You know you're prog as fuck when this is a 'more straightforward' song

@countrysamurai

8 жыл бұрын

+ThunderHawk606 Lol....correcto sir!

@gareginasatryan6761

7 жыл бұрын

ThunderHawk606 i know. Straightforward my ass. All kinds of meter changes

@themarktron

7 жыл бұрын

PROG OF COURSE MY FRIEND

@tward81

6 жыл бұрын

ThunderHawk606 this comment is in point though goddamnit

@maggotmusic757

3 жыл бұрын

He was smiling like he knew what he was saying was kinda bullshit LoL

"This one's a little more straightforward" OKAY SURE WHATEVER YOU SAY

@iangillies711

4 жыл бұрын

Jones Kolbinsky he said that cause it’s the only one that actually stays in 4 for most of it 😂😂

@bradleyarnup8340

3 жыл бұрын

Listening to the bit at 0:55, this is definitely not straightforward for us mere mortals...

I've been a musician nearly all my life and I will never understand how people can get this good. These guys are legendary at what they play.

@bear458ziif-s

4 ай бұрын

when you're watching tv, or hanging out with friends and family, they're practicing. sacrificing all of their free time to practice.

Just got a student that want's to learn this... Call me scared.

@jimmygee5

9 жыл бұрын

run

@keithreeder

9 жыл бұрын

"Wants".

@nathanfussell1482

8 жыл бұрын

I suggest you run to the hills.

@joshvarga3591

8 жыл бұрын

+darkones12345 This post is fairly old so I am a little curious on how things played out.

@johnsilver4990

8 жыл бұрын

+Josh Varga same

It's terrifying how good this is

@ryansadauskis

8 жыл бұрын

Animals As Leaders is probably one of the most skilled bands out there. They cover so much ground with just three guys.

@countrysamurai

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Sadauskis Spot on gentlemen! Incredible......

I'm sure there are several technically complex drummers, but Matt is seriously underrated

@briefs9379

8 жыл бұрын

Matt is one of the best metal drummers of all time. Also one of the only ones who has graduated from Berklee for music!

@AaronSmithDrums

8 жыл бұрын

hell yeah. he's got a lot of chops and hip hop feel under his belt from there I feel like. used to watch him in one of the shed videos from Berklee

8 жыл бұрын

sincerly, for me he is one of the best drummers i've listened, if not the best

8 жыл бұрын

i mean, in his style, of course. we can't compare him with drummers of different styles because that would'nt make sense

@sione_etc

7 жыл бұрын

not making any comparisons/competition, but check out Billy Rymer

That feel when you can't even air guitar the song

@exotitan516

8 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@arvind_226

8 жыл бұрын

KO

@glez90metallica

7 жыл бұрын

Of course you can

@XoXitsSaruhh

6 жыл бұрын

I can whistle a lot of it.

@toemasmeems

5 жыл бұрын

fucking ME LOL

Matt Garstka decides that his original compositions are too simple and improvises over top of them. Because he is Matt Garstka

@breckbradshaw4856

9 жыл бұрын

That's Matt Gartska logic right there.

@diegoaxexxx123

9 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever

@bowser8375

8 жыл бұрын

+TheApostleofRock If you think this one is improved, you should see the recent one he did on Meinl's channel. Just when you think he couldn;t go any more balls out, he does it ....... Only 26 years old.... good grief

@luckyluk3865

7 жыл бұрын

Well by the time you've recorded a song and played it live for a while, think about all the damn times you've been playing that song over and over again in rehearsal. You're bound to change up some parts and improv here and there, if not just for the sake of entertainig yourself.

@willstanbury9725

6 жыл бұрын

Im in a jazz band, and in jazz there generally is a pretty simple song structure based around some number of riffs and all the members of the band just improvise over the riff and stuff. His approach to drumming is sort of a hybrid between metal's rigid and technical structure and jazz's looser and more interprative flow. I really like his style

That drummer is simply a beast!!

@thejrfanclub628

8 жыл бұрын

+rcacad i cant even take you serious, bud. Stop lmfao 😂😂

@JakobyGermsheid

8 жыл бұрын

matt garstka's cover of 'get your freak on' was better than both of their entire careers work combined imo. He could most likely do everything they do a bit better in a matter of minutes. :P

Matt's drumming is absolutely insane. The stuff he's playing is extremely complex but he makes it look so effortless

@imalitdrummerlovesvideogames

Жыл бұрын

Yup 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@cordomum

10 ай бұрын

bruh i'm about to TRY and cover this song with my band (i'm the drummer). please pray for me because i'm about to look like a fucking idiot even attempting this

@MikeyJBlakeJR

10 ай бұрын

@@cordomum Dude! Give me a link when it's finished. I started playing drums when I was 13, so I have a special place in my heart for drummers. I've also had my own share of flubbed drum covers, so I know how difficult it can be to pull off some songs, lol

@cordomum

10 ай бұрын

@@MikeyJBlakeJR just because of this comment, i will record my cover. i'll send it (but since you've heard the song, it's gonna take a month or two at the MINIMUM--thank god i have a guitarist who can actually crush this thing)

@MikeyJBlakeJR

10 ай бұрын

@@cordomum I'll be waiting impatiently, my man!

We all know Tosin is an absolute beast on the guitar, but I love watching Javier his fingers don't seem to move a millimetre more than necessary to nail every single note. I love watching players with such economy of motion! Is that weird?

@rickgal9003

5 жыл бұрын

I notice that to especially at a live show or playing the guitar it is just soothing

@Markipelago

5 жыл бұрын

That's one of the same reasons I love Frank Gambale.

best use of an 8 string I've ever seen.

@Bl1zzzards

8 жыл бұрын

I agree. Buying an 8-string just to use you're lowest string all the time with the tabs beeing "0-0-0--00-0-0-0--0" for "true djent" is pretty useless. These guys really know how to let those 2 extra strings shine.

@wideopenwounds

8 жыл бұрын

+Blizzards yep, exactly. The way an 8-string should be played is exactly like a 6 string would be played, in the sense that those two extra strings don't change the purpose of the guitar but rather opens up more options for the player. I see too many guitarists ignore everything below the 8th 7th and 6th string when playing, and that's just a poor approach to what's supposed to be 8 strings of guitar, not three.

@Bunters196

6 жыл бұрын

Actually only 7 in this tune!

@from.rishab

6 жыл бұрын

rob scallon too

@Vulkanzed-117

5 жыл бұрын

This song was written on a 7 string

I love Tosin, but Javier sadly always gets a bit overshadowed...he is a damn insane guitarplayer too

@FigNeutered

8 жыл бұрын

sadly it is true that that happens. their guitar parts in most of their songs are about the same skill-wise. he may just be the creative face of the band responsible for writing all of their masterpieces.

@santos688

8 жыл бұрын

u gotta understand there are always the main players like tosin but bass really has to go javiar

@Zachary_Sweis

7 жыл бұрын

I hear what you're saying, and he's fucking incredible. Here's the thing, Tosin, with Misha as a producer, wrote most of the songs on the first 3 albums. It wasn't until _The Madness of Many_ that the 3 of them (Tosin, Javier, Matt) wrote an album from beginning to end together. Even on "The Woven Web", Matt says Misha wrote the thumping part that everyone cums over just to see if he could play it. Just a little insight.

@MarmaladeMaki

7 жыл бұрын

Cool insight, didn't know that. I knew Misha was involved with their productions but never really researched in what way.

@ThemainpianistBlR

6 жыл бұрын

the band is always greater than the individual. If he stops playing theres no slammin grooves :/

I wish they'd do heavier stuff like this more often.

@blueskythinking4745

9 жыл бұрын

What and waste their musical talent? Yeah nah

@ljp719

3 жыл бұрын

Blueskythinking Suggesting that playing heavy music is automatically wasting musical talent is fucking asinine. I’ll name you dozens of extremely heavy bands with severely high levels of musicianship. Origin, Hate Eternal, Vitriol, Vital Remains, Nile, Hideous Divinity, Arkaik, Monstrosity, Behemoth, Meshuggah to name a few.

@the1zeldafan609

3 жыл бұрын

@@ljp719 yep. there is a lot of depth to be found in heavy songs.

@RezaMatix

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueskythinking4745 dumbest comment ive read in a long time. heavy music has been pushing techinical limits of instrumentation much more than pop or almost anything else for the last 50 years.

This is freaking magnificent, like getting lost in an abstract painting.

Tosan's been lifting.

@erkkijaakkopetteri

10 жыл бұрын

dem nigga genetics doe

@PeteCastellano

10 жыл бұрын

erkkijaakkopetteri Actually he does Crossfit lol

@drink.juice.

10 жыл бұрын

*Tosin

@Oh_its_Mike

10 жыл бұрын

yahshua friend I've been watching too much WoW arena...damn, that's funny.

@drink.juice.

10 жыл бұрын

Umm explain what u just said...

God damn the main riff melts my face

this song touches on so many different things we all love about metal

Ok, I figured it out. It's like Meshuggah if Steve Vai were in the band.

@SegahHQ

8 жыл бұрын

+Nothing The're is nothing similar between Meshuggah and Animals as Leaders but well, that's a funny way to see those things :D

@TheHeadown

5 жыл бұрын

@@SegahHQ You´re wrong. The singer has stated in several interviews that they are an inspiration. Great band though.

@SegahHQ

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheHeadown Hey, it was 2 years ago haha. And yes I was def wrong ;)

@TheHeadown

5 жыл бұрын

@@SegahHQ I realized that after I´ve written it. (:

@The_Nova_Glow

4 жыл бұрын

Nope! Better. It's Animals as Leaders

I think drumming wise, Matt will become a legend in his later year if he keeps going like this

@joshchristian8598

9 жыл бұрын

I think the best of the new wave of drummers... I agree he will be a lifelong name in his field...

@ZackAttack1798

9 жыл бұрын

Personally I already feel like he's a legend. He's know for his complexity and insane fills. Later on I can't even imagine what he will be

@younguitarist1

9 жыл бұрын

He'll be a god.

@HenryPerez_royal_hp

8 жыл бұрын

+Evan Delisle He's already a legend dude. But I hear what you're saying

@joselitoflores7122

7 жыл бұрын

Power is good and controlled correctly.

#‎rewind‬: Matt Garstka & Animals As Leaders performed "Tooth And Claw" at Guitar Center Hollywood last year for our At: Guitar Center Podcast. Catch them this Saturday at ‪#‎DrumOff‬ Finals at Club NOKIA! guitarcenter.com/drumoff

Totally love this song, but I really wish they'd done more with that 3:34 riff. Sounds absolutely godly, especially on the studio version.

2:52. love the switch. damn that was slick drumming. then they go from technical, to heavy as fk. incredible band.

This song live sounds HELLA punchy. I saw (and met) these dudes at a concert and when this song came on, every hit of the bass drum and palm muted note was like a punch in your whole body! Was frickin awesome!!

@KirkWilson86

5 жыл бұрын

I want to experience that.

Everybody always brings out Tosin and Matt. Wich they deserve every single praise. But can we just appreciate how solid Javier is. Not an easy task to be backing those guys as tight as he does. What a beast /,,/

Graceful. Making the most complicated song you know look easy.

People giving this the thumbs down shouldn't be listening to music that's far too technical for them to comprehend the sheer brilliance.

These guys are so cool, it's always a treat watching them play.

I really appreciate that people take the time and effort to find this video in the sea of information that our world beholds, and to observe and process this single 4 minutes and 50 seconds of beautiful musical construction, and then complain and moan about it like somebody is actually there to listen to their useless criticism. Rock on you guys!

Simply stunning!!

This band is an absolute pleasure to watch live

awesome I love this song tooo...Great album , the best.

Tosin smiles a lot when he's talking. He really loves what he's doing.

tosin is the kind of guitarist that plays guitar world's entire betcha can't play this library before he wakes up

10/10 to whoever recorded and mixed this. Great live mix and sound IMO, AAL is great as well obvi

OMG...this is incredible. Nice riffs and crazy solos! AAL Rules!

I love these... keep em comin.

Mind blowing stuff.

This had me chuckling all the way through. Eargasm.

DAT GROOVE! DAT FLOW!

tosin's smile when he says "that I had" in the beginning his eyes literally sparkle! That man is so beautiful omg

Awesome song awesome band awesome people

So sick

This song brings back memories of when I first started listening to Animals as Leaders.

Inspiring and beautiful

So awsome, machine like!

These guys re-invented prog metal in every way possible. ALL is along with Periphery one of the best bands of this last decade.

3:00... So fluid and clean. very groovy too. Especially MATT. Love you guys. great stufffxD

Amazing Band!

3:34, my favorite part! - the Joy of Motion is amazing; all the songs are great.

So god damn good. Very inspirational stuff guys. Thank you for bringing it into the world.

I'm just hopping through all these Guitar Centre videos to hear the inspirations for the songs.

It's 2020, and we're still here with the guys from Animals as Leaders!

I cant stop watching this video.

I have never heard this band before. But I am happy I have now. What a song.

Tight band! Biggest surprise is how good the drummer is, and how he makes it look easy. One of my favorite bands.

All three of these guys are insanely talented.

Has much of a BOO vibe. Love it.

Jesus!!! So much awesome!

Tosin is always smiling, as if he knows all the musical secrets of the world. And I think he does, too.. so, keep smiling!

I love the comments about the drummer being bored. I saw them play this week & he was like animal behind the kit & the most fun to watch on stage.

Saw them live tonight at The Mayan, LA. Absolutely amazing performance. I feel like Tosin overshadows others when I listen to their albums, but man, Matt(drummer) was A REAL BEAST live!

@marcio1745

9 жыл бұрын

I envy you so badly

Oh man this is great.

That was all class.

Why does Tosin look seconds way from cracking up with laughter in all of these videos when talking to the host?

@anarchynz

7 жыл бұрын

It's because he knows he's better than everyone.

@Nathan-dd2uy

7 жыл бұрын

Lmao, yeah, monumentally talented player. I'd be that way too.

@AlexTraitor

7 жыл бұрын

Is the feeling you have when you enjoy doing what you love to do

@ShinigamiUchihax2

7 жыл бұрын

lmaoo

@ronsilva9563

7 жыл бұрын

Happiness

MY god your so creative so good so unique, love ya!

Finally the drummer let to hear the electric groove... You are awesome Matt

Great song. That main-riff are awesome. As heavy as it gets.

That's not bass I'm hearing. That's literally Javier Reyes. Holy fuck.

@boobsmakemehappy1

8 жыл бұрын

+Lucas Jenkins Nolly did record bass on this track, so it might have been the backing track.

@BlakeMullens

8 жыл бұрын

+boobsmakemehappy1 I didn't know Nolly did that, that's really cool.

@sacredxgeometry

8 жыл бұрын

boobsmakemehappy1 your username makes me happier than the context of your username makes you happy.

@yourrealdad9442

8 жыл бұрын

+Lucas Jenkins Watchu mean?

@DrumL3000

8 жыл бұрын

+Lucas Jenkins for what do you need bass when you have 8 string guitars

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the pinch harmonic at 1:32?

SICK AAL! This made my day!

Probably my favorite AAL song. I know there are so many more complex songs by them, but I love this one. And my god... Matt's drumming....

Never heard of these guys.............but I like it!

I love it so sick bro

Massive!

Unreal band! I'm glad they received the proper credibility by guitar center

Great Tosin Abasi. Good music. I am absolut elated. Serendipity.

All beast musicians.

Even with the questionable mix this still sounds amazing

BANGER

I like the mechanical sound of the riff early on. Very cool!

Držím palce. Skvelé.

That end solo hits ju right in the feelers, happy 4/20

I want that guitar.. tosin rocks!!! AAL for life!!

goosebumps

Yes young metal heads !!!!!!!! Defenders of the faith !!!!!

Wow!!!

I haven't come across many of those "No melody/mindless technical music" on this video but, This is beautiful. So much melody and it keeps you on your feet :-D

Yes! I'm not the only one with a mad drummer look!

Boiii this shit go hard Dayumm That musicianship on another level

that was sick

okay I'm gonna say it, THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!

I love how Matt gartska's playing style is so relaxed

Tosin's solo at 1:49 o_o so many notes!

@guitarkid2184

7 жыл бұрын

Tosin "So many notes" Abasi

Woah! that was freakin awsome \m/

Groooooovie.

For months and months the first thing in my head every morning was the lead at 2:31... sprowww nowwnunnannuuuhhh

Matt's facial expression looks like he is perpetually shooting his wad throughout the whole song

bravo! the surgical precision on this piece is inspiring. the drummer is great. takes me back years ago when I was a beginner and I used to admire the calmness on professional drummers. still have quite a way to go to get to this level though :)

1:02 you just gotta love how javier makes praparations for what's about to come!