As long as music continues to exist, there will always be a market for musicians who can play their respective instruments at god-like speeds in varying styles. For many of these often progressively-minded bands who successfully corner this market, technicality is harnessed as the hook that piques the ears of a first time listener and ultimately keeps them coming back for more. Instrumental act Animals As Leaders became such a band with the release of their self-titled debut in 2009. From that point forward, regardless of how much I ended up liking or disliking their subsequent material, knowing the
capabilities of Tosin Abasi was enough reason to warrant at least a few honest listens. With
The Madness of Many, the band continues in the slightly different path established with their last album,
The Joy of Motion. But while this path favors technical flourish over heaviness,
The Madness of Many dials it in much more smoothly than their previous effort.
