an insufferable douchebag.

When I first heard AAL, it was the song “Tooth and Claw” 10 years ago when I was 15. I thought it was interesting, but not something I cared for. Within a year, I don’t know what made me try them again, but I became obsessed with the Joy album. Honestly, their newest album doesn’t bring me in much. The drums are insane, but generally, the guitars don’t do it for me like the other 4 albums.

​@coleozaeta6344 for me personally, Weightless was peak, but it's all good in its own way. I've really grown to appreciate how Tosin can make every album feel unique and different without losing his overall vibe.

@@agileist Somnarium is the shit. Also, I used to be able to play “David”, just slower.

true

This is exactly Michael Breckers story I think haha

i would say top 0.3%

He's just Nigerian. I'm pretty sure his Mom did want him to go to med school but his dad was supportive of his "hobby" and here we are today.

Mike Kanis Crazy Babies perhaps?

they have come to Djent, kick ass and chew bubblegum

Chaves Junior my hands are like that. I need to get a 7 or 8 string fr, only done 6 string since I started playing

@@noahnuccioguitarworks7552 Same. I got a 7 string, and it feels so much more natural for my fingers. I wonder what an 8 string would feel like. It would probably feel like what a 7 string feels like to normal people.

Lol. Its all business and connections.

@@prototype8137 yes, actually Jeff Bezos is the best guitar player in the world...

This hasn't really panned out

@@u-N16z0rz well try naming a guitarist from the last two decades or so that is more influential than Tosin

@@axicon2232 John mayer, more recently tim henson, mateus asato come to mind

paul wardingham

Joe Satriani.

Pat O'brien probably in my opinion, and yngwie, but theres no doubt that Tosin is a fucking god, and he's self taught, which gives me hope since i am too

Joe Satriani.

lance trullinger For the most part, he did go to AIM

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Me too.

Pfft yeah. And I just saw Elvis riding Bigfoot

I saw him play an H chord at one point

we think, but it is probably a A#b Triad that is posing as a C major he really likes his triads, incase you didnt know

Alonso Mendoza he very well might be. His guitar knowledge is unmatched.

He does remind me of the alien dude from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy now that you mention it...

Rockin’ Pixels Ford Prefect wich is also a car or rather the other way around since thats where he got his earth name XD

Please, do, I need to know more

They're both masters at what they do

+Ian Bucklowe I haven't heard such truthful comment on youtube for a while.

Songs that talk only about love is gay as fuck

+Ian Bucklowe STFU and listen!

***** I believe you may have misread what I wrote.

Ian Bucklowe No I understood perfectly... Tobin For Pres!

WHY THE FUCK AREN'T YOU AT THE TOP?

The entire audience had to be put in quarantine, as it was figured that Tosin might be nuclear-powered, and that radiation was sweeping out of his sweat pores. From now on, Animals as Leaders only plays in studios and venues that are encased in lead.

Oh yeah man, I almost called 911 to stop that guitar rape....

@@paradise_valley Tosin’s dexterity and speed caused COVID confirmed

Wasn't that just insane sweeping?

kascade reference?

Onozawa Yuuki j think this has everyone in the crowd wanting his wave of babies

truth

I mean, I'm a straight dude, and I'd totally let him finger me. Have you seen the way that man can move his fingers!?

He's not human.

It's like his right hand doesn't even do anything besides gently stroking the strings.

finger rolling and sweep picking looks really effortless, but don't worry, he's said himself that shit is hard af.

azzans Oh yeah, without a doubt.

x.05 speed amazingly helps.

ifeelitbro Wow I was just thinking about this today and you wrote what I was thinking perfectly.

ifeelitbro yeah man. music describes the universe. frequencies, vibes bra!

Even thinking about poetry as words this is poetry. his use of guitar work is poetry itself. AAL is the epitome of amazingness.. yeah not a word but guess what now it is. dafuq you.

ifeelitbro "There are different stages to being a metalhead: First there is the plebeian stage, where kids are initially turned on to the genre of metal. They peruse nu metal and other metal-lite subgenres because it’s cool, new, and edgy. They haven’t yet explored the depths of the genre as a whole. Once they’ve become hitched on the genre they move onto stage two: contrarian puritanism. Metal engrosses this kid’s life, and subsequently becomes very, very serious business online. They love to subjugate subgenres, pigeonholing bands under a single label and getting offended when people mess up said labels. Still susceptible to peer influence, they will pick up and drop subgenres based on what they think is “real” metal. Other genres of music become a no-go zone, because metal is objectively better than any other kind of music that has ever had the gall to approach the teenager’s well developed taste in music. The third stage happens when a metalhead ages and matures beyond the point of edgy, black-and-white interpretations of the world. This stage is called the Grand Wizard. As an adult you realize that labels are silly and inhibiting a lot of the time. Metal is integral to your life, but it doesn’t make you who you are. You are free to enjoy the music you like on the basis of you enjoying it rather than if it fits within the genre. Other peoples’ taste in music differs from your own and you realize that’s just fine. You see comments you made calling out Korn and Disturbed fans for railing on extreme metal, telling them to go listen to rap and Justin Bieber like the homosexuals they are, and you get a little embarrassed. tl;dr Basically, it’s about maturity." -DestroyerErase Become Wizards my friends

ifeelitbro if music makes you feel anything, then it has feeling and emotion even if it gives you a bad feeling haha

😂😂

@@charlieauckland That's only for people who don't know how to camp and aren't music fans.

michael jackson is happy because you didn't steal his popcorn lol

Dig!

Agreed

underrated comment

Sh00r lol. I love this dude

Too bad it's one-of-a-kind...

Sh00r have you discovered Living Colour in the past 3 years?

not really at all

Check out Anchor by Rob Scallon for more 8-string-done-right ;)

Scallon? If you really want to see 8 string done right go check out Paul Galbraith. He basically invented the modern 8 string; he's been playing one for nearly 20 years.

Yuric Hunt Maybe your ears are made out of dog shit so that's why you can only hear shit inside of your malfunctioned brain.

@@Blue_Nova707 the only people who bitch about extended range instruments are scared of them.

@Dixon Cider Oh no, no one came to fight you. :(

Hey dude, I like your backing tracks

Oh yes

My favourite riff on the song

I laughed way to hard at this

*tips Axe-Fx*

@@gpost001 Really a true Gentleman

Matheus Henrique da Silva *dgentleman

😂

So you should only listen to music that is complex and technically hard to play? I don't like this kind of music, but it is not because I am jealous of his playing. It just doesn't do anything for me. I just heard this song, and already I can't remember anything about it. Its boring to my ears. Reading all these comments here gives me some understanding of why people like this kind of music. Most people who like this music are talking about how skillful this is. I see a lot of comments about musical taste and why some music is better then other music. I see a lot of comments of people who think they are somehow superior just because they like this kind of music. To me this whole discussion is completely pathetic. When I listen to music I want to enjoy it for the music. When I listen to the music I love, I don't care about the skill that is involved to make it. It is irrelevant to my liking of the music. I like simple songs, I like complex music. I listen to anything that I might enjoy. Jealousy doesn't come into play at all.

Some people can't handle having something they "adore" being criticized. Too many people have their lives based around the exploits of others instead of their own.

Envious*

@@TSgitaar Excellent comment, however of everything this guy has written this one is one of the more memorable ones for me

This sucks just as much as jazz. Throwing disjointed progressions together and using theory to justify the splatter of noise that comes out. David Gilmour says more with a single bend than AAL does with 40 key and time changes. There is no emotion conveyed here. Unless he's trying to paint a picture of madness then it hits. Not my bag.

Sand is considered by some to be coarse and irritating

I'm pretty sure he is actually a machine.

+MrDeepFriedOnion 3 laws of rotobin much :D

Jeff Albertson guitarnator ?

TheSuperMarioBros2 I can hear him in my head omg

TheSuperMarioBros2 that’s real haha

Wave of blackmidi when

His concentration power is in his playing and compositional abilities... no time for conventional speaking

Actually this is Progressive Metal with Jazz elements.

***** Nobody cares.

I care.

So? You still get my point. It's not something that's important.

Well probably only people that want to write music like this, would care to know that

what the djent did i just witness

Just in case someone needs a drum transcription of this song - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wdHTIsCl7pk.htmlfeature=shared

It's hard to believe that these are programmed drums

don't worry about being offensive. you weren't IMO, but who cares anyway? everyone bitches too much these days about stupid shit

Yeah, I didn't think it was offensive at all, but you have to be really careful when it comes down to race/religion etc, a bit superfluously, really...

Don't listen to Sumonto Chatterjee your comment isn't racist. Pandasaremetal makes a valid point. I know a lot of black people that stay away from metal just because it is not a part of 'black culture'. It is a fact that there are less well-knows black shredders than white. If I was to say the same think as Pandasaremetal I don't think that anyone would say that I am racist because people would perceive me as someone who is trying to encourage black people to shred. Sumonto Chatterjee why is Pandasaremetal racist for stating a neutral fact about black people. It would be racist if it was a negative fact but it isn't negative is it?

its not racist dude, people are dumb

That's totally not racist by any means!! Tosin's a black man, it's hard to miss that (:p). Seriously though, He is this generation's Steve Vai and its nice to see that no matter what race you are, you are still appreciated when you shred as hard as Tosin does :) (I'm also black and still struggling with Marty's Tornado of Souls solo :s some day i'll nail it!)

Don't listen to Behold The Arctopus. You might have a stroke.

+KingJFree If you think aal is devoid of emotion the problem lies with you, not the music..

+A Sloth To be fair, I think he was mostly having fun with the anecdote ;p

holy shit perfect hahaha

@@Jotun184 It's emotionless drivel.

☮OneKubb☯ very cool. have fun with it.

I am heuheu! :) I got a BC RICH Villain Escape, And honestly its upped my experience a lot as well! going back to a 7/6 is weird and feels so much smaller than I remember but easier every-time I go down again! :P

哥们儿你真是一语双关

chinese aldjebra

I think Tim Henson would agree

Literally 🔥🔥

John Petrucci

+Brother Jauffre Tony MacAlpine, Nili Brosh, there's a few that I would put at the same lvl of competence, they just have different styles ;)

+durcorr Buckethead

Steve Vai at making multiple orgasm faces per second and doing weird sounds on a 3 neck guitar...

Jason Becker

Yup

This comment wins. @Matt Benoit I did it a few years ago, you will not regret it.

Yep exactly!!

It's never too late, JUST DO IT

Well with that attitude I would imagine you would have picked up the guitar and 'quit' within 24 hours.

Good reference

Nah bro, the devil sold his sold to him

Nope, just about a decade of constant practice.

Yeah, the devil did.

He is the devil.

Lol same.

AMAZING. THANKS FOR SHARING.

I know what you mean. That part and the intro are my favorite parts. The intro chords over that heavy riff is fuckin awesome

Do you not think that 3:37 to 3:50 is better?

Rory Tucker it couldn't make up a song on its own though, at least not as well as the opening that could make a great chorus that could escalate and structure a great song. That little riff there is still nice but it's where it should be in a song in my opinion.

***** your right. but that riff is tight af.

yoooo I just noticed that ahaha

Lmao.

This comment 🤣

+Kevin Toma For suree Some of the best guitar players are black hendrix B.B king chuck berry slash prince eddie hazel.....

+Raphael Neves slash ? haha

+Raphael Neves i really hope you don't think slash is black lmao

+Cursed Gamer He's half.

+Kevin Toma Dude, BB King, Albert King, and Hendrix were all back, and are some of hte best guitarists ever!!

Bah

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+MrKrayzeeKrysis WTF man hahahah LMAO!!!

+MrKrayzeeKrysis Another settlement needs our chugs.

There's probably a mod somewhere.

unreal, talent

Another settlement needs your help

+Mr Plainview anytime bro haha