Animals As Leaders

Animals As Leaders are revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music. The Washington DC group's genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise, with Steve Vai calling them "the future of creative, heavy virtuoso guitar playing". The diversity of their music has enabled them to tour with a wide variety of acts, including Deftones, Underoath, Circa Survive, BTBAM, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Thursday, Dredg and, on the 2010 Summer Slaughter tour, even Decapitated.