ANIMALS AS LEADERS 'WEIGHTLESS' LP (Cloudy Blue Vinyl) KINGCRIMSON Ron Quintana of Metal Mania

Ron Quintana of Metal Mania

The album takes another huge leap forward from the production work of his 2010 instrumental album

Henry uncovers Glenn's mother

These recordings resulted in the 1984 release of Flex-Able which introduced Vai to the world as a solo artist

an attempt to hear back from the hardcore faithful on the front lines

ANIMALS AS LEADERS 'WEIGHTLESS' LP (Cloudy Blue Vinyl) KINGCRIMSON Ron Quintana of Metal ManiaWhen 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