Weightless

Animals As Leaders

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2011 album from this band led by virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi. 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 - and the diversity of their music has enabled them to tour with a wide variety of acts, including Deftones, Underoath, Circa Survive, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Thursday, Dredg and even Decapitated. Whereas the group's self-titled debut was a collaboration between Abasi and Periphery's Misha Mansoor, Weightless features the recording debut of a true band - that is, Abasi (guitars), Javier Reyes (guitars) and Navene Koperweis (drums). After nearly two years of touring together, the trio wrote and recorded Weightless together in mid-2011, with Koperweis producing and Reyes mixing.