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Weightless

Animals As Leaders

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Album Review

Debuting at number 92 on the Billboard Top 200 list, Weightless marks a change in Animals as Leaders’ tone. While 2009’s self-titled album saw guitarist Tosin Abasi and Misha Mansoor handling all the duties, Animals as Leaders’ sophomore studio album finds the new lineup of eight-string virtuoso Tosin Abasi, drummer Navene Koperweis, and rhythm guitarist Javier Reyes focusing on songcraft as much as speed in their instrumental exercises. Another notable enhancement is that they add electronic breakdowns (à la "Impulse") in more arrangements to make the music that much more complex. Epic riffs play a bigger part than before, but Abasi is as jaw-dropping as ever with his double-tapping technique and arpeggiated whirlwind solos, proving once again that he is one of the most imaginative guitar players in modern-day prog metal.

Customer Reviews

As a pack

So yeah yeah, it's a good album if you look at it technically, but it still has nothing on the self-titled album.
although it's still tosin and co doing what they love, i think weightless lacks something little which i cannot put my finger on.

still, nevertheless, it's another addition to Tosin and AAL's catalogue and it is definitely worth the money!

Biography

Formed: 2008 in Washington DC

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '00s

After playing for a few years in the "straight" music world as a member of the uniquely virtuosic Washington, D.C.-based metalcore band Reflux, seven- and eight-string guitar wizard Tosin Abasi was asked to record a solo album by the group's then record label, Prosthetic Records, once the group disbanded. At first, Abasi declined on the grounds that to do so would be "egotistical," but he eventually relented and founded a new entity named Animals as Leaders (inspired by Daniel Quinn's 1992 anthropocentric...
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Weightless, Animals As Leaders
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  • $16.99
  • Genres: Rock, Music, Metal
  • Released: 04 November 2011

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