When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker Animals As Leaders in 2009, few would have predicted the band's meteoric rise over the next two years. Although Abasi earned acclaim as the lead guitarist in the Washington, D.C.-based metalcore act Reflux, it was still a long-shot that an instrumental album of progressive metal with jazz, electronic and ambient flourishes would develop anything more than a cult following. With 'Weightless', the group's sophomore effort, Animals As Leaders is revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music.
Track Listing:
1. An Infinite Regression - Animals As Leaders (3.25)
2. Odessa - Animals As Leaders (4.14)
3. Somnarium - Animals As Leaders (4.15)
4. Earth Departure - Animals As Leaders (5.1)
5. Isolated Incidents - Animals As Leaders (3.47)
6. Do Not Go Gently - Animals As Leaders (3.41)
7. New Eden - Animals As Leaders (2.4)
8. Cylindrical Sea - Animals As Leaders (4.32)
9. Espera - Animals As Leaders (2.13)
10. To Lead You to an Overwhelming Question - Animals As Leaders (4.5)
11. Weightless - Animals As Leaders (5.16)
12. David - Animals As Leaders (2.27)
Year of Production: 2011
