It goes without saying that the new Animals As Leaders album is a highly anticipated endeavor with a possible 2016 release. The band is renowned for their ability to push music in ways that it has never been heard before while bringing some of the finest virtuoso playing humanly possible.

So when Tosin Abasi shares snippets of upcoming music it’s, more or less, impossible to ignore. And he’s done just that by channeling some upcoming AAL riffs through his Instagram account.

He’s toting the new Animals As Leaders record as the band’s “most collaborative effort to date, and a lot of fun”. It’s safe to say there’s a good bit to look forward to here. Stay tuned for much more from camp AAL.

Writing this album has been our most collaborative effort to date, and a lot of fun??✨??? Looking forward to sharing with you guys! #newshit #animalsasleaders #bompbomp #likethat #yeah A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Mar 1, 2016 at 11:15am PST

Late night flow over some odd metered electronic music (which is surprisingly hard to find!) This is a cool 3 part track called “The Pinning” by the producer Clark #iradelphic #clark #prototype2 A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Mar 1, 2016 at 12:11am PST

Dialed in this sweet Holdsworth style lead tone with my @portcityamps pearl and @way.huge.electronics “pork loin” the other night. Then I decided to play all of the notes???The prototype TAM is definitely still my most comfortable 8 string for things like this! @portcityamps @officialibanezguitars #prototype2 A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Feb 25, 2016 at 10:59am PST

One of my favorite parts of our new album. This is a little @ghex counterpoint applied to one of @mattgarstka rhythmic phrases. #newshit #animalsasleaders #2016 A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Feb 18, 2016 at 9:55pm PST

More madness from the mind of @mattgarstka?? #thisalbumisturningoutallsick #ahhhh #newshit #woodandmetal #failblog A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Feb 17, 2016 at 10:32pm PST

Tfw @mattgarstka composes a new song and you try to make a tapping part to it,but it’s real complex so you keep fucking it up?? #animalsasleaders #newshit #2016 #prototype2 #ahhhh A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Feb 16, 2016 at 11:34am PST

#newshit #animalsasleaders #prototype2 A video posted by Tosin Abasi (@tosinabasi) on Feb 11, 2016 at 9:17pm PST

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