ANIMALS AS LEADERS – Weightless- LP – Blue w/ White & Black Splatter Vinyl

LP – Limited Edition Blue with White & Black Splatter Vinyl. Only 500 copies pressed in this edition.

When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker Animals As Leaders in 2009, few would have predicted the band’s meteoric rise over the next two years. Although Abasi earned acclaim as the lead guitarist in the Washington, D.C.-based metalcore act Reflux, it was still a long-shot that an instrumental album of progressive metal with jazz, electronic and ambient flourishes would develop anything more than a cult following.

With Weightless, the group’s sophomore effort, Animals As Leaders is revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music. The group’s genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise; Steve Vai called the band “the future of creative, heavy virtuoso guitar playing,” and MetalSucks recently ranked Abasi #2 on their list of modern metal’s top guitarists. Whereas the group’s self-titled debut was a collaboration between Abasi and Periphery‘s Misha Mansoor, Weightless features the recording debut of Animals As Leaders the true band; Abasi (guitars), Javier Reyes (guitars) and Navene Koperweis (drums).

Tracklist:

A1. An Infinite Regression
A2. Odessa
A3. Somarium
A4. Earth Departure
A5. Isolated Incidents
A6. Do Not Go Gently

B1. New Eden
B2. Cylindrical Sea
B3. Espera
B4. To Lead You To An Overwhelming Question
B5. Weightless
B6. David