Animals as Leaders - Cafo

[Startingthend]

All 3 artists are so talented. Does anyone EVER comment on the bassist? I think without a vocalist they are unique, but with a vocalist fit for them, they could take over the world!

[mr4y]

@Startingthend There's no bassist in Animals As Leaders.

[myguitardidyermom12]

@Startingthend they don't have a bassist...

[DrumsMattT]

@Startingthend take what credit you are giving the 'bass player' and split it between the two guitarist... because they are playing the low end you can hear

[Startingthend]

@Startingthend I was refrencing the man who plays low key guitar who keeps mostly rythem. which i know "literally" isnt a bassist, but in my eyes he plays the role of one. plus he looks like a chubby Mexican, and doesnt every chubby Mexican play bass?

[redking133]

@Startingthend lol wtf?

[Suckassloser]

@Startingthend That's some stereotype. I'll buy it.

[Commiteee]

I really like the clean guitar parts, anyone know songs that are more clean than heavy by aal?

[METALdude1195]

@Commiteee Actually, alot of there songs aren't very heavy. Just listen to more of their songs and you'll get plenty of clean riffs.

[Commiteee]

@METALdude1195 Yeah, I did that after commenting. Really liked Behaving Badly. Def going to buy some of their music.

[christianbauer1960]

wahnsinn



[TheVeilofOsiris]

everybody talks about tosin's god-like guitar work but nobody ever mentions how awesome the drummer is. he is seriously so underrated.

[chronossive]

@TheVeilofOsiris totally agree, that drummer is nuts!

[UchihaShinji]

@TheVeilofOsiris Aren't the drums programmed by Misha Mansoor? O.O

[sipinflames]

@leadersasanimals your name is the champion

[first2hell]

Zapierdalam do sklepu po płytę

[TheVeilofOsiris]

my favorite part is from 0:00 - 6:45

[vertyy]

This music is so fucking awesome.. Sounds like something from outer space. :)

[zapz0rd]

This penetrates deeply into my soul pussy.

[BlindedinChains444]

lame..

[JStubbsD]

dude..... i think i just shit myself.....

[TheLuche]

wow :O

[kooozle]

tosin sweeps like a fucking janitor

[myooooz]

@kooozle Lol!

[LeapingDodo]

@kooozle Tosin chops like a butcher.

[aPOTg]

it would take 300 astro physicists 150 years straight to calculate the actual time signature so you can all just give up now.

[cahcah]

OMFG!! I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHIT!

[itsamystery94]

Everyone,

the time signatures can be counted multiple ways, depending if you want the riff to repeat exactly after X amount of measures, like a 13/4 can be 3/4 3/4 7/4 etc.

[LeadersasAnimals]

@itsamystery94 Yeah you can also count the whole song as one measure/ bar ;)

[Sidepiece2]

@itsamystery94 Ya none of us here would know that.

[Demonaz1]

and thats how aliens r making contact with us........

[satch72]

damn, now I want an 8 string guitar

[LeadersasAnimals]

@satch72 You can play it on a seven string. The 8th string isn't necessary in this song. ;)

[satch72]

@LeadersasAnimals Thanks, but all I have are 6 strings, I use a whammy to drop it the extra fifth. But I see and 8 string in my future now. hahaha

[layschipswater]

This band is just amazing when high and always!

[AngrySpaghetti]

What's a time signature??? honest question......

[DannyDaWiz]

Nevermind I realized that it was 18/8 which reduces to 9/4 not 21/8. Sorry for misunderstanding.

[LeadersasAnimals]

@DannyDaWiz ;) :) It's only math. You can count the 9/4 also as 18/8 or 36/16 or 72/32 and so on... ;)

[DannyDaWiz]

How can you tell its in 9/4? I've been intro down as 21/8 in groups of 1234 123 1234 123 1234.

Sorry im really new to these complex types of time signatures and im just looking to gain more knowledge about the subject.

[thisistides97]

I didn't hear any time signatures. All I heard was

JJJJJEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSUUUUUUS­SSSSSS

[pengupenguxx]

Saw these guys live. I have to say it is was the most breath-taking experience of my life. If they're coming through your town, please go.

[pgrobe9000]

You could totally mosh to this. But you'd get hit in the head from trying to watch Tossin play.

[ryanexsus]

I've been listening to this record and it took a long time for me to realize there is no vocalist.

[Jamsessionroom1337]

Play this with this watch?v=BjnR7xET7Uo&feature=as­o

Goes great together.

[sawtoothface666]

I don't even know what's real anymore. This is so fucking dope.

[NonOmnisMoriar09]

there is simply no way to describe this band. there isnt a word that can say what they are and how amazing they are its like theyre so great words are not worthy of their talent

[CreepyCarma]

The outro is sickening!!! love it Tosin your the man! ... man!

[wifflum]

I found it quite.. quite easy to headbang to this. On the other hand, I was utterly consumed by and lost in the music, and didn't have a choice but to headbang. And the speed parts are all-consuming rapture.. I feel it physically.

[imperfection32]

i wanna show this piece to my music theory teacher and be like "analyze this."

[apalmalarrain]

@imperfection32 Do it! .....depends on the teacher though :P

[detlefmolt2112]

Damn...

[91Tribual]

I was the 50th person to like this! whos gonna be the 10.000th?

[Wr41ght]

think youre right, I tried to sing to it, ... Impossible. you have to be a god like they are... :D

[Wr41ght]

All what they need is a badass bass and insane vocals. then they'll be unstoppable.

[Squrtle14]

@Wr41ght honestly.....i dont think theirs any vocals that can match this.....this is as good as it gets....dnt take it for granted....

[IAMinDreams]

@Squrtle14 mike patton could match this, and victor wooten for bass!!!!

[anjabenn]

@Wr41ght they have a badass bassist yo! did you have corn in your ears during 1:05?

[therwbrman]

@anjabenn Actually, no! They are two 8 stringed guitarists and a drummer. The 8 strings give a lot of low end, which kind of (KIND OF) sounds like a bass. They're tuned to Drop E on the 8th string, which gives the same exact note a bass in standard tuning would be playing, but you can tell there's still a lot of "fatness" missing in the sound.

For more info, check their videoclip! It's also pretty awesome.

[anjabenn]

@therwbrman wow! i did not know that! thanks for the info. after giving this a listen again with my bose headphones this time, i notice the lack of the "fatness" a bass would provide

[therwbrman]

@anjabenn No problem, glad to be of help! :D

[cameronj279]

@anjabenn I'm pretty sure Tosin does the bass in the studio for Animals as Leaders!!

[MariusMatrix]

i like :3

[M3talM4tt]

Thumbs up if DEVILDRIVER sent you here.

[AnthonyLapa]

not to bad at all more like a dj with a guitar tho pretty good

[SkroboElMagnifico]

That was insaine ...

[11anonomys]

4:24 My favorite part. mmmm tasty

[churchboy908]

time signatures are ridiculous, the day i figure all of them out in the order of appearance my life will be complete!

[RyanKaufman]

@churchboy908 And over shortly.

[xXKillEmAll94Xx]

I think if I tried to count the time signatures, I'd shit myself.

[LeadersasAnimals]

@xXKillEmAll94Xx For the most of the time it's a 9/4 rythm ;) in the first tapping part (the clean one) there are two 4/4 bars followed from a 5/4 and the other tapping part (2:15) there are 5 4/4 bars and than a 3/4 bar ;)

Sorry for geeking and nerding arround here ;)

[himsaad714]

@LeadersasAnimals this world needs more nerds



[apalmalarrain]

@LeadersasAnimals That's one great comment right there :D

And an excellent nickname as well

[apalmalarrain]

@LeadersasAnimals Now that I think of it, it's hard to headbang (or rave-ishly dance) to such weird time signatures xD

[apalmalarrain]

@LeadersasAnimals :3

[Agitatorial]

@LeadersasAnimals :D ;) :(

[RYNOTVPLUS3]

@LeadersasAnimals ahaha thanx for telling me that, seriously ive been mindfucked for weeks and now i get it :D

[MisterMinecraft7]

@LeadersasAnimals Hate to be the corrector, the 9/4 is right at the beginning but at the first clean guitar tapping part it's 6/4 not 5/4, everything alse is right good job

[Sidepiece2]

@MisterMinecraft7 ur right

[LeadersasAnimals]

@MisterMinecraft7 Sorry, but it's 5/4. I'm counting it like for 5 minutes. Or maybe I'm couting in a wrong way? ;)

[MrDrummerboi182]

@LeadersasAnimals holy shit tht sounds intense and hard as hell to write

[Hayacafrita]

@LeadersasAnimals Geeking and nerding is what pushes the human creativity forward, so carry on! I did that signature exam on a song by some friends that they came up with no music knowledge and it had a bunch of 17/8 13/4 4/4 5/8 bars :S:S if they had tried on purpose they would've had failed!! hahahaha.

[WASAAAAH666]

Has anyone noticed that @LeadersasAnimals username is LeadersasAnimals. explains it a bit haha.

[MetalKillHiphop]

@LeadersasAnimals So many winks........... ;)

[Mp5Drummer]

@xXKillEmAll94Xx They're not too bad actually if you count them, the only properly confusing bit is the part around 0:27, in 13.

[aloknikhil]

@Mp5Drummer No, it's not 13. If you start counting from 0:10 (That's when the rhythm guitar kicks in with the riff) you get the following series:

8/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 10/4

So basically it's just 9/4 with a bit of Meshuggahesque fucking-your-brain ;)

After 0:27, it's mostly simple 9/4.

[Mp5Drummer]

@aloknikhil My mistake, I got that from a drum cover where the guy said he thought of that pattern in 13. Seemed to make sense at the time haha! Yeah I can hear it's 9 in a lot of it. Tbh I'm still pretty rubbish at recognising metres, I can write in them but awful at recognising them!

[aloknikhil]

@Mp5Drumme Actually, you (and the guy who did the drum cover) were right - there _is_ a 13 section in this song... it starts from 1:06 and continues up to 2:16.

In a hurry I assumed that this beat was in the same signature as the one that begins at 4:00 (which is 14).

Apologies! As is evident, I'm not too good at this either - But I try to improve by analyzing Meshuggah songs... going off to try to figure out "Rational Gaze" for the gazillionth time!

[JonnyWedel]

@xXKillEmAll94Xx 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 1,2, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 1,2. just count that with the beat and you'll find thats it, at least at 27 it is lol. but it changes constantly.

[diceasd]

this makes me sad....i can´t play like that at all

[primus1121]

@diceasd practice until you can

[groovass65]

@diceasd it shouldnt make you sad. it should inspire you to achieve new heights.

[diceasd]

@groovass65 ok