caption website associated_acts years_active label image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
tosin 28 , 2011 abasi playing with animals as leaders on august facebook.com/animalsasleaders animals , darkest hour , tram , psi as leaders , reflux , born of osiris 2000 -- present prosthetic 250 non_vocal_instrumentalist 07 january 1983 guitar , bass progressive , djent , metal , metalcore , deathcore , math metal file tunbridge wells 28082011 -lrb- 16 -rrb- . jpg : animals as leaders @ the forum , tosin abasi
 tosin abasi musician , songwriter
tosin abasi

oluwatosin ayoyinka olumide abasi , better known as tosin abasi -lrb- born january 7 , 1983 -rrb- , is a nigerian american guitarist who is best known as the guitar player and founder of the instrumental progressive metal band animals as leaders .
before founding animals as leaders , he was the guitarist for the technical metalcore band reflux .
he has recorded and released three albums with animals as leaders : a self-titled debut , `` weightless '' and `` the joy of motion '' .
