What's Scoreheros opinion on Animals as Leaders?

**HFactorX** · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Bradenton, Florida

This band is great....better than great. I love this style of music, that progressive sort of tech metal with jazz like drums in the background. It's amazing the amount of effort these guys put into their songs. They make it technical as shit but still manage to keep it catchy enough for an average listener. Oh and plus they play pretty much everything perfectly at live shows. Just wish they were getting more publicity.

So, anyone else heard of them? If so, what do you think of them?
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**TheLonging** · Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 4191

My only complaint is that sometimes they seem to be playing robotically, like there's no emotion, but the album with its djentiness goodness makes up for it. Better than Periphery, even though I love Periphery
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**MrOmyA** · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 2751

I can't deny that that every single member of this band is talented (even the guitarist, my god he's insane). But, their music doesn't stand out too much in my opinion. I'm also going to have to agree with TL in how they play rather robotically. Not at live shows particularly, which I can deal with, but on their records.

**sean2490** · Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject:

Unless something changed, I'm pretty sure Animals as Leaders is a solo project by Tosin Abasi. Drums I'm 100% sure are a drum machine throughout the record, and I think Tosin played the bass as well as the guitar.

Not sure what the deal is with the dudes who play with him live.
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**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

Some of the songs are decent and the others are wankfests that put a djent in my brain

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**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

I'm in love with their album. CAFO has the one of the most epic guitar licks ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcDVp4gLs-I
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**BioHazardABZ** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 729

Bad. Ass. Do I need any further explanation?

**HFactorX** · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Bradenton, Florida

Tosin is a god among men when it comes to the guitar. But what interests me the most is Navene Koperweis (the drummer). It's amazing the amount of control he has, so many polyrhythms. After i heard CAFO, i almost wanted to stop drumming. haha
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**Dodongo** · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:07 am Post subject:

Absolutely love these guys

As for the record sounding robotic, the drums were programmed by Bulb I think, and Tosin found two guys to play with him live. Navene Koperweis is an absolute beast. Just watch him playing CAFO on YT, how he plays programmed drums so easily and still rocks out, I have no idea.

He wins. Oh, and the guitars ain't bad either.
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**munkyzero** · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 2482 Location: Oregon

Animals As Leaders is still my favorite djent band. I don't really think the music sounds as lacking in emotion as a lot of other people have stated. Even in the really technical crazy parts, the music always seems interesting. It's nowhere near as bad as MAB. /burn
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**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRh4lIGO4V0

This song is now one of my favorite all-time songs.
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**Vampyromaniac** · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 1216

AAL is amazing, and I'd have to agree that Wave of Babies and CAFO are the best two songs thus far... I'm actually pretty appalled that wave of babies didn't make the album. I first discovered them a few days after their self-titled album was released, and have been waiting for a follow up ever since.

I love djent, but they're definitely a step above pretty much every other djent band in my book, especially on a technical level. Best-case scenario is that Tosin is able to put as much thought and skill into their sophomore album as he did on the first, but that he (and maybe some of the folks he's touring with) could add some more emotion to their future tracks, because that's really the only thing they're lacking.
Also, if anyone has audacity or a similar program, listen to Inamorata in reverse. Not only does it sound awesome, but there's a pretty good sized portion that sounds almost the same as it does forward. This motherfucker is writing palindromal licks without telling anyone.
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