i love how tosin smiles in playthroughs and live cause he’s like “yeah this sounds so sick” but it’s also like “nobody is ever going to figure out how to play this”
@@Ant_FGC Super reliable. I waited forever to afford my (Epiphone) Les Paul. It was a dream to own one. I need the assurance this strap gives me that it wont pop. They lock niiiiiice and tight and pivot well. Honestly, its a good strap, just really plain.
This man put on the best concert I have ever been to a few nights ago. Went in with high expectations and they were still absolutely demolished nonetheless. Never seen a crowd that energized at show before.
It's hilarious, I was thinking "man, this might be one of the first AAL songs I could actually learn to play!" And then he put the pick in his mouth, and that was the end of that idea...
Even if most people aren't okay with Animals as Leaders taking the throne of Alien prog metalers away from Meshuggah, I for one welcome our new Djent overlords.
Tosin's efficiency of movement is as perfect as you can get. It almost doesn't look like his picking hand could possibly be attacking that many notes unless you pay close enough attention to notice his techniques. Just so fucking wild lol. His thumb has its own brain, I swear.
When the breakdown started and Tosin was looking straight into the camera, I had goosebumps. It's so out of this world, you know that you cannot count all those time signatures and intervals, but you love it with all of your heart and mind. Cheers!
Just found my new favorite guitar player. Incredible, he's like nothing I've ever heard before; So cutting-edge streamlined in his totally unique way - rips with the coolest sounds / effects.
That mid tempo part was top notch man, who knew slower paced, heavier songs like that would suit your musicality that well (ok ok wave of babies gave us a strong glimpse). For the moment the new album seems very promising. You guys rock, hopefully you can tour again in the EU after the release.
Lets all appreciate the sight and setting of this playthrough. Amazing sounds as always from Tosin. I love when he makes aggresive djent like this one.
Sounds crazy that's for sure , them pickups are just instanly full I like the idea of powered over the active or passive makes sense how he explained it
"The cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia . . ." The song is in the phrygian _mode_ "Alexander “untangled” the knot by slashing through it with his sword and went on to conquer Asia as far as India. This is the story of the Gordian Knot, and its moral is that sometimes the best answer to a complex problem is the simplest one.", thus the simplest and yet SICKEST chorus from AAL to this day. TO THIS DAY.
The cheap ones from Agile are actually decent, although the prices on 8 string Ibanez have come down a bit. I would go straight for Tosin's beautiful Abasi Concepts stuff unless you really want to sink that much money into it.
@@nipulkradmsinatagras8293 6000$ is a bit much for me lol... mainly a bass player looking to have fun... m80m looks cool though but still a bit much...
Strandbergs feel amazing. The neck is great and its insane how light they are. I ended up returning mine though because of how much of a pain in the ass it was to tune the thing with the tuning pegs being on the bridge instead of the headstock. As great as it felt, simple quality of life stuff like that matters too
Glad you dig the bass thumps man! Makes me so happy we didn't skimp on getting all that nuance in there for everyone to use :) This playthrough is bonkers
Just saw this video and remembered seeing Tosin play in like 2003 or 2004 in reflux at thee imperial in Jacksonville, FL. I used to have their album the illusion of democracy but it was lost years ago unfortunately.
The idea of a guitar playthrough for a midi bass plugin seemed odd to me at first lol. But of course with the bass part in this song doubling a low-register 8-string guitar part like this, I can see now that this is an ideal demo for what the plugin is capable of and it’s application. It sounds incredible! Can’t wait to get this once I can afford to get a new computer and upgrade my home recording rig. And even more excited for the AAL album to drop!
OMG THATS INCREDIBLE ANIMALS AS LEADERS FOREVER YEAAAH REALLY I LIKE ALL ALBUMS, MY MASTERS ON GUITAR, YEAH ITS THE SAME EMOTION WHEN I LISTEN FOR FIRST TIME WAVES OF BABIES AND SONG OF SOLOMON OR THE SOLO OF ON IMPULSE WOOOOOOW REALLY INCREDIBLE :D GREATINGS FROM MEXICO
With that thumb, I can help myself and make the connection, and see the long road between you, Tosin Abasi, and Wes Montgomery. What a musical journey!
Hello Tosin, absolutely great Composition and playing-Jimi would like it too, Holdsworth also. This is modern guitar! Ralph from Germany, 61 years old.
This song is killer, I have to mention 4:39 whatever version of gordian naught is playing here can we please be able to listen to that version of the song too somewhere?
I am going crazy to figure out the exact technique he uses in this song! Okay use your thumb as on a bass and make two strokes on the string one down and the other up! But does it also have a delay effect for you?
Wonder if people talked smack about Tosin's bendy thumb when he was younger then he grew up and showed them all what they dissed was the blessing that would lead to him discovering his purpose. That's usually how it works, whatever people talked bad about or made fun of, ends up being our blessing to teach them their lesson. There is amazing artistry going on here that is just uniquely Tosin, not for anyone else.
I know everyone is commenting on Tosin and he is amazing as always, but I just gotta say Matt's drumming on this album is on a whole other level. Can't wait for the show in a few days. Going to be amazing to see this live.
Tosin, big shoutout and thanks to you for the exemplary EBMM Kaizen! Haven’t had this much G.A.S. since my first Charvel Custom Shop. The Kaizen will most likely be my first 7-string. 👉🤟🏻
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i love how tosin smiles in playthroughs and live cause he’s like “yeah this sounds so sick” but it’s also like “nobody is ever going to figure out how to play this”
I'm laughing and crying at the same time....
only comment ive ever laughed out loud at lmao
They have the official tabs
he smiles too because he loves music, and he's so happy to share it
I usually learn things from watching playthroughs but with Tosin it’s like watching guitar in another language
More like trying to read something written in an entirely different alphabet I would say.
I learn a bunch of stuff I don't know...and may never...
This is precisely the best way to put it. Absolutely 💯 🤣 This is guitar in fucking hieroglyphs.
I tell people I can speak German like a three year old. I feel like a three year old playing guitar watching him play lol
@@educostanzo না আ
I got unreasonably excited that we use the same cheap Ernie Ball strap. See? We're pretty much the same exact level players, Tosin and I.
Those straps really last forever though. I've had mine for like 10 years. Lol
@@Ant_FGC Super reliable. I waited forever to afford my (Epiphone) Les Paul. It was a dream to own one. I need the assurance this strap gives me that it wont pop. They lock niiiiiice and tight and pivot well. Honestly, its a good strap, just really plain.
Ive been using It backwards all my life
same here :D :D :D
I felt the same way when I realized that I too own a black, long sleeved crew-neck shirt, just like Tosin.
still can’t believe matt gave us only 3 seconds of a blast beat
feels kinda like a troll.. it's great
Timestamp
@@DaTLMusic @4:20
@@DaTLMusic 4:22 - 4:24
@@Rastasandrainbows thanks
The thumb picking part, guitar design, hair cut...everything is bad ass in this video 🔥🤘🔥
3:49 and he knows it...
Why are you ghay?
Awesome pfp
Protests were the gateway to this kind of music
An artist living the artist life large.
Tosin has a spicy clank tone to his shreds and we all appreciate it.
Clank tone, stank face
Love that texture
Like a spicy meatball
It be da strings
The rest at 3:20......then it just bangs out🤝
This man put on the best concert I have ever been to a few nights ago. Went in with high expectations and they were still absolutely demolished nonetheless. Never seen a crowd that energized at show before.
Love how AAL is getting heavier this album :)
Love it! HIs face during the breakdown is priceless! Digging the new vibe. A LOT!
Always a pleasure to watch the GOAT
HAHAHAH! Love the ode to the Haunted Shores playthrough. Always stare into the camera during chugs. 10/10
This is incredibly sinister and super funky at the same time. So cool.
It's hilarious, I was thinking "man, this might be one of the first AAL songs I could actually learn to play!" And then he put the pick in his mouth, and that was the end of that idea...
This is probably the djentiest track that AAL have put out in a while. Love both the track and Tosin's trousers.
Submission Audio - "how many articulations do you want?"
Tosin - "yes"
Even if it's not aliens, it's aliens.
Amazing music as always.
Aliens as Leaders
Fingerssssss alienssssss huggsssss brother 🤗🤗🤗
Even if most people aren't okay with Animals as Leaders taking the throne of Alien prog metalers away from Meshuggah, I for one welcome our new Djent overlords.
Tosin's efficiency of movement is as perfect as you can get. It almost doesn't look like his picking hand could possibly be attacking that many notes unless you pay close enough attention to notice his techniques. Just so fucking wild lol. His thumb has its own brain, I swear.
Out of this world 🎶
The scenery is fire along with the playing of course
When the breakdown started and Tosin was looking straight into the camera, I had goosebumps. It's so out of this world, you know that you cannot count all those time signatures and intervals, but you love it with all of your heart and mind. Cheers!
Its in 4/4 and 2/4
The rhythm has dotted notes. Thats how you get the syncopated, polyrhythmic sound.
This is badass. Very inspiring song well made vid. And sweet guitar. Tosin is definitely most innovative guitarist today on many levels.
I was wating for this!
Just found my new favorite guitar player. Incredible, he's like nothing I've ever heard before; So cutting-edge streamlined in his totally unique way - rips with the coolest sounds / effects.
Tosin is quickly becoming my favourite guitar player and biggest influence on my playing, even if I can't thump!
Cool. Tosin truly reinvented the way we look at guitar and how dynamic an instrument it is.
That mid tempo part was top notch man, who knew slower paced, heavier songs like that would suit your musicality that well (ok ok wave of babies gave us a strong glimpse).
For the moment the new album seems very promising.
You guys rock, hopefully you can tour again in the EU after the release.
Tone goals, hybrid picking goals, thumb picking goals... stank face goals. DAMN!
Tosin`s talent is otherworldly! Hypnotic playing always from him. Gig in Finland would be awesome!!!
Lets all appreciate the sight and setting of this playthrough. Amazing sounds as always from Tosin. I love when he makes aggresive djent like this one.
That face 3:53 🤘
the djent face
Face of a djentleman
🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥
Thanks Tosin! These playthroughs are a huge help in learning these songs. Keep making more!
That stank face 🤘😤
You’re one of the best Tosin!
Looks like a really nice place! we need to see a home/studio tour. And of course, love the song and them Abasi guitars.
It’s like he’s been to the depths of hell and came back an arch angel with those riffs lolz
This has to be one of my favorite Animals as Leaders songs 🔥
Sounds crazy that's for sure , them pickups are just instanly full I like the idea of powered over the active or passive makes sense how he explained it
I love this song too much 😍😍😍
"The cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia . . ."
The song is in the phrygian _mode_
"Alexander “untangled” the knot by slashing through it with his sword and went on to conquer Asia as far as India. This is the story of the Gordian Knot, and its moral is that sometimes the best answer to a complex problem is the simplest one.", thus the simplest and yet SICKEST chorus from AAL to this day.
TO THIS DAY.
That cool light on the right that flashes as you speak is a really cool touch on top of everything else that's amazing in this video.
Liked even before watching. Can't wait for the new album. I'm shopping for an 8 strings because of you!
The cheap ones from Agile are actually decent, although the prices on 8 string Ibanez have come down a bit. I would go straight for Tosin's beautiful Abasi Concepts stuff unless you really want to sink that much money into it.
Go for an *Ibanez M8M.*
@@nipulkradmsinatagras8293 6000$ is a bit much for me lol... mainly a bass player looking to have fun... m80m looks cool though but still a bit much...
@@michaelarchambault217 Try the multiscale from Harley Benton for 200€
Strandbergs feel amazing. The neck is great and its insane how light they are. I ended up returning mine though because of how much of a pain in the ass it was to tune the thing with the tuning pegs being on the bridge instead of the headstock. As great as it felt, simple quality of life stuff like that matters too
Glad you dig the bass thumps man! Makes me so happy we didn't skimp on getting all that nuance in there for everyone to use :) This playthrough is bonkers
🤟🏾 Was waiting for this one.
Yes!!!
Just saw this video and remembered seeing Tosin play in like 2003 or 2004 in reflux at thee imperial in Jacksonville, FL. I used to have their album the illusion of democracy but it was lost years ago unfortunately.
The idea of a guitar playthrough for a midi bass plugin seemed odd to me at first lol. But of course with the bass part in this song doubling a low-register 8-string guitar part like this, I can see now that this is an ideal demo for what the plugin is capable of and it’s application. It sounds incredible! Can’t wait to get this once I can afford to get a new computer and upgrade my home recording rig. And even more excited for the AAL album to drop!
This slaps.
No, this thumps
OMG THATS INCREDIBLE ANIMALS AS LEADERS FOREVER YEAAAH REALLY I LIKE ALL ALBUMS, MY MASTERS ON GUITAR, YEAH ITS THE SAME EMOTION WHEN I LISTEN FOR FIRST TIME WAVES OF BABIES AND SONG OF SOLOMON OR THE SOLO OF ON IMPULSE WOOOOOOW REALLY INCREDIBLE :D GREATINGS FROM MEXICO
Tosin Abasi manages to transcribe subtlety and aggressiveness when playing with incredible precision. Thats dope!
These are always so sick. Mesmerizing watching him play
With that thumb, I can help myself and make the connection, and see the long road between you, Tosin Abasi, and Wes Montgomery. What a musical journey!
Out of this world for sure . . . !
Posted 15 hours ago? Always stoked for a new play through! Incredible all around 🤘🏼
So many of their songs sound like boss music in the best way.
THE CHUG FACE AHAHAHAHA I LOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hello Tosin,
absolutely great Composition and playing-Jimi would like it too, Holdsworth also.
This is modern guitar!
Ralph from Germany, 61 years old.
What a MAESTRO!
All around super crispy production, and that breakdown is hitting 👌💪
Genius and beautifull metall!!!🤟
This man is goddamn machine. An absolute monster at guitar!
This guy is magic, love it! what incredible performance and technique !
Everyone's talking about the music and his playing but... those pants... damn.
Between tosin and plini guitar gonna go far in the next 10 years. I can not WAIT!
Amazing work Tosin! Love it!
Now this is just straight off the hook awsome love the tone of your 8 string
The master blesses us in these dark times! Thank you!
Whatta sick playthrough. Killer
I could not stumble upon such a beautiful work of art while stoned. I'm jamming the SHIT out of this!!! Absolutely amazing!
Top notch. Everything.🔥
Tosin has been still heard very unique to me since when i'd been enthusiasisting progressive/djent music as far as i know and can.
soooooooo sick dude really love all of your work it NEVER gets old!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Amazing! I just realized that my jaw dropped and my mouth was wide open for the entire 5:45. Outstanding!
This song is killer, I have to mention 4:39 whatever version of gordian naught is playing here can we please be able to listen to that version of the song too somewhere?
Oh yes those synths are sound freaking amazing
I was wondering the same thing. Like wtf!?
How was that not on the album too lol
I would assume it’s deep in the mix, and hard to make out. We need someone to dissect this for sure
@@colbybeltz8836Llegué tarde, pero sí. Ese sintetizador se puede escuchar en la mezcla del álbum.
Fun, I have the exact same foot stool!! Dude is starting to look like Vernon Reid back in the early 90's.
Damn, this is the first time I enjoy a hard, agressive, heavy and yet beautiful metal song. This is freaking awesome, and this guy is an alien, WTF
Tosin be like : playing guitar is a piece of cake. I'll do my hair like that to make looking to frets more challenging.
I LOVED it when he played the guitar!
Awesome man! Looking forward to the new album 🙌🔥
Dude I love Tosin and the way he talks about his music. Can't wait to see you guys in Atlanta
🤘🏻👁️🤘🏻. Carpe diem.🇦🇷
Dark, powerful yet harmonically so rich, just briljant.
Tosin's apartment looking like something from GTA. Especially the view.
Damn man!! Straight from Wakanda!!
Wish i had a place like that to jam. Killer track as well.
Tosin is so darn cool I'm surprised those windows aren't frosting up from the inside.
Yo. Tossin. Since the first Album to couple days ago.... omg . What a true leyend. Leyend . I see u as Hendrix of nowadays...
Hell yeah!!!! Go TB Go!!!👍👍😎🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🍺🍺🍺
I watch this guy & I'm impressed but also confused beyond words. Wow. Deserves all the respect 🤯
did the exact same stank face as you did Tosin and when you threw the horns up, yeeeessss churrr
Tosin, I am not sure you know this but you are definitely part alien because your playing is out of this world.
Fantastic video, the shots are beautiful and the setting is perfect.
Great job Tosin! Awesome guitar!
I am going crazy to figure out the exact technique he uses in this song!
Okay use your thumb as on a bass and make two strokes on the string one down and the other up!
But does it also have a delay effect for you?
Master's back at it again!!
Thank you Tosin!
Wonder if people talked smack about Tosin's bendy thumb when he was younger then he grew up and showed them all what they dissed was the blessing that would lead to him discovering his purpose. That's usually how it works, whatever people talked bad about or made fun of, ends up being our blessing to teach them their lesson. There is amazing artistry going on here that is just uniquely Tosin, not for anyone else.
I know everyone is commenting on Tosin and he is amazing as always, but I just gotta say Matt's drumming on this album is on a whole other level. Can't wait for the show in a few days. Going to be amazing to see this live.
@iNSTAGiB completely agree.
Tosin, big shoutout and thanks to you for the exemplary EBMM Kaizen! Haven’t had this much G.A.S. since my first Charvel Custom Shop. The Kaizen will most likely be my first 7-string. 👉🤟🏻
Love the $5 Ernie ball strap accompanying all that gear
Everything sounds absolutely massive.
Impressive as always, love your music!