Posts Tagged ‘Animals As Leaders’

With any 7 and 8 string bands you wonder just how good it can possibly be and how much use of the 7/8 strings will be made. I can tell you that all 8 strings are used diligently and with great precisions on Animals As Leaders.  Tosin Abasi doesn’t hold back as he lets his fingers do the talking.

While not completely a heavy metal album, any guitarist or musician learns to quickly respect and appreciate Tosin’s skill as he glides through the album with jazzy melodies that melt your ear drums in the most delicate way, yet keeping things somewhat heavy, organized and in perspective.

If you like [fellow Prosthetic band] Scale the Summit‘s fluid like and mesmerizing sound on Carving Desert Canyons and Monument, then you will surely enjoy Animals As Leaders Jazzy riffs in addition to the synthesized backing that makes Animals As Leaders more than just a guitar album. The soul, feeling and heart put in to the music is more than any vocalist could ever add with words. Read the rest of this entry »

Presser follows:

After months of anticipation, ANIMALS AS LEADERS – the acclaimed progressive instrumental solo project of 7- and 8-string guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi (ex-Reflux, touring guitarist of Born Of Osiris) – have announced their first tour dates, a three-week November trek throughout the south and midwest with Between The Buried And Me and Veil of Maya. The dates are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »