Animals As Leaders

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Real Live Certified

Critic Consensus

Animals As Leaders is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 33 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Animals As Leaders is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth seeing.

ON TOUR

Casino de Paris, Paris, France (Feb 25); Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (Feb 26); Docks, Hamburg, Germany (Feb 27); Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany (Mar 1); Roxy, Praha, Czech Republic (Mar 4); Komplex 457, Zurich, Switzerland (Mar 7); Muffathalle, München, Germany (Mar 9); Batschkapp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Mar 10); Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne, Germany (Mar 11); Poppodium 013, Tilburg, Netherlands (Mar 12); Albert Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom (Mar 14); Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom (Mar 15)

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Latest Release

Animals As Leaders: Encore Edition (25 July 2022)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Washington, United States (2007 - present)

Bio

Animals as Leaders is a Washington, D.C. based instrumental progressive metal project formed by guitarist Tosin Abasi in 2007. Their self-titled debut album was released in April 2009 by Prosthetic Records. Animals as Leaders was formed "out of the ashes" of guitarist Tosin Abasi's previous band, Reflux.

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Critic Concert Reviews

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

November 20, 2023

Take the guitar wizardry of virtuosos like

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V13 (Canada)

July 11, 2023

Animals As Leaders Melts Faces at Portland, ME’s Aura!

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 19, 2019

100

With legs weary and eyes bleary from a lengthy day of divertessments on Friday, RADAR‘s second and final day needed to conjure up something special to reengage the attendant masses.

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