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HFactorX
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Bradenton, Florida
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject: What's Scoreheros opinion on Animals as Leaders? |
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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
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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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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HFactorX
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Bradenton, Florida
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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TheLonging wrote: | 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 | I agree, thei stage presence isn't up to the standards set by the genre they are in. But I couldn't fathom trying to play what they do and jump around and get into it at the same time. I guess it's more of an arguement of if you prefer stage presence over sounding good/perfect or not. _________________
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MrOmyA
Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 2751
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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sean2490
Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1068 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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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
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the songs are decent and the others are wankfests that put a djent in my brain |
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GarageMetal468
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 1683 Location: In a time when dinosaurs walked the Earth
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: |
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sean2490 wrote: | 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. |
When they play live they actually got another 8 string guitarist doing rhythm and another guy on drums.
I love these guys, when I first heard them it was something totally new and awesome to me and still is awesome to this day. _________________
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Eastwinn
Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 2853 Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:40 am Post subject: |
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popemobile wrote: | Some of the songs are decent and the others are wankfests that put a djent in my brain |
This. I have their album and I like it, but sometimes it wanks a bit to much for my prude ears. I saw them live and it was insane, however. _________________
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HellAshes
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY
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BioHazardABZ
Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 729
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Bad. Ass. Do I need any further explanation? |
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HFactorX
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Bradenton, Florida
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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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
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 676 Location: Cardiff, Wales. Not England.
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munkyzero
Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 2482 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 1:36 am Post subject: |
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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
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Vampyromaniac
Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 1216
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:12 am Post subject: |
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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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