by Bram Teitelman | Oct 12, 2017 | Spotify Playlist
Tomorrow (13) fusion guitarist Jason Kui will be releasing his debut album, Absence of Words, on Prosthetic. This will be the first time the album will be available outside of Hong Kong. The axeman says his influences include Eddie Van Halen and John Petrucci,...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 11, 2017 | Video
We’ve big fans of Intervals here. The brainchild of Aaron Marshall, instrumental the majority of the time, just wrapped up a tour with Animals as Leaders and Plini (photos here). His complex shredding is catchy, anthemic and heavy at the same time, not an...
by Nathan Katsiaficas | Dec 5, 2016 | Photos, Reviews, Touring
Fresh off of the release of their latest full-length The Madness of Many, Washington DC’s progressive metal face-melters Animals As Leaders are in the midst of a headlining run in North America. They are accompanied on this tour by fellow instrumental metallers...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 18, 2016 | New Music, Touring, Video
For a band who’s complex instrumentals embrace time changes and synchronization so much, it’s safe to say that trio Animals As Leaders have a firm grasp on arithmetic. It’s because of this that we’re surprised the band’s first single from...
by Matt Brown | Jan 7, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The metal world seems to be starting off 2016 in an odd place, and I’m sure I don’t need to tell you why. As such, there isn’t much in the way of...