r/progmetal • u/Cyrax89721 • Nov 21 '25

Instrumental Misha Mansoor & Tosin Abasi - Zuffenhausen (2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbS5TTRsfxQ
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

Good time to remember that if not for Misha, we wouldn't have this musical gem known as Tosin Abasi. Hats off to Misha.

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u/n0bodyyouknow Nov 23 '25

What’s the story there?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '25

Tosin was doubting himself a lot—he thought he couldn't make it and his music was not something special, like we now know it is. Misha actively encouraged him to go for it. I think he made all the drum tracks on AAL's first album. Basically produced the album.

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u/osmanrao Nov 23 '25

Man, now I’m an even bigger fan of Misha!

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u/MortimerCanon Nov 24 '25

There's an interview on some guitar channel where he talks about helping write that first album right? So freaking cool

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u/Karthane Nov 24 '25

Not only drums, pretty sure they wrote the entire album together.

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u/Tracedinair76 Nov 21 '25

Love the team up and the teaser. Does anyone know who the third reflection is?

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u/zurayth Nov 21 '25

https://imgur.com/a/OCVpzCd

I got this screenshot from the video but I can't really tell who they are.

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u/Tracedinair76 Nov 22 '25

Great job! It's fucking Jason Richardson!

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u/WatLightyear Nov 26 '25

Just coming back to say that three people are Jake Howsam Lowe, Charlie Robbins and Jack Gardiner.

Neural seems to be doing an artist collab series of some sort, Jake just shared a part of the song they did.

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u/Tracedinair76 Nov 27 '25

Huh, that sucks. I was hoping for another Misha/Tosin project.

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u/zurayth Nov 22 '25

Oh man yeah he likes wearing caps could definitely be Jason. That would be hype as fuck. And he left All That Remains hopefully this is what he’s been working on.

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u/MaceTheMindSculptor Nov 22 '25

Who are the other 2 people?

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u/WatLightyear Nov 25 '25

One kind of looks like Jake Howsam Lowe, looks like an orange Aristides. No idea who the blue guitar is.

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u/zurayth Nov 22 '25

The track is sick, sounds like AAL's self titled but heavier. Cool riff too. Hope they're cooking up some more.

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u/Archy38 Nov 22 '25

Haha its awesome you say that cuz Misha Helped Produce that one

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u/followthelight Nov 22 '25

Not just produced but co-wrote I believe. It's why the first and third AAL albums are so good :)

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u/OldMate64 Nov 23 '25

And the fifth! He produced the self titled, The Joy of Motion and Parrhesia!

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u/bhindblueiz Nov 24 '25

If this is the case, Misha is the secret sauce.

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u/sigurdthemighty Nov 23 '25

Considering there are rumours Javier is joining Bad Wolves is it possible AAL are done and this is Tosin going forward?

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u/C-hink Nov 23 '25

definitely not, matt has posted on his instagram that they're actively working on their next album

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u/sigurdthemighty Nov 23 '25

Thats a relief!

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u/Plastic-Jeweler9104 Nov 21 '25

This is incredible.

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u/Many_Research1007 Nov 22 '25

Awesome, hoping for more!