Shout out to Javier. Such an incredible musician that gets overlooked since he shares a stage with two undeniable goats. I love his influence on the band.
Haha. Trouble with standing in the first row is that most of the PA system has to point somewhere else. (Yes, you can compensate by adding near-fill speakers, but it's not 100%.) And cymbals are just insanely loud and cut through even without amplification, so the mix is just not as balanced when you are this close. If you want the best sound, stand close to the FOH mixer in the back.
@@patrickftw8464 Exactly. I'm 5'10" and pretty decently built and the 7-string Majesty is pretty beefy in my hands. I can only imagine what the Kaizens will feel like.
When I was in a band, we were always told by other bands in our practice space that Canada sucks for bands and to never play there. Aside from the shows, the bands always tend to get stalled by CBSA saying you can’t bring your equipment over the border. It was bad. Mexico was easier to get a show in.
@@thisguy2973 oh god thats terrible (fortunately I had my early to late 20s.. 10 golden years in europe with 6 of them in Berlin) Gojira went on a tour last yeat didn’t even show up here so i can imagine why not more clearly now
@@thisguy2973 its not so much canada but the particular venue they were at. Every other time I've seen AAL there was always a good energy and moshing which is hilarious for this kinda music
lolwut 🥲 I go to classical concerts sometimes (I can enjoy pretty much every style of music), but the idea of attending something intense like a metal concert that way is just too absurd to me.. being part of the crowd as one organism is part of the experience for me, ever since I went to my first one as a 16 year old little boy with all those hormones raging through my body :D ♥ although AAL is a bit more "virtuoso" of course than your typical hardcore/punk concert..
This must be how my dad felt when I played Yngwie Malmsteen for him. I get how technically difficult it is to play, but musically it does absolutely nothing for me.
Quite honestly, the song seems confusing if you've never heard it before and you're now hearing it live or poorly-mixed. I recommend listening to it with proper headphones to get a better idea of what's going on. There are a lot of polyrhythms and time signature changes, but once you find the framework of the song that lies beneath, it's pretty amazing to then hear everything else and how it all complements the underlying framework.
This song instrumentally encapsulates a wide range of emotion in an original way moreso than any instrumental piece I’ve heard. It embodies emotion from anxiety to uplifting feelings to peace etc. It has catchy melodies and song structure just like any other song. If you’re too bricked to hear that, that’s your loss. Not everyone lives a sheltered life and the chaos of this music reflects a lot of the chaos people go through on a daily basis. What is art but the transmutation of emotion through a medium. Whether it’s “technical” or not isn’t the point some people are tired of hearing the same 4/4 groove over the same boring chords to infinity.
You should check out the whole first album. Produced by the legendary Misha of Periphery and I'm pretty sure the drums are fake but it's still super super good.
There's always that one guy trying to film at the edge of the pit. He sure is persistent. With as many times as he's been bumped, he keeps trying to film. Quality will be absolute ass though. 😂
Hahaha! I keep laughing lol I love how much the crowd loves this band lol there’s no words in the music, but the words is all the time signatures and everybody keeps chanting them lol I love it
Animals as Bodybuilders
Animals as Lifters
😂
Did you see the Matt?)
Animals as band players..? lol to corny ? Lol 😂 ok bodybuilders was good enough lol
Physical Education
Tosin is looking more and more like Booker T. Guy is shredded and so is Matt.
thicc boys
Animals as Lifters
I thought of Booker T as well
Optimal male performance
Lol I enjoy a good look alike
Shout out to Javier. Such an incredible musician that gets overlooked since he shares a stage with two undeniable goats. I love his influence on the band.
Everyone knows Javier is a badass and I doubt he gets overlooked.
Oh please, when Tosin was asked who is your biggest inspiration as a guitarist? He answered Javier :P
He taught him a lot.
I listen to Mestis everyday.
@@juancortes841 I listen to Mestis way more than AAL these days
All 3.... geniuses
Matt is an insane drummer. So glad he’s with AAL
That little lick he did before they started playing was ridiculous.
Tosin has already completed guitar. Now he’s gonna master body building.
Came for the music, stayed for the biceps 💪💪
😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Excellent recording for lovers of cymbals 👍
and snares
Fuckin love it. Whole kit sounds incredible. There’s just something so special about that “live drum” sound. Never gets old.
Haha. Trouble with standing in the first row is that most of the PA system has to point somewhere else. (Yes, you can compensate by adding near-fill speakers, but it's not 100%.) And cymbals are just insanely loud and cut through even without amplification, so the mix is just not as balanced when you are this close.
If you want the best sound, stand close to the FOH mixer in the back.
can't hear the bass at all
fo sure loveee the sound of crasshh
This just gives me hope for the future. Thanks.
Carrying around those 7 and 8 string guitars must be a hell of a good exercise.
they are actually lighter than a lot of 6 strings
Its a room full of music nerds and i love it! Such a hard hitting track!
1:48 Look at those nerds! My people!
Tosin has now reached the John Petrucci stage of virtuoso guitardom, where one’s guitar ends up looking like a toy ukulele in their hands.
he almost looks like he is morfing into Petruccis body hahaha. Amazing artist!
with a big ass guitar too lmao
@@patrickftw8464 Exactly. I'm 5'10" and pretty decently built and the 7-string Majesty is pretty beefy in my hands. I can only imagine what the Kaizens will feel like.
Animals As Lifters - Wheytless
2:39 all the friking croud clapping at one 16/8 polyrithm🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Matt is just destroying it. Those rim shots during the breakdown. Man.
idk how tosin can play this shit while headbanging, i use my FULL concentration to play this song at half speed lol
oh my god, Matt always ripping time and space with his drumming
He blew my car speakers lol
man I miss berlin metal/mosh crowds.. such glowing positive energy
saw them in Vancouver and we had to sit down and watch it (how ridiculous)
When I was in a band, we were always told by other bands in our practice space that Canada sucks for bands and to never play there. Aside from the shows, the bands always tend to get stalled by CBSA saying you can’t bring your equipment over the border. It was bad. Mexico was easier to get a show in.
yeah crowd in zoetermeer was also kinda ded
@@thisguy2973 oh god thats terrible (fortunately I had my early to late 20s.. 10 golden years in europe with 6 of them in Berlin) Gojira went on a tour last yeat didn’t even show up here so i can imagine why not more clearly now
@@thisguy2973 its not so much canada but the particular venue they were at. Every other time I've seen AAL there was always a good energy and moshing which is hilarious for this kinda music
lolwut 🥲 I go to classical concerts sometimes (I can enjoy pretty much every style of music), but the idea of attending something intense like a metal concert that way is just too absurd to me.. being part of the crowd as one organism is part of the experience for me, ever since I went to my first one as a 16 year old little boy with all those hormones raging through my body :D ♥
although AAL is a bit more "virtuoso" of course than your typical hardcore/punk concert..
I even see myself in the crowd 😅 it was a great concert.
+1
Was Tosin sneaking in pinch harmonics there for a minute? Also Matt is growing out of his kit.
Him and Jaavier sneak em into almost every song live. At least they did when I saw them
Goosebumps during the clapping
This is the amount of crowd energy expected at any live show. Americans, take note!
This drummer is sick 😮
None other than the great Garstka 🙌
great camerawork man, very fun to watch!
Testoterosin Abasi
hahahahaha
@@hjmath2021that had me dying 😂😂😂 I’m still laughing
Javier looking very nu metal 🔥
Thanks for share this video
Criminally unknown band/genre. This is pure metal/music brilliance
Genre: animals as leaders
😂😂
does tosin abasi go to the gym with john petrucci ?
Best comment lol
Animals Are Lifters
6:20 godDAMN
Nice intro lol 😅😂😊 Long live AAL. What an a-freakin'-mazing band. One of it's kind. Long-time fan❤️ 4life, man, 4life
Matt is the best drummer on earth currently
Certainly among them
@@Aephyn. in his space he might just be the best. not a big prog metal guy though so idk
@@efafe4972 I'm a firm believer that there isn't one "best" drummer, but a handful of em instead, and I'd definitely include Matt Garstka
well think about it, out of every human on earth one is bound to be the best. and its matt. lol.@@Aephyn.
Tomas Haake is better
I LOVE THEIR BASS PLAYER!
By that logic there's two of them
Ha.. lol
The talent comes from his muscles Tosin and Matt. But Javier’s fat is the pure power! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
How is that possible
So fast so clean so complex
Alluvial is amazing, Tosin knows it!
Man that drumming is just incredible 😮
Well the drums sound amazing. Can’t speak for the rest, I can’t hear em
This must be how my dad felt when I played Yngwie Malmsteen for him. I get how technically difficult it is to play, but musically it does absolutely nothing for me.
That's Polyphia for me lol. AAL aren't too bad but this video can't hear shit obviously
I too felt the same way about Malmsteen..
Quite honestly, the song seems confusing if you've never heard it before and you're now hearing it live or poorly-mixed. I recommend listening to it with proper headphones to get a better idea of what's going on. There are a lot of polyrhythms and time signature changes, but once you find the framework of the song that lies beneath, it's pretty amazing to then hear everything else and how it all complements the underlying framework.
@@djentlegiant739 Trust me, it's not the mix
This song instrumentally encapsulates a wide range of emotion in an original way moreso than any instrumental piece I’ve heard. It embodies emotion from anxiety to uplifting feelings to peace etc. It has catchy melodies and song structure just like any other song. If you’re too bricked to hear that, that’s your loss. Not everyone lives a sheltered life and the chaos of this music reflects a lot of the chaos people go through on a daily basis. What is art but the transmutation of emotion through a medium. Whether it’s “technical” or not isn’t the point some people are tired of hearing the same 4/4 groove over the same boring chords to infinity.
What a time to be a fan of guitar! So many great players 🤘🤘
they lookn very metal these days
This song is fucking awesome!
You should check out the whole first album. Produced by the legendary Misha of Periphery and I'm pretty sure the drums are fake but it's still super super good.
What a nice evening!
There's always that one guy trying to film at the edge of the pit. He sure is persistent. With as many times as he's been bumped, he keeps trying to film. Quality will be absolute ass though. 😂
Booker T is awesome
Damn Tosin is jacked.
Get it, Matt 💪🏽🔥🔥 ....And that's a great thumbnail shot.
Tosin Abasi looks jacked as fuck
Hahaha! I keep laughing lol I love how much the crowd loves this band lol there’s no words in the music, but the words is all the time signatures and everybody keeps chanting them lol I love it
Tosin’s locs look amazing
yooooo shout out to the Alluvial shirt Tosin got on
Sick ass performance. Yeez!
Wow how did I forget this concert
Tosin lookin thicc af. I still Javier makes this band live. He's like this grey bearded wizard over there, making it all happen.
Tosin out here built like Shannon Sharpe
what a fun crowd!
So goddamn true to life. I thought only meshuggah can do that on that level. Good job
Just brings me back in a time when the band REFLUX was starting up.
I wonder how many musicians are in the crowd, what's the percentage?
- a musician
3:10 i could feel that "FUCK" it really went down at this moment
3:16 "ALRIGHT"
Fucking incredible on all parts
See you in Portland!!!!
Odd times, odd meters, packages of three. Good all around.
I came here to evaluate the German Mosh pit.
This is the most women I’ve ever seen at an animals as leaders show
European women actually have good taste in music, murican women just like whats popular.
Wow Francis Ngannou playing guitar
Insane band.
For the first glance of the thumbnail, I thought it was Satchel, especially with the green guitar and the tanktop haha
Hey! Their instruments have shrunk! Oh wait....
absolutely incredible.
damn, homies got thicc
Tosin needs to change his name to Tren.
Incredible
Jesus Christ Matt is a machine
I thought the date was time signature
Whats the song they played at the beginning?
Animals as WWE superstars
Sick!!
2010… college roomate showed me this jam, been a fanboy ever since
Daddy Javier 😍😍
I couldn’t get tickets 😭😭
Same here :( I bought some for Hamburg instead … but then didn‘t have time to go. Now have to wait for another 10 years lol
@@fiedel Well, at least they'll get even better until then xD
prog metal not have dance rhythm - aal and fans - tadada dada / tadada dada / tadada dada / tadada dada
6:27
Ok Matt 😅
Toastin a Sandwich
Sounds a bit like Foo Fighters
Le son des grattes est dégueux, la batterie prend le dessus ... dommage
Tosin 🐐🤘🏽
They're not dressed up li animals playing instruments 😂
Crowds cool as fuck lol
that biceps is from wakanda
The future is when people have no idea how otherworldly complex a song is and are like... "uh, good song, man. cool."
I think you have to be familiar with the song. Its really hard to hear on this video. @@DawnRazor-rj2wb
@@DawnRazor-rj2wb Bait used to be believable
We all know Matt’s player.. swear on it
Love the kaizen
Geil 🔥
Monsters of Rock.
Esto es Living Colors hiper tecnico
Fkn tuff.
insane
DW logo is too big 😂
where is the bass player? is it taped?
Hehe u a first timer?
@@raz0rcarich99 😂
Their exposed now 😂 Matt was bass player whole time