★★★★★
"Fans of highly technical music or prog metal that dips into other genres will be right at home here, although as with other entirely instrumental outings there are issues with repetition and a lack of emotion." It's time for another technical ride across every note the guitar has to offer from Tobin Abasi and co. with the third Animals As Leaders full-length, "The Joy Of Motion...
- www.metalunderground.com
2014-05-13
★★★★★
Animals as Leaders have established quite the name for themselves. They're an instrumental tour de force, lead by the adroit Tosin Abasi, and they've made more than just ripples within the metal community. Though they're placed firmly in the Djent category because of their guitar tone, they stand on their own in terms of what they're pioneering. The band's third release, The Joy of Motion, continues that trend by featuring some of the most beautiful music that the band has created to date...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2014-04-18
★★★★★
Since dropping their eponymous debut in 2009, Animals As Leaders have redefined the boundaries of progressive metal. Eschewing a vocalist, the band's two eight-string guitarists and drummer create immensely complex yet immediate sonic collages influenced as much by jazz as that which exists at the heavier end of the spectrum. With The Joy Of Motion, the follow up to 2011's Weightless, they have both expanded and streamlined their sound, making for an immersive and gripping record...
- www.altpress.com
2014-04-03
★★★★★
Last month, I hopped on over to see Periphery at the Metro Theatre. But, in truth, it wasn't Periphery I was really going to see. No, for the however-many-cheap-dollars the concert was, I was really heading in to see their support act, Animals as Leaders. And of course, when the band said they were about to play a new single from their upcoming album they'd just finished recording, I was ecstatic. So, it should come as no surprise then, that this review is of the new album - The Joy of Motion...
- www.theaureview.com
2014-03-30
★★★★★
Sound: Animals As Leaders is the name first used for Tosin Abasi's solo project, which quickly grew into a band in and of itself, and also helped to define the sound which would become a genre - djent. The vast majority of the writing on the new album was still completed by Tosin Abasi and Misha Mansoor working together, as even though Misha isn't a member of the band he has been close with Tosin since "back in the day" and they front two of the bands most widely credited with the djent...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2014-04-01
★★★★★
A busy album in every sense of the term from start to finish, will require your full attention while occupying your ears. The non-stop fretboard freerunning of Javier Reyes and Tosin Abasi weave a mental parkour course polished and perfectly framed by the densely layered yet intricately crisp production of Misha Mansoor, skipping through and hopping over genres like mastered obstacles...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-03-23
★★★★★
A busy album in every sense of the term from start to finish, will require your full attention while occupying your ears. The non-stop fretboard freerunning of Javier Reyes and Tosin Abasi weave a mental parkour course polished and perfectly framed by the densely layered yet intricately crisp production of Misha Mansoor, skipping through and hopping over genres like mastered obstacles...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-03-19
★★★★★
Sound: Animals As Leaders, previously thought of as a strong member of the Djent movement, has found new direction in their individual style of progressive instrumental metal which combines lightning fast riffs on eight string guitars, jazz fusion stylings and electronica. Their second album, "Weightless", shows they have grown as a band in both songwriting and style...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Tucked amongst the plethora of young-ish metal dudes whose wild stage antics are just as popular ? if not more so ? as their music prowess is Tobin Abasi, whom, until the debut of his solo debut, Animals as Leaders, was primarily revered amongst nerdy guitar enthusiasts, who admired his mastery of the eight-string guitar...
- exclaim.ca
2011-11-24
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