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Animals as Leaders
Nominated by: @Formidable
Years Active: 2007 - present
Current Members: Tosin Abasi (lead guitarist), Javier Reyes (guitarist), Matt Garska (drums)
Former Members: Chebon Littlefield (keyboard, bass), Matt Halpern (drums), Navene Koperweis (drums, programming)
Major Achievements: Collaborated with rock/metal artists such as Steve Vai, Misha Mansoor and Periphery, and CHON.
Additional Information: Animals As Leader is a instrumental progressive djent metal group formed by the lead guitarist, Tosin Abasi and Prosthetic Records. The artist group started out as only Tosin himself doing most of the guitar and bass in his songs, along with Misha Mansoor who helped with drum synths, and a few guitar solos. With this, AAL released their first album in 2008: Animals As Leaders. Later in 2010, their first notable single "Wave of Babies" was released on iTunes. As they were touring with artists such as Doyle and Between the Buried and Me in Europe, Animals As Leaders would drop their second album "Weightless" in 2011. Just after, their former drummer and programmer, Navene Koperwies, had left the group, Matt Garska filled in, and is still the current drummer for the group. In 2012, producer Misha Mansoor was working with the group on their 3rd album "The Joy of Motion" which would be released spring 2014. Their 4th and latest album "The Madness of Many" was hinted at being produced by their Instagram page, and later revealed the album title, along with the release date of 11/11/2016.
Notable Singles:
Wave of Babies (2010)
Nominated by: @Formidable
Current Members: Tosin Abasi (lead guitarist), Javier Reyes (guitarist), Matt Garska (drums)
Former Members: Chebon Littlefield (keyboard, bass), Matt Halpern (drums), Navene Koperweis (drums, programming)
Major Achievements: Collaborated with rock/metal artists such as Steve Vai, Misha Mansoor and Periphery, and CHON.
Additional Information: Animals As Leader is a instrumental progressive djent metal group formed by the lead guitarist, Tosin Abasi and Prosthetic Records. The artist group started out as only Tosin himself doing most of the guitar and bass in his songs, along with Misha Mansoor who helped with drum synths, and a few guitar solos. With this, AAL released their first album in 2008: Animals As Leaders. Later in 2010, their first notable single "Wave of Babies" was released on iTunes. As they were touring with artists such as Doyle and Between the Buried and Me in Europe, Animals As Leaders would drop their second album "Weightless" in 2011. Just after, their former drummer and programmer, Navene Koperwies, had left the group, Matt Garska filled in, and is still the current drummer for the group. In 2012, producer Misha Mansoor was working with the group on their 3rd album "The Joy of Motion" which would be released spring 2014. Their 4th and latest album "The Madness of Many" was hinted at being produced by their Instagram page, and later revealed the album title, along with the release date of 11/11/2016.
Notable Singles:
Wave of Babies (2010)
