Weightless (Animals as Leaders album)

Weightless is the second album by instrumental progressive metal group Animals as Leaders. It was released on November 4, 2011 in Europe, November 7, 2011 in the UK, and November 8, 2011 in the US by Prosthetic Records.[1] The album charted at No. 92 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, as well as No. 7 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums Chart, No. 16 on their Top Independent Album Chart and No. 50 on the Top Current Digital Album Chart.[2]

Weightless
Studio album by
Animals as Leaders
ReleasedNovember 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
Recorded2011
GenreProgressive metal, djent, instrumental rock
Length46:29
LabelProsthetic
ProducerAnimals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders chronology
Animals as Leaders
(2009)		 Weightless
(2011)		 The Joy of Motion
(2014)

Unlike the previous Animals as Leaders album, Weightless features a trio line-up instead of just consisting of Tosin Abasi along with featuring real drums in addition to programmed drums. Both guitarists in the group (Abasi and Javier Reyes) play 8-stringed guitars on this release.

The track titles of the album are chapter titles from the Rama series written by Arthur C. Clarke.

Track listing
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Chronicles of Chaos[4]

All tracks written by Animals as Leaders.

No.TitleLength
1."An Infinite Regression"3:25
2."Odessa"4:14
3."Somnarium"4:15
4."Earth Departure"5:10
5."Isolated Incidents"3:47
6."Do Not Go Gently"3:41
7."New Eden"2:40
8."Cylindrical Sea"4:32
9."Espera"2:13
10."To Lead You to an Overwhelming Question"4:50
11."Weightless"5:15
12."David"2:27
Total length:46:29

Personnel
Animals as Leaders
Production
  • Navene Koperweis – engineering
  • Javier Reyes – mixing
  • Dustin Miller – mastering
  • Jay Wynne – artwork, design
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References
  1. Duncan, Michael (September 25, 2011). "Animals as Leaders - Isolated Incidents". Rock Edition. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  2. "ANIMALS AS LEADERS' "Weightless" Debuts at #92 on Billboard Top 200 Chart". Prosthetic Records News. November 16, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  3. Lymangrover, Jason. Weightless review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  4. A. Carbon, Johnathan. "CoC: Animals As Leaders - Weightless: Review". Chronicles of Chaos. 2011-11-1. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
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