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Animals as Leaders - Soraya
For those of you who like complicated time signatures punctuated by nice melodies, give this a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFR4CLF2XnA
Animals As Leaders seems to be my third most listened artist since I started scrobbling to last.fm back in 2009.
Tosin Abasi is a wizard.
I don't know why, but their self-titled first album didn't click as much their second, and third. Still on the verge of their fourth and latest, perhaps on it they seem to emphasize technical ability over emotion, YMMV of course.
Weightless > The Joy of Motion > The Madness Of Many > Animals As Leaders.
AAS would be on the top of my list for discovering djent for certain!
Which got me thinking some similarities - how about this:
Stick Men - Hands parts 1-3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgw4zur_aZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixWKAiBojJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjh0fea8e_0
(start with pt. 1, and the YouTubes autoplay should sort you out, listen to pt. 3 if you only have time for one song.)
Djenty, but not quite - its-a prog!
And yeah, Tony Levin is a wizard too. Wouldn't mind seeing Abasi and Levin in the same group. At all.
I'll have to give these bands a listen. I completely agree with your assessment of AAL. - Very technical, very cerebral, and mostly lacking in heart felt compositions. There are however a few gems on each of their albums. Too bad they seem to be running a race. Their music is highly structured with little room for allowing their compositions to develope and unfold naturally. Let's face it, being a good song writer has little to do with technical prowess.