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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Elsydeon on December 30, 2010, 09:39:22 PM
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While discussing this band on the DTF chat, letters insisted I make a thread about them. Anyone else hear of these guys?
I think John Petrucci's nephew plays guitar for them. They're a decent Prog metal/experimental band, if you haven't heard of them then give them a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQFDKB0gig
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:metal
I'll definitely be checking out their debut.
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just discovered them, will definetly get some albums by them
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I saw them open for Devin Townsend but their singer was sick so they did an all instrumental performance for 45 minutes. There is talent there but far to much wankery for my tastes.
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huge periphery fan right here. been following bulb's soundclick for years. i also saw them in november in nyc. really awesome live as well
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Only just beginning to get into them, but their cd is already in my 2010 top ten.
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In my top 5 for album of the year.
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I wish they'd stayed instrumental. Vocals completely ruin it for me.
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2. favorite album of the year!
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I wish they would have kept ANY of the singers they had before Spencer. I can't stand his voice.
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They seem to be growing on me more and more everyday. Love Racecar.
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At first listen the vocals didnt' do much for me. But they have grown on me enough that they are quite..... bearable. :neverusethis:
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The debut is pretty sweet, and in my top10 for 2010 at least.
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While discussing this band on the DTF chat, letters insisted I make a thread about them. Anyone else hear of these guys?
I think John Petrucci's nephew plays guitar for them. They're a decent Prog metal/experimental band, if you haven't heard of them then give them a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQFDKB0gig
This is pretty cool, I might pick up their album.
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i think im alone when i say the vocals are quite good
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They're not my favorite but I certainly don't think they're "prefer-the-instrumental-version" quality, as several other posters have said.
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I like the vocals, and i don't really see a problem with them.
Without them i'd probably have problems listening to half of the album, since they add a lot to the songs.
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The vocals are alright, just not my style. Would sound better without that whiny teen tone. But other than that they're cool. I'm loving this style of music.
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I've been following them since 2007, when Misha posted "Intertia" on the Petrucci forum. I saw them live right before they got Chris, but I haven't seen them with Spencer yet. I got to hang out with them after that show and they're all really cool, chill guys! It's interesting how on the CD, you can definitely tell which songs were recorded when because his screaming developed by the time they recorded Zyglrox, which was one of the songs recorded last. It definitely tops the 2010 list for me though! I can't wait for the EP or the next album!!!! And dethklok09, you're not alone!
Also, what's wrong with wankery? Everyone themselves loves to wank, but nobody likes anybody else wanking! Wankery isn't the point of this music, anyways.
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This is definitely my favourite CD of 2010. At first I wasn't too fond of the vocals, but they really grew on me. I really enjoy this album.
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I was enjoying it until the screaming started but i guess it's in the same sort of ballpark as the JLB album so I will give it a chance. The music is good. I don't mind the voice when he's singing buut the screaming... I just don't like it. And I don't want to grow to like it either.
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So what's everyone's favorite song on the album?
Personally i have to say Racecar, the riffs and the melodic sections in that song are outstanding. :tup
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So what's everyone's favorite song on the album?
Jetpacks, easily.
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Buttersnips and Letter Experiment
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Letter Experiment, for sure
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I can't decide between All New Materials and Racecar
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The music is nice but it's true that the vocals are not incredible.
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icarus lives! = funnest riff.
yes, funnest.
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RACECAR
and ill defend spencer against anyone. and he's improving as well
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I've heard some of their stuff when it was all instrumental. What are the vocals like?
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mix of harsh and clean. he has a higher register in both styles. but his lows are getting ridiculously good
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This thread isn't long enough!
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His voice is in a similar vein to Rody Walker from PTH, only not quite as good.
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his voice is a tad "highschool" for me..but the music is SO tight.
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this is an old instrumental version of whats gonna be on the upcoming EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gx8Awk-1TM
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I agree with Ytse. Those are just not my type as they've been overused. But the music is great. If they had someone with a warmer tone.
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all periphery fans should know about haunted shores. its another project with bulb and another guitar player named mark holcomb.
https://soundcloud.com/haunted-shores
and spencer haters should listen to passenger to see how much he has improved
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(https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/djentlemen.jpg)
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:lol
:tup
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all periphery fans should know about haunted shores. its another project with bulb and another guitar player named mark holcomb.
https://soundcloud.com/haunted-shores
and spencer haters should listen to passenger to see how much he has improved
I love the haunted shores stuff :tup
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After listening through the album once, it sounds excellent. There is a lot to digest and a lot of re-listens are needed but an excellent by what I've heard so far.
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For some reason, everything after Icarus Lives to right before Racecar is a big blur. I just don't listen to the album after that point. But I do like the rest of it.
Which member is related to John Petrucci?
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Jake Bowen. He is Rena's nephew.
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jake was also keyboard tech for jordan. i think during the octavarium tour. you can see him in the Dark Side of the Moon DVD behind the scenes
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jetpacks video
https://www.nme.com/nme-video/periphery---jetpacks-was-yes-nme-exclusive/754765674001
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This version is :metal I hope I hear it on the radio sometime!
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this version is pretty awesome. i kinda dont like the 'nothing but a fantasy' part that he adds in. but bringing back the 'whats left to carry me' one more time and putting the next riff after that is sick
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im buying tickets for the Fair to Midland, Scale the Summit, Periphery St Paul show on saturday... only $11!!!
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I've been listening the shit out of these guys the last two days. Amazing guitar tone, fantastic riffage, and fairly good vocals (most of the time).
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https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=152850
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cant wait for frak the gods
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cant wait for frak the gods
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gonna see them with scale the summit and fair to midland march 24th
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Gonna see them on the same tour, April 9th. Tickets are $12. Sweet.
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Seeing them on april fools. There probably won't even be a show
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They're skipping Cleveland :-[
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Yeah, I really wish I could see these guys, but like every other band, they're not even coming remotely close to me.
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Frak is up. (https://www.metalsucks.net/2011/03/24/exclusive-song-premiere-periphery-say-frak-to-the-gods/)
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yes.
that ending high vocals section going into that heavy riff is so good.
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Love these guys. Icarus Lives and Racecar are my top two favorite songs of the album. Racecar takes my favorite, though.
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The vocals kinda scare me off these guys. But I heard they're an acquired taste, so I'll keep giving em chances.
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Seeing them on april fools. There probably won't even be a show
:lol :lol :lol :lol
The vocals kinda scare me off these guys. But I heard they're an acquired taste, so I'll keep giving em chances.
Go for the instrumental edition!
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The vocals kinda scare me off these guys. But I heard they're an acquired taste, so I'll keep giving em chances.
Listen to All New Materials
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lyric video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPvqMbhou4
so sick
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lyric video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPvqMbhou4
so sick
Jesus, his voice has improved a hell of a lot!
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The new song is fantastic. I really like how much Spencer's vocals have improved, because when the song started and the harsh vocals kicked in, I was blown away.
The "radio version" of Jetpacks Was Yes! is outstanding too. Really looking forward to future stuff from these guys.
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Jake Bowen from periphery playing frak the gods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta2uh32C6qU
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So I just saw Periphery tonight and to my surprise Claudio Sanchez from Coheed filled in for Jake's spot as guitarish. very cool!
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So I just saw Periphery tonight and to my surprise Claudio Sanchez from Coheed filled in for Jake's spot as guitarish. very cool!
haha lol
i was there too. such a good show
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just a head's up, the icarus EP came out yesterday. nothing really new but i really like the new version of eureka
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New Groove is a fucking riff-fest extraordinaire.
I like the new EP quite a bit.
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New Spencer Sotelo metaltronica solo project called 'Endur'
Song is 'skin deep'
https://soundcloud.com/spencer-sotelo/01-skin-deep
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That was awesome.
I can't wait for Juggernaut.
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That was awesome.
I can't wait for Juggernaut.
QFT
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New Spencer Sotelo metaltronica solo project called 'Endur'
Song is 'skin deep'
https://soundcloud.com/spencer-sotelo/01-skin-deep
Meeh, kind lame.
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All I Want For Christmas Is You..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfmSykhuuNw
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guitarist Alex Bois has left the band
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https://www.myspace.com/periphery/blog/543507340
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THE FUCK I'M SEEING THEM LIVE SATURDAY.
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
Yeah pretty much. This is off their newest EP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPvqMbhou4
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
They're like if PtH had a really ugly baby with Meshuggah.
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It's been so long since I've bought these guys' debut album (and recently the EP), but I still haven't fully 'digested' the album. This is why I love Periphery! :metal
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
No.
That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
They're like if PtH had a really ugly baby with Meshuggah.
Fuck no.
Think pure, concentrated sonic awesomeness.
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Have you guys heard their cover of One by Metallica?
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yea. they said they threw it together really fast, for a random video game. its not bad though
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
listen to the song racecar. its crazy good
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guitarist Alex Bois has left the band
:(
https://www.myspace.com/periphery/blog/543507340
Well that's shit news.
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
No.
That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
They're like if PtH had a really ugly baby with Meshuggah.
Fuck no.
Think pure, concentrated sonic awesomeness.
I have no idea what the hell your on, but those descriptions are decent enough :)
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^ :metal
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(https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/ckychrisb/184374_10150408821880085_632950084_17904482_773923_n.jpg)
JP with Jake Bowen
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Awesome.
Aren't they premiering a new song soon?
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Isn't Jake Bowen his nephew?
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Isn't Jake Bowen his nephew?
I think on his wife's side
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
They're like if PtH had a really ugly baby with Meshuggah.
Makes sense considering the fact that Periphery are much better then both PtH and Meshuggah.
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That blows...
What do these guys sound like? Would you lump them together with bands like Protest the Hero and The Human Abstract?
They're like if PtH had a really ugly baby with Meshuggah.
Makes sense considering the fact that Periphery are much better then both PtH and Meshuggah.
Better than PtH? That's not hard. Better than Meshuggah? Fuck no.
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Yeah, they're better than Meshuggah and PtH. Not that I don't love PtH.
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Periphery gets ruined by terrible vocals though.
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Periphery gets ruined by terrible vocals though.
Why do people say that, because they don't like growls? I mean, if you like growls, what exactly is wrong with them?
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Periphery gets ruined by terrible vocals though.
Why do people say that, because they don't like growls? I mean, if you like growls, what exactly is wrong with them?
Imo, the growls are thin and weak, and the cleans are thin and whiny. Chris was a much better singer. if they would have kept him, I'd probably listen to Periphery a LOT more often.
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Periphery gets ruined by terrible vocals though.
Why do people say that, because they don't like growls? I mean, if you like growls, what exactly is wrong with them?
Imo, the growls are thin and weak, and the cleans are thin and whiny. Chris was a much better singer. if they would have kept him, I'd probably listen to Periphery a LOT more often.
This, although both were/are awful singers.
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I don't think Spencer is that bad. He's not really that good, either, but when I first heard his voice I just kinda thought to myself, "meh, it's kinda weird but it does sound like something someone would listen to.‘
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spencer is now better than chris ever was. chris couldnt sing his cleans live at all, and spencer now can. casey as awesome, but doesnt want to tour or be in a band. so spencer is best choice for now
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Plus he's really come a long ways from when he first started out. Anybody who thinks he can't growl should listen to Frak the Gods.
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I'm about to start listening to them since I havn't had the time to be able to do that so here we go.
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Periphery is fucking awesome in every aspect. Stoked for their TWO new albums within the next year.
Yes, that's right. TWO new albums.
https://www.nme.com/nme-video/periphery-at-sonisphere-2011/1045458118001
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i thought they were gonna do a double album together, but the spacing out is cool too
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Saw these guys at Soni on Saturday. Spencer NAILED it, jesus that guy can sing. Also they played a new song "Face Palm Mute".
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Saw these guys at Soni on Saturday. Spencer NAILED it, jesus that guy can sing. Also they played a new song "Face Palm Mute".
They were absolutely brilliant, probably my band of the weekend! And yeah, the vocals were incredible!
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Saw these guys at Soni on Saturday. Spencer NAILED it, jesus that guy can sing. Also they played a new song "Face Palm Mute".
They were absolutely brilliant, probably my band of the weekend! And yeah, the vocals were incredible!
Same here, on a technical standpoint they were by far the best band I saw all weekend. I was in the que waiting for their signing, but came late and missed it. Luckily they walked right past me so I managed to say hey and shake their hands, really cool guys.
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Also they played a new song "Face Palm Mute".
Crappy footage. (https://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/11/crappy-iphone-footage-of-not-crappy-new-periphery-song/)
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matt halpern drum clinic
plays zyglrox
https://youtu.be/hP3KOHq18e4
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The Icarus Lives riff is the best riff in the universe.
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anyone going to the frak the gods tour? i might go to the mass date if work isnt crazy
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I'll hopefully be seeing them in Cbus. I haven't seen them since before they even had Chris.
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Demo material acquired on PC's say so.
Excellent.
also...I agree with the comment about the Icarus Lives "riffage" in that song....if you'd like a similar one that just jazzes you up go with Soilwork's - Stabbing The Drama (though there's not enough of the GREAT RIFF) you'll get the picture.
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racecar live is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYOmjEJuTTg
1st live performance. video is pretty good. mostly misha though
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According to their Facebook, they will be opening for DT in Albany and Philadelphia. I'm going to have to go to one of these from Ohio, now!
:hefdaddy
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New fan signing in. I got the self-titled a few days ago and I'm loving it. Favorite tracks atm are: Insomnia, Letter Experiment, Icarus Lives!
I love the chorus of Insomnia btw. That and the intro riff of Icarus Lives are what hooked me into this band.
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intro riff of Icarus Lives are what hooked me into this band.
You and everyone else. That riff is goddam infectious.
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Seeing them tonight in MA. So glad to finally see them in a headlining spot
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so jelly
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Racecar was incredible.
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Racecar was incredible.
That is my favorite song by them.
Just such an epic tune.
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Racecar was incredible.
so jelly
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Racecar was incredible.
I'd heard everything off this album apart from this, until last night. oh woww. incredible! prefer the instrumental version though.
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These guys were incredible when I saw them in Columbus a couple of weeks ago. Nice to see Racecar, too!
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I was going to go to that show but I didn't have anybody to go with!
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I was going to go to that show but I didn't have anybody to go with!
You should have just went, man! You missed a hell of a show.
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Oh well, I saw them open for DT in Albany ;D
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Oh well, I saw them open for DT in Albany ;D
Lucky. lol. I thought about doing the same thing, but I had already gotten tickets to see DT in Chicago.
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"We have some sad news to announce, unfortunately Tom Murphy has decided to leave the band:
"I'm sorry to announce that as of today I will no longer be playing bass for Periphery. I have had so many unforgettable experiences and have met so many wonderful people while playing with the band and just want to say thank you to all the fans for making that possible. I am leaving to pursue something new. If you are interested following up with me, feel free to add my personal page at facebook.com/tom.h.murphy.
-Tom"
We're very saddened by this but wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. Fortunately this will not effect our upcoming touring plans as Nolly from will be filling in on bass and Mark Holcomb will take up his position as full-time guitarist."
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:omg:
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:(
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I'm wondering if there's some creative differences happening here, or if Misha's creative vision is getting in the way of anyone else contributing, as this is the second Periphery member to leave in a short time period.
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I'm wondering if there's some creative differences happening here, or if Misha's creative vision is getting in the way of anyone else contributing, as this is the second Periphery member to leave in a short time period.
my friend took a bass lesson with tom and he mentioned it was hard to stay in touch with his wife and friends and he had basically no income
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I'm wondering if there's some creative differences happening here, or if Misha's creative vision is getting in the way of anyone else contributing, as this is the second Periphery member to leave in a short time period.
my friend took a bass lesson with tom and he mentioned it was hard to stay in touch with his wife and friends and he had basically no income
This seems to be the most obvious answer. People [/i]really seem to overestimate how much bands like Periphery actually make. It's a LOT of time to spend from home for peanuts.
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That's shame he was a good dude...
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been listening to their album for the past few days. really really getting into it. i'm not usually into albums as heavy as this, but I don't remember getting into an album like this (excluding ADTOE) since Ghost Reveries. weird. suddenly getting back into Chimp Spanner as well, some nice DT Awake vibes in Supererogation!
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Letter Experiment - One of the best songs ever.
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Letter Experiment - One of the best songs ever.
dat breakdown
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It's hard to pick the best Periphery song though. The good way to put it is that they have a lot of solid songs; the bad way is that they all kinda sound similar :P I love Periphery though. Totla Mad + Ow My Feelings :heart
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Frak The Gods.
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Frak The Gods.
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Considering Frak The Gods is one of the only songs written as an actual song and not an instrumental with vocals recorded over it, I think the next album is gonna blow the first one away.
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That's not true:
https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=6831655
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Well I'm suprised. I assumed it was new because it was on the EP and sounds so good with Spencer. Well my point still stands about the new album.
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Letter Experiment - One of the best songs ever.
Don't forget Light, either. Spencer sounds so DAMN GOOD on the choruses in that song, especially the second one.
Also obligatory lol @ their recent studio updates. So much confusion on my end from their randomness.
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the new album is gonna be incredible. the newest video they put out, 0:04 to 0:18. yes
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the new album is gonna be incredible. the newest video they put out, 0:04 to 0:18. yes
Link pleasee!!
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the new album is gonna be incredible. the newest video they put out, 0:04 to 0:18. yes
Link pleasee!!
I think this is it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEem_dKk5C8
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https://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/17/ride-along-as-a-passenger-on-this-new-periphery-tune/
EDIT: Fucking Metalsucks, I love you guys but seriously sometimes you guys suck, literally.
It's just a bonus track from the rerelease, so you all have probably heard it already
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If anyone is bored, it has been fun and entertaining reading the Periphery thread on this site. Misha (bulb) comes in and interacts with the members too.
https://www.fiveeightforums.com/threads/periphery.63033/page-62
:corn
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Damn, I'm so excited about the new albums. Their S/T really set the bar high, so I'm kinda afraid their new releases won't keep up with it.
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These guys came up on one of my Pandora stations. Sounded like Animals as Leaders with annoying teen rage vocals. I guess, I'll just listen to Animals as Leaders. Music was cool though.
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These guys came up on one of my Pandora stations. Sounded like Animals as Leaders with annoying teen rage vocals. I guess, I'll just listen to Animals as Leaders. Music was cool though.
reason why it sounds like AAL is because the guitar player from periphery helped produce AAL's first record and 'Wave of Babies'. He also programmed the drums and wrote alot of riffs
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Spencer's voice grows on you, I can vouch for that.
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Spencer def. grows on you.
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https://soundcloud.com/those-fucking-horses/the-heretic-anthem
Sweet jesus, he's come a long way.
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:metal those vocals were freaking brutal
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Yeah, the Spencer haters can't really say shit now :lol
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Periphery on Summer Slaughter with Between The Buried and Me. I think this is the cherry on top of the concert..
If you want a laugh, read the Facebook page for metalheads crying about it not being brutal enough.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NVMeCUaP8
Drunk Spencer singing Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone" for karaoke. :rollin
Also:
Q. album before summer slaughter possibly?
A. You bet your sweet tits
Linky (https://www.formspring.me/JakePeriphery/q/321085725900546602?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=opengraph&utm_campaign=post&fb_action_ids=10151596505950085&fb_action_types=formspring%3Apost&fb_source=other_multiline)
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I saw the karaoke video on Facebook last night and about busted a gut at it. That's fucking hilarious.
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I really want the double album, or is it two split albums? Excited never the less.
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I really want the double album, or is it two split albums? Excited never the less.
I THINK it is two split albums both coming out this year.
Pretty nice interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjWmwUpjdCM
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It's two split albums.
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Watching the interview. Will they both be released close to each other, or like several months between? I've found very little news about the new albums, if they will be out before summer, that leaves only a month. (I count June as summer)
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"Shut up!"
- Completely serious
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i don't see the second album coming out this year unfortunately. unless they record it after summer slaughter which doesn't seem plausible cause they just finished the first
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i don't see the second album coming out this year unfortunately. unless they record it after summer slaughter which doesn't seem plausible cause they just finished the first
Maybe they'll record it before Summer Slaughter. Misha has stated on numerous occasions that Juggernaut is almost completed.
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feast your eyes on a dream come true
(https://i.imgur.com/bvzrf.jpg)
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Is it "new album information of bands I really like" day or what? This is awesome.
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Awesome. One of the albums I'm really excited about. Will the other twin-album come out next year?
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I totally missed the "guest solo from John Petrucci" the first time I looked at the picture :metal
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i wanted to make a thread in DT, or a new one, to let the non-periphery DT fans know, but wasnt sure how it would be received
i cant wait to hear it
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i wanted to make a thread in DT, or a new one, to let the non-periphery DT fans know, but wasnt sure how it would be received
i cant wait to hear it
I think it was a good decision to do that, especially since you mentioned the JLB-special appearance thread. I can't wait for this album.
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Awesome. One of the albums I'm really excited about. Will the other twin-album come out next year?
I think I heard somewhere that they'll be released simultaneously. I could be horribly wrong though.
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Awesome. One of the albums I'm really excited about. Will the other twin-album come out next year?
I think I heard somewhere that they'll be released simultaneously. I could be horribly wrong though.
they just started writing the second album of the two
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Awesome. One of the albums I'm really excited about. Will the other twin-album come out next year?
I think I heard somewhere that they'll be released simultaneously. I could be horribly wrong though.
they just started writing the second album of the two
No, Misha said that they've been working on the writing for Juggernaut for a long time. From what I've heard, they just needed the time to record it and that's unlikely until the end of the year. They did, however, start writing for the fourth album the other day (source: Jake's instagram).
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Awesome. One of the albums I'm really excited about. Will the other twin-album come out next year?
I think I heard somewhere that they'll be released simultaneously. I could be horribly wrong though.
they just started writing the second album of the two
No, Misha said that they've been working on the writing for Juggernaut for a long time. From what I've heard, they just needed the time to record it and that's unlikely until the end of the year. They did, however, start writing for the fourth album the other day (source: Jake's instagram).
i think the instagram is still for the third. no way they have juggernaut done with all they have been doing
edit: Guthrie Govan confirmed for another guest solo
holy crap this album is gona rule
we got
1. Mark Holcomb heavily involved in writing
2. Spencer is in beast mode now
3. JOHN PETRUCCI
4. GUTHRIE GOVAN
5. matt on a live kit
6. Scarlet is now a periphery song
7. make total destroy, have a blast, froggin bullfish
+ more
cant wait
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VERY excited for whatever comes out. While I enjoy the debut/s-t, it does have many twist and turns without much focus on hooks. I know Passenger is an old song from a side project of some of the members, but that song is great. And the s/t very much felt like Misha's riffs pushed into songs from over the years IMO, as it was. Hopefully the collective writing this time around lends itself well to better songs!
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July 3 is the release date.
July 3
July 3
AWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEAAAAAAAHHH!!!
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This album is going to be awesome.
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update on the 2 albums as of yesterday:
Q: Mish boy! Are you guys still doing that whole 2 album deal? You wanted to release 2 albums 6 months apart or something? And one was a concept album?
smile
A: Couldn't do it if we wanted to do the Dream Theater tour sadly, we are writing the concept album now!
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7PM EST TODAY... BE HERE.
ALBUM-RELATED POST COMING.
GET STOKED!
via facebook post.
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:corn :corn
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Awesome.
*getting stoked
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Periphery
wait for it...
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probably waiting for a youtube video to finish processing
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Periphery
It's coming! Just visualize Jake naked while you wait.
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Those cockteases.
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My god, they're killing us here with this... come on.
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I love when bands play with fans like this, makes for funny people with no lives complaining. Anyways, I felt like i'm playing duck, duck, goose.
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Benjamin, tell me... would you ever really want to see an angel?
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yea watching people freak out over something (thats free) they didnt know would exist hours ago is pretty funny
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Benjamin, tell me... would you ever really want to see an angel?
:rollin
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Periphery
Hold your dang horses people we had some tech difficulties.... Just go do something and it
will be up later.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GAPgQF8oopU
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that's honestly one of the coolest things I've heard from Periphery and that's only a 2 minute clip.
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were not listening TO OURSELVES!!!11!!1
so epic
Misha Mansoor (guitars) states: We are very happy to announce the full track listing (see below) and show you guys the artwork for our sophomore release. We put so much hard work and time into this album and we thank all of you for your continued support and patience. The album clocks in at sixty-nine minutes exactly and has tons of brand new material, so I assure you it is well worth the wait. Make sure to keep on the lookout for the first track which we will be releasing in the coming weeks.
Periphery II – Official Track Listing
1) Muramasa
2) Have a Blast - Guthrie Govan guest solo
3) Facepalm Mute
4) Ji
5) Scarlet
6) Luck as a Constant
7) Ragnarok
8) The Gods Must Be Crazy!
9) MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
10) Erised - John Petrucci guest solo
11) Epoch
12) Froggin' Bullfish
13) Mile Zero - Wes Hauch guest solo
14) Masamune
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I wonder if there's a connection between Muramasa and Masamune.
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ragnarok is a pretty metal name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k
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Is it a concept about.Chrono Trigger
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Video is "private"
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and they deleted the facebook post. hmmm?
they did mispell Wes Hauch's name, but i doubt they would pull the whole thing for that
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Video is "private"
Yep. I fucking missed out. God dammit.
I got the Pre-order Bundle #2, though.
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WTF! I missed it >_<
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welp, guessed it
Misha: "Because they misspelled "Wes Hauch", it will be up and fixed tomorrow"
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welp, guessed it
Misha: "Because they misspelled "Wes Hauch", it will be up and fixed tomorrow"
I wonder who that fucktard was. God dammit. :censored
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ig4g23FjKZk
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You win the internets!
:hefdaddy
Thanks!
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Got the Pre-order Bundle #2 with Tshirt :corn
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No bundle with CD+LP? I'll probably get the second bundle then.
Edit: FML "US orders only". :-[
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This is great, pretty much all that I expected from this update and more. I expected tracklisting, album title and cover art and got all that plus an album trailer.
Really looking forward to this album.
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spencer is gonna own this record. seriously epic vocals on this short teaser. im pretty sure that entire video is the first track on the album (Muramasa), accoring to spencer, just an intro song to kick off the record. and Have A Blast with guthrie is gonna wreck
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spencer is gonna own this record. seriously epic vocals on this short teaser. im pretty sure that entire video is the first track on the album (Muramasa), accoring to spencer, just an intro song to kick off the record. and Have A Blast with guthrie is gonna wreck
Yeah i really dig those layered vocals. Something about it that just grabs you and says "get ready". Not just the vocals but the whole production... July is gonna be a great month
Edit: I remember I was not a huge fan on the vocals a couple years back. I kept saying that I like the instrumental version of the debut album better... But as months go by and after seeing them live, I keep regretting what I said. Now with this trailer out, I really regret it.
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they completely rushed the vocals for the first album vocal wise. i think spencer had two weeks to learn, record, and make up vocals for the songs that didnt have them in about 2 weeks. and he was just starting to sing with heavy vocals. now hes greatly improved and he is gonna turn alot of people around who havent seen them live recently
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I'm in the category of the people who liked Spencer's vocals on the debut, but from what I've heard of the newer stuff he sounds even better. The Slipknot-cover they did, those vocals! :hefdaddy
And yeah, Spencer got into the band pretty late when they recorded, all lyrics (I think) were already written, but now he was with the band from scratch, so he could do a much nicer job. :)
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I'm in the category of the people who liked Spencer's vocals on the debut, but from what I've heard of the newer stuff he sounds even better. The Slipknot-cover they did, those vocals! :hefdaddy
And yeah, Spencer got into the band pretty late when they recorded, all lyrics (I think) were already written, but now he was with the band from scratch, so he could do a much nicer job. :)
yea things blew up with Chris pretty late into making the debut and Spencer got thrown in nearing a deadline. I know he wrote the jetpacks was yes vocals, not sure about any others though
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No bundle with CD+LP? I'll probably get the second bundle then.
Edit: FML "US orders only". :-[
International Orders will be up soon with their respective non-US labels. Misha posted that on formspring/facebook last night.
And this teaser sounds GREAT.
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they completely rushed the vocals for the first album vocal wise. i think spencer had two weeks to learn, record, and make up vocals for the songs that didnt have them in about 2 weeks. and he was just starting to sing with heavy vocals. now hes greatly improved and he is gonna turn alot of people around who havent seen them live recently
Thanks for clarifying. I always thought the vocals kind of sounded rushed on the first album but improved on the EP. However, on this trailer there is a huge change.
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And now that teaser video is private. Fuck. :lol
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I like all his clear vocals on 'Periphery' but isn't a huge fan of his growls, they just sound thin, no depth. Hoping that will improve on this one.
Also, from their facebook page:
Just to be clear to all our Peripherals:
The album is officially called Periphery II: This Time It's Personal.
We decided to keep the cover title free, but in the booklet that is the official name.
The forces that be felt that it would be iffy marketing it as that, so press releases and such won't reflect that, so please do us a favor and make sure whenever you refer to the album to refer to it as:
Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Every time you don't a shitty 80's action movie sequel is forgotten about forever...
That's pretty funny.
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YES
i love the name, i never thought they were actually gonna call it that
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YES
i love the name, i never thought they were actually gonna call it that
I thought as soon as they mentioned it that they would use it. They had to! :lol
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they say alot of things though, like Periphery II: Cruise Control. cant ever tell when they are 100% serious. not sure why the labels dont wanna market it though. the band is a bunch of goofy dudes and its definitely an album title you will remember
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Here's the fixed new album preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVatOqSHOnE
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That song sounded pretty great...if I can get funds i'm getting pre-order package number 2
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went all out and bought the big preorder bundle. got a good internship this summer and i dont spend that much money to begin with, and Periphery is definitely one of my absolute favorite bands, so i just did it. the baseball tee/sweatjacket got me
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Also, from their facebook page:
Just to be clear to all our Peripherals:
The album is officially called Periphery II: This Time It's Personal.
We decided to keep the cover title free, but in the booklet that is the official name.
The forces that be felt that it would be iffy marketing it as that, so press releases and such won't reflect that, so please do us a favor and make sure whenever you refer to the album to refer to it as:
Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Every time you don't a shitty 80's action movie sequel is forgotten about forever...
Oh god, that's so awesome. :lol
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Gief a link so I can preorder it already! D:
Also a tiny bit bummed that there were no CD/Vinyl-bundle.
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Gief a link so I can preorder it already! D:
Also a tiny bit bummed that there were no CD/Vinyl-bundle.
https://www.merchconnectioninc.com/collections/periphery
https://shop.soundcheckhollywood.com/products/periphery-periphery-ii-double-lp-green-colored-vinyl-pre-order
https://shop.soundcheckhollywood.com/products/periphery-periphery-ii-double-lp-red-black-colored-vinyl-pre-order
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Well I meant a bundle with CD and LP, from what I saw there it was just CD/bunch of other stuff, or LP/bunch of other stuff. :P
And it's still US only sadly.
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those are Sumerian preorders and since they are only signed to Sumerian in the US they cant sell outside the country. Im sure Roadrunner will have international preorders soon
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those are Sumerian preorders and since they are only signed to Sumerian in the US they cant sell outside the country. Im sure Roadrunner will have international preorders soon
If they don't have them up by Sunday, I will be very surprised.
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Periphery's facebook page:
EUROPE! We're very excited to announce that CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS will be licensing the new album PERIPHERY II: THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL. Check out the promo video here. Pre-orders coming soon
And then a slighly altered European version of the album trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RZiKrJU7pks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RZiKrJU7pks)
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The European Release gets bonus tracks? Damn.
They also need to release a new track soon. Almost exactly one month until the album is released.
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did they say what the bonus tracks would be? cant watch the video here at work
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did they say what the bonus tracks would be? cant watch the video here at work
It just says "w/ bonus tracks" at the end of the Europe release date.
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No EU-preorder available yet? I'm following Periphery's updates on FB but it's easy to miss a link sometimes.
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That teaser clip blew my mind.
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I'm sure they'll have the International pre-orders up within the next few days. Its a month from the release date in the US today, and from what I understand, Europe gets it a day earlier (and Australia a few days earlier than that), so they're under a month now.
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Jake posted this on Periphery's facebook today:
Hey guys, Jake here, I just wanted to make you all aware of 8Dio, they're putting out some of the best new software for creating music digitally. I'm incorporating their sound libraries into my electronic production sound so go ahead and give them a LIKE because I'll be posting sound clips soon! Also it's worth mentioning that the ultra talented Jan Michael Hoeglund just started working with them (check out Jan's fully orchestrated version of Muramasa, the first track from Periphery II: This Time It's Personal https://soundcloud.com/janhoeglund/promiphery-periphery-album)!
https://soundcloud.com/janhoeglund/promiphery-periphery-album
Nothing new, just a cool little rendition of the album trailer.
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https://soundcloud.com/janhoeglund/promiphery-periphery-album
Nothing new, just a cool little rendition of the album trailer.
Shorter than I had hoped for. Would be cool to hear the "full band" part in that way too.
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(https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv115/ResultsMayVary10/maketotaldestroy.jpg)
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY to be released on iTunes this Tuesday!
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Sweeeeeeet!
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I also like the (probably unintended) color scheme for this album and single artwork when the release is so close to Independence Day. It's nice to see some red, white, and blue for a release that close to a huge American holiday!
:America:
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I also like the (probably unintended) color scheme for this album and single artwork when the release is so close to Independence Day. It's nice to see some red, white, and blue for a release that close to a huge American holiday!
Hadn't thought of that... damn.
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i am so excited for MAKE TOTAL DESTROY tonight
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i am so excited for MAKE TOTAL DESTROY tonight
Is it going to be available at 12 AM on Tuesday you think?
By the way Misha always uploads demos on his soundclick page and there are demos that will be on the upcoming album.
www.soundclick.com/bulb
I'm excited to hear MAKE TOTAL DESTROY with the vox!
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itunes is sometimes earlier than 12 am, but it will definitely be up by then
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itunes is sometimes earlier than 12 am, but it will definitely be up by then
This is definitely true. I've seen some iTunes releases up by 11pm, an hour ahead of time.
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www.soundclick.com/bulb
Daaaamn, that 8 string test track sounds awesome.
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www.soundclick.com/bulb
Daaaamn, that 8 string test track sounds awesome.
yea you gotta keep checking that soundclick and his soundcloud (username: iambulb) cause he posts a new test clip every time he gets a new guitar/pickups
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5 hours and 19 minutes until MAKE TOTAL DESTROY is up. I'll definitely be picking it up from iTunes the minute I know it's available.
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2 hours remaining
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I think it'll be released in the next 40 minutes before 11:30pm. iTunes is usually pretty early about release nights, from what I've seen over the past few months.
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its up on US itunes. gonna listen in like 2 minutes
YAY
EDIT: Ill wait til everyone hears it first before i talk about it, but get ready for one moment (among others) that is just so brutal that i had to replay it like 4 times
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Song is amazing. Spence's vocals have improved loads!
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Yea, Spencer's vocals are a HUGE step up on this song, especially the clean vocals.
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yeah this is insane :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLeIz0VE83M&feature=g-all-u
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epic song, very Meshuggah-esque
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First off, unlike on the last album Spencer's growls (or screams or whatever) sounds really great. Though I am not crazy about the lyrics and the clean vocal lines. But otherwise I liked it, very heavy and that part somewhere in the middle sounds like it's straight out of a Meshuggah song.
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Still no EU pre-order link? I want. :P
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AS WE REDUCE THEM ALL TO BONES
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Fucking killer song, gonna get this first day of release.
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3:15
a wild eagle appears for a heavy section
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Absolutely killer song!
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Those screams :metal
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AS WE REDUCE THEM ALL TO BONES
The first time that is said is so epic half of my head is gone. Blown clean off.
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AS WE REDUCE THEM ALL TO BONES
The first time that is said is so epic half of my head is gone. Blown clean off.
crushing. line is badass as well. i guess a lyric video for MTD will be out soon
also sponce said on his formspring that a new song will debut on Sirius/XM channel Liquid Metal next week
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No news about the Europe Pre-order yet? :P Whoever is in charge of it slacks big time.
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No news about the Europe Pre-order yet? :P Whoever is in charge of it slacks big time.
Does this one work for you?
https://www.allinmerch.com/category/PER.html
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I think so, but the reason I'm asking is because I remember them saying that the Europe pre-order would be delayed a bit more, but that there was one site you could order one of the bundles from. I'm just asking cause I want to look through the bundles before I order so I get the best one. :P
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Has anyone found album samples?
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Has anyone found album samples?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Periphery-II/dp/B008A56ZPG
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The samples sound pretty... messy. I hope and think that will change when you have heard the entire songs.
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the few i heard sounded fine. luck as a constant sounds gooood
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Those samples sound awesome... I mean, the quality isn't the greatest but that will be a whole different story when we get the album. Stoked.
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Those samples sound awesome... I mean, the quality isn't the greatest but that will be a whole different story when we get the album. Stoked.
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Those samples sound awesome... I mean, the quality isn't the greatest but that will be a whole different story when we get the album. Stoked.
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I am a tiny bit bummed about the lack of long songs. I know it's not reasonable to expect a Racecar on every album, but those long ones are usually the ones I like the most.
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they didnt want to force a song to be long just cause racecar was well-liked
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And they shouldn't, it's the right decision. But it would be cool with a naturaly written long one.
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Music in the album trailer is merely ok. Didn't like the intro at all.
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And they shouldn't, it's the right decision. But it would be cool with a naturaly written long one.
If they follow through with their claims for the next album (concept album), hopefully you'll be pretty pleased!
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And they shouldn't, it's the right decision. But it would be cool with a naturaly written long one.
If they follow through with their claims for the next album (concept album), hopefully you'll be pretty pleased!
Yeah, hopefully that will be sweeeet.
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Music in the album trailer is merely ok. Didn't like the intro at all.
"Make Total Destroy" is much better.
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987795858217&set=a.398626323216.167142.19059968216&type=1&theater
New song tomorrow :corn
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nice
also this works pretty well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8mJKu3iZQ&feature=relmfu
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Gief European pre-order. Does anyone remember what label would release Periphery II in Europe? So I can start mailbombing them. :lol
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i think digital century media picked up the rights to Periphery II right as roadrunner was dissolving. I think they said UK will get the album digitally July 3, but physically 2 weeks later. not sure about the rest of europe
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This is bumming me out. Sure it's over a month until the album comes out, but the US had a pre-order for a week or two now. I just want to pre-order my stuff. :P
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yea roadrunner tanked at a bad time for you guys. sumerian records is great here in the US
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Very excited for the new song, will be interesting.
Sure it's over a month until the album comes out, but the US had a pre-order for a week or two now.
Over a month? Isn't it just half a month left?
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Very excited for the new song, will be interesting.
Sure it's over a month until the album comes out, but the US had a pre-order for a week or two now.
Over a month? Isn't it just half a month left?
The only release dates I've heard are July 2 for the digital one and July 17 for the physical. Might be wrong. Still, that would make it even worse to not have a pre-order yet. :D
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nice
also this works pretty well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8mJKu3iZQ&feature=relmfu
damn dude that was such a good transition! :corn
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WELP that was awesome
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Missed it. Gonna have to check it out on youtube tonight
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i luckily never closed the youtube video rip, so i got it even after sumerian took it down. people keep posting them though so you should be able to hear it
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Scarlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lDypy2vOrB0
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The Dutch iTunes store has 1:30 samples. Everything sounds amazing. It's going to be rough waiting this long.
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the whole 'sounds too much like linkin park/rody walker' needs to stop. spence can never win in some people's eyes
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yeah I know, so what if the man's influences shine through a little bit? his voice is still his voice and it sounds unmistakably like Periphery.
also, Facepalm Mute is awesome.
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yeah I know, so what if the man's influences shine through a little bit? his voice is still his voice and it sounds unmistakably like Periphery.
also, Facepalm Mute is awesome.
i think that's still the demo version too. some dude that they were interested in having master leaked it.
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the whole 'sounds too much like linkin park/rody walker' needs to stop. spence can never win in some people's eyes
Yea, some people are just crazy when it comes to Spencer's vocals or Periphery having vocals, in general. It's ridiculous.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBOMbvICuc
An official youtube video was posted by Sumerian for the new song "Scarlet."
The song is as awesome as the Haunted Shores recording and Spencer adds even more awesome to it with his vocals, which are unbelievable. I'm even more excited for this album now.
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Gief European pre-order.. this waiting is killing me. I might just pass on buying the album when it comes.
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That new song is sounding awesome! Really looking forward to the new album.
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I've actually avoided hearing anything, don't want to spoil it. :P
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Gief European pre-order.. this waiting is killing me. I might just pass on buying the album when it comes.
From what I understand, there are European pre-orders up now. I think I remember seeing Periphery post something about it.
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You're right actually. Totally missed that. :)
Ordered the T-Shirt and the Limited CD. Too bad the price runs away with shipping and taxes. :(
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You're right actually. Totally missed that. :)
Ordered the T-Shirt and the Limited CD. Too bad the price runs away with shipping and taxes. :(
Yea, I agree with you there. I think I paid close to $17 in shipping in the USA. That's ridiculous. It's a good thing I really love Periphery, otherwise I'd pass on the CD based on the ridiculousness of the shipping alone.
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Periphery II: Say My Vocals Suck Now......BITCH
more accurate title
spencer is destroying teh vox
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As I mentioned earlier I've stayed away on purpose (don't want to spoil the new album), but I heard their cover of The Heretic Anthem (by Slipknot) a while ago, and his vocals in that video SLAYED. Big time. :metal :metal
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As I mentioned earlier I've stayed away on purpose (don't want to spoil the new album), but I heard their cover of The Heretic Anthem (by Slipknot) a while ago, and his vocals in that video SLAYED. Big time. :metal :metal
yea spence is nasty on that track. all of the band isnt on that song though. misha is actually on drums (for everything but the choruses, then matt takes over drums) the rest of the instruments are played by their friends
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Yeah I remember reading that, still a cool cover.
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Only 13 days left to release. WANT.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6Tz4mVRXU
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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Their Facebook page:
We just received and watched the final draft of our new music video today, and we absolutely cannot wait to show it to you guys!! Keep an eye out as we will be posting it up in the near future!!
Will be interesting.
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if anyone caught the original summer slaughter promo video from sumerian records it had a preview of the new video. unfortunately they took it down and replaced it with live footage. it looked sick
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I'm having a hard time being patient for the new CD. So close to release, yet so far. :(
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jake with a sneak peek of the album booklets
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/282237_10151872897775085_1440224589_n.jpg)
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God damn, that is fucking cool.
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Send one to me! :(
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that's a great thing
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Apparently the street date has been broken in Australia, so it's only a matter of time. :P
And also apparently, RR-Australia has already acted on a few leaks in the last 8 hours.
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other than some dude leaking a facepalm mute demo, its crazy they got this far without a major leak. awesome
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Yeah its actually great that it didn't leak. Good for the band/sales and it will make it easier for us to wait.
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i also think it's funny that when the first album leaked they knew exactly who downloaded it when a person referred to totla mad as totala mad. due to a leaked version misprint
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awesome that it didn't leak before it went on sale. hardly anyone has it now, either-- some fans are awesome.
still can't wait to hear it though
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It is really awesome that Periphery II is one of the few albums that did not leak before the release. I'm very happy for the Periphery guys. And now that the album is out, SEND ME MY FUCKING PRE-ORDER. Thanks. <3
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The album is out? I thought it would be out halfway into July. :lol
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not yet
July 3 in US
June 29 in Australia
not sure about anywhere else but i would guess June 29 for europe since that is roadrunner as well
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not yet
July 3 in US
June 29 in Australia
not sure about anywhere else but i would guess June 29 for europe since that is roadrunner as well
July 2 in Europe through Century Media.
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That is really good news. I'm really excited for this album, and I have a feeling that it will be AOTY.
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i cant wait for Erised. sounds awesome and then JP GUEST SOLO. i can imagine what the rest of the board will think of the vocals though :lol.
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Dear god. I hope no-one tells the "we dont like heavy music"-DT fans about JP's guest solo.
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it will be opposite. no screams on Erised, but i think we will get the 'whiny mallcore vocals' comment. which wont be the first time someone has said that about periphery here
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Generally I think that if you don't have anything positive to say about something, than it's better to not say anything at all, unless you're asked.
Even if it's all opinions it can still be pretty frustrating to see people bash on something. :P
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https://www.metalinjection.net/av/zomg-new-periphery-album-streaming-in-full
Official Full Album Stream
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I don't get it. They(industry in general) get fussy about leaks and stuff, but then they allow sites to stream it before release dates. Am I missing something here?
Looking forward to picking it up when I get some money. My appreciation for them definitely increased after seeing them open for DT in Europe.
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I don't get it. They(industry in general) get fussy about leaks and stuff, but then they allow sites to stream it before release dates. Am I missing something here?
Looking forward to picking it up when I get some money. My appreciation for them definitely increased after seeing them open for DT in Europe.
Some stores in Australia have already started selling before the release date, so there is really no point is waiting to post an official stream. Most of the time you'd see an official stream go up the day before or day of where the album usually comes out first. For Periphery II, it was supposed to be released in Australia first on Friday.
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Can't wait. Will listen tonight!
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JP's solo in Erised in fucking awesome. :metal
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every album leaks yet periphery II didn't. niice.
just some quotes if you guys dont have facebook
"Our album did NOT leak...... How is that possible? Suck on that bitches!!!" -Spencer
"P2: The Unleakable"
"Watertight"
"no leaks - just like the Titani.... Oops" - Mark Holcomb
"Periphery II: This Time It's Personal's release was sponsored by Tampax." - Misha
:lol
also im only gonna listen to Have A Blast til I get my CD, and GUTHRIE GOVAN holy shat
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IMHO (of course), JP's solo is the best guest solo on the CD. I found Guthrie and Wes' solos both rather boring, respectively.
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only heard guthrie's but this is nowhere near boring. but it if JP is way better than his it must be incredible. which is great
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Govan is one of my favourite guitarists, didn't know he had a guest on this album! :caffeine:
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I'm also rather biased, Guthrie's music doesn't really do nothing for me. JP's solo, however, is pretty fucking legit in Erised.
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JP delivers once again! Lovin the solo and the song he plays on...
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EDIT: JP was Yes!
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EDIT: JP was Yes!
It is over a minute.
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EDIT: JP was Yes!
It is over a minute.
My responce does not make sense since you changed your post ;D
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i honestly thought he was doing misha's first solo. I was so bummed because it didn't feel like him. i dun goofed and died when the real solo came in
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i honestly thought he was doing misha's first solo. I was so bummed because it didn't feel like him. i dun goofed and died when the real solo came in
That JP tone can not be mistaken. :lol
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I know. misha's sounds weird and I was so bummed. at the 'end' I thought another Jake electronic interlude was starting. spoke WAY too soon
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This album is fucking brutal and awesome. Spencer is nailing it.
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everyone is freaking out about ragnarok. i am trying to wait til i hear any more of the album, but having this stream is hard to resist
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I'm listening to the whole thing. :corn
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I'm really digging Erised, Luck As A Constant, Ragnarok, The Gods Must Be Crazy!, and Muramasa so far. This album is full of some great tunes.
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This album is absolutely fantastic. Miles ahead of their debut, just glorious.
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spencer is just owning. the amount of shit that he took when the debut came out was unreal, and this is just a big FU
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spencer is just owning. the amount of shit that he took when the debut came out was unreal, and this is just a big FU
"This Time It's Personal"
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Jaws_the_revenge.jpg/220px-Jaws_the_revenge.jpg)
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the jaws picture fits, as all of ours are currently upon the floor
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Muramasa is such a good album opener. :metal
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:hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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move over Anathema
there's a new album of the year in town
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at least until BTBAM's newest. That's going to top the year for me.
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the first track :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
Edit: Nvm... the whole album!
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Luck as a Constant is now officially my favorite Periphery song.
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Anyone else thought the ending of the JP solo in Erised sounded similar to Under A Glass Moon?
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i was thinking end of erotomania -ish
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This is definitely a candidate for AOTY. Spencer is now one of my favorite vocalists. As good as the debut was, this album surpasses it in every way and then some. Definitely a candidate for AOTY.
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This is definitely a candidate for AOTY. Spencer is now one of my favorite vocalists. As good as the debut was, this album surpasses it in every way and then some. Definitely a candidate for AOTY.
The album is so good that its definitely an AOTY candidate...twice. :P
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i was thinking end of erotomania -ish
Quoted for posterity
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Trying to decide whether this is better than Koloss. Leaning in the direction of "Yes."
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The production is just so :hefdaddy
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the response has been really positive. the normal hate is getting drowned out. yuuup
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Okay so I have the album, but I'm gonna save it for tomorrow. Nothing beats having the Friday off, cranking up the volume, having a glass of cold something and just relaxing. :D
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so far ive only heard MTD, scarlet, muramasa, erised, and have a blast
so good. can't wait to get my cd
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I can't get over how amazing the outro of Luck As a Constant is, aaaaagh
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Okay so I have the album, but I'm gonna save it for tomorrow. Nothing beats having the Friday off, cranking up the volume, having a glass of cold something and just relaxing. :D
Sounds good! :tup
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Froggin' Bullfish is by far my favorite. This whole album is awesome as shit.
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We're incredibly excited to announce that our longtime friend and contributor Adam "Nolly" Getgood (Red Seas Fire) will be joining Periphery as a full-time member. He will be taking care of bass duties live and in the studio, and additionally will be bringing his considerable guitar playing, production and songwriting abilities to the table.
Misha Mansoor had this to say:
"Nolly has been an honorary Periphery member for the last few years. He filled in on bass for us on our first real tour (Thrash and Burn 2009) and since then has always been there for us and has helped us out immensely. Given that we love him dearly as a friend and found that we have excellent chemistry both on stage and in the studio, and he is a master of all of his instruments, hiring him as our full-time bassist was the logical solution. His irreplaceable ability and insight brought so much to the production and bass on Periphery II: TTIP - we don't feel that anyone else would be able to take on the roles he has filled. He has already been writing with us for new material, and we are proud to have him on board!"
Nolly continues:
"It's absolutely amazing to be joining my friends in Periphery full-time! Having felt like part of the "family" for quite some time this feels like an incredibly natural step. I've had the pleasure of watching them grow to their current stage and can't wait to see where we can take the band together!"
Nolly should already be known to many, having filled-in live on both bass and guitar several times over the years. He also played all of the bass on, and co-produced our new album, Periphery II: This Time It's Personal.
He will be taking up his permanent spot in the live line-up as of this October's European tour with Between the Buried and Me and The Safety Fire. Our excellent friend Jeff Holcomb will be filling in on bass for all live dates between now and October, including the imminent Summer Slaughter tour. Please check out the dates for the Between The Buried And Me/Periphery tour at https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand and come say hi to Nolly!
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Definitely saw that one coming.
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i didnt think he would leave RSF. but periphery is a way better opportunity
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Not to mention he has already been essentially "with" the band for a long time.
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Bout damn time they made it official. Its so obvious that it was going to happen.
That said Periphery II: This Time Its personal may be one of the best albums of the last decade. Honestly. It's the album I know they've wanted to make for years.
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Bout damn time they made it official. Its so obvious that it was going to happen.
That said Periphery II: This Time Its personal may be one of the best albums of the last decade. Honestly. It's the album I know they've wanted to make for years.
I still think it's a bit early and people need time for the album to age and settle in, but I can't help to agree with you about the album. It's fantastic. I don't know about album of the 'decade,' (or how you define the 'decade') but it is definitely up there in the top 10 (or even top 5) for sure.
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What a fantastic work. I'm still learning my way about it and I've only listened to the streams, but I can't wait for my physical copy to arrive and I can put on some nice headphones and deafen myself.
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It annoys me the amount of hate this is getting at some websites. Sputnik in particular has so many people rating it a 1 without even listening to the album.
That being said, still loving it.
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Haters gonna hate
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It annoys me the amount of hate this is getting at some websites. Sputnik in particular has so many people rating it a 1 without even listening to the album.
That being said, still loving it.
Yeah the hate annoys me too.
Edit: Listening through the album for the first time now, really good. Spencer is killing it.
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There is alot of faster sung vocals on this album. It's great but I liked when the voclas where more stretched out.
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His vocals are so damn catchy on this record, though. It's pretty awesome.
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MY favortie so far is The Gods Must Be Crazy. The ambient interludes are really beautiful, I wouldn't mind an EP of just that style.
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This album = :hefdaddy
Spencer made this album his bitch haha but im also glad that we can hear some falsetto from him as well, specifically in Ji from about 2:05 to 2:30. It shows how much he has evolved, not to mention how amazing the screams sound throughout the whole album.
Im stuck between Luck as a Constant and Ragnarok for favorite songs. I need to let the album settle in before i give it a solid rating but right now its definitely a 9/10 for me
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His vocals are so damn catchy on this record, though. It's pretty awesome.
I know! I can already remember almost all of the melodies, it's crazy
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His vocals are so damn catchy on this record, though. It's pretty awesome.
I know! I can already remember almost all of the melodies, it's crazy
Have A Blast, Facepalm Mute, Scarlet, and The Gods Must Be Crazy! all have top notch melodies, and the other songs have great ones, too. Those four just stand out above the rest off the top of my head.
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I'm REALLY loving this album. As of now Scarlet, The Gods Must be Crazy, Erised, have a blast are favorites. And Muramasa is a great opener as well!
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I'm really digging this album.
Favs are probably Facepalm Mute, Scarlet, Luck As A Constant and Froggin' Bullfish
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froggin bullfish is good too!
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Muramasa, Have a Blast, Ji, Make Total Destory, Erised, and Masamune are my favorites so far.
I'm going to make my unpopular opinion about music here, but I still prefer Froggin' Bullfish as an instrumental. It made more sense that way... though it didn't make much sense then, either.
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Only heard it twice so far, but the album is really good. So far I've found it a bit tougher to get into than the debut, but to me this is a good thing. While I love the debut, this album has a much more adventurous thing going on. The band has really tried doing something more special, more variety and generally cooler sections. It's such a joy listening to this album. :hat
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Really like Ragnarok, The Gods Must be Crazy, Erised and Masamune.
Oh and the ending of Facepalm mute is amazing.
Loving the 8-string work on this album.
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^only 8 string song is Ji
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I felt like the last track had 8 strings because it got REALLY low there towards the end ha. Such a kick ass closer :metal
But yeah Misha said JI is the only 8 string track
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^only 8 string song is Ji
And it's awesome.
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I felt like the last track had 8 strings because it got REALLY low there towards the end ha. Such a kick ass closer :metal
But yeah Misha said JI is the only 8 string track
Agreed. I think I saw Misha say that they used some effect to lower the notes at the end of Masamune. And I believe he said he didn't quite know how low it ended up going.
EDIT: https://www.formspring.me/iambulb/q/343613916456175167
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So what conseptual themes have you guys found? Of course there is the obvious "somewhere in time..." parts in Muramasa, Ragnarok and Masamune but I have also noticed that the eding riff in Masamune is pretty much built on the same rythm of the "AS WE REDUCE THEM ALL TO BONES" part in Make Total Destroy, only with slower tempo.
Have you guys come across anything else like that?
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The only thing I've noticed is the epic song on the record --- Muramasa/Ragnarok/Masamune.
I haven't really been paying too much attention to the conceptual themes right now. Still listening to the album and picking our new parts with each listen!
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I've just heard it three times so far, but I'm loving it.
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apparently the muramasa/ragnarok/masamune songs hint at the next record's themes
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apparently the muramasa/ragnarok/masamune songs hint at the next record's themes
Where did you hear that from? ???
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https://www.formspring.me/JakePeriphery/q/343363500057324716
https://www.formspring.me/spencersotelo/q/343635663683341180
https://www.formspring.me/JakePeriphery/q/343367242638982842
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Many thanks! :tup
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Is the limited edtion worth getting over the standard edition?
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Sorry about the concespt conspiracy theories but can anyone else hear a slight resemblance between the ending pick of Ragnarok and the pick behind the last "seeking within, the curtain calls" of Racecar?
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https://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/periphery-make-total-destroy-video/
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY Official Music Video
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I knew it.
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Ok Halpern looks pretty bad-ass :metal
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Sorry about the concespt conspiracy theories but can anyone else hear a slight resemblance between the ending pick of Ragnarok and the pick behind the last "seeking within, the curtain calls" of Racecar?
It's a nod towards Racecar.
https://www.formspring.me/iambulb/q/344149320146114436
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ahh cant wait to get home and watch the video. the preview i saw a couple weeks ago was super badass
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The video is ridiculous badass. :metal
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awesome video
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LOL the video is pretty lame and cheesy. The song is OK.
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Is the limited edtion worth getting over the standard edition?
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LOL the video is pretty lame and cheesy. The song is OK.
???
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LOL the video is pretty lame and cheesy. The song is OK.
I haven't watched the video, but the song is kickass.
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Is the limited edtion worth getting over the standard edition?
by limited edition do you mean the european release that has bonus tracks?
you get 2 songs with that: a slipknot cover that spencer and some of the guys made, and then an instrumental
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LOL the video is pretty lame and cheesy. The song is OK.
I haven't watched the video, but the song is kickass.
So is the video. :metal
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The video just got better as it progressed.
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Is the limited edtion worth getting over the standard edition?
by limited edition do you mean the european release that has bonus tracks?
you get 2 songs with that: a slipknot cover that spencer and some of the guys made, and then an instrumental
Alright, cool thanks.
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Didn't know that Scarlet is a Haunted Shores song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSUjs1fqm0s
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Didn't know that Scarlet is a Haunted Shores song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSUjs1fqm0s
At this point, Haunted Shores and Periphery are one in the same. So, it really doesn't matter.
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Pretty fun review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxtTEbfLR4
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The album is now officially out! Still waiting on my pre-order bundle to arrive. :metal
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i might have to end someone if my preorder doesn't get here today
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I don't expect it today and certainly don't expect it tomorrow (July 4th). Guess it'll be Thursday.
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i might have to end someone if my preorder doesn't get here today
will you reduce them all to bones
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yes, ill reduce
merchconnection
all
to
BONES.
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yes, ill reduce
merchconnection
all
to
BONES.
I'll be trying to do the same. Still no pre-order on my end, either.
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they totally arent gonna come today cause they usually send a shipping notification. i have preordered from them at least 5 times and they always came the tuesday the album was out. but now they have to mess up on one of my most anticipated releases ever
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Preordered from amazon with some other stuff. got free shipping, so it will probably be here next week or friday at the earliest.
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they totally arent gonna come today cause they usually send a shipping notification. i have preordered from them at least 5 times and they always came the tuesday the album was out. but now they have to mess up on one of my most anticipated releases ever
The storms on Friday and Sunday across the midwest and mid-atlantic knocked out power to a lot of places, so that could affect shipping. I live in Columbus, OH, and our power is still out. I'm glad campus has power and internet, otherwise I'd go insane.
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Off-topic: Are you at OSU?
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Off-topic: Are you at OSU?
Yes, sir.
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10 bucks at Best Buy! It comes with a pretty cool sticker as well.
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Day of release and the album isn't here...
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I got a shipping notice email from merchconnection today. It will be at my house in 3-5 business days. Blegh.
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some people who ordered from merchnow got it last week. dang
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I haven't heard or received anything. :/
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My amazon order just got cancelled, so imma get this from best buy.
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It's weird because I ordered the bundle from the EU-store, and when I did, money was reserved/drawn from my account. Now however it seems like I have the money back, but I haven't gotten an email saying it's cancelled or anything, so I'm kinda confused. :P
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3:25 in luck as a constant = coheed and cambria. love it
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Hopefully I get the pre-order today... Still hasn't arrived
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It's weird because I ordered the bundle from the EU-store, and when I did, money was reserved/drawn from my account. Now however it seems like I have the money back, but I haven't gotten an email saying it's cancelled or anything, so I'm kinda confused. :P
I would definitely shoot them an email and make sure everything is alright with your order.
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Yeah I might. But on their website it said that the album was released on 17th of July, maybe a different release date in Europe or it just got delayed for some reason?
https://www.cmdistro.de/Search?q=periphery
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i think something happened with roadrunner and century media stepped in to release the cd instead and they added some extra time to the release. going off memory here, might be wrong
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i think something happened with roadrunner and century media stepped in to release the cd instead and they added some extra time to the release. going off memory here, might be wrong
Pretty much correct. Roadrunner couldn't do the release due to the worldwide downsizing, so Century Media picked up in Europe/UK and then they needed to prepare the CDs. They needed extra time to prepare the CDs due to the fact that Century Media picked up the release so late compared to all the other labels, and the physical release date was pushed back two weeks. You can still get the album digitally, though.
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Yeah I have the album digitally, listened to it 3 times so far (will listen again tomorrow) and it's really awesome.
Too bad the band has so many haters, I see lots of people downranking it, and I don't really feel like they give the music a fair chance, just the typical "I havent heard this but I gotta down-rate it because lol".. :/
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i can no longer understand how people can hate on spencer. i could see what made some people mad with the first album, but he's friggin incredible on the new cd. screams are perfect
so glad they didn't put out an instrumental version to reward people who whine
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Listened to this all week now and I like it more and more every time. Muramasa/Ragnarok/Masamune is awesome.
so glad they didn't put out an instrumental version to reward people who whine
I would still like an instrumental version, Spencer is awesome on this album but I think it's interesting and fun to hear the instrumentals.
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Yea, you could say everyone enjoyed the instrumental versions. After hearing the instrumental of Racecar, I got a brand new appreciation for that song and its layers, which is why its so damn good. However, the band deemed putting out another instrumental would be an insult to Spencer, since he is in fact a member of the band, too. I'm glad they didn't release an instrumental version on that fact alone.
However, people continue to bitch and moan about Spencer's vocals, which have improved incredibly since the debut, and continue to demand about having an instrumental version. I love the band's decision to not release an instrumental version based on this fact alone. People need to accept that Spencer is an important part of the band and that his vocals directly compliment their music on both their albums, especially the new one. By not releasing an instrumental version, they are not catering to the people who complain and rewarding them. And I think that illustrates the band's constant belief that they write music for themselves and they don't cater their music or releases to a certain audience. They want to be happy with the release and the fans need to accept it.
It also pisses me off as well that people downgrade the album or give it horrible reviews without even listening to a single song. People need to learn to grow the fuck up.
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3:25 in luck as a constant = coheed and cambria. love it
2:30 in "Have a Blast" == Fair to Midland.
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Ji probably has one of the best choruses on this album. :metal
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Ji probably has one of the best choruses on this album. :metal
Not to mention that instrumental section and the riff it includes. Mark wrote it and its very DT-ish!
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also jake solos own!
cant wait to see how they tackle the guest solos live. misha is taking guthrie's, mark's got JP, and Jake has Wes.
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finally listening to this again after a week not having power, and it is still fantastic
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Yeah Jake's Luck as a Constant solos are ridiculously awesome!
My physical copy still hasn't arrived. And I paid $9 for this service? :yeahright
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i think have a blast might be my favorite for now. dat chorus
this album completely met all my expectations and i had super high hopes for it. not let down at all. no sophomore slump for periphery
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This album has grown with me very weirdly just like the last one did, only this one did it faster. At first I find most of the songs a bit weird, I think the vocal lines are to fast paced and hear most of the songs as just a mess of heavy sounds. But something keeps me listening and after a few spins it's like someone turns the lights on and all the songs seem so clear and it all just makes sense.
Only one not keepin' up with the others is Scarlet.
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i think have a blast might be my favorite for now. dat chorus
This.
Also sounds so much clearer when CD quality. But yeah, I had a bit of trouble digesting at first the same way as the above post, but it's fine now.
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Got my CD and t-shirt today. Still waiting on the poster that I had shipped separately with its rolled-shaped cylinder.
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Also, does anyone else get some serious Concealing Fate (TesseracT) vibes from 2:27 in Ragnarok?
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that and 2:30 in make total destroy sound a bit like tesseract
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Yay BTBAM, PERIPHERY AND JOB FOR A COWBOY in Farmington...hope I can,make this since Summer Slaughter skipped us this time.
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Finally got my physical copy of the album today.
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Yay BTBAM, PERIPHERY AND JOB FOR A COWBOY in Farmington...hope I can,make this since Summer Slaughter skipped us this time.
Hell yeah, can't wait for Summer Slaughter. It's gonna kick so much ass.
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trudat
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Yay BTBAM, PERIPHERY AND JOB FOR A COWBOY in Farmington...hope I can,make this since Summer Slaughter skipped us this time.
Hell yeah, can't wait for Summer Slaughter. It's gonna kick so much ass.
They cancelled the St. Paul date which really pissed me off. That WAS my concert for the summer. Oh well, now I'm still seeing Goatwhore, Exhumed, and Cerebral Bore along with this awesome local band so I should consider myself lucky.
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"I think he sounds bad ass, but I don't really think he and I sound very much alike"
- Rody Walker
case closed.
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His opinion of course carries some weight, but fans have ears too.
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Just gave this album its first listening. Pretty damn incredible, a lot to take in but it sounds amazing. Definitely my favourite section are the solos in Constant, incredible.
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I hope this band will have a really bright future. They worked hard for this record. I know they wouldn't put out something they don't like, so I was bound to be pleased. Really amazing job on the vocals by Spencer. I didn't really see any additional praise for Matt's drumming, but he did such a great job making all those riffs tight.
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Anyone else not dig this band? The only reason I'm intrigued to check out their new release is because of Guthrie Govan and John Petrucci's guest appearances.
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i suggest you give this new album a fair chance. i believe it to be much better than their debut. (which i liked alot, this one is just stronger for every member) if you dont dig it then you probably never will, which is fine.
all the guitar solos on the cd are great. both guests and members
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i suggest you give this new album a fair chance. i believe it to be much better than their debut. (which i liked alot, this one is just stronger for every member) if you dont dig it then you probably never will, which is fine.
all the guitar solos on the cd are great. both guests and members
I think the vocals are what turned me off, and from the samples I've heard it seems they've changed that up this time around. Did they ever release an instrumental version of the first record?
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first record, yes. second, no.
vocals are pretty different for this record. much stronger
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first record, yes. second, no.
vocals are pretty different for this record. much stronger
I'll have to get a copy of the instrumental version.
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Got my copy today. Gunna give it a listen to properly tonight/tomorrow and report back.
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first record, yes. second, no.
vocals are pretty different for this record. much stronger
Aye. I think the biggest change though are the vocal melodies and styles. The 1st album was a collection of Misha riffs, with vocals on top from three different vocalists recording them over the pasted riffs.
Now, it was more of a collective effort, and more room for Spencer to try many different approaches. I cannot remember one vocal melody from the 1st, and mainly because none of them really repeated. That is absolutely not the case on the 2nd album, with many choruses repeating at least twice.
The one thing I worry about is if Spencer will throw his voice out down the road. He has some high and aggressive parts.
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Yeah I hope his voice doesn't take a lot of beating
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You don't remember any vocal melodies from the first one? I think it has some awesome vocal melodies that really sticks with you (me). But you're right about them not repeating much.
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yea spencer writing his own melodies and taking time to craft the vocals is really what makes this record that much more awesome.
spencer is great in this band. so much better than chris. casey is like a unicorn in the band's history, incredible but still sort of a mystery, only singing on like 2 and a half songs. sucks he wasnt in to it. but they certainly aren't settling with spencer
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casey is like a unicorn in the band's history, incredible but still sort of a mystery, only singing on like 2 and a half songs.
Never heard of Casey, where can I hear him?
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im at work so i cant provide youtube links
but he wrote the vocals for icarus lives, the last section of insomnia, and inertia. if you search those songs with his name on youtube, you would probably get the right versions
full name: casey sabol
edit: casey is also a guest vocalist on racecar for about 5 seconds. @5:56 in the song
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Here's a part of the Juggernaut album with Casey's vocals. It's my favorite thing Misha's ever done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjKX5g-7988
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First listen and I like Froggin Bullfish so far, but I'll have to give the album a couple of more listens.
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Major thanks to the person that posted up the JP Solo link. Without seeing that I probobly wouldn't have heard about this band. I'm not totally sold yet, but I'm really digging Make Total Destroy, Jetpacks, and a few others I've listened to. This band is so tight, I love it. I don't dislike the vocals, and I think that they add a lot to the style of the music. But the band, OMG! I'm gonna pick up the new album and see where that takes me.
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Major thanks to the person that posted up the JP Solo link. Without seeing that I probobly wouldn't have heard about this band. I'm not totally sold yet, but I'm really digging Make Total Destroy, Jetpacks, and a few others I've listened to. This band is so tight, I love it. I don't dislike the vocals, and I think that they add a lot to the style of the music. But the band, OMG! I'm gonna pick up the new album and see where that takes me.
Make sure to thank ChrisbDTM! :metal
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Honestly kind of glad Casey left, not that he's a bad singer, but I don't really like his vox that much. :I
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Major thanks to the person that posted up the JP Solo link. Without seeing that I probobly wouldn't have heard about this band. I'm not totally sold yet, but I'm really digging Make Total Destroy, Jetpacks, and a few others I've listened to. This band is so tight, I love it. I don't dislike the vocals, and I think that they add a lot to the style of the music. But the band, OMG! I'm gonna pick up the new album and see where that takes me.
Make sure to thank ChrisbDTM! :metal
hey now
Honestly kind of glad Casey left, not that he's a bad singer, but I don't really like his vox that much. :I
i love spencer but i cant listen to the new versions of icarus lives. casey owns it, and is the man responsible for opening up the band to the half screaming/half singing vocal style
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Major thanks to the person that posted up the JP Solo link. Without seeing that I probobly wouldn't have heard about this band. I'm not totally sold yet, but I'm really digging Make Total Destroy, Jetpacks, and a few others I've listened to. This band is so tight, I love it. I don't dislike the vocals, and I think that they add a lot to the style of the music. But the band, OMG! I'm gonna pick up the new album and see where that takes me.
Make sure to thank ChrisbDTM! :metal
hey now
I was just trying to give you credit for posting the JP solo thread in the DT section! :lol
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no thanks!
i listen to howard stern too much, any time someone gives him a shoutout he says "hey noww"
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i love spencer but i cant listen to the new versions of icarus lives. casey owns it
QFT. his version is all balls, malevolence, and sinisterness
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fuck im loving the write ups theyre doing on gaybook / youtube. i love to hear some in depth analysis when new albums come out...wish more bands would do stuff like this.
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The first riff of Icarus Lives pretty much got me into this band 2 years ago :metal
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fuck im loving the write ups theyre doing on gaybook / youtube. i love to hear some in depth analysis when new albums come out...wish more bands would do stuff like this.
I definitely agree with this. Its really nice to know the back stories behind each track and how they're basically put together/how they came about. I'm really excited for Ragnarok, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Erised, and Masamune's in depth analysis when they are eventually posted in the coming days.
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I purchased this CD today and enjoying it so far. Favorite tracks are: Erised + Epoch; Facepalm Mute ; Make Total Destroy.
A buddy of mine did a review of this CD on YouTube if anyone would like to check it out and subscribe.
part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29gGCE1Uz8&feature=relmfu
part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjmP0DA_Gk&feature=relmfu
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fuck im loving the write ups theyre doing on gaybook / youtube. i love to hear some in depth analysis when new albums come out...wish more bands would do stuff like this.
I definitely agree with this. Its really nice to know the back stories behind each track and how they're basically put together/how they came about. I'm really excited for Ragnarok, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Erised, and Masamune's in depth analysis when they are eventually posted in the coming days.
i didnt get a chance to read luck as a constant yet today...probly the one im most interested in. :corn
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Here's a part of the Juggernaut album with Casey's vocals. It's my favorite thing Misha's ever done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjKX5g-7988
His vocals are great, but like Spencer's more. That is probably because I've gotten used to it by now.
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Periphery
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY Instrumental Drum Playthrough by Matt at this year's Meinl Drum Festival! Watch and share!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h3sW-UKpeY&sns=em
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Just got my tickets to see these guys and BTBAM in Cleveland on Aug 14th.
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Muramasa and Have A Blast is like the best 1- 2 punch to open an album, Album of the year so far for me!
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Ooh, I'd say Make Total Destroy and Erised... but the first two are just about as powerful. Actually, it's a tough choice :mehlin
Just got my tickets to see these guys and BTBAM in Cleveland on Aug 14th.
Dude... Periphery's going to be in San Antonio the 26th and then Chimp Spanner's going to be in San Antonio the 27th... how awesome is that!
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best 1-2 punch to open an album. not necesaarily his best 1-2 punch off the album.
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I don't know what it is about those two, but for some reason, they just feel so powerful to me. I was listening to it in my car for the first time, and with my stereo system it just had a killer sound and feel to me. I don't know what it is but those first two really get me psyched, then the album just continues from there with epic song after epic song! Overall this album kicks so much ass :metal
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Snip - my mistake :-[
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after listening to this cd a crapload of times this is my ranking (not gonna count epoch):
have a blast
froggin bullfish
ji
the gods must be craycray
luck as a constant
masamune
ragnarok
facepalm mute
mile zero
erised
scarlet
make total destroy
muramasa
but i absolutely love every track
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Mine is:
Masamune
Ragnarok
Luck as a Constant
Erised
Make Total Destroy
Ji
Have a Blast
The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Facepalm Mute
Froggin' Bullfish
Muramasa
Scarlet
Mile Zero
Epoch
The last two are the ones that I am having a tough time really getting into.
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It's hard to rank, but something like this:
Ragnarok
Ji
Have a Blast
The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Luck as Constant
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
Masamune
Erised
Scarlet
Facepalm Mute
Froggin' Bullfish
Mile Zero
Muramasa
Epoch
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Scarlet
Masamune
Faceplam Mute
Have A Blast
Froggin Bullfish
Erised
Make Total Destroy
Ragnarok
Mile Zero
Muramasa
Luck As A Constant
Ji
The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Luck as a Constant
Erised
Facepalm Mute
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
Froggin Bullfish
Murasma
Scarlet
Ragnarok
Have a Blast
Masamune
Ji
The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Mile Zero
Epoch
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Man I can't rank this album... All the songs are really good. My least favorites are probably Epoch and Mile Zero though.
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is spencer whispering 'fucking grim and frostbitten' in masamune? that's what i hear
he might have answered it back when the album came out, but when people ask now 'its a secret'
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This album is the bees knees. I love it I love it I love it. It's way beyond what I expected from the band. No way can I rank the songs though. I saw Periphery at Download Festival this year and they were amazing, tight and loud and awesome. Looking forward to seeing them with BTBAM and The Safety Fire this winter too!
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This album is the bees knees. I love it I love it I love it. It's way beyond what I expected from the band. No way can I rank the songs though.
Pretty much this for me! All of them are epic!
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for those who didn't get the european bonus tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVH-RlzPkJE
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How funny, I was literally just searching the internet for this but gave up after I couldn't find anything. Then I went directly here and found this.
Thanks man.
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for those who didn't get the european bonus tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVH-RlzPkJE
Thanks for posting the link!
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Matt Halpern playing Ji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuH3N2S2vMs
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Also related to the last video. The set he is playing was JUST for the MEINL Drum Fest. He is keeping his normal setup for shows.
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The normal set is pretty cool. I like the simplistic-minded kit.
Also, obligatory song ratings:
Ragnarok
Facepalm Mute
The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Masamune
Scarlet
Ji
Erised
Froggin Bullfish
Mile Zero
Have A Blast
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
Muramasa
Epoch
I'd also like to add it was hard as hell to do ratings, considering all the songs are great. Not a bad song on the album, IMHO.
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Epoch, Muramasa, and Make Total Destroy were the only songs I liked. I guess results may vary when ranking Periphery songs.
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I'd also like to add it was hard as hell to do ratings rankings, considering all the songs are great. Not a bad song on the album, IMHO.
sounds like ratings woulda been easier. ;)
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I'd also like to add it was hard as hell to do ratings rankings, considering all the songs are great. Not a bad song on the album, IMHO.
sounds like ratings woulda been easier. ;)
You knew what I meant. No harm done! :lol
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;D
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Saw them in Dallas last night. They were fantastic. I met Spencer near the merch booth, but the picture is still on my friend's camera. I'll post it later.
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Epoch, Muramasa, and Make Total Destroy were the only songs I liked. I guess results may vary when ranking Periphery songs.
really?? id place those in the lower tier of the album
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I just don't like Meshuggah or core-ish sounding stuff. The only reason I like MTD is that it has some catchy melodies. I like parts of Ragnarok and Erised to, but idk, I just can't get into this album and think it's not as good as the debut.
How could anyone not love the hypnotic trippiness of Epoch? I had that shit on a constant loop for hours.
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How could anyone not love the hypnotic trippiness of Epoch? I had that shit on a constant loop for hours.
People generally love it, but mostly like the other Periphery songs better on the CD. I absolutely love Epoch, but its just not as good as the other songs on the CD, IMHO.
And if you love Epoch, check out Jake's solo electronic music. He wrote Epoch by himself and posts electronic songs on his soundcloud from time to time.
https://soundcloud.com/jake-bowen
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Thanks! Liking what I'm hearing so far. He should consider doing a full album of stuff like that.
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Thanks! Liking what I'm hearing so far. He should consider doing a full album of stuff like that.
From what I understand and have read, he plans to do a full CD depending on when he has enough time to do so! I know many, many people would like to see that, including myself.
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The only reason I like MTD is that it has some catchy melodies.
not the only reason for liking it here, but i was gonna point out the vocal melodies to chrisbDTM on why Make Total is upper echelon material.
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They did choose it as the single after all. It's got some pretty catchy parts.
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The only reason I like MTD is that it has some catchy melodies.
not the only reason for liking it here, but i was gonna point out the vocal melodies to chrisbDTM on why Make Total is upper echelon material.
i love every song on the cd i just think the other songs are above it
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I agree, Make Total Destroy is awesome, but there are better songs. Ragnarok, Ji and Have a Blast are my favorites.
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cant get enough of the ending of the first chorus in the gods must be crazy.
steadfast, wallow in the punishment, take pleasure in the siiIGHT
dat last note
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Have a Blast
Make Total Destroy
Mile Zero
Ji
Erised
Facepalm Mute
The Gods Must be Crazy
Scarlet
Ragnarok
Luck as a Constant
Masamune
Muramasa
Froggin Bullfish
Epoch
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Make Total Destroy live in Dallas July 25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTLQVM-Dt0)
I was there! :metal
also, Icarus Lives (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PeeRG9lx268)
Jumping was fun. :laugh:
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awesome ragnarok drum cover: https://youtu.be/Q3HzYoVfjrg
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awesome ragnarok drum cover: https://youtu.be/Q3HzYoVfjrg
That was awesome!
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because i like talking about this cd: what's everyone's favorite parts?
i'll go song by song, ill try to pick one from each, even though it's incredibly hard, probably hardest to do with Ji
Muramasa - "To Ourselves!" - Spencer starting the album off
Have A Blast! - 2:01 to 2:56 - such a good chorus. ludatshit
Facepalm Mute - chorus - so strong
Ji - 1:20 - transition from the first chorus and the verse after
LAAC - 1:28 - coming out of the crazy techish riff into an equally awesome verse riff
Ragnarok - 1:49 - I knew from the studio updates that this part was going to be sofa king heavy
The Gods Must Be Crazy! - end of the first chorus "take pleasure in the siIIGHT!"
MTD - YES WE REDUCE THEM ALL TO BONES
Erised - choruses
Epoch - all of it is solid, hard to find a distinct 'part'
Froggin Bullfish - "or be deTAINEDDD!" at 3:18
Mile Zero - 3:25 verse and Wes' perfect solo
Masamune - 1:12 and the verse after - beautiful, love the whispered "fucking grim and frostbitten"
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Songs in order and favorite part(s):
1. Have a Blast - Chorus and riffs at 3:51 (Maj9 stuff)
2. Erised - The groove Matt lays down, mixed with clean guitars and slightly calmer distorted guitars
3. Muramasa - The whole band entrance and the brutal growls
4. MAKE TOTAL DESTROY - the HUGE harmonies at 2:16, juxtaposed with DJENT DJENT DJENT, as well as the BONES part
5. Masamune - The kinda dominant seven feel they have going during the chorus-like part, key change at 3:10, and hellish outro
6. Ragnarok - Pick rake at 1:49
7. Ji - I-iv section.
8. Froggin' Bullfish - goofy riff at 1:46. One of my favorite Misha riffs
9. Luck As a Constant - Misha and Jake's tradeoff solos
10. Facepalm Mute - buildup to first chorus and soaring choruses
11. The Gods Must be Crazy! - the wild section at 1:35
12. Epoch - Dreamy part where percussion drops out at 1:20 and that it's an absolute blast to jam over
13. Mile Zero - the huge chords (and how crystal-clear they are)!
14. Scarlet - Bridge at 2:10
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Mile Zero is my favorite. Love the lyrics.
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Here is mine:
1. Ragnarok - this song just starts so strong. I love the strangely-timed/played lead that comes in right at the beginning following the opening fill. The way they reprise some of the lyrics and themes from Muramasa is pretty cool, especially over that riff they are playing at that particular point at the time. The Racecar-esque interlude at the end of track is really cool, even though we'll never hear it live. Such a great song overall.
2. Ji - Spencer adds so much to the chorus here and the final fantasy section/mrak's riff solo in the middle of the song really defines the song. Its very groovy and it has really grown on me the most since I heard it for the first time when the album has released.
3. Facepalm Mute - Spencer rules this song. Dat chorus.
4. Erised - The grooves in this song are awesome. Spencer is great on vocals and JP's guest solo is very good, especially the bend at the end of the 'Erotomania-type' ending.
5. Luck As A Constant - The opening riff and then the solos by Misha and Jake.
6. Scarlet - Mrak and Sponce. Nuff said.
7. MAKE TOTAL DESTROY - The grooves here rule as well. Spencer's vocals really shine, especially his cleans.
8. Have A Blast - the chorus really rules in this song as well as all the riffs. Such a great tune.
9. The Gods Must Be Crazy! - Jake's solo rules.
10. Froggin' Bullfish - the opening riff/solo and then Spencer's vocals.
11. Mile Zero - Spencer's vocals/lyrics really dominate this song. His best lyrics on the album, imho.
12. Masamune - THAT OUTRO
13. Muramasa - The intro is different for Periphery, but they did it right and it works. Such a great opener.
14. Epoch - awesome little tune by Jake. I want to hear more like this in Periphery (and not just through Jake's solo project!)
I'd also like to mention that every song on this album rules and it is extremely difficult to even attempt these rankings. Even though songs like Mile Zero and Masamune are near the bottom of my lists, they are still FANTASTIC songs. This album has managed to age incredibly well for me. I honestly don't ever remember a single album aging as good as this one has one month after its release. I fully expect this album to be in my top 3 albums of all the time soon. I think I need more time to determine that.
As of right now, the album is definitely the album of the year, but we'll see if the new BTBAM CD has anything to say about that.
Finally, I really love this record. P2 was such a huge success for the guys in Periphery. They really could not have hit a better ball out of the park than this. I really feel so happy for the guys in the band and for their huge first week sales (12,000 units, I believe). I hope Juggernaut ends up bringing them the same success whenever it happens to be released.
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This album has managed to age incredibly well for me
hehe. this album's still in size zero diapers!
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This album has managed to age incredibly well for me
hehe. this album's still in size zero diapers!
Agreed. Although it may have been played by some many times, it is not officially a month old.
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I guess I should have added a "so far" on the end of that statement. You guys knew what I meant. I predict it will end up aging well over time, though.
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nah, you justified it with your "I honestly don't ever remember a single album aging as good as this one has one month after its release"...i just found it chuckle worthy was all. :smiley:
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Well, its rather interesting. Usually after a month, an album doesn't remain as fresh as when you first heard it. In addition to that, the new album is quite long and has many songs, which sometimes can affect how much people like the album since there is a lot of material to digest. My point was that the Periphery CD has done particularly well in keeping my interest throughout the 14-track album as well as staying very fresh as to where each listen for me feels like the first again. Its a fantastic album in that right.
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It really bothers me that this album has lower score than the first on sputnikmusic. No offense regarding the first album (which I still love), but it just goes to show how many people are willing to spend their time downrating something they haven't even heard. I can't believe how many people do that. I don't expect everyone to like all music out there, but people who spend more time hating on some bands and artists rather than appreciating what they like, that really bothers me.
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P2 > P1
its an upgrade on all levels
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Yes, I agree.. that's one part of why it bothers me that people hate the band so much, without really giving them a chance.
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@ ResultsMayVary:
ya, you totally have a point...im sure most of us music lovers on this forum devour the fuck outta new albums that we like (or expect to like) and easily have 60 listens in by the time a month goes by for many of the bands we follow. by the time one gets to that many spins, the pace may start to slow, but if an album has 'aged well' in that month, as periphery II has for you, the pace might continue for some time (and one realizes he might have another all time favorites type album, bumping something else from his list).
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Actually I still prefer P1. It may change over time but the first album feels more raw (in a good way) to me. P2 is not far behind though.
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I'm going to be contrary here.
Don't get me wrong, I like it, it's a great album, but-I simply like the debut better. I'm not a fan of the ambient interludes or extended endings-they feel like they should be separate tracks, rather than used to extend a four minute song to six minutes-and at 14 songs, it just feels too long. It may not help that I listen to a TON of djent, and I'm a little burned out on the Meshuggah riffs, ambient interludes, and the general sense of-I dunno, sameness that you get from the subgenre. If I had a criticism of the first album, it was that the last third or so, minus Racecar, kind of blended together. A whole LOT of this album blends together that way. It's by no means a disappointment-it IS a great album-but it's nowhere near the top of my year end to date list.
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not sure what youre trying to say.
so instead of having every interlude at the end of the songs like the first album, epoch being its own track is what turns you off? or having them in the first place? but that wouldn't make sense since the first album also had them
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I think the ambient interludes, if they have to exist, need to be their own track; Ragnarok, for example, is a four minute long song with a two minute long, unrelated ambient interlude tacked onto the end. Personally I think the entire album would be improved by a little editing from one end to the other just to tighten it up, from my point of view.
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I think the ambient interludes, if they have to exist, need to be their own track; Ragnarok, for example, is a four minute long song with a two minute long, unrelated ambient interlude tacked onto the end. Personally I think the entire album would be improved by a little editing from one end to the other just to tighten it up, from my point of view.
The Periphery guys have stated multiple times that the interludes serve as a way to continue the flow of the album, since they write/record the albums in order for people to listen to the entire album, not the individual songs. The reason why they aren't separate tracks is because they use the interludes at the end of the songs the same way live in order for them to change guitars, etc. between separate songs in their live set (not to mention they would end up having 25+ tracks if the interludes weren't separate, which is quite ridiculous).
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the beauty of the interludes at the end of the track is that the 'next track' button is always available to press
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the beauty of the interludes at the end of the track is that the 'next track' button is always available to press
Bingo. Great solution. :tup
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It really bothers me that this album has lower score than the first on sputnikmusic. No offense regarding the first album (which I still love), but it just goes to show how many people are willing to spend their time downrating something they haven't even heard. I can't believe how many people do that. I don't expect everyone to like all music out there, but people who spend more time hating on some bands and artists rather than appreciating what they like, that really bothers me.
Well, you can blame sputnik for that, with the "objectivity" bullshit and all. You're not objective if you don't give any albums low scores, so in that way the site encourages people to go and downvote stuff they haven't really even listened to.
Sputnik is a pretty terrible place anyway.
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I know what you mean. :D I think I'm at ~78-80% objectivity or something.
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the beauty of the interludes at the end of the track is that the 'next track' button is always available to press
Bingo. Great solution. :tup
Kind of destroys the notion, though, that they're there to make the CD flow better as one piece of music. :lol That's the only real problem I have; if I have to hit the skip button constantly, the album loses its flow. I get the idea, but the interludes feel tacked on, almost constantly, to me.
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Just admit you don't like Ambiance.
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Erm...no? I love the ambient second disc that Uneven Structure put out with Februus. I like it in moderation as an interlude in the middle of a song. I just don't think Periphery utilizes them well in context of their songs, because in all honesty, they all sound like they wrote a 15 minute long ambient piece and then spread it randomly through the album.
Trust me, if I didn't like ambient pieces, I wouldn't have half the djent I have on my playlist.
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Erm...no? I love the ambient second disc that Uneven Structure put out with Februus. I like it in moderation as an interlude in the middle of a song. I just don't think Periphery utilizes them well in context of their songs, because in all honesty, they all sound like they wrote a 15 minute long ambient piece and then spread it randomly through the album.
Trust me, if I didn't like ambient pieces, I wouldn't have half the djent I have on my playlist.
I was just messin. I get what you mean, I thought it was cool to include them. Reminds me of Mudvaynes self-titled where they did the same thing on a couple of songs, with them I wish they'd extend them into actual.songs because they have a cool vibe.
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I like the interludes when listening to the album as a whole but if I just pick certain songs to listen to, I do end up skipping it sometimes.
This album has def. aged well so far. Still feels fresh after a month or so and I probably listened to it 15-20 times as a whole. I haven't listened to it in a few days and I'm dying to right now but I got a long 10 hour flight on Friday and this will def. be on my playlist :tup
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Me with Spencer at Summer Slaughter in Dallas.
(https://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n388/Hatchetbull/spencer-1.jpg)
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He has the most epic beard.
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I noticed P2 is so good as an album. Like its meant to be listened to that way.
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https://soundcloud.com/iambulb/girlfight-fucking-fuck-feat (https://soundcloud.com/iambulb/girlfight-fucking-fuck-feat)
:lol
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Dear God. :rollin
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been watching a bunch of summer slaughter vids. even though the audio isn't great, this may be the best spencer has ever hit dat note
https://youtu.be/GyE8ggfv0To?t=4m4s
and mark playing through some songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWFng932Bqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRl7fV39xnQ&feature=channel&list=UL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWysLnRhrRQ&feature=channel&list=UL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2tJfsEX7dI&feature=channel&list=UL
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I can't wait to see/interview these guys on Friday. it's been way too long since the first time I saw them opening for Fair To Midland back in March of last year.
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I saw them last night in Cleveland. They were very, very, very good and Spencer was on point the entire night.
SPOILERS
The setlist was:
Zyglrox
Make Total Destroy
Facepalm Mute
Icarus Lives!
The Walk
Ragnarok
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I would like to see them headline a show.
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I would like to see them headline a show.
do you live in the US? they came around last fall on the frak the gods headlining tour
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I would like to see them headline a show.
do you live in the US? they came around last fall on the frak the gods headlining tour
Yeah but I couldn't go.
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I asked Mark last night if they were going to do a headlining tour soon and he said they were trying to plan one either before the end of the year or at the beginning of next year since the Mayhem Cruise thing was cancelled.
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Sick.
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My interview with Jake Bowen, featuring Misha in the background on his laptop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1oT-1b_3g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1oT-1b_3g)
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Great inteview. "I'm here with Alex...from Periphery." And then you saying sorry forever. :lol
Jake is really hilarious. At the Cleveland show, he ended up sound checking both microphones for their set and said:
"Hi..........I'm Jake Bowen and I love Pantera...bitches." With a huge pause after saying hi. It was hilarious.
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Great inteview. "I'm here with Alex...from Periphery." And then you saying sorry forever. :lol
Jake is really hilarious. At the Cleveland show, he ended up sound checking both microphones for their set and said:
"Hi..........I'm Jake Bowen and I love Pantera...bitches." With a huge pause after saying hi. It was hilarious.
:lol Did you catch Misha's reaction at all?
In my defense and everyone said it after the interview, Their tour manager's name is Alex, who was I was talking to before the interview. But yeah they loved it. Misha Jake and Alex said this was one of their favorite interviews they've done this year. Which I take as a huge compliment. They said they usually get bombarded with "What is Djent?" questions and it was refreshing to hear an actual fan interview the band.
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This video was posted on 5/8, and holy shit. It's a vocal cover of Scarlet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxZbhJk01g
I think I'm in love. :heart
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Great inteview. "I'm here with Alex...from Periphery." And then you saying sorry forever. :lol
Jake is really hilarious. At the Cleveland show, he ended up sound checking both microphones for their set and said:
"Hi..........I'm Jake Bowen and I love Pantera...bitches." With a huge pause after saying hi. It was hilarious.
:lol Did you catch Misha's reaction at all?
In my defense and everyone said it after the interview, Their tour manager's name is Alex, who was I was talking to before the interview. But yeah they loved it. Misha Jake and Alex said this was one of their favorite interviews they've done this year. Which I take as a huge compliment. They said they usually get bombarded with "What is Djent?" questions and it was refreshing to hear an actual fan interview the band.
Misha wasn't on stage at the time. It was just Jake checking Spencer's mic.
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This video was posted on 5/8, and holy shit. It's a vocal cover of Scarlet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxZbhJk01g
I think I'm in love. :heart
She's good, no doubt. But it sounds like she sings out of her nose a bit to much.
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i think the fact that shes a girl clouds how meh it is. 3:38 lol. her make total destroy video is quite awful. as most vocal covers are
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bah. it sounded pretty deadly to me. sure, 3:38 mighta been a fuck up. but she hits a shit ton awesome notes throughout.
i mean, would spencer nail every note live?!
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Great inteview. "I'm here with Alex...from Periphery." And then you saying sorry forever. :lol
Jake is really hilarious. At the Cleveland show, he ended up sound checking both microphones for their set and said:
"Hi..........I'm Jake Bowen and I love Pantera...bitches." With a huge pause after saying hi. It was hilarious.
:lol Did you catch Misha's reaction at all?
In my defense and everyone said it after the interview, Their tour manager's name is Alex, who was I was talking to before the interview. But yeah they loved it. Misha Jake and Alex said this was one of their favorite interviews they've done this year. Which I take as a huge compliment. They said they usually get bombarded with "What is Djent?" questions and it was refreshing to hear an actual fan interview the band.
Misha wasn't on stage at the time. It was just Jake checking Spencer's mic.
I meant in my video. "DID you really just call Jake, Alex?" :rollin
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bah. it sounded pretty deadly to me. sure, 3:38 mighta been a fuck up. but she hits a shit ton awesome notes throughout.
i mean, would spencer nail every note live?!
that's just the funniest part, the rest is just alright at best. but this video is definitely better than the MTD one, but guys still lost their shit over that one
i find the comments the best. if she was a dude this would be ignored.
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The MTD one is really bad. The Scarlet cover is really good though.
edit:typo
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ya, i could tell the MTD one wasnt so great from the get-go...didnt even bother with the whole thing.
still think scarlet sounds great, though.
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the funniest part is that some people in the comments say they prefer her to spencer. LOL
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the funniest part is that some people in the comments say they prefer her to spencer. LOL
I'd say that's either: A) people who haven't heard Spencers singing on P2, or B) people desperate for a girlfriend so they'll say pretty much anything to "improve" their chances.
:P
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the funniest part is that some people in the comments say they prefer her to spencer. LOL
I'd say that's either: A) people who haven't heard Spencers singing on P2, or B) people desperate for a girlfriend so they'll say pretty much anything to "improve" their chances.
:P
That'll improve my chances? brb
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bumping this thread back with a mile zero video i made last night
https://youtu.be/ioEkjDKSvnY
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bumping this thread back with a mile zero video i made last night
https://youtu.be/ioEkjDKSvnY
Damn! That's pretty sweet :metal. Good work :tup
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Just got my tickets for Periphery & Killswitch for the end of december here in jersey.
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My friends band opened for them in Baltimore not too long ago. Always fun when you can get in to a free concert because of your friends success.
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bumping this thread back with a mile zero video i made last night
https://youtu.be/ioEkjDKSvnY
Damn! That's pretty sweet :metal. Good work :tup
thanks man!
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double post
SICK new headstock cam footage of make total destroy
https://youtu.be/R5qc_SelFjM
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Hahaha misha
Awesome video
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That video is badass! :metal
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nolly cam https://youtu.be/HCp8vE1ZT0g
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Quite the interesting cover of "Erised"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cVmsLSiAW_Q#!
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Quite the interesting cover of "Erised"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cVmsLSiAW_Q#!
Petrucci solo on sax = eargasm
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Saw that earlier, that cover is awesome.
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So thats Misha's brother?
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there's a distant sound of. melody.
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i would like that ski jacket haha
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Spencer has a SICK guest spot on this song. the rest is alright but Spencer is 1:40 to 1:56. definitely his highest recorded note
https://soundcloud.com/beingmusic/being-anthropocene-air
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Dude.. I.. DUDE. THAT NOTE..
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WOAH
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Juggernaut update. That is some heavy shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoIPee0H3aU&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoIPee0H3aU&feature=youtu.be)
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https://www.theprp.com/2013/01/14/news/periphery-to-support-the-deftones-in-march/
Periphery to directly support Deftones in March
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They're coming to Corpus Christi... no way! Nobody ever comes here!
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Lucky you. They're not coming to Ohio, at all. So I'm a bit frustrated.
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Yes, lucky me! It's about time. They didn't come to Ohio when I lived there.
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Scarlet Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlwxFOVxIoA) :metal
All I'm going to say is #TeamKetchup
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Scarlet Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlwxFOVxIoA) :metal
All I'm going to say is #TeamKetchup
+1 :metal
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so ridiculous
this has to be a subtle FU to everyone that gets butthurt every time they release anything
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Scarlet is the one song from PII I never listen to, so when they announced that that was the song that was getting amusic video I was dissapointed.
But I have to say, that video had me actually laughing out loud. Hilarious.
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https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2013/03/15/a-very-personal-interview-with-periphery-this-time-its-heavy/ (https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2013/03/15/a-very-personal-interview-with-periphery-this-time-its-heavy/)
Interesting (and long) interview about all sorts of things. What caught my attention was the stuff about Juggernaut and the writing dynamics of the members of the band.
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From FB: "Spencer just sang Passenger with Deftones onstage for the last show Houston, so epic!! There will be videos!" :metal
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Saw them in Corpus opening for Deftones. Only went for Periphery; was still completely worth it. Got to BS with a few of them after the show; what a great group of guys - each time I've seen them, they'll hang out with the fan(s) afterward. They've gotten better and better each time I've seen them - from instrumental in Cleveland to opening for DT in Albany to rocking with Sponce in Corpus Christi. Tight show and they managed to really get the crowd going - it's so awesome to see people get into great new music this way!
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So I just found this band. They're an instrumental prog metal band with a strong resemblance to Periphery/Bulb. Really cool stuff!
https://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/ (https://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
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I am so tired of instrumental djent-bands. I mean, it's not bad, it's just everywhere and gets so boring so quickly.
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You really only need a few instrumental djent bands to get your fix, after that you get into the copycats and the soundalikes. It's good in small doses, I found, but really easy to burn out on.
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So I just found this band. They're an instrumental prog metal band with a strong resemblance to Periphery/Bulb. Really cool stuff!
https://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/ (https://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
Yup I have thier new album In Time. One of the vert few Djent bands I enjoy.
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Chimp Spanner is awesome as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1AVDxt0SE
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Yeah Chimp Spanner is an instrumental djent band I can listen to. But that's probably because it's the first instrumental djent band I heard and pretty much everything else just sounds like Chimp Spanner to me.
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You really only need a few instrumental djent bands to get your fix, after that you get into the copycats and the soundalikes. It's good in small doses, I found, but really easy to burn out on.
This, except not just instrumental.
Hell, I can't even get through the entirety of either of Periphery's albums.
If a song comes on in shuffle, I'll enjoy it. But I can't take an entire album at once.
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Fuck yes they just added us to their headline tour w/ Norma Jean at a real intimate place I never heard of. I am really stoked.
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The amount of irrelevant (to me) information posted on their facebook is getting frustrating, are things even moving forward with Juggernaut?
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I dunno, I also feel like updates are pretty slow. I don't mind waiting for something, but at least let me know that what I'm waiting for is actually making progress. :lol
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Alright, the shows tonight. I'll post about it when I return....
I hope Matt Halpern doesn't break his pinky tonight.
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Show was awesome. Loved how intimate it was...sad Halpern hurt his pinky.
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From their facebook:
"Big announcement coming tomorrow - stay tuned!"
I am really hoping this isn't just about some show happening on the other side of the world or that Misha has bought a new guitar or something. I just want some information on the next album, please.
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Yeah I hope it's Juggernaut.
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it's gotta be a tour.
they are taking their time with new music
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And it was a tour announcement...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYiv2S9K2l8&feature=youtu.be
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Sweet, Periphery is actually headlining a NA tour for once. I'll definitely be at the 11/16 show.
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I wish they'd stayed instrumental. Vocals completely ruin it for me.
+1
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That's absolutely bonkers you guys, Spencer's one of the best vocalists there is out there.
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Once again NM gets shafted. Oh well, guess I'll just enjoy the album.
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I'd like to go to the Tampa show, but even if I don't have class, I'm short on a ride.
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That's absolutely bonkers you guys, Spencer's one of the best vocalists there is out there.
Hey if you like it, that's good for you, I guess. Personally, I find it on par with nails on a chalkboard. Sorry.
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fucking love spencer. not many people can do what he does live. i get the hate for album 1's vocals, but P2's vocals are unreal
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No Austin TX show? I hope someone's dick falls off.
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No! Damn it, I am so sick of the overload of pointless updates from these guys.
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No! Damn it, I am so sick of the overload of pointless updates from these guys.
How is this a pointless update? It's a tour they're Headlining with some great back up bands :\
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No Austin TX show? I hope someone's dick falls off.
Boo hoo you can't drive to San Antonio?
EDIT: Nevermind, you're only 13.
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they aren't even done writing juggernaut so it was kinda obvious it would be a tour reveal.
don't see how they 'overload pointless updates'
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No Austin TX show? I hope someone's dick falls off.
Boo hoo you can't drive to San Antonio?
EDIT: Nevermind, you're only 13.
F No, especially for playing at The White Rabbit (shittiest venue ever).
Already debating Kamelot and Fates Warning in S.A. Both are on Wednesdays (sept something and Dec 4th)... that'll be lame enough driving down, and back on the same day or staying over night(adding more money to the trip)
Austin has a great number of venues that would work just fine for metal bands.
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It's pointless for me since it's in the states and not Europe, at least. :lol But yeah, cool for the ones here who get to see them again. I got to see them open for BTBAM and it was great. I hope they come back here as headliners though, would love to see them get more than 30 mins.
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Everything they have posted in a long time has been pointless for me. They haven't posted a single remotely interesting thing since the release of PII.
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No date even close to Ohio is complete bullshit. Whoever put together the tour is a fucking moron.
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fucking love spencer. not many people can do what he does live. i get the hate for album 1's vocals, but P2's vocals are unreal
I love Spencer's voice also, but on P2 his phrasing gets way too close to sounding like Rody Walker, and no one should try and copy Rody, he's just too good.
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He does sound a bit more like Rody on P2, but not that much really. I think a part of why he sounds so much better is simply the fact that he uses a much bigger variety of styles and tones in his voice.
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ehh it's close at times. Rody didn't have a problem with it. Everyone freaked out at the MTD recording video, but it's not a copy
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In case anyone is interested, here is a new interview I did with Jake Bowen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZI1g3iAok (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZI1g3iAok)
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Cool interview, interesting.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/1igvvz/no_matter_how_hard_i_try_i_cant_seem_to_get_into/
Guy can't get into Periphery. Misha (iambulb) chimes in and says no probs.
:metal
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https://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/1igvvz/no_matter_how_hard_i_try_i_cant_seem_to_get_into/
Guy can't get into Periphery. Misha (iambulb) chimes in and says no probs.
:metal
Misha is so cool like that. He is all over the place in social media and he takes criticism pretty damn well considering the idiocy of the internet age.
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Official live video of Ragnarok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm3OpBpwzBs&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm3OpBpwzBs&feature=youtu.be)
Okay video I guess. Awesome song, best on PII.
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Pretty cool and def the best track on the album :metal
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Pretty cool and def the best track on the album :metal
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So they're having a guitar solo contest for Erised. Here's my entry, I'd appreciate you guys voting for me since the top 15 videos with the most votes go to the judging round. Thanks for watching!
https://meltwater-iframe-523663.strutta.com/entry/625975
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That was an awesome solo! You've got serious chops. The tone kinda hurt my ears, though. Not sure if it was cause by the balance or what, but seemed super sharp.
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Yeah, the tone came out a bit harsh, not exactly sure why. Hopefully it will sound a bit better once I get it on Youtube. At any rate, thank you for your encouragement, I really appreciate it!
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Yeah, the tone came out a bit harsh, not exactly sure why. Hopefully it will sound a bit better once I get it on Youtube. At any rate, thank you for your encouragement, I really appreciate it!
Here's the Youtube link: https://youtu.be/II-nr97CM1s
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If you love the kilt then let it die.
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https://meltwater-iframe-523663.strutta.com/entry/625975
Bump. Down to the last two weeks of voting, I'm close to the top 15 but I'll need help from you guys! Hate to be that guy, but there are some pretty abysmal entries getting a lot of votes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Av0kfz8R50
AWESOME
From Facebook:
Clear is an experiment to explore all of the different writing styles in the band. It's rare when you have a band where every member is capable of writing and producing music. With each member controlling their own track, this recording enabled us to go down any path we chose in terms of style and sound.
“Every track also contains a melodic theme established in Clear's intro track Overture this common thread links all of the songs together, even though they all sound wildly different. Clear shouldn't be confused with our new 3rd full-length album that we're currently working on, nor should it be considered an EP as it rides somewhere in-between clocking in at 30 minutes. Enjoy!"
Clear will be released in the US on Jan. 28th 2014, and for now here is a little teaser!
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so stoked for this :metal
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This sounds like it'll be sick.
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Finally some news that isn't about a tour or some gear. This sounds great.
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so there's a new song called "Feed the Ground" floating around, it kicks ass :metal
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Song fucking sucks
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Song fucking sucks
why so serious?
obviously its a spencer track, but just being called matt track. i like it. but in the end it doesnt matter. clear is just an experiment
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I don't really like it either. I wouldn't say that it "fucking sucks", but it's not very good.
It's a shame though, in the trailer it sounded like it would be one of the better tracks.
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Misha's track will redeem the "not album but also not EP", definitely. Jake's song sounds pretty good too.
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previews of the Clear EP are up: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/clear/id780211427 (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/clear/id780211427)
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EP sounds like an interesting idea.
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The EP stream right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww8wIUTzjvk&list=PLH22-xSMERQp18O1-ZMBCGD8zXwcDa037#t=1
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Listening now, sounds good.
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Really digging Matt, Spencer, and Nolly's tracks!
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First listen thoughts:
1. Overture - Pretty much exactly what everyone probably expected. Still cool though.
2. The Summer Jam - Not a huge fan on first listen.
3. Feed the Ground - I remember not liking this when it was posted a while ago, haven't listened to it since. But it was admittably better than I remembered.
4. Zero - If this track had lyrics, it would have been the best song on Clear.
5. The Parade of Ashes - Actually pretty good. Not a periphery-song, but still good.
6. Extraneous - I love Meshuggah.
7. Pale Aura - Featuring my favorite moment of Clear, the whole outro of this song.
In conclusion, good music for sure, but I'm not overly impressed. But it did contain my two probably favorite instrumental tracks by Periphery. But all of this was pretty much exactly what I expected after learning what this experiment was about, so it's all fine and it'll help in my wait for Juggernaut.
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This basically reassures me that if they dropped Spencer and Jake, and just focused on Misha, Nolly, and Mark writing the best riffs and grooves they could, Periphery would be an incredible band. But alas, that is not the case.
no hate intended, Periphery is alright. They just have potential to be so much better.
Track ranking: (1-3 being :metal :hefdaddy god-tier, 4-6 being :\ :tdwn :facepalm: shit-tier)
1. Extraneous
2. Pale Aura
3. Zero
4. The Summer Jam
5. The Parade of Ashes
6. Feed The Ground
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All songs are good, but Pale Aura is definitely my fave.
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i like them all.
and also I'll defend spencer to the death. I love that he's in the band. the band's lineup is an A-team of talented musicians and Juggernaut is gonna rule. This EP was a nice thing to put out while we wait, and shouldn't be taken too seriously
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Really good EP even if I don't like it as much as the first two albums. Can't wait for Juggernaut!
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4.44 songs in, and :metal parade of ashes!
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Yeah the EP was an experiment and IMO is a success!
Really cool to see individually what each member is really into.
Mark and Jake's riffs seem to be technical but have a lot of melody in them
Spencer has a pop influence
Misha and Nolly write a lot of heavy/darker stuff
Halpern is just a beast
Those are just some things that came to my mind as I was listening.
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Giving it a listen now, and rather liking it.
And put me in the "fuck the Spencer haters" camp, I love what he brings to the band. :biggrin:
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I wish they'd stayed instrumental. Vocals completely ruin it for me.
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I'm with Jaq.
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Listened to this a couple times, it's pretty great. Not as good as the albums obviously, but that's an unfair comparison.
I actually think Matt and Spencer's songs are some of the strongest on the EP... They're a different style than most Periphery songs, but that makes them stand out more.
Also, is Jake's song the only one that contains a musical motif from the overture? Did that element of the EP just get abandoned? :lol
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Halpern is just a beast
Those are just some things that came to my mind as I was listening.
Halpern only played on Parade of Ashes and Feed The Ground, just FYI.
All of the other songs used programmed drum machine
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Too bad the rest of the band didn't record at the studio with matt and spencer. Their two songs sound much better sonically
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Halpern is just a beast
Those are just some things that came to my mind as I was listening.
Halpern only played on Parade of Ashes and Feed The Ground, just FYI.
All of the other songs used programmed drum machine
How do you know this? They all sound like he played on them to me.
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I think it was Jake who mentioned it in an interview. And the drum sound is quite noticeably different on those two tracks vs. the others.
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Yeah now that I'm listening for it, it's there.
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Halpern is just a beast
Those are just some things that came to my mind as I was listening.
Halpern only played on Parade of Ashes and Feed The Ground, just FYI.
All of the other songs used programmed drum machine
Yup the others are all Toontrack.
He is just a great drummer in general. He gets some of the best drum sounds IMO too. This was posted last week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBzQKeUXGOw
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So after sinking in all the way, I'd say that this EP definitely exceeded my expectations. Short, but incredibly sweet.
The chorus to The Parade Of Ashes is one of the catchiest things I've heard in a while.
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Have listened through Clear EP a few times. Nothing really sticks out and enchants me like is the case with their studio albums. But the chorus to The Parade of Ashes is just fantastic, as has been said by an above poster. That is the only part of the album that sticks out to me atm.
Just one of those albums where nothing gets etched in my brain.
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Oddly, I had the opposite reaction. Periphery II felt overlong because of the tacked on ambient parts, this was short and sweet and not quite as hung up on being djenty (minus, really, the instrumentals other than Overture) and showed they had a lot more to offer to me than just the djent stuff.
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Periphery Rankings?
Periphery II
Periphery
Clear
Icarus EP
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Periphery II felt overlong because of the tacked on ambient parts,
What? Those really bring the album up in my opinion.
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Periphery II
Periphery
Clear
Icarus EP
That.
Though honestly, the first album has way too much filler in my opinion for me to listen to it all the way through often.
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Periphery II
Periphery
Clear
Icarus EP
That.
Though honestly, the first album has way too much filler in my opinion for me to listen to it all the way through often.
The first album really grew on me over the years. I do agree that it is tough to listen to from start to finish even though I like all the songs.
I feel the same way with the Animals as Leaders albums as well. I might listen to a few tracks, take a break, and then listen to some more etc
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P2 is probably my favorite album, but Racecar is probably my favorite song.
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P2 is probably my favorite album, but Racecar is probably my favorite song.
This.
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I'm not really sure, but I think it's:
1. Periphery
2. Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
3. Icarus
4. Clear
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P2 is probably my favorite album, but Racecar is probably my favorite song.
This.
i'd probably go with this
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Ragnarok would probably be mine.
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Periphery II: This Time it's Personal
Periphery
Clear
Icarus EP
Have a Blast
Masamune
Frak the Gods
Erised
Buttersnips
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This basically reassures me that if they dropped Spencer and Jake, and just focused on Misha, Nolly, and Mark writing the best riffs and grooves they could, Periphery would be an incredible band. But alas, that is not the case.
no hate intended, Periphery is alright. They just have potential to be so much better.
Track ranking: (1-3 being :metal :hefdaddy god-tier, 4-6 being :\ :tdwn :facepalm: shit-tier)
1. Extraneous
2. Pale Aura
3. Zero
4. The Summer Jam
5. The Parade of Ashes
6. Feed The Ground
To me, if only Misha was writing, we would have Periphery I again. Which in my view is a collection of pushed together riffs, without much thought to anything else. I love Periphery II much more as the whole band was there for some of it, and the songs work much better as actual songs. Periphery I goes in a 100 different directions IMO, and Nolly's and Misha's songs on Clear are more of the same to me.
I love diverse riffs and not always being too simple, but if it's too over the place, it's easy to get lost I feel. I cannot remember much about Misha and Nolly's songs, maybe besides the now stock Meshuggah-esque single note octave riffs.
Having, as Jake said in the trailer for the EP, 6 writers in the band is cool, and I feel balances everything out. I wouldn't want an album full of Matt, Jake and Spencer's stuff. But I certainly wouldn't be too thrilled with 100% Misha and Nolly (in style, I view his track as very close to Misha)… that is Periphery I to me.
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ya, the three songs i most wanna spin off the EP are summer jam, parade of ashes, and feed the ground.
back to RACECAR. anyone get a tony mac vibe from a bunch of the lead guitar melodies and solos in the closing minutes of the song? i always did.
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Can't get into Clear at all. The production/mastering is so aggressive to my ears, just abrasive. Still digging Periphery II, I'm curious if they can top that one in the future.
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Can't get into Clear at all. The production/mastering is so aggressive to my ears, just abrasive.
Sounds pretty much exactly the same as the production on their other albums to me...
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Yeah there is no problem with the production/mastering etc... I can hear everything on Clear very clearly.
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I can hear everything on Clear very clearly.
I see what you did there.
I don't think it's the clarity that's bugging him; the whole aggressive, mechanical sounding production with the triggered drums definitely isn't for everyone. I'm just confused as to why it's a problem on Clear and not the other albums, as they all have the same general production style.
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I can hear everything on Clear very clearly.
I see what you did there.
I don't think it's the clarity that's bugging him; the whole aggressive, mechanical sounding production with the triggered drums definitely isn't for everyone. I'm just confused as to why it's a problem on Clear and not the other albums, as they all have the same general production style.
Yeah that's the sound that has become popular now where everything sounds "perfect" if that makes sense. I personally love it! I love the production on Periphery I. Just an axe fx for the guitars and toontrack for drums. Misha is a great producer.
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Spencer and Matt's/Spencer's other song is live drums
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Spencer and Matt's/Spencer's other song is live drums
interesting how those are the simplest songs for drums too
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i noticed that also
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Spencer and Matt's/Spencer's other song is live drums
interesting how those are the simplest songs for drums too
they went and recorded at taylor larson's studio (where they made PII) the rest of the band didnt
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ya, the three songs i most wanna spin off the EP are summer jam, parade of ashes, and feed the ground.
back to RACECAR. anyone get a tony mac vibe from a bunch of the lead guitar melodies and solos in the closing minutes of the song? i always did.
whoa, trippy! am I actually listening to Jeff Loomis through the end sections (or maybe just a solo and not the melodies)?!
just happened to be reading something about Jeff and discovered he plays on the album, track # RaceCar.
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There is finally something happening with Juggernaut! I'm on my cellphone right now, so I won't trouble myself with links, but there are two studio updates on youtube for anyone who didn't know.
Not very much in them, but I'm just happy it's moving forward.
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Good to see they are recording the album, but both "studio updates" don't say anything at all, pure studio banter ;D
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I just grow more and more disppointed that Zero doesn't have lyrics every time I hear it. It's pretty cool instrumental tune, but missing something. It would have probably been a fantastic Periphery track with some cool vocals in there.
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I just grow more and more disppointed that Zero doesn't have lyrics every time I hear it. It's pretty cool instrumental tune, but missing something. It would have probably been a fantastic Periphery track with some cool vocals in there.
The composition and structure would have to be completely different for the vocals to make any sense though.
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Anyone have an extra ticket to see them tomorrow in amityville, new York?
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So, they are not playing any song from Clear. :tdwn
What was the fucking point of that album?
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So, they are not playing any song from Clear. :tdwn
What was the fucking point of that album?
>Choose not to play songs from one EP
>Means EP had no meaning or point to it
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Well at least that is what I expect when a band releases new material.
But it's ok, I guess it has to do with the amount of hate the ep received.
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I loved the EP. It's easily one of my favorite releases from this year.
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Apparently they played a song from Juggernaut live on the latest tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStfMAuemtY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStfMAuemtY)
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https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/periphery-to-release-juggernaut-alpha-and-juggernaut-omega-albums-in-january/
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I'm excited to see them in January, with Thank You Scientist opening.
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A double album?
Oh boy... :metal
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Been looking forward to this for a while; the news that it is a double album is certainly intriguing.
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Really looking forward to this. From what I read on Mark's Q&A on twitter, Omega should be especially awesome.
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Cover art and track listing both albums released! I am beyond excited.
ALPHA:
(https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p720x720/10411843_10152908612708217_4053888176178920229_n.jpg?oh=420b01ad2b11e843dbdc81bb8c4473be&oe=54DA8C47)
01 - A Black Minute - 4:16
02 - MK Ultra - 2:50
03 - Heavy Heart - 4:22
04 - The Event - 1:45
05 - The Scourge - 5:36
06 - Alpha - 5:31
07 - 22 Faces - 3:52
08 - Rainbow Gravity - 4:39
09 - Four Lights - 2:18
10 - Psychosphere - 6:16
OMEGA:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p720x720/10410263_10152908612818217_4804689635161576342_n.jpg?oh=5a8d77262a1ee223b184469a64f40e06&oe=54DFA5E1&__gda__=1423683175_6556b763fe248d3e2657df50b9e8f8e9)
01 - Reprise - 1:25
02 - The Bad Thing - 5:54
03 - Priestess - 5:04
04 - Graveless - 3:56
05 - Hell Below - 3:43
06 - Omega - 11:44
07 - Stranger Things - 7:35
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The artwork for Omega is totally a giant vagina.
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:lol
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The artwork for Omega is totally a giant vagina.
There is no way I'll be able to unsee that :lol
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Cover art and track listing both albums released! I am beyond excited.
ALPHA:
(https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p720x720/10411843_10152908612708217_4053888176178920229_n.jpg?oh=420b01ad2b11e843dbdc81bb8c4473be&oe=54DA8C47)
01 - A Black Minute - 4:16
02 - MK Ultra - 2:50
03 - Heavy Heart - 4:22
04 - The Event - 1:45
05 - The Scourge - 5:36
06 - Alpha - 5:31
07 - 22 Faces - 3:52
08 - Rainbow Gravity - 4:39
09 - Four Lights - 2:18
10 - Psychosphere - 6:16
OMEGA:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p720x720/10410263_10152908612818217_4804689635161576342_n.jpg?oh=5a8d77262a1ee223b184469a64f40e06&oe=54DFA5E1&__gda__=1423683175_6556b763fe248d3e2657df50b9e8f8e9)
01 - Reprise - 1:25
02 - The Bad Thing - 5:54
03 - Priestess - 5:04
04 - Graveless - 3:56
05 - Hell Below - 3:43
06 - Omega - 11:44
07 - Stranger Things - 7:35
Been trying not to follow too closely cause I'll obsess otherwise..lol... Have they set a release date yet and is it a confirmed concept album?
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Us release is January 27th
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Read track 10 as Psychosane at first. :lol
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Been trying not to follow too closely cause I'll obsess otherwise..lol... Have they set a release date yet and is it a confirmed concept album?
It is very much a confirmed concept album! They have said in various Q&As that both albums are one story with a very complex story revolving a main character, with forshadowings, reoccuring themes spanning both discs, and all the good stuff of a concept album.
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I loved the cover art. Can't wait to check this shit out.
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They've premiered a new song today "The Scourge" from the upcoming albums (although I have yet to hear it.. may hold off for the release).
https://www.revolvermag.com/news/periphery-premiere-new-song-the-scourge.html
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As many others have pointed out, it sounds like a song that would work a lot better within the context of the record. By itself, it didn't sound like anything super special, though the heavier parts sounded pretty sick.
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I like it. It's not the best Periphery track ever, but this is the first single, those rarely interest me much.
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With "The Scourge" released off Alpha; I've heard the band will be releasing a tune from Omega on Dec.3...
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Just after one day, The Scourge has 'aged' extremely well to be honest. Very cool track.
With "The Scourge" released off Alpha; I've heard the band will be releasing a tune from Omega on Dec.3...
That would be great.
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They really could have extended that ending another 15-30 seconds.
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They really could have extended that ending another 15-30 seconds.
Well the version we have heard is only 4:11 long, and the track on the actual album is 5:36.
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:getoffmylawn: They stole my album title !!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNIbcqxYL0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNIbcqxYL0)
New track from 'Omega'. This is some truly epicly heavy shit.
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Neither of the two new songs has impressed me tbh. :-\
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Pretty much the same here. I'm still excited and will give the albums some spins, but neither of the songs have really stood out. Kinda just feels like "more of the same".
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Really? This new one is so awesome it's rediculous. If the rest of the albums keeps to the level of what I've heard so far, this will end up being my favorite Periphery album(s).
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I should add that I only listened to both songs once, because while curious, I want to go in as fresh as possible into the album. So it could totally turn out to be one of those situations where the song might sound okay at first, but after more listens, or in the context of the album, it makes much more sense.
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Nah, the new song is amazing. Heavy as can be, and a great melody repeated twice. Better than most of P2 in my opinion.
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Misha's old demo 'Lovesong' is such a beautiful tune.
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New track. Sounding solid enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL8uL1eg17g
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Yeah it's pretty good, though it's my least favorite out the three we've heard.
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Definitely my least favorite of the three we've heard. Spencer's really starting to overdo it with his cleans. They sounded like some meh post-hardcore stuff my roommates might listen to, and the music sounded really plain for a Periphery song.
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Yeah, I'd be lying if I didn't say these singles have me a bit worried about the quality of the new album. They sound really, really generic for Periphery's standards.
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^ If '22 Faces' was all we had I'd reluctantly maybe agree with you. But since we have 'The Scourge', which is great, and 'The Bad Thing', which is freakin' awesome, I'll have to absolutely disagree.
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Haven't heard these yet. But Spencer doesn't have a unique voice.
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Checked back to the pre-PII days of this thread. There were definetely more hype here about that album back then, which is a bit sad.
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'Graveless' from the Omega-album was released a few days ago. I didn't anything about on their facebook though, so didn't find out about it until today. Cool track, not as good as 'The Bad Thing' or 'The Scourge', but right now I'd say that it's better than '22 Faces'.
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Never really Periphery much to begin with, but I gave the new songs an honest listen and I think they are even worse than their earlier material.
Have A Blast is still an awesome song.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BFadGJ3Kc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BFadGJ3Kc)
Another song. The track 'Alpha' from the first album. I liked this one more than the last one. A strong chorus, and a really cool second part of the song. So far I'd rank the released ones like this:
1 - The Bad Thing
2 - The Scourge
3 - Alpha
4 - 22 Faces
5 - Graveless
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If they keep this up, they will have released both albums as individual songs before the album release date.
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Have A Blast is still an awesome song.
:tup This is my favorite!
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I couldn't get into their first album, but I think Periphery II is effin' gold. Such a great listen, top to bottom. I had fun with their EPs, but the Juggernaut tracks release thus far haven't really done much for me. I enjoy bits and pieces, but I'm reserving judgment until I can give the album a listen.
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I tend to go back and forward, but I might prefer their debut. They are very close, and both have pros and cons. Periphery II sees Spencer deliver much stronger vocals than on the debut, but the debut feels kinda more consistent. With Periphery II I kinda lose interest for the last 10-15 minutes, whereas with Periphery I am there all the way. The songwriting is probably better overall on P2, but P1 has Racecar.. oh dilemmas.
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I'm a very casual fan, but I'm not feeling the new stuff at all for some reason. I think Racecar has their most badass riffs, and even vocally Spencer is great on it. Periphery II is pretty good song writing wise, it really improved on the debut overall IMO. Clear was pretty interesting, I especially like 'Feed the Ground', and just the overall increase of NIN-ish attitudes and electronics on that EP.
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Periphery II is definitely my favorite release by them, but the debut and Clear are both fantastic. Hopefully Juggernaut lives up to the band's standard of quality, but like many others, I'm not a big fan of a lot of the songs they've released from it so far. Alpha was pretty good, though.
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They played in Tampa last night, went to the show. Spencer said he had Strep Throat so their set was a little bit short for being headliners but they put on a great show. Gotta say though, Thank You Scientist completely stole the show. I've been a fan for awhile and they played honest to god one of the best sets I'll ever see.
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Kinda warming up to the new songs, but it's still pretty unlikely Juggernaut will match P2 for me. But either way I'm definitely more excited for it.
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Went to the show last night in Ft. Lauderdale. Spencer still had strep throat so in addition to cutting Scarlet and Ragnarok from the set, they did Ji, Alpha, and Graveless instrumental. It was really cool that Spencer even attempted to perform in that condition. They fucking KILLED it.
Thank You Scientist had van trouble so didnt get to see them. But Nothing More did the coolest bass solo i've ever seen.
I'm LOVING everything off Juggernaut so far. Can't wait for these albums.
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How long of a set is Thank You Scientist getting?
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I hope Spence feels a bit better during our stop. I'm gonna have to miss Thank You Scientist unfortunately.
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How long of a set is Thank You Scientist getting?
I want to say like a half hour. Would love to see them have a headliners timeslot though, I would have been okay with them for the rest of the night.
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How long of a set is Thank You Scientist getting?
I want to say like a half hour. Would love to see them have a headliners timeslot though, I would have been okay with them for the rest of the night.
Cool. That's a bummer but I'll take what I can get. Love Periphery but the first TYS album really runs circles around everything they've done.
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Juggernaut:Alpha is streaming now.
It's amazing.
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Fuckin Psychosphere muthafukin Psychosphere.
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Yeah Alpha was great. Even better than I expected. There is some straight up prog on there.
EDIT: Fuck it, here's my ranking:
1 - Psychosphere
2 - A Black Minute
3 - The Scourge
4 - Rainbow Gravity
5 - Heavy Heart
6 - Alpha
7 - 22 Faces
8 - MK Ultra
9 - Four Lights
10 - The Event
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The Black Minute just hit me hard. It was the perfect style of music I needed to hear in my point in life.
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Ranking of Alpha. I'll do Omega later.
1.Rainbow Gravity
2.MK Ultra
3.The Scourge
4.Heavy Heart
5.Psychosphere
6.Alpha
7.A Black Minute
8.Four Lights
9.22 Faces
10.The Event
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Listening to Juggernaut: Alpha, now. Not bad, so far. I have never heard a song from them before. All I do know is that they do have some connections with DT.
Liking Heavy Heart. Is it me, though, or does the vocalist sound somewhere in the veins of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington? Not that's a bad thing. Just an observation.
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Is it me, though, or does the vocalist sound somewhere in the veins of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington? Not that's a bad thing. Just an observation.
I can see that comparison, although Spencer is defienetely more rough I'd say.
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I'm digging Juggernaut much more than I thought I would. Fantastic album. :metal
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Just pressed play, 'A Black Minute' is really damn cool. Something completely different, like a heavier The Dear Hunter or something. Much better than the tracks they've been releasing so far.
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Yeah, both albums are great. The songs that didn't sound amazing on release sound great in context. Definitely a concept album that works as a whole.
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They kicked ass. Spence was sick but gave it his all.
We just showed why New Mexico kicks ass.
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oh they released both full albums? goddamn gotta listen to this when I get back from classes
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Omega is streaming now as well. And you know what that means.. Ranking time!
1 - Stranger Things
2 - Omega
3 - The Bad Thing
4 - Psychosphere
5 - A Black Minute
6 - Priestess
7 - The Scourge
8 - Rainbow Gravity
9 - Heavy Heart
10 - Hell Below (OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS HEAVY)
11 - Alpha
12 - 22 Faces
13 - MK Ultra
14 - Graveless
15 - Four Lights
16 - Reprise
17 - The Event
What's that? The albums too? You got it.
1 - Juggernaut: Omega
2 - Periphery
3 - Juggernaut: Alpha
4 - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
5 - Icarus EP
6 - Clear
Juggernaut: Omega has officially taken the spot as my favorite Periphery album, awesome stuff.
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Wow, wow, wow.
This stuff is such a leap forward, didn't expect that. Clear hinted at that, but it was way too uneven in style.
They're still that modern djent band with a slightly girly clean vox that's often autotuned. So what. The music speaks for itself and Spencer always matches the energy that the music around him demands, and sometimes it's the other way around. Somehow it's pretty cool to sound as clinically 'perfect' as you can. This is a band that uses cutting edge digital technology combined with insane technical and harmonical knowledge, and they're doing it better than ever on Juggernaut. Adding to that, the low end is insane. It's a hyper compressed, colorful, banging record. It succeeds where Epicloud and Sky Blue fail. As much as I like Devin Townsend. This shit is catchy as hell, the songwriting is incredibly tight and inspired.
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Damn, that reprise of the Alpha chorus at the end of Omega is fucking perfect.
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My pre-order arrived today, and it's glorious. Beautiful and quite scary artwork. The Juggerdoc was cool too.
Currently listening while reading the lyrics to try to get a grasp on what the story is.
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i get to wait until next week for my physical copy to arrive but I'm gonna sit down and listen to the digital version from amazon tonight if all goes well, didn't have a chance yesterday :<
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Album title thieves !!!! :police: :police: :angry:
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In Periphery's defense, they've been talking about Juggernaut since like 2011/2012 at earliest. I remember before they released P2 that they said Juggernaut would be their next album, but they pushed it forward in favor of releasing P2 first.
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Misha's been talking about Juggernaut since like 2007 or something.
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Album title thieves !!!! :police: :police: :angry:
They beat it to ya buddy. Album came out before yours.. you're now stealing their album title ;)
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Album title thieves !!!! :police: :police: :angry:
They beat it to ya buddy. Album came out before yours.. you're now stealing their album title ;)
Actually i first put mine out on Bandcamp in 2012 !
But I was only joking anyway :) :hat
Actually my new one is Juggernaut 2 - which implies that there is a part 1 which came before ;)
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Misha's been talking about Juggernaut since like 2007 or something.
Yup this. Icarus Lives was originally supposed to be a part of Juggernaut. Its original title was Juggernaut Icarus Lives.
It's too bad Juggernaut Inertia or Füf didn't make it on the Juggernaut album as originally planned; those were my favorite Bulb tunes.
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These albums are fucking delights. Absolutely incredible musicianship, and the lyrics are wonderful. Hell Below, lyrics and music as well, is B.R.U.T.A.L. I don't know which album I like better yet. It's all so good. If I wanted to make very preliminary rankings of the songs, I'd say:
1. Omega (Soft guitar break through the end is the highlight of the album.)
2. Rainbow Gravity
3. The Bad Thing
4. The Scourge
5. Stranger Things
6. 22 Faces
7. Alpha
8. Psychosphere
9. Priestess
10. A Black Minute
11. Hell Below
12. Heavy Heart
13. Four Lights
14. Reprise
15. Graveless
16. MK Ultra
17. The Event
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Alright, so I've listened to all of Juggernaut several times now. Thoughts:
I was kinda nervous prior to this album's release, mostly because most of the singles they released didn't impress me much. Thankfully, the album turned out to be awesome regardless. Counting both Alpha and Juggernaut as a single record (as they should be), I'd probably put it about on par with Periphery, with Periphery II still easily being the band's release thus far.
As far as comparing Alpha to Omega, Omega pretty much kicks Alpha's ass into high orbit. Alpha has some good songs, but overall it's a bit underwhelming. Omega, on the other hand, is solid from start to finish, and the final two songs are by far the best tracks from both discs.
One thing that bothers me a bit is that Alpha and Omega really didn't need to be separate releases. They don't stand all that well on their own, and hell, they only total up to just under 81 minutes. If the band just trimmed off about 3 minutes (which wouldn't have been that hard to do) they easily could have fit the whole thing on a single disc. But that's just a nitpick, really. Great album.
Dem rankings:
Omega
Stranger Things
Rainbow Gravity
A Black Minute
Alpha
Priestess
Psychosphere
Graveless
The Bad Thing
Hell Below
The Scourge
Heavy Heart
22 Faces
Four Lights
MK Ultra
The Event
Reprise
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So yeah, Juggernaut is the best thing they have put out.
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Very hard to rank, these albums are awesome
Stranger Things
Omega
Heavy Heart
Rainbow Gravity
A Black Minute
22 Faces
Priestess
The Bad Thing
MK Ultra
Alpha
The Scourge
Graveless
Hell Below
Reprise
Psychosphere
Four Lights
The Event
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Anybody know the story behind this concept? I've been digging this albums like none other, but I'd love to know what the subject matter is about!
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No one from the band has said. Spencer wants all the fans to form their own interpretation of what the story is before they maybe explain it sometime in the future.
I have listened quite a lot to this album, and have formed an idea of some things, but there's a lot I don't understand yet.
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I have to wait till my copy arrives. Do they have the lyrics in the booklets? If not, then you'll have to listen to the album while looking at the artwork.
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The lyrics are all in there. Which has hightened my appreciation for several of the songs.
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Really excellent album! Alpha is my favourite, but there's some superb stuff on Omega too.
My favourite songs are probably the two title tracks. The Alpha chorus is insanely catchy and I love when it reprises towards the end of Omega.
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These albums are so heavy! :eek
The chorus of Alpha has stucked to my head all the time, it really is insanely catchy! I have played that track too much in the past week.
I'm not a fan of screaming in Periphery's music so I like more clean vocal songs, like Erised, The Summer Jam and Alpha. Periphery is anyway quite a weird band for me cause I love many songs which usually are not so liked songs among the other fans.
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PI has the best individual songs, PII has the best vocal performance by Spencer, and Juggernaut has the best production as well as being the best album as a whole. Just something I thought of as a PII-song came on shuffle just now.
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I think Spencer sings better on Juggernaut than P2 tbh.
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I believe I'm one of the very few whom loves Froggin' Bullfish.
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I think Spencer sings better on Juggernaut than P2 tbh.
I don't know. I mean, I think he is awesome on Juggernaut. His cleans are about the same, but his screams have more force to them on PII.
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I think Spencer sings better on Juggernaut than P2 tbh.
Agreed, I think he's got better with each album.
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I think Spencer sings better on Juggernaut than P2 tbh.
I don't know. I mean, I think he is awesome on Juggernaut. His cleans are about the same, but his screams have more force to them on PII.
I'd disagree, if anything his screams have gotten even better than before.
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I believe I'm one of the very few whom loves Froggin' Bullfish.
I'm not a big fan of it overall, but it's got a freaking amazing chorus.
That's what I love about PII. Even the songs that aren't great still have something that makes them special, be it an awesome chorus, riff, melody, etc. For example, I don't like Ji as much as most people, but that "rhythm guitar solo" is absolutely brilliant.
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I believe I'm one of the very few whom loves Froggin' Bullfish.
You aren't alone man, that song is insane!
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Loving these. Will never ever be a fan of the screaming/death growls.. but when Spencer does his normal thing it's boss.
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Really loving the new album. Gets better the more I listen to it :metal
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Picked up the Juggernauts this week, and they're definitely a case of where there's so much going on, you have to give them multiple listens for it all to click. Haven't a bloody clue what the story is, but Periphery's becoming to me the band that's finding new and interesting things to do with progressive metal, much like Between the Buried and Me were back with Colors. :metal
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The Juggernauts are definitely growers. I love how the reprises and such have slowly been revealing themselves to me. Don't know if I'd compare them to BTBAM, the music is still pretty standard djent for the most part but they're definitely getting a bit more adventurous. I'd like to see them continue to take risks and make a really progressive and innovative album. They definitely have it in them I think.
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They're not like BTBAM to me, they're just the band that's taking off from a subgenre of metal (metalcore in BTBAM's case, djent in Periphery's) and using that to make interesting progressive metal for this decade so far like BTBAM was for the previous one.
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Yeah I've listened to them a few times and liked them more each time, there's just so much stuff here it's hard to take it. Very pleased though so far.
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They're not like BTBAM to me, they're just the band that's taking off from a subgenre of metal (metalcore in BTBAM's case, djent in Periphery's) and using that to make interesting progressive metal for this decade so far like BTBAM was for the previous one.
Yea that's true. I would like to see Periphery be even more adventurous though. They have their moments of it but I think there's a lot of uncharted territory still. They're going in the right direction for sure though.
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The connecting musical themes are really fun to hear. Especially when discovering an almost hidden one, that's cool. Like, it took me until last week to notice the faint sound of the outro guitar thing from A Black Minute playing beneath the chorus in Graveless. That was fun first time hearing it.
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For people that like Periphery - have you heard Monuments ?
They're pretty good too.
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I have, their new album is pretty cool. But it also gets quickly boring since it's 100% djent riffing, all the time, which makes all the tracks sound the same.
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Haven't heard Monuments' newest album, but I wasn't particularly excited by their first. And from what BlackInk says, it sounds like I won't be thrilled by the new one either.
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I have, their new album is pretty cool. But it also gets quickly boring since it's 100% djent riffing, all the time, which makes all the tracks sound the same.
Exactly why i'm not really a fan of the genre.
Far too samey for me. It must be the most boring job in the world playing "live" ( i.e. to a click track ) to those songs.
I have a friend in one of these bands and their drummer once said that sometimes he forgets which song he's playing as they're all so similar.
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I have, their new album is pretty cool. But it also gets quickly boring since it's 100% djent riffing, all the time, which makes all the tracks sound the same.
Exactly why i'm not really a fan of the genre.
Far too samey for me. It must be the most boring job in the world playing "live" ( i.e. to a click track ) to those songs.
I have a friend in one of these bands and their drummer once said that sometimes he forgets which song he's playing as they're all so similar.
Well I think the problem there is the quality of those bands, rather than the genre. The same could happen in almost any genre (thrash metal - lots of palm-muted songs in E; punk rock - lots of similar sounding songs with the same chords).
A genre doesn't define whether something is interesting musically - the musicians still need to write interesting music or it will get boring regardless of what style it's in.
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Periphery really is an exception for me, because with most bands when they go djent, it kills it for me. I can't stand bands like Tesseract or Animals as Leaders, but Periphery is a different beast. They have a really nice variety in their music, and for some reason it just resonates. Juggernaut is the best they have done IMO, and it's nice to see them on an upward trajectory.
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Tesseract are fantastic as well (at least Altered State was). AAL I agree about though, nice stuff but gets monotonous after a while.
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Tesseract are fantastic as well (at least Altered State was). AAL I agree about though, nice stuff but gets monotonous after a while.
Pretty much this, although while I really like Altered State, I absolutely adore TesseracT's album One. I can't listen to AaL, my friend described it as 'it sounds like all the songs are just different guitar technique exercises', which I thought was perfect.
There are so terribly many djent bands these days, but Periphery, TesseracT, and Meshuggah are the only ones I find truly interesting, and has really proven to me that when it's done well, it's one of the coolest genres of metal. Skyharbor too I guess, if that counts, but I don't really see them as a djent band, and I don't like them as much as the others.
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So I finally decided to give Periphery a real try and ordered Periphery II and Clear. Hopefully they'll arrive this week.
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Clear is alright, Periphery II is a lot better though. But Juggernaut blows everything else they've done out of the water IMO. I definitely see it as THE modern djent-led metal album right now.
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Yeah Clear was more of an experiment anyway. I wouldn't decide an opinion of Periphery after listening to Clear.
Juggernaut is fantastic!
I also agree that Tesseract's Altered State was another unique approach to the genre and the band has a lot of variety. I loved Ashe's vocals and he was a big reason why Altered State turned out to be amazing. I'm definitely also curious to see how Dan Tompkins will approach the vocals this time.
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Clear didn't really do it for me. My favorite track on there is The Parade of Ashes, and I don't even consider that to be a real Periphery song.
But how about you guys' favorite/least favorite from their releases? Mine are:
Favorite:
Periphery - Racecar
Icarus EP - Eureka
Periphery II - Ragnarok
Clear - The Parade of Ashes
Juggernaut: Alpha - Psychosphere
Juggernaut: Omega - Stranger Things
Least favorite:
Periphery - Passenger / or if that doesn't count, The Walk
Icarus EP - Icarus Lives! EP Edition (not even counting the remixes)
Periphery II - Scarlet
Clear - Overture
Juggernaut: Alpha - The Event, or Four Lights if The Event is too much of a cop out
Juggernaut: Omega - Reprise, or Graveless for the same reason as above
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Wow, Scarlet is your least favourite? That's one of my favourites on PII. :lol
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Wow, Scarlet is your least favourite? That's one of my favourites on PII. :lol
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Haunted Shores songs turned into Periphery songs, which Passengers also is. I still listen to Scarlet from time to time, and the music video is really fun, but it's too upbeat and not-like-periphery for me to like over the others.
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I'm happy to see a lot of people enjoying Juggernaut, if only because it hasn't clicked for me. There are parts I like but I haven't been able to grasp the "whole", if you will. Probably because I've been listening to it while jogging and concentrating more on not dying (I'm far from athletic).
For me, the band has been great since PII (sorry, couldn't get into the first one) because of their blend of styles. They're not the best at any one musical category, but the blend so many together that it's really unique. That's what drew me to the band.
And for what it's worth, I really like Clear. I thought that was a fun experiment. The perfect way to take advantage of an EP.
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I also agree that Tesseract's Altered State was another unique approach to the genre and the band has a lot of variety. I loved Ashe's vocals and he was a big reason why Altered State turned out to be amazing. I'm definitely also curious to see how Dan Tompkins will approach the vocals this time.
:tup
Listen to the latest Skyharbor album, Dan's vocals on there are simply amazing. I think he's alright on the first Tesseract album, but if his performance on the next Tesseract album will be as great as on the latest Skyharbor, then I don't think I'll miss Ashe all that much. And I love Ashe's vocals and think they are one of the major aspects that make Altered State such a great album.
From what I've listened to so far, the Periphery II songs stand out a little more to me than the ones from Clear, but I'm extremely excited for both :caffeine:
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Wow, Scarlet is your least favourite? That's one of my favourites on PII. :lol
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Haunted Shores songs turned into Periphery songs, which Passengers also is. I still listen to Scarlet from time to time, and the music video is really fun, but it's too upbeat and not-like-periphery for me to like over the others.
I don't know what any of this means.
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'Haunted Shores' is a side project by Mark and Misha. Sometimes they take songs from that project and turn them into Periphery songs, Passenger and Scarlet are the two they've done that with so far.
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I also agree that Tesseract's Altered State was another unique approach to the genre and the band has a lot of variety. I loved Ashe's vocals and he was a big reason why Altered State turned out to be amazing. I'm definitely also curious to see how Dan Tompkins will approach the vocals this time.
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Listen to the latest Skyharbor album, Dan's vocals on there are simply amazing. I think he's alright on the first Tesseract album, but if his performance on the next Tesseract album will be as great as on the latest Skyharbor, then I don't think I'll miss Ashe all that much. And I love Ashe's vocals and think they are one of the major aspects that make Altered State such a great album.
Oh yeah! I listened to the latest Skyharbor album which is why I'm very curious to see how Dan will approach the vocals in Tesseract this time :tup
Honestly, both Ashe and Dan are incredible vocalists. As long as they are always releasing music, we are good!
Ashe is currently recording with Voices From The Fuselage so we'll most likely get a release from both them and Tesseract this year!
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Really excellent album! Alpha is my favourite, but there's some superb stuff on Omega too.
My favourite songs are probably the two title tracks. The Alpha chorus is insanely catchy and I love when it reprises towards the end of Omega.
Same here about the title tracks!
Unfortunately, these two are the only real songs that have stuck. The Bad Thing I like, as I heard it before buying. A few other moments are cool. But all in all, underwhelming so far. :-[
Thankfully you said Mosh the reprises are there. Right now, I have only hard the obvious one of the title tracks. I felt there were none beyond the title tracks, which would really bring this album down for me.
PII was of course great, and I really liked Clear. To me so far, Juggernaut is kind of meandering to me, like their first album. While I appreciate odd song structures, nothing is really sticking like PII and the vocal parts of Clear. I feel like they may have a go at a cool melody, and poof it's gone to never return.
And I had more hope for some heavy 8 string riffs in conjunction with the F# bass, but nothing really has stood out there either. :-\
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Omega is easily my favorite work Periphery has put out. Every song is catchy and memorable especially after repeated listens. The title track is probably the greatest thing they've ever composed, and the melodies throughout it are just fantastic. "Take pity on a soul and grant me resurrection" and the Alpha chorus reprise are two of my favorite melodies, easily.
Alpha is great, too. Not quite as amazing I'd say, but together Juggernaut easily stands above their other work. It's more mature and more cohesive as a whole I'd say. There's a more serious vibe than there was on PII as well, which I really like.
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Really excellent album! Alpha is my favourite, but there's some superb stuff on Omega too.
My favourite songs are probably the two title tracks. The Alpha chorus is insanely catchy and I love when it reprises towards the end of Omega.
Same here about the title tracks!
Unfortunately, these two are the only real songs that have stuck. The Bad Thing I like, as I heard it before buying. A few other moments are cool. But all in all, underwhelming so far. :-[
Thankfully you said Mosh the reprises are there. Right now, I have only hard the obvious one of the title tracks. I felt there were none beyond the title tracks, which would really bring this album down for me.
PII was of course great, and I really liked Clear. To me so far, Juggernaut is kind of meandering to me, like their first album. While I appreciate odd song structures, nothing is really sticking like PII and the vocal parts of Clear. I feel like they may have a go at a cool melody, and poof it's gone to never return.
And I had more hope for some heavy 8 string riffs in conjunction with the F# bass, but nothing really has stood out there either. :-\
I'd say give it some time. It's a lot of material and a lot of the nuance of the albums take a long time to catch. And yea there are reprises all over the place, they're all mostly well done too.
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Actually kind of surprised at all the positive reactions here. Its funny cause I was really excited pre-release and everyone else here seemed to kind of bag on the songs before the album was out. (I didn't listen to anything before the album came out).
I'm a big fan of the band and all the members but I'm having a tough time with this album. It has nothing to do with it being a concept album (I have yet to really try to pay attention to any concept with this release) and its not a problem with it being a double album (I love double albums personally... give me all the material during the recording sessions and let me determine what I like IMO).
Huge fan of the first two albums and I know in general thats sort of different than most people. They either like one or the other it seems. Whats bothering me most at this point of about 10 listens or so to Juggernaut is the lack of melody compared to II (not to say that its not there but II has much better melody composition IMO). The worst of all is the lack of super guitar.... that bothers me badly considering the talent in this band and my expectations (again not that its not there but compared). What solos are within the album aren't quite as memorable to me after the fact. The guitar is much more just straight djenty to me overall.
That's the thing that seems to get me about their past albums, either I'll catch myself thinking of the melody of the singing or a great solo and Its just not catching with me on this release at this point. I'll continue to listen to see if I come around to it more (it happens often) and its quite good as it is, but for me its not as good as I had hoped considering what this band has done already.
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The only thing I really agree with from the above post is the guitar solos. I think they're quite good, but they're really short. For example, the solo in Heavy Heart is absolutely fantastic when it gets going, but then just ends almost immediately.
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I think there's some lovely guitar work across the album! Maybe a bit more restrained than on the previous releases, but I dig the style.
And wtf at saying no melodies - Alpha in particular contains a lot of the catchiest choruses they've ever done.
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Keyword..."Expectations" That is what I feel is bad for Music listening. I feel you should never listen to music with that, It'll hinder your mind.
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I went into the album with low expectations and was blown away, and some who seems to have gone into it with high expectations had a let down. So expectations are mostly a bad thing.
Rich puts it in good words when he says the album is a bit more restrained, I totally agree and I really love it. Prog Metal has in many situations become like a joke that it has to be very flashy, technical or over the top, and IMO Periphery bursts that bubble a bit, because this album isn't overly technical or overly flashy, it's just really good songwriting.
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I went into it with what was probably the highest expectations I've ever had, and I still loved it.
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Yeah I think I'm usually fairly good at not letting expectations affect me much (and generally avoid making too much in the way of expectations in the first place), which I think definitely helps me appreciate music (or indeed any art) for what it is.
That said, I was pretty excited for Juggernaut, and am still hugely impressed.
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I think there's some lovely guitar work across the album! Maybe a bit more restrained than on the previous releases, but I dig the style.
And wtf at saying no melodies - Alpha in particular contains a lot of the catchiest choruses they've ever done.
Whats bothering me most at this point of about 10 listens or so to Juggernaut is the lack of melody compared to II (not to say that its not there but II has much better melody composition IMO).
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I went into the album with low expectations and was blown away, and some who seems to have gone into it with high expectations had a let down. So expectations are mostly a bad thing.
Rich puts it in good words when he says the album is a bit more restrained, I totally agree and I really love it. Prog Metal has in many situations become like a joke that it has to be very flashy, technical or over the top, and IMO Periphery bursts that bubble a bit, because this album isn't overly technical or overly flashy, it's just really good songwriting.
It was going to be difficult for me not to have high expectations given their prior work and it being a double concept album... just how it is.
I understand your perspective BUT... whether you like "wanky guitar driven prog" or not, there is also the issue of djent music being driven by "boring djenty" guitar. The reason I have loved the previous albums guitar work so much is the balance they've always had.
Again, I'm not saying I dislike this album at this point at all. I just think the melodies -vocal and song composition wise- were better on II and the guitar solos, non djenty parts were better on their two prior releases on the whole. I'm sure I'll find those parts you all like and come around more in time.
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While I would have liked some more shredding I really love both Juggernaut albums. Loved them instantly. The first 2 I had to "work" to love them.
Also Racecar is still their best song.
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In my opinion, Juggernaut is much less 'djenty' than the last two records. Especially less than P1, which is just like almost 100% djent. Juggernaut incorporates more basic 'prog'-sounding stuff than I think they've ever done before.
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I agree. The djent vibe was strong on P1, slightly less, but still strong on P2, almost gone on Clear, and kinda similar on Juggernaut. Their less djent-y release and most progressive. (I count both Juggernaut as one release)
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It took me a while to get into Alpha and Omega. I thought the songs were terrible when they were releasing them individually. Now I can't stop listening to it, as an album.
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holy! I'm also surprised by the overwhelming positive response. not saying I don't likey, it's just, it's just so overfuckingwhelming! (I actually haven't had much of a chance to check it out, actually)
ya, expectations suck. had ridiculously high expectations for both new Leprous and new Karnivool in '13, and while both were good, neither reached the loftiness of the expectations. have since learned to cool it on the expectations.
well, mostly.
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I'm actually a bit surprised by the positive response too, because how indifferent everyone seemed to be towards the pre-release released tracks.
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As to the guitar solos comment: given how bloody many of them, and how many there were by guests, on PII I'm not shocked they dialed it back a bit. This music isn't really calling for non stop shred fests anyway.
Now if I had a fucking clue what the STORY was :lol
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I believe I'm one of the very few whom loves Froggin' Bullfish.
Nay. It's my third favorite. When it kicks in right after the intro.....tops.
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Now if I had a fucking clue what the STORY was :lol
Person gets born into an evil cult or something and gets corrupted/mind controlled at a young age and forced to do evil stuff
He gets depressed and kills himself and gets sent to hell
He gets another chance at life and gets reincarnated or something
Something like that. Seems really basic to me, to be honest.
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Yeah, the most basic plot points and the overall directions can be figured out. I have not yet figured out how it all ties together and the finer 'details' of his character and the story elements and parts. Like what is going on in the track 'Omega' and how that leads to the events in 'Stranger Things', I have no idea.
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MK Ultra just ripped my face off.
:metal
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can't really say this album has clicked for me yet, there's a lot of stuff i like but not much standing out and it's a bit of an exhausting listen
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I agree on the Frogging Bullfsh sentiment; that song destroys most other songs in its path. :metal
Ben_Jamin, you're in the majority on this one, me thinks.
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I don't really remember anything after Erised on P2, and I've heard the album maybe 40-50 times? It's just something about the album that makes me phase out towards the end.
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^Froggin' Bullfish and Mile Zero took a long time for me to truly appreciate, yeah, but Masamune has always been awesome in my mind.
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The album(s) is getting better. Finding about the reprises from Mosh outside of the obvious Alpha/Omega one, and then seeking out what they were has made me appreciate this more and more. And also getting an outline about the concept. I agree with Buddyhunter, it isn't great or anything. But I don't hold any concept album as incredible story wise. And if they are (Opeth MAYH maybe?), there are no real reoccurring themes (a MUST for a concept album IMO).
But since I was equipped with this, I listened to the album a pass thru with actual headphones and the liner notes. This is something I have to make time for, whereas with other albums back in the day I had plenty of time to do this. It made the album much better for me.
I do agree with WebRaider about the solos being a noticeable absence in prominence. However, I never really remembered many of theirs. They were always well done to me, just not stand outs. Which isn't a bad thing either. Too many metal solos are crap.
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It's true that there are less solos on this album. But I'll take quality over quantity any day and I'd say all the solos on this album wipe the floor with any solo from the first two albums (not including the guest stuff on PII).
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It's true that there are less solos on this album. But I'll take quality over quantity any day and I'd say all the solos on this album wipe the floor with any solo from the first two albums (not including the guest stuff on PII and Luck as a Constant).
I took the liberty to add something that makes your post look less wrong.
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Yeah, Luck as a Constant has brilliant solos. Especially Jake's.
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It's true that there are less solos on this album. But I'll take quality over quantity any day and I'd say all the solos on this album wipe the floor with any solo from the first two albums (not including the guest stuff on PII and Luck as a Constant).
I took the liberty to add something that makes your post look less wrong.
Lol still doesn't help it much but yeah a little better! :P
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Alpha, 22 Faces and Heavy Heart are now my favourites from the albums.
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Priestess has some serious radio potential.
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I'm with ytsejam. Alpha and 22 Faces could easily
BE MY early top two, and Heavy Heart is up there as well.
Graveless is also really doing it for me. \m/
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Priestess has some serious radio potential.
Yeah, I just thought that too!
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Priestess has some serious radio potential.
Yeah, I just thought that too!
Definitely a different approach for Periphery. They should incorporate more acoustic guitars. :tup
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Clear didn't really do it for me. My favorite track on there is The Parade of Ashes, and I don't even consider that to be a real Periphery song.
But how about you guys' favorite/least favorite from their releases? Mine are:
Favorite:
Periphery - Racecar
Icarus EP - Eureka
Periphery II - Ragnarok
Clear - The Parade of Ashes
Juggernaut: Alpha - Psychosphere
Juggernaut: Omega - Stranger Things
Least favorite:
Periphery - Passenger / or if that doesn't count, The Walk
Icarus EP - Icarus Lives! EP Edition (not even counting the remixes)
Periphery II - Scarlet
Clear - Overture
Juggernaut: Alpha - The Event, or Four Lights if The Event is too much of a cop out
Juggernaut: Omega - Reprise, or Graveless for the same reason as above
Favorite:
Periphery-Zyglrox
This Time It's Personal-Make Total Destroy
Clear-either Extraneous or The Parade of Ashes
Juggernaut: Alpha- The Scourge
Juggernaut: Omega- Omega
Least Favorite:
Periphery- Totala Mad (still like it, just don't listen to it as much as the rest of the album)
This Time It's Personal- Epoch
Clear- Zero
Juggernaut: Alpha- The Event
Juggernaut: Omega- Reprise
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Priestess has some serious radio potential.
Yeah, I just thought that too!
Definitely a different approach for Periphery. They should incorporate more acoustic guitars. :tup
Yeah because there's a serious lack of acoustic artists...
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^ Can't tell if serious or somehow sarcastic.
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I forget sarcasm doesn't work as well in text. Oops.
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I forget sarcasm doesn't work as well in text. Oops.
That's why we have sarcasm green
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I forget sarcasm doesn't work as well in text. Oops.
Well in that case I don't quite get your point. Are you saying that there is too much acoustic guitar in Periphery's music? Because there is barely anything. I can think of three songs, and even there it's only for short passages. Or are you saying that you don't like acoustic guitar and that however little of it they have, it's still too much?
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I forget sarcasm doesn't work as well in text. Oops.
Well in that case I don't quite get your point. Are you saying that there is too much acoustic guitar in Periphery's music? Because there is barely anything. I can think of three songs, and even there it's only for short passages. Or are you saying that you don't like acoustic guitar and that however little of it they have, it's still too much?
I think he was implying that there is no need for Periphery to use acoustic guitars because lots of other bands do so. Not that that's any less ridiculous.
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Priestess has some serious radio potential.
Yeah, I just thought that too!
Definitely a different approach for Periphery. They should incorporate more acoustic guitars. :tup
Yeah because there's a serious lack of acoustic artists...
Yeah because there's a serious lack of electric guitars...
Not really sure what you meant by that but I think it's definitely a nice surprise in only the few songs that Periphery has used acoustic guitars. I believe Mark wrote the riff for Priestess and it's very un-Periphery like. I think they succeeded so I'd definitely be interested in what else they can do with the acoustics.
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Yeah, Mark's Priestess intro is great. The epilogue of Froggin' Bullfish is awesome as well.
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Yeah, Mark's Priestess intro is great. The epilogue of Froggin' Bullfish is awesome as well.
Holy shit that part needs to be it's own 80 min album. I love it to death.
What I've really wanted Periphery to try is a full album of just the spacey ambient effects they used a lot in Jugg or in the outros of a lot of songs on PII. They do it so well and an instrumental album of that would be great.
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Jake is the one who does most of that, and he's working on a solo album consisting only of that electronic ambient stuff. So if you like that in Periphery you should definetely check his stuff out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTVd8g_DBjg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTVd8g_DBjg)
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Yeah, Mark's Priestess intro is great. The epilogue of Froggin' Bullfish is awesome as well.
What I've really wanted Periphery to try is a full album of just the spacey ambient effects they used a lot in Jugg or in the outros of a lot of songs on PII. They do it so well and an instrumental album of that would be great.
I love the ambient stuff but I feel like it wouldn't translate as well as an entire album. Part of what makes that stuff awesome (imo) is how it contrasts the heaviness.
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I agree, but his stuff so far is perfect for having on while doing something else, rather than really listening all the time.
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Psychosphere
Omega
Rainbow Gravity
Priestess
Alpha
Heavy Heart
Stranger Things
The Scourge
A Black Minute
Graveless
Hell Below
The Bad Thing
Four Lights
The Event
22 Faces
MK Ultra
Something like that I guess, I dunno. A lot of them are close, this still hasn't really sunk in that well for me but I do like it and keep wanting to listen to it so
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The Bad Thing
The Scourge
Omega
Heavy Heart
A Black Minute
Alpha
22 Faces
Rainbow Gravity
Hell Below
Graveless
Stranger Things
Psychosphere
Priestess
Four Lights
MK Ultra
The Event
Reprise
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These albums (especially Alpha) have hit me hard. Really hard. Last time it was Impermanent Resonance in 2012. Can't stop listening.
And I'm not even a huge fan of screaming vocals but still this is something spectacular. The album of the year or at least a really tough competitor.
:2metal:
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Jake Bowen just put out his solo ambient-electronic album. It's on spotify, don't know where else. Bandcamp maybe.
Listening right now, relaxing and cool stuff.
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So, I got into this band right before I headed out for my trip and they very quickly became one of my favorite bands. I absolutely love the sound they have and it's really refreshing to hear a vocalist that almost sounds pop driven but still has a lot of range for screams and growls. At times he almost reminds me of Chester Bennington (sp?) from Linkin Park, but I think he does it much better than Chester himself. :lol
Anyway, massive love for this band and Juggernaut is incredible. It's cool to hear their evolution from their first album to now, especially in regards to Spencer.
I think my favorite songs overall are Insomnia, Letter Experiment, Scarlet, Masamune, Ragnarok, Mile Zero (so much emotion), Luck As A Constant, The Scourge, Rainbow Gravity (I still can't get over how ridiculously awesome that name is), Graveless, Omega and Stranger Things. Lots of favorites. :biggrin:
Also much love to this place for (about the millionth time) introducing me to yet another one of my most adored bands. I still need to check out all their stuff that was released and demoed before their first full album.
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Good to hear you like it, Periphery needs some more love.
All Misha's early demos are cool and all, but they're really just bits and pieces and riff ideas and stuff. Still fun stuff though, if you're interested enough. I especially recommend the short demo 'Late', that one's really groovy. Probably my favorite even though it's so short.
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Hrrm. Interesting, thanks! I kinda figured they'd be just that, but yeah at this point I'm super addicted to the band so I'm ravenous for anything I can listen to. :laugh:
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It might take a few days to get through it all as well, I have them all on my computer, and there's hours upon hours upon hours of it :lol
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does everyone that originally thought Omega was far superior to Alpha still feel that way?
my theory is that most fans spun Alpha first, were initially underwhelmed, which lowered their lofty expectations for the project, thus leaving them less underwhelmed upon their first spin(s) of Omega.
personally I think they're about even. But if I was forced at gunpoint to pick one, I'd probably lean towards Alpha.
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does everyone that originally thought Omega was far superior to Alpha still feel that way?
Definitely. Omega is great from start to finish, whereas Alpha has a few great songs and a lot of meh/average ones.
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Omega has the title track and Stranger Things, which are Periphery's best songs imo. So I definitely like Omega better.
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Man, I don't feel that way at all, Pain. I absolutely love Alpha, much more so than Omega, actually. Omega has literally the only Periphery song that I'm not all that into, Priestess. Whereas Alpha has two of my favorite moments from the band... The ending of The Scourge where the chorus to Psycosphere is sung in an awesomely different way with the calm, foreboding keyboard/piano in the background (I really wish Psychosphere had it as well towards the end) and then the entirety of Psychosphere. When I first heard it I was just thinking that it was absolutely perfect and really made me get a big musical boner. I totally forgot to mention that one in my favorites, definitely up there.
Omega is awesome but the fact I really don't ever listen to Priestess brings it down a notch for me. Truthfully though I consider it all one album anyway. Although just Graveless and Stranger Things is amazing enough. I'm not as into the title track of Omega as much as everyone else, but I do however LOVE the piano intro and then the reprise from the title track from Alpha but sung and played much heavier; I pretty much lost it when I heard that. Both brilliant and beautiful.
Ah, who am I kidding? It's all epic and awesome. Also, random but I have heard so many of my friends say this:
I'm not even a huge fan of screaming vocals but still this is something spectacular.
It's interesting and really cool. Most of my friends aren't into scream/growl vocals but most of them really dug what they heard.
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I probably like Omega better. Stranger Things, Omega, and The Bad Thing are all among their best. I actually really enjoy Priestess as well, though I'm not too fond of Graveless.
But there are some really good ones on Alpha too. A Black Minute and Psychosphere are probably my favorites from that.
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I have only ever listened to the albums together as one album, so I honestly couldn't pick a favorite disc. It's all great.
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fuck. While i still stick by my THC-induced theory, i think I change my mind...My three least favourite Juggernaut tracks are all on Omega, but Stranger Things just might be my favourite Periphery song, so it would be super hard to pick Alpha over Omega if I could only listen to one or the other for the rest of my years.
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Hey guys,
For those of you who don't visit the survivor part of the forum, I am currently hosting a Periphery survivor and we are just about to get into the top four of the first self-titled album.
I would really appreciate if someone new participated as we currently have a 4-way tie that is going to be hard to resolve without someone outside of DTF at this point and I would prefer if the survivor remained purely in the forum.
Current round link: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44353.0
General survivor discussion link: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44302.0
Thanks to everyone who helps out or chooses to participate long-term.
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https://hauntedshores.bandcamp.com/
Anyone pick this up? (I did). It's not bad.
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I've heard it once, not bad, but nothing special IMO.
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I've heard it once, not bad, but nothing special IMO.
Yeah.. worth 5 bucks tho.
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Harrison Fjord would be a top 20 Periphery track. The rest of the songs are not that memorable.
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Harrison Fjord would be a top 20 Periphery track. The rest of the songs are not that memorable.
And Norway Jose would be a top 1 best Periphery song names track.
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Vectors is a track that was cut from Juggernaut. I wanted so bad for it to be on there, but was very disappointed to find that they cut it. God damn it's wonderful.
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I actually really loved most of that. That's awesome to hear! Had no idea about this at all... Makes me excited for more Periphery even though I still cannot fucking believe Juggernaut released at the beginning of this year. This year has dragged for me like no other. Feels like it's been two.
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Vectors is basically an advertisement for their signature pickups. Can catch every note of all those chords
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Me and some friends decided quite spontaniously to go see these guys in Gothenburg last night. Luckily there were still tickets left. Awesome show. I got to hear my two favorite tracks from P2, as well as my favorite from Juggernaut, so I very much approved of the setlist.
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Dang, I missed the show in The Netherlands because I already had tickets for another party the same day, sadly my brother didn't want to go alone so he had to miss it too. For some reason I completely missed the announcements that they had planned a tour for Europe and saw it like 2 days before the actual concert.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKNA8nvwOg&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKNA8nvwOg&feature=youtu.be)
Super cool live video for Psychosphere.
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I'm not going to start a thread for it because it won't generate anything and probably doesn't deserve one but I fucking love Misha's side project Haunted Shores' Viscera. I listened to a couple tracks when someone mentioned it in this thread not too long ago but I've listened to the entire album at least five times today. I mean it's a pretty short album but even so, for me that's unheard of. I am loving this shit so much, the entire album from start to finish is fantastic and really gets me pumped for the next Periphery project. I know it's a ways a way, but Misha does some gorgeous stuff with this fairly simplistic release (I mean as far as what the norm is now for him and co.); it's pretty incredible. Great stuff.
On topic, that video is pretty great! My penis shrinks every time I hear some twat raging on about 'GRAAAAH IT'S ONE TAKE OMG IT'S ONE TAKE WHOOOAAAA' *twirls around and flings arms* But for a take that is in one of the least controllable environments you can have, a really heavy concert...that's good stuff. I'm probably pretty singular in this but I really like seeing Spencer sing so it was a little sad to not see him for most of the video but the latter-half rectified that pretty well. Awesome video from an even more awesome song.
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Oh heeeellllllllll yeah besh!!! Did not expect this at all. Fucking wonderful!
Recording soon! (https://twitter.com/iambulb/status/685241886085349376)
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Nice! Sooner than I thought. Great news!
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Great news! Hoping for something in the vein of Periphery I, but I really doubt that's gonna happen. If it's of similar quality as Juggernaut I'm still gonna be hella happy.
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based on Misha's update today, makes you think they might go WAY outside of their norm with the next one. I'm up for anything with this band. Heavy or not, etc.
Writing and recording starts very soon. I'm very excited and a little nervous. I think it's the healthy form of nervousness as a result of us not quite knowing what this next album will sound like. This is such an inspiring prospect to me. We are on the same page about what we want this album to be, and I can't wait to see what comes of the writing process! Anyways this post is more for me to work out what these butterflies I am feeling are all about, thanks for reading if you have made it this far haha.
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Damn, where'd that update come from? Totally missed it.. That's awesome though, I'm up for anything. I think they've come about as close as they can to perfecting their current art. I am however just as excited to see some of the toddler-tantrum-throwing-fan's reactions to what comes. Every time I think that progressive fans are bad...I just have to go to any -core/djent-oriented band's page who has changed even slightly and get the giggles. It's batshit how many douchebags are so addicted to this mindset that it makes them...I dunno, more manly or something to listen to bands who growl and have angry sounding music constantly and never change. I'm guessing the majority of that nervousness comes from that despite him as well as the rest of the band being pretty great about giving shit to so-called fans who act like their precious band changing sound is the omgwurstthingevuur. It's one thing to not like something...completely different to lose your shit (like that one insane guy that burned a hoodie...) Considering the group dynamic and roles I have my doubts they'll do anything as drastic as Opeth but I'm not sure. I'm kind of expecting something more electronic based on Misha's recent kick and perhaps even less growls and more progressive. I'm excited to see what comes.
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Definetely excited about this. Juggernaut was awesome and I can't wait to see how that style progresses.
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These albums are fucking delights. Absolutely incredible musicianship, and the lyrics are wonderful. Hell Below, lyrics and music as well, is B.R.U.T.A.L. I don't know which album I like better yet. It's all so good. If I wanted to make very preliminary rankings of the songs, I'd say:
1. Omega (Soft guitar break through the end is the highlight of the album.)
2. Rainbow Gravity
3. The Bad Thing
4. The Scourge
5. Stranger Things
6. 22 Faces
7. Alpha
8. Psychosphere
9. Priestess
10. A Black Minute
11. Hell Below
12. Heavy Heart
13. Four Lights
14. Reprise
15. Graveless
16. MK Ultra
17. The Event
Since we're around the 1 year anniversary of the release of Juggernaut, I was thinking about how my rankings have changed, and boy have they.
1. Omega (I stand by calling the clean break through the end the highlight of the album, because it still is. Fucking perfect section)
2. Stranger Things (Final choruses and the static ending is very close to ^ for highlight of the album.)
3. The Scourge
4. Graveless
5. The Bad Thing (My favorite breakdown of all time, bar none.)
6. Four Lights (That fuCKING RIFF)
7. 22 Faces
8. Alpha
9. Rainbow Gravity
10. Psychosphere
11. Hell Below
12. A Black Minute
13. Heavy Heart
14. Priestess
15. MK Ultra
16. Reprise
17. The Event
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Wow. Graveless would be among my least favourite Periphery songs. Hurts to see Psychosphere and A Black Minute so low too. :'(
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Yeah Graveless would be near the bottom for me too.
I don't think my rankings have changed much since I did my first one. Maybe a few songs moving up or down a spot or two, but nothing big.
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I don't really get the dislike for Graveless. It's not fantastic or anything, but it's at least my 4th favorite song on Omega.
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i probably listened to juggernaut some 15 times in total and i can't tell you what a single second of graveless sounds like
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i probably listened to juggernaut some 50 times in total and i can't tell you what a single second of graveless sounds like
Yep.
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I love me some lack of graves. I didn't love it at first and thought the same but after the first tens of handfuls of listens, it grew immensely on me.
I love the entire album so fucking much. Even the segue tracks like The Event are awesome and are a perfect addition into the glorious and epic The Scourge. It really sounds like an event...something catastrophic coming...and then it comes with The Scourge. Truly a beautifully crafted album. Also ummm eff the decision to cut out the softly sung "Silence is bringing on the heart attack..." verses at the very end of the song when it's played live. That is one of my favorite parts on both the albums. So fucking goosebump inducing. The callbacks and reprises on the album are absolutely perfect. Not to overt, not too many, but just enough to just be like...."yes. YES".
Can't wait to hear what they come up with next, and the fact it'll be supremely different is even more enticing.
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Also ummm eff the decision to cut out the softly sung "Silence is bringing on the heart attack..." verses at the very end of the song when it's played live.
That may actually be the only thing I say should have been cut from the albums. The two times it's done in Psychosphere is enough for me.
i probably listened to juggernaut some 50 times in total and i can't tell you what a single second of graveless sounds like
Yep.
I've heard it a lot of times and I can remember fairly well what it sounds like, but I still don't like it very much.
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i probably listened to juggernaut some 50 times in total and i can't tell you what a single second of graveless sounds like
Yep.
Let it pour bleed it out.
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i recognize that lyric but don't remember how it's sung or what the music is like when it plays
i just keep hearing Priestess in my head instead
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Because it's equally bad?
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Train of Naught - Train of Naught
Simply abysmal. Nothing more needs to be said.
0/10
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Both Priestess and Graveless are my least favourite off Omega. Good thing all the other tracks including Reprise are 10/10 so they make up for it.
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:rollin :rollin
That's pretty damn representative of me, I should sig that.
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Yeah I'm honestly not too hot on Priestess. I don't dislike it but as far as the whole acoustic schtick goes...I'm kind of over it. I've heard so many amazing acoustic guitarists over the years (mainly coming from Candy Rat's label) and have subsequently kind of become tired of the sound unless it really knocks my socks off. While it's a nice tune, it's just kind of boring and Spencer is just about as equally meh on it, while most of the time I really love his singing, he kind of bores me as well with this restrained kind of singing. There's a soothing quality to it but that's about it. If I was going to skip any track it'd be this one but even then, it's kind of a nice break when you're listening to the album entirely. But if I'm listening to a shuffle of all Periphery or something, I'm very likely to hit 'next'.
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i probably listened to juggernaut some 50 times in total and i can't tell you what a single second of graveless sounds like
Yep.
Let it pour bleed it out.
First time I heard the song I thought he said "ready for a bleeding ass".
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Have any of you guys been following the little riff snippets Misha and Nolly have been posting? Some of the riffs are pretty kickass. :metal
https://www.facebook.com/misha.mansoor/videos/10153916503619533/
especially :neverusethis:
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I have follwed the updates, and it sounds great so far!
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Woah, surprised by all the Graveless hate! That song is SO much fun to me. I love the riffs, fun as hell to drum, and is awesome live. Honestly thought that was a popular opinion O.o
I love every song off either album. The second half of Psychosphere is enough to catapult it into the top 5, but the first half isn't as good. And there's just too many good songs off the albums to justify putting A Black Minute any higher.
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I thought so too... I love it.
Also massive love to Passenger. Such an awesomely catchy tune with some great lyrics and a chorus that really sticks.
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:lol New Periphery III studio update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsI0kBfMjfc&feature=youtu.be
Some pretty sick stuff by the sound of it, hype is intensifying. PAPER NOLLY :metal
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I love the acoustic stuff. Can't fucking wait! :metal
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I love these updates.
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I love the acoustic stuff. Can't fucking wait! :metal
That's Deliverance by Opeth!!
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Ladies and gents, we have our first taste of Periphery III vocals a studio preview of Spencer has been posted on instagram.
It's hella agressive and I like it. :heart Love the constant harsh/clean transitions mid-sentence, reminds me of The Bad Thing.
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PIII ended up being a bit heavbier than I thought it would be.
I have a feeling this album will be in the veins of PI rather than PII. And that's making me fucking stoked. :metal
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Oh my god I am so fucking ready for this. Yes. Yes yes yes.
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Between this and Affinity I'm super pumped. I think I'm gonna end up liking both more than the new DT album and that's saying something.
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I'm pretty much 100% certain I will like them more than The Astonishing.
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https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/photos/a.398626323216.167142.19059968216/10154204725733217/?type=3&theater
See us on the Sonic Unrest Tour with SikTh, CHON and TOOTHGRINDER this summer - tickets on sale Friday.
New album Periphery III: Select Difficulty out July 22nd.
Well, we had lots of studio updates and all that, but now we finally have the official announcement: Periphery III: Select Difficulty, to be released July 22nd :metal :metal I'm hyped.
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I am very excited.
I'm a bit sad about Nolly not being a touring member anymore though.
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ready to ignore this one, unless the lead off single is really good or something :tup
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I'd assume this is the art, then.
(https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/13100778_10154204734518217_6091221878875140154_n.jpg?oh=e83d3f87edf4ada60a91227c5cc7c624&oe=57BD23C5)
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I'd assume so as well.
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Didn't really follow up on the updates, but wow nice surprise.
It's also Periphery III which is cool as it signifies Juggernaut as its own idenitity as a concept album.
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I'm a bit sad about Nolly not being a touring member anymore though.
Wait, what?
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I thought that was cool as well, Ben. Had no idea it was meant to be that way and was uber confused when this was originally announced as PIII in the making. :lol
I am so fucking excited for this. Periphery really quickly became one of my top favorite bands when I got into them a couple years ago (or maybe less, memory be fucked). I'm really interested in seeing what this album brings. Cool artwork too, I'm glad they're sticking with that supremely simple art but it works so well. Just changing up the pallet is interesting.
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I'm a bit sad about Nolly not being a touring member anymore though.
Wait, what?
https://www.metalsucks.net/2016/04/26/periphery-announce-new-album-periphery-iii-select-difficulty/
I don't see anything on their FB or Twitter confirming this. On Nolly's own Facebook page he seems excited for the upcoming tour
https://www.facebook.com/adam.getgood/posts/10101305982549535?pnref=story
I'm calling BS.
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If it's true, then that sucks a lot. Nolly is my probably my favourite member in Periphery.
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I agree about the art. I like how they never got really crazy with it. I really like the logo and just changing up the colors and background really works for this band it seems.
This one looks way 'calmer' for lack of a better word, might reflect the direction of the music with a more atmospheric sound, but I doubt it will really stray away from their original sound since it's part of the self-titled series. And they don't seem to plan to change everything up anyways which is good.
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I'm just waiting for a green logo album. They've had blue twice, red twice, and now orange (red-ish).
I don't see anything on their FB or Twitter confirming this. On Nolly's own Facebook page he seems excited for the upcoming tour
https://www.facebook.com/adam.getgood/posts/10101305982549535?pnref=story
I'm calling BS.
I hope it is.
This one looks way 'calmer' for lack of a better word, might reflect the direction of the music with a more atmospheric sound,
I think I remember Misha saying that this album turned out darker than he expected, so I don't think so.
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https://www.metalsucks.net/2016/04/26/periphery-announce-new-album-periphery-iii-select-difficulty/
I don't see anything on their FB or Twitter confirming this. On Nolly's own Facebook page he seems excited for the upcoming tour
https://www.facebook.com/adam.getgood/posts/10101305982549535?pnref=story
I'm calling BS.
Matt Halpern confirmed it on FB.
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Well shit. He did get married earlier this year so I guess he wants to settle down.
I wonder if they'll bring back Jeff Holcomb(Mark's brother)
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Awesome to see them putting out another album so soon after the last one. Can't wait!
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Our first taste of Periphery III
https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/videos/10154253042923217/
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Oh god fuck yes. *spasms/smile* :hefdaddy :metal
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Apparently this is the cover art:
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13221077_10154257110623217_7300893797196377655_n.jpg?oh=7358f5331ec8deb816d97701bbdd85d4&oe=57E72326)
I think it's awesome. Looks a bit similar in style to Haken's Affinity cover art, which was also really cool.
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That snippet is a bit too short to get my hopes up or anything. I can't wait though!
The cover art looks pretty good, definitely better than PII, but PI and Juggernaut have covers that are hard to beat.
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Well that was fast.
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OoOoOo noiiiice! I like that one even more than the one I thought it was. It does seem more album-cover-y than the last pic. Still has that sunset feel but it's more broken up. Mainly I like the cool shapes. :lol
I'm ready. I'm just ready for some new music now.
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Speaking of new music (most likely), they posted this on facebook today:
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13266026_10154259617363217_7537834103541012938_n.jpg?oh=1ceb1c8a3f6206c77fb552abdb6899b5&oe=57D4969D)
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I'm just ready for some new music now.
6 more days! (https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/photos/a.398626323216.167142.19059968216/10154259617363217/?type=3&theater)
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Apparently this is the cover art:
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13221077_10154257110623217_7300893797196377655_n.jpg?oh=7358f5331ec8deb816d97701bbdd85d4&oe=57E72326)
I think it's awesome. Looks a bit similar in style to Haken's Affinity cover art, which was also really cool.
That's a great cover. A minimalistic approach done right. Affinity's cover has grown on me, I used to think it was a bit gimmicky.
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I agree that it is a bit gimmicky, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. When it fits the mood and theme of the music that well it works for me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxUHf512oZ4&feature=youtu.be teaser 2
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New teaser sounds amazing, love the orchestral stuff and it's more laid back than the first (also fits with the blue theme instead of the orange that they had for the first, I like that detail). 5 days! Dayyuuuum! So excitebike.
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Apparently this is the cover art:
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13221077_10154257110623217_7300893797196377655_n.jpg?oh=7358f5331ec8deb816d97701bbdd85d4&oe=57E72326)
I think it's awesome. Looks a bit similar in style to Haken's Affinity cover art, which was also really cool.
It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid. Something about it conjures up images of Grey Fox.
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Anotha'
onewon.
https://twitter.com/MarkPeriphery/status/734843359081025536
One more day! Ooooooo I really hope it's a single. I'd be flabbergasted at this point. You don't count down anything else after you've announced the album, really. Maybe a full press release but I'd expect a single along with that. I'd love track names though.
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I'm thinking a new single too, hype!
And honestly I think those teasers are terrible, I thought it was going to be a one time thing but they keep releasing more of them.
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And honestly I think those teasers are terrible, I thought it was going to be a one time thing but they keep releasing more of them.
Yeah. Kinda killing the hype for me to be honest.
Maybe tommorow we just get a teaser that's 1 minute long and not ten seconds :lol
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From Spencer's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SPENCESOTELO/status/734804583478890498
I don't know if the countdown has been clear enough, but there's a new song that will be posted on weds.
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Good to know! Yeah it was pretty obvious. :lol Can't wait to hear iiiiiiit.
:metal
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Good to know! Yeah it was pretty obvious. :lol Can't wait to hear iiiiiiit.
:metal
It's apparently already been played 3 times on SiriusXM Liquid Metal channel today.
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Good to know! Yeah it was pretty obvious. :lol Can't wait to hear iiiiiiit.
:metal
It's apparently already been played 3 times on SiriusXM Liquid Metal channel today.
And it's pretty fucking awesome! Arguably one of the heaviest Periphery songs of their entire discography, definitely feels like they took some elements from P1.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-bEZkYP3KI
Link to the new song: The Price is Wrong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHWxtYqwmY
Link to the new song: The Price is Wrong
It's a leak, I'm gonna wait for the official thing.
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definitely feels like they took some elements from P1.
And that's a good thing because that album is kickass
0:45 - 1:02 blew my mind, but the rest of the song is kinda average for Periphery standards. The solo in the second part of the song is probably one of Periphery's best though. Might grow on me after a few listens.
It's a leak, I'm gonna wait for the official thing.
Because there is totally a difference between listening to a leak on youtube and the real release that is going to be there in half a day.
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Decent song, nothing more. Hoping for better material on the rest of the album.
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I'll listen when I get home from work, hopefully an official link is up by then. I'm not a fan of listening to leaks first either.
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Slipknot influence well worn in this song. Not bad, usual Periphery style, still pretty good. I like the stuff at the end.
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God. Fucking. Damn it.
:lol
It's been a while since I've been had. Had, I was. :metal
It's my own fault for not being able to wait 12 or so hours.
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I really liked Spencer's more vocalised approach on Alpha/Omega but this was just screaming so I didn't like it. Sorry. Hoping more melodical stuff for rest of the album.
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I liked it. It's just a single though, so as almost always it's not very special. But I like it.
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Why are you sorry, Ytse? :lol Everyone has their own opinions. In my experience it's the pre-pubescent ones (or mentally deficient) that get their panties in a wad and go all "your opinion isn't mine/you dislike what I like!". No worries, you like what you like. I really loved the vocals on Juggernaut as well. I do however love Spencer's growls though and was pining for some more of their brutality.
I was surprised to see I got both of what I said earlier. The single is out on iTunes and on Apple Music and they've got the full album up for pre-order. I'm waiting a week to get the CD but I'm going to hop on this shit real quick. Might as well have both with a band like this, throwing out all the support I can. In the meantime...
I loved it. Like others said, it's more or less by-the-numbers Periphery but not at all in regards to their recent work, this is back to the roots, and I loved it. It still felt fresh and I loved the hooks but it was definitely more PI than anything. I'm excited to hear more and the titles of the songs look interesting. Obviously nothing to gleam there but they're definitely not usual Periphery affair, they're all very different from any names before despite this single sounding very typical. Again, not a bad thing to me anyway. We already know though from the teasers that this is absolutely not going to be a one-track-mind album. That alone is exciting after hearing this very hardcore track; I'm going to love the jumps and dives.
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Loving this song man.. love the Slipknot influence too.
I'd love track names though.
I'm excited to hear more and the titles of the songs look interesting.
Since they hadn't been posted here yet and they're up on spotify and you seem to have found them too, I'll post them here:
1. The Price Is Wrong - 3:57
2. Motormouth - 4:50
3. Marigold - 7:20
4. The Way The News Goes... - 5:04
5. Remain Indoors - 6:10
6. Habitual Line-Stepper - 6:52
7. Flatline - 5:50
8. Absolomb - 7:44
9. Catch Fire - 3:53
10. Prayer Position - 4:36
11. Lune - 7:47
Lots of long songs for Periphery standards here, I mean, there's no Omega or Racecar, but 7 minutes+ is not something we see often from these guys, interesting. And like Tio said, some cool unusual track titles.
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Absolomb is one of my favorite Bulb songs. Stoked to see that this is on the new album :metal
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Sweet!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFKEwS0NV8
Official release
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I really liked Spencer's more vocalised approach on Alpha/Omega but this was just screaming so I didn't like it. Sorry. Hoping more melodical stuff for rest of the album.
+1 to this. I'm not a fan of all the screaming
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https://killermerch.com/category/PIIISelectDifficulty
Preorders
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFKEwS0NV8
Official release
That's a dud link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518uB9qnQdI
This should work.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFKEwS0NV8
Official release
That's a dud link.
Works for me. Mine is just the song on the Periphery Youtube channel, yours is the lyric video on Sumerian. They both work though.
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The screaming/vocals don't bother me here in the least. The nice little guitar solo definitely helps the song along and keeps it from being complete DJENT through. I have more issue with the lyrics than anything... not that I expect some grandiose thing but seems a bit jumbled. Pretty good overall.
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I bought the CD/Vinyl set. It's a great album cover for a vinyl.
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Why are you sorry, Ytse? :lol Everyone has their own opinions. In my experience it's the pre-pubescent ones (or mentally deficient) that get their panties in a wad and go all "your opinion isn't mine/you dislike what I like!". No worries, you like what you like. I really loved the vocals on Juggernaut as well. I do however love Spencer's growls though and was pining for some more of their brutality.
Haha I'm sorry for the band :laugh: basic for a Finn, we are sorry for everything :lol
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Ahh, gotcha. Heh! :tup
I'm liking the song more and more, especially with the lyrical video. The guys are so laid back and all around goofy yet write this awesome music; it's a great combination. It's also nice that, even though I can understand a good bit of what Spencer says while singing, knowing all the lyrics adds to my enjoyment. They don't have the deepest or most intricately woven lyrics, but it's nice to have something that isn't some fucking novel or a scientific theory hidden in the lyrics, given a lot of the bands I listen to. I like that about the band because for the most part they seem to write about experiences in their life (I just about lost it when I found out what Mile Zero was about given how much I loved the song already) and build from that whether it's ridiculousness, seriousness or something in between. Really great stuff, I haven't been this excited about any album for a while.
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Works for me. Mine is just the song on the Periphery Youtube channel, yours is the lyric video on Sumerian. They both work though.
Something may be a bit weird then. When I load it, it says "This video is not available."
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Maybe a region thing? It looked fine to me, I'm in the US for the record.
One looks like it's the band's page and the other is the label's. Either way I'd say the lyric one is superior if only for the fact that it has lyrics and Misha thanked the fans in the comments on there. Another aspect I really like about the dude. Very down to Earth and interacts with the people that support him.
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Maybe a region thing? It looked fine to me, I'm in the US for the record.
Must be, though I was under the impression that it says that it isn't available in my region when that happens.
One looks like it's the band's page and the other is the label's. Either way I'd say the lyric one is superior if only for the fact that it has lyrics and Misha thanked the fans in the comments on there. Another aspect I really like about the dude. Very down to Earth and interacts with the people that support him.
tbh that blew me away, the fact that the musician of a band actually communicates with people that openly. You don't see that often.
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tbh that blew me away, the fact that the musician of a band actually communicates with people that openly. You don't see that often.
The whole band kept trolling the All Things Periphery facebook group the week prior.
They all (except Nolly) post there fairly regularly.
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The whole band kept trolling the All Things Periphery facebook group the week prior.
They all (except Nolly) post there fairly regularly.
That page would be nice if the admin wasn't a total twat.
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That page would be nice if the admin wasn't a total twat.
I've never seen the admin do anything twat-like at all. They are always doing giveaways and contests and stuff.
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You missed the huge ban wave when people started complaining about all the "three dots somewhere = Periphery was here" spam. His logic was: you hate on people posting three dots that have nothing to do with the band at all = you hate Periphery.
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Speaking of dots...does anyone know what their band logo symbolizes? I don't recall ever seeing that symbol anywhere and am not sure where they got it from or what it means, if anything at all.
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Speaking of dots...does anyone know what their band logo symbolizes? I don't recall ever seeing that symbol anywhere and am not sure where they got it from or what it means, if anything at all.
I'm pretty sure it's there just because it looks cool. :lol
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Yeah, I think so too. :laugh: :metal
I looked and failed for anything that was remotely symbolic related to the logo or any info on it. Pretty much fits Misha and co. to have it because "sweet logo, bro" anyway.
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Eh, I didn't really dig that new song at all. :-\
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Eh, I didn't really dig that new song at all. :-\
I'm really not too impressed either. It kinda seems heavy for the sake of heavy to me, and they've done it way better before (Hell Below, MK Ultra, Zyglrox :metal).
Man I really wish some P1 style in the vein of Zyglrox and Letter Experiment shows on the album.
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Probably one of their weakest songs overall, the "chorus" is just so nonsensical. Still have faith for the album, though, the track list looks nice.
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Probably one of their weakest songs overall, the "chorus" is just so nonsensical. Still have faith for the album, though, the track list looks nice.
Where has the tracklist been posted?
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There's a couple posted on the previous page. I found it on Apple Music but there's another with time stamps.
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YThe tracks and the track lengths can be seen on Spotify. They're also on the previous page of this thread.
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Misha and Mrak did a livestream on Facebook checking out the test pressings for the vinyl version of the new album. They played a few snippets of some of the other songs on the album.
https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/videos/10154293643773217/
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Misha and Mrak did a livestream on Facebook checking out the test pressings for the vinyl version of the new album. They played a few snippets of some of the other songs on the album.
https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/videos/10154293643773217/
Ok, I've done good to NOT get hyped about this release after a bit of a disappointment from Alpha/Omega but these snippets sound fab!
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Yess this is more like it, Halpern is amazing on pretty much all the snippets apart from the ones that didn't feature him, that violin snippet has me very intrigued. And Remain Indoors sounds trippy as fuck :lol love it
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Well... the new leaked "Flatline" single...
Much better than The Price is Wrong. A great mix of harsh and clean vocals in this one. Restored my hype for the album. :metal
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I agree, much better.
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I'm loving The Price Is Wrong actually, but I seem to generally be gravitating towards singles a lot lately, Silvera is my second favorite song from the new Gojira album and Prayers/Triangles is my second favorite from Deftones' Gore just to name a few.
But yeah I've heard Flatline just now and this is better, I like the slow tempo here. Chugging dj0nt riffs and the awesome clean/harsh blend I've come to love by Sotelo.
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I've actually grown to feel okay about The Price is Wrong, I don't like it more than anything on PI or Juggernaut but more than a few songs on PII and all of Clear.
The ending of Flatline is signature Periphery imo, clean/ambient break into a harmonious outro with soaring clean vocals. More of this please.
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Ohhh I loved that sooo much! Yes, the melodic mixed with the metal is fantastic. Really incredible song, that gave me a lot of the goose bumps and feels. In contrast, I think once the whole album is out, I'll appreciate the fully metal TPIW more. There's just a lot more diversity to Flatline and similarly feels like it has a lot more hooks even though I do love the chorus to TPIW.
Also love that little nod to Juggernaut with the line in Flatline, "Send an angel to pull me from the hell below..." :metal :coolio God I love this band.
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Marigold is out. What an awesome track!
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So far this album sounds really similar to PII and that's okay I guess. This track is definitely my favourite so far, but even Flatline and The Price is Wrong are growing on me a lot.
Might be my album of the year, though I'm not sure if Haken can be dethroned just yet.
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Damn! Got me hooked right from the intro, fantastic song from these guys yet again.
If the entire album is as good as The Price Is Wrong, Flatline and Marigold I'll have a hard time putting any 2016 release above this one in my rankings to be honest. Strong contender.
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Been looking forward to this song since Misha posted this snippet a few months back.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEFXntpDP-Q/?taken-by=mishaperiphery
The final product is just as amazing as I hoped it would be :metal
I feel a bit of Devin Townsend influence in the big anthemic chorus.
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:metal :metal :metal :heart :heart :heart :heart :yarr
Also, I never saw it released when they had it up for streaming, I'm not sure if it was released before this or if it's old news, but Haunted Shores' Viscera album has a track called "Feed The Wolf/Norway Jose" that's got Townsend on vocals and it's pretty damn rad. I only saw it once I saw that the album was finally up on iTunes. It's pretty much just Norway Jose with vocals but it's awesome for what it is.
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:metal :metal :metal :heart :heart :heart :heart :yarr
Also, I never saw it released when they had it up for streaming, I'm not sure if it was released before this or if it's old news, but Haunted Shores' Viscera album has a track called "Feed The Wolf/Norway Jose" that's got Townsend on vocals and it's pretty damn rad. I only saw it once I saw that the album was finally up on iTunes. It's pretty much just Norway Jose with vocals but it's awesome for what it is.
Sadly I didn't like Norway Jose by itself and the vocals weren't that interesting imo. I wish Devin had chosen to put vocals over Harrison Fjord instead. :metal
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Really loving what I'm hearing so far from the new album. Just getting into their whole discography to prep for August's show, and holy fuck have I been missing out.
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Really loving what I'm hearing so far from the new album. Just getting into their whole discography to prep for August's show, and holy fuck have I been missing out.
One more participant for the survivor that I'll be running later this year? :neverusethis:
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Official video for Marigold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmtU2WJfPgU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmtU2WJfPgU)
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I love all the people posting how "bad" and/or "weird/messy/random" the video is.
It's like...you've never seen a Periphery video before (which if that's honestly true then okay). THAT'S THE POINT.
Periphery music video is great Periphery music video.
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It's an okay video though, nothing more. I appreciate the quirkiness, but I just found it boring. I'd rather have a lyric video for Marigold to be honest.
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While I think Periphery's quirkyness is funny, I'd like a "real" or serious music video from them at some point. Just for variety.
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While I think Periphery's quirkyness is funny, I'd like a "real" or serious music video from them at some point. Just for variety.
Ever seen the video for Psychosphere?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKNA8nvwOg
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Its funny you guys are talking about videos. The first Periphery I heard was Erised, here, cuz of Petrucci's guest solo. I thought, "This is kinda cool. I wonder what their other stuff sounds like?" So I found the video for their current single... Make Total Destroy. I couldn't fucking believe what I was hearing. Oh yeah, the video was kinda cool too. :biggrin:
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While I think Periphery's quirkyness is funny, I'd like a "real" or serious music video from them at some point. Just for variety.
Ever seen the video for Psychosphere?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKNA8nvwOg
I never really did like live music videos.
I still think the best music video they have is the one for Icarus Lives, as much as I don't particularly like that song. Scarlets video is funny but not really good, Make Total Destroy is pretty cringy at times, I didn't really get the one for Alpha. The Icarus Lives video is just cool, with the water on glass thing going on.
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I'm not loving any of the three new songs, and unforntunately it's all because of Spencer. I've been a defender of him since I first got to know the band and he was awesome on Juggernaut, but here he does a concerning amount of annoying things on just these three singles. The songs all have good moments, but overall I'm not really feeling it.
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I'm not loving any of the three new songs, and unforntunately it's all because of Spencer. I've been a defender of him since I first got to know the band and he was awesome on Juggernaut, but here he does a concerning amount of annoying things on just these three singles. The songs all have good moments, but overall I'm not really feeling it.
I agree on Flatline even though I like it a lot more than The Price Is Wrong as a song, Spencer can get pretty annoying on that song. Marigold is flawless though, I don't think there's a single vocal line in that song I don't love.
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"We aaaare yah-hah-houng" bothers me. Otherwise Marigold is pretty good.
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So far 3 songs I'm not super fond of. :corn
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https://twitter.com/MarkPeriphery/status/753425354849681408
Looks like we're getting a fourth song, "Motormouth" tomorrow
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And here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPw6QtDcCs&feature=youtu.be
Motormouth, damn. It's quite heavy, probably moreso than The Price Is Wrong, didn't expect that.
After one listen I'd say it's my least favorite of the four but pretty good, still convinced that this'll end up in my top 5 albums of the year at least!
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Sigh. Now 0/4 on these.
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Holy shit that was fucking awesome. This album has such a spectacular balance thus far, which I realllly love. Yeah, if the rest of the songs are anything like those released thus far, this is going to be my album of the year far more than likely. Even with the songs released so far I'm loving it. Gorgeous song; it balances out Marigold just as Flatline balanced out TPIW.
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Motormouth instrumentally definitely feels like something that could be on PI. I would say it's my least favourite out of the four so far. Outro is really good though.
Also goddamn Spencer's vocals near the end are annoying.
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I don't really know how to rank this one yet, the only thing I can say this soon is that I probably like it more than The Price is Wrong.
But isn't it an a bit poor album structure decision to put this one directly after TPiW? The two basically have the exact same vibe and both almost only harsh vocals.
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I don't really know how to rank this one yet, the only thing I can say this soon is that I probably like it more than The Price is Wrong.
But isn't it an a bit poor album structure decision to put this one directly after TPiW? The two basically have the exact same vibe and both almost only harsh vocals.
Mark said on his livestream that they wanted a really in-your-face album, so I guess that's why they made it start off really heavy.
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Maybe it's that overall in-your-faciness of this album that makes me not love these new tracks. Whenever I've tried to figure out why I'm not super fond of them I haven't been able to come up with anything better than "it's just too much". But maybe that's exactly why.
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Another new song tomorrow?
https://twitter.com/SPENCESOTELO/status/753726090963775488
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If Spencer doesn't ruin Absolomb then it might be one of the best Periphery songs imo, because the demo is perfect.
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i gave all four singles a listen and man i just don't care about any of them. wasn't planning on getting this album anyways so ehh :corn
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:metal :metal :metal
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If Spencer doesn't ruin Absolomb then it might be one of the best Periphery songs imo, because the demo is perfect.
Agreed. That demo is great.
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Another new song tomorrow?
https://twitter.com/SPENCESOTELO/status/753726090963775488
7 songs left, so 1 new song every day leading up to the 22nd when the full album is released? One can hope :metal
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Or a full album stream. They've been pretty early with that before I think. Don't remember if it's been this early though.
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7/15 new song
https://youtu.be/pGLuKRVX-J4
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Meh. I would call the piano outro my favourite part of the song. Not impressed with this one.
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Some good parts, some annoying parts.
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I don't get why they chose to put a blastbeat under the main vocal harmony. Like... it sounds terrible in my opinion. :lol
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Another fantastic song. I think at the end of soaking this whole album through, it miiiight be my favorite if this keeps up. That's a tall order but thus far I'm loving the hell out of these songs through and through. I'm especially enjoying Spencer's vocals combined with the more orchestral and melodic arrangements. Fuckin' A. :millahhhh :metal :heart
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Apparently the album is for sale today at an event at the Chicago Open Air Festival so expect full leaks by this evening lol... not that anyone would listen to such things. :police:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154386626224533&set=a.10150690231189533.421168.506719532&type=3&theater
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Whaaaat!? That is a beautiful set up there. Well shit.
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It has already leaked in full tbh...
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New song is fine, but that blastbeat is really weird and out of place :lol probably my least favorite song along with Motorbreath though. I guess I'll give the album a listen tonight because I'm too hyped
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Extreme metal doesn't "own" blastbeats anymore. That song probably overuses the clean vocal combination though.
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I tend to like clean vocals more than harsh, so I dug that new tune.
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If Spencer doesn't ruin Absolomb then it might be one of the best Periphery songs imo, because the demo is perfect.
Thankfully this didn't happen, and Absolomb is one of the album's best. People have been saying that they're getting P1 vibes from the songs, but I haven't really heard it until Absolomb. Yeah, this is quite P1ish, which makes sense.
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I've heard all but the last song of the album and it's pretty good! Some great songs including aforementioned Absolomb, habotual line-stepper and Prayer Positon. I think Catch Fire is terrible though
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I actually enjoyed Catch Fire. Not one of the best, but still pretty cool at times. Lune is probably my favorite at the moment though. Less guitar acrobatics, more groove, just the way I like it.
The second half of the album is a lot better than the first.
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Yeah, Catch Fire was pretty good. The entire second half of the album I found pretty good tbh.
This album is gonna take a lot of listens to digest though (as did PI and PII for me), Juggernaut was much more obvious in that regard.
And yeah, Absolomb is my favourite track so far. Definitely something that could be on PI instrumentally.
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the blastbeat thing on the new song actually sounds cool, like, an actually distinguishable moment in the song too
nothing else really stands out, all stuff they've done before
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I can't see this being topped for AOTY for me. I really can't pick out a track that I didn't love, and although there are a couple moments that I didn't like as much as the others, I loved almost every moment. Catch Fire didn't wow me as much as the rest and it'll take some time to get used to that interesting style, and TPIW, while I like, is my least favorite out of the harsher songs. Other than those two minor things, this album had me feeling the feels and grooving hard with the bumps of geese throughout. Fucking brilliant and sexy as hell.
I really like The Way The News Goes..., especially the ending harmonies with "...somethingsomething and beat me like a drum". :lol I really need the lyrics to this album bad. But that string of lyrics is so slick.
Even though this album has me hooked quickly, I still feel like there's a lot to soak in, especially with the longer tracks; mainly Absolomb, Habitual Line-Stepper and Lune. Exceeded my expectations though. :heart :heart :heart :metal :metal :millahhhh :millahhhh :millahhhh :millahhhh :millahhhh
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I wish the album impressed me as much as you. I can easily see me liking this more than PII, but I don't think it has the chance to top Juggernaut or PI for me.
The Price is Wrong is my favourite balls-to-the-walls song on the album though.
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I'm really not sure why it clicks so well with me other than this being what I needed right now in my life. I'm not even sure what I mean by that precisely but I can see this being a very wonderful release for me emotionally/mentally; I've needed both the in-your-face viciousness as well as the harmonious serenity that the album has in spades, from the blast beats and solos to the orchestral highs. It just jives with what I've been wanting. It also probably helps that even though I've listened to everything Misha and Periphery have created tons of times by now, I became a massive fan of his and the band very quickly and am still fairly new as a fan. I had just gotten into them a few months before Juggernaut came out so I'm still in the honeymoon phase, if you will. Not that they're like an old band or have been around all that long but I'm sure some (or most?) others here have been a fan longer than I have.
There also seems to be a pretty big gap in people's feelings on Spencer and how I feel. I haven't disliked a single note the guy has sung/screamed yet so that's obviously a big factor. I love his almost boy-bandish pop singing combined with the gritty screams. Especially on this album, his growls/screams have me all tingly; I think he has some of his lowest growls yet on this album, which I love a whole lot. Given that this is their first album that doesn't have an instrumental track (even if it's just an interlude), that makes a pretty big difference.
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I think he has some of his lowest growls yet on this album, which I love a whole lot
I think the lowest growl he does is actually on Ragnarok. The "night will bring a ravenous demon" line to be exact. But I'm not really sure.
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True knockin', that's a pretty guttural roar.
I love the hell out of Remain Indoors. It might be my favorite right now right alongside The Way The News Goes... Fantastic couple of songs.
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Yeah, Remain Indoors was really cool. The first peak of the album for me, where I could safely say "this is my favorite so far".
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I've gotta say, that electronic breakdown in Remain Indoors is by far my least favourite part of any Periphery song. A shame too because the rest of the song is really really good. It'd be okay if it was like 5 seconds long, but it outstays its welcome really quickly.
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I think Prayer Position is becoming one of my favorite Periphery songs! :metal The chorus is so awesome
This album rocks, surely a contender for AOTY for me.
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It was better than I thought it was going to be, but it's nowhere near Affinity for me.
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Periphery's songs, aside from a few here and there, never really draw me in. They don't have very strong hooks or licks and I'm not crazy about the timbre of his voice. Ragnarok and Omega are the standouts for me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdP3O8L_MV4
Absolomb
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So a handful of listens later and this is one gorgeous, blood curdling album. I am really in love with the small bits of Misha's orchestral pieces sprinkled in between the usual crushing beats and Spencer's vulgarities. There's a lot of great balance on the album despite the initial "fuck you" of having TPIW and Motormouth (which I love) one after the other. All in all this has got a special place in the trio of main albums. I love that there's a special atmosphere to each album and this one is no different. It's funny because while there's a clear cut and obvious vibe from all of them, PI, II and III all have a completely different feel to them, very much so. The small bits of Bowen's techno beats and Misha's orchestral swoons really make a difference. Not that Bowen's influence is anything new but for some reason it feels more up front than before despite it...not actually being so (at least in reference to PII). I'm not sure how to explain that one... But I like it.
Still soaking it all in but now that I've had some actual time with the full album, it's safe to say that for me this is another reason Periphery is one of my favorite bands.
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After listening to this album a few times I can say I that I like it more than I thought I would. None of the early singles really impressed me, but once I could take in the entire album it was a lot better. It's not perfect though, and probably has the most "flaws" of any Periphery album yet, but it's overall good.
While some of the orchestra bits are nice, I don't really think it meshes well with the rest of the music at times. It just feels like Misha is too obsessed with game music that he just had to put it on the album whether it fits the song or not. Sometimes it works though, and when it does it's great.
Also, saw that they're releasing a making-of documentary of the album soon, which is always fun to see. So I'm excited for that.
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Overall this is a really solid album. A few songs don't really do anything for me (e.g. Motormouth and The Price is Wrong) but others (e.g. Lune and Absolomb) are just magnificent.
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What I'm really missing from Periphery music these days is the groove. As good as Mark is, his style often feels like "how many notes and slides can I cram into a riff?".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3WUouE3uo
The making of the new album
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I always like when bands make these documentary things. Or just give us a glimpse of the making-of process. So this was great.
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I always like when bands make these documentary things. Or just give us a glimpse of the making-of process. So this was great.
Yeah. This was pretty nice. I especially liked the bit where Jake was flaming some poor guy over Destiny. :lol
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Hahah yeah that was funny.
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If I had to choose right now this instant I'd say P3 is my favorite album of theirs. Not sure how it'll hold up after more listens but I don't think I ever familiarized myself with a non-concept album this quickly.
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I'd probably say it's my least favorite of their albums, but it's still pretty good.
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It's hard for me to rank their albums to be honest. I think Spencer has gotten better on each album and I enjoy his vocal performances and the melodic hooks more with each album, but the first album might still be my favorite. P3 is probably a close second. P2 while great just feels its length for me, but I should give it another spin.
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Periphery I
Juggernaut
Periphery III
Icarus EP
Periphery II
Clear
It's very easy for me to rank their stuff. Icarus EP has some really underrated tracks (Captain On is sooo good) and I don't really get the love for PII.
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Juggernaut
Periphery
Periphery II
Periphery III
Icarus EP
Clear
Also, I feel I can do this one pretty accurately now:
1. Absolomb
2. Lune
3. Habitual Line-Stepper
4. Remain Indoors
5. Flatline
6. Marigold
7. Motormouth
8. Prayer Position
9. The Way the News Goes...
10. Catch Fire
11. The Price is Wrong
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Ok let's do this:
1. Periphery III
2. Juggernaut
3. Periphery II
4. Icarus EP
5. Periphery I
6. Clear
1. Flatline
2. Prayer Position
3. Marigold
4. Remain Indoors
5. Habitual Line-Stepper
6. The Price Is Wrong
7. Lune
8. Absolomb
9. Catch Fire
10. The Way The News Goes...
11. Motormouth
to elaborate a bit, Motormouth is the only song I'm still not so keen on. Habitual Line-Stepper could've been my #1 but it goes on a bit too long I feel, and Flatline just edged out Prayer Position for #1 today, love 'em both but damn Flatline is just so damn catchy. Biggest grower has actually been Catch Fire, it's still at #9 but after my first listen I hated it
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Catch Fire is easily my favorite on the album, probably the most catchy song they've done hands down. Lune and Marigold would round out the top3, both of them are amazing as well.
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The lyric "and join the stars" in Catch Fire is really annoying to me though. The first time around when he instead says "and be alright" is so much better. If they'd kept it like that for all choruses it might have been higher in my rankings.
Oh and he didn't have to say "shotgun" like a dweeb, that also annoys me.
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^ I agree with that so fucking much. It sounds so nit-picky on the lyrical point of the "stars" part but man...it's so off putting. Not so much that I don't like the song but it just felt really weird hearing it the first time and it hasn't gotten all that better on numerous other listens. I do really like the groove of the song other than that point though and it's certainly a very out of realm song for them; I appreciate that kind of creativity in a band.
I do like the shotgun part if only because it's so obviously meant to be such a douchebaggy line. In fact, I kind of feel like it's a song that's a parody of itself and I'd love to see if there's anything about it on the making of, I need to watch it soon... If not...that's disappointing, because they do those songs so well even if there's only a handful in their repertoire.
As usual I'll stay out of the rankings. I will say that my most listened to songs are The Way The News Goes... and Remain Indoors. I love those songs a lot, especially TWTNG. Very catchy lines in that one and I love the way they culminate in a harsher musical way at the end with "tears march to lullabies and beat my like a drum"; love that line.
I love the album through and through even though there's some dips. It's definitely an oddball album for them and I totally get why Misha had a couple (or more) lines about being nervous to hear what the fans think of it. I mean, it's really not all that different, but there's something about the atmosphere of the album that is different and the way that the songs are laid out as well as some of their structures. But for the most part it's more of a tweak of their usual format than something like...how Opeth changed. I mean that's obvious but with the way Misha was speaking before it's release, I allllmost expected that kind of change.
But I love the injections of orchestral pieces and I do like the little bits and pieces of changes they made, then they just went ham with Catch Fire. It's funny because you can tell they knew how much of an oddball, left field song that was to put in not only with the length of the song but with its position on the album as well. I think it worked out for the most part, it's just such a troll song, I feel like...and with how the guys are (rather seem to be and how they act on social media), that feeling might be right. I'll have to watch the making of later today.
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Don't really care for the new album. Juggernaut had some really exciting things happening and the band seemed to be evolving and expanding their musical palette a bit. This feels like a step back and a bit generic. There were some neat moments so maybe I'll try it again when I'm in the right mood.
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https://youtu.be/WinV5Xj-Y44?t=1m24s
So did they cut this from the album or what? Such a killer riff.
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Oh yeah, forgot about that one. That was like my favorite of the riffs we got a glimpse of before the release.
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Periphery III: Shrek 2 is a much better album title in my opinion.
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Each album from these guys I've been less and less interested in. The last two were kinda meh but II was awesome and the debut was great too. I had a listen to this new one and just didn't like it at all. Maybe my tastes are changing.
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1. Periphery II
2. Periphery I
3. Periphery III
4. Juggernaut
5. Clear
6. Icarus EP
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What I'm really missing from Periphery music these days is the groove. As good as Mark is, his style often feels like "how many notes and slides can I cram into a riff?".
:tup I'm glad finally someone said it. I like his style a lot, and here and there it is awesome (Scarlett and etc.) But I often have the thought "this must be a Mark riff." Yet earlier in this thread, Jake was getting knocked next to Mark when discussing Clear. If anything, factoring in Jake's programming, I really like what he does as a whole. Misha for what it's worth also has a style, like chug some low notes and let ring out two or three dissonant notes (see "The Bad Thing.") With Mark, I love what he does with voicings, and in this band context, he adds a lot.
That said, so far I love this album. Juggernaut is very solid, but like a lot of concept albums for me, it is mostly better digested as a whole. I still will put PII as the best, but I would have no problem having this at the 2B or 2A spot with Juggernaut. The only thing I cannot really get down with is PI. I do enjoy Clear a lot.
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Anyone see this tour yet? I cheated and looked at the setlist, can't wait for Sunday :caffeine:
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That was a nice documentary. But do I understand it correctly that the band just write entire riff-fests without vocal melodies? That Spencer has to come up with the melodies? What a weird approach.
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Isn't that what DT does too? Just write songs and add vocals to them later.
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Yeah, that's a very standard approach, not sure what he thinks is remotely weird about that. :lol
On a side note, The Way The News Goes... is becoming a new favorite of mine, what a cool song!
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The Way The News Goes... is becoming a new favorite of mine, what a cool song!
Still the only song on the album that I actively dislike, it has it's moments, but the main riff is just too annoying. The second half of it gets better tho.
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On a side note, The Way The News Goes... is becoming a new favorite of mine, what a cool song!
Still by far my most listened to song and if I had to pick a favorite, that'd be it.
I've also warmed up immensely to Motormouth. It's interesting having the main brunt of the heaviness at the very beginning of the album and the ending is quite soft (for Periphery).
This album has my almost 50/50 split least favorite and most favorite lyrics as well. Lines like Lune's "Can you feel the love? Yes I feel the love" and most of Catch Fire really don't do anything for me at all but I love the instrumentals a lot, but then TWTNG... and Flatline have some of my favorite lyrics off any of their albums on top of having some of my favorite instrumentals.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I love this album but I feel it bears repeating on how much I get what Misha was saying with regards to nerves and the album. Definitely a different feel overall, different approach, different lyrics...all the while, retaining their core sound. I love it; it's always great to have a band explore their sound while retaining the essence that makes them "them".
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^ yeah I agree about the lyrics. Some are a bit off, and some are just emotionally wrenching; Prayer Position. :eek At the same time, I felt Periphery has always been a band with a strong sense of humor. They do not always seem to take the lyrics as seriously as a the music, yet I didn't really hear much goofiness in the lyrics.
I don't know if I said it in my last post, but this was certainly Spencer's time to shine, and he did IMO. It's cool that something like Lune is accepted warmly by the band. Outside of Erised, I don't think they had another full mellow song like that. And Lune is more laid-back still than Erised I feel.
I think I can easily place this as my favorite Periphery album. Maybe it's the album I need write now, and it hits with so well. But I feel the Djent is hard to go with at times, and it blends in well with this album to me.
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Anyone else hear a little 'Time' (Hans Zimmer, Inception soundtrack) in The Way the News Goes' chorus?
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I see what you mean, but nah, that's a bit of a stretch.
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Show's tomorrow night, getting pretty fucking stoked, ain't gonna lie...
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Ok, I ain't gonna lie. Periphery was fucking amazeballs. Easily one of the best vocal performances I've seen, he didn't miss a note. Sikth dropped the house down pretty good too. Even Chon got a pit rolling. Great night all around!!!
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okay but what the heck is chon doing playing with periphery and sikth, like, what??????
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They did stick out like a sore thumb :lol
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Prayer Position Bass playthrough by Nolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w5qFCT6EZY
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Nolly is crazy.
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dat tone tho
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whUy9s7jeqE
Drum Playthrough of Prayer Position by Matt
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so I wasn't expecting to fall in such amounts of love with Shrek2 after my first few spins three weeks ago, but here I am 40 spins later and the romance has me thinking I've got a new favourite Periphery album. SO MUCH sweet goodness.
fun tidbit: I wasn't yet familiar with the album when I was reading this thread circa three weeks back, and I think y'all made the "...and join the stars" line my favourite lyric of the album. so thanx. :metal
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I think that's a terrible line. Or, the line itself isn't that bad, it's just that in the first chorus they say "and be alright", which is just sooo much better.
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Making a list of best lyrics/vocal deliveries seems like an impossible job for me right now, I'm so amazed with this album. The line "Sure is something when we all catch fire" from Catch Fire is definitely up there though, don't think they've ever done a song as poppy as that one but it's tremendous.
I think that's a terrible line. Or, the line itself isn't that bad, it's just that in the first chorus they say "and be alright", which is just sooo much better.
Agreed.
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the fact its different from the first chorus to the next two makes BOTH lines all the better for it.
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Glad to see Catch Fire getting praise, as it's clearly the stick out track for better or worse. I love that "sure is something" line a lot too.
It's a cheap song, and not much to it. But maybe that is why I like it. Plus it hits emotionally at this moment for me.
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Catch Fire is the perfect balance of extreme metal, Faith No More, and Evanescence...with a couple measures of One Direction thrown in the mix. :hat
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Their show in Detroit, MI was awesome. For some reason I thought they were going to play 22 Faces. Spencer sounded on point, and the playing had no issues that I could hear. Their style can be so heavy at times. Stuff like The Bad Thing slays live. Very entertaining stage presence IMO, which I did not fully feel so watching videos in the past. I love this band, and they keep growing more for me. Lune of course was the highlight perhaps.
Chon was a huge highlight of the support bands. Definitely checking more of them out, and hopefully without vocals. They absolutely were awesome with minimal distortion, and had melodic playing crammed in.
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So now that the album has been out for some time, who'd be up for a Periphery survivor v2?
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I'm always up for that.
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My votes would be different for pretty much every album compared to last year, so it would definitely be interesting, but I don't know whether I'll remember voting every day, I don't visit P/S much.
Ranking the songs on Periphery III is going to be a bitch :lol I think every song on the album is atleast great. The only one I'm sure about is my last place and everyone is going to be pissed about it. Classic Periphery Survivor stuff.
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There doesn't seem to be much interest so I'm not going to be running it at this moment.
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/Necro
Periphery have been nominated for a grammy for best metal performance, wtf? Apparently it's with lead single The Price Is Wrong, which is a pretty bad song to be exposed to a more mainstream crowd with if you ask me, but still nice that they made it this far. Their competition is Gojira's Silvera, Korn's Rotting In Vain, Megadeth's Dystopia and Baroness' Shock Me.
Out of these I probably prefer Silvera, but to me the fact that a band from the original starting line-up for Sumerian Records made it as far as a grammy nomination is crazy impressive. Hats off!
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Yeah that surprised me aswell. If anything I would expect Marigold to be nominated, that song has sick guitar work and is incredibly catchy in a mainstream kind of way.
Out of the line-up I'd say:
Silvera > TPIW > Rotting in Vain > Dystopia > what is this band even?
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Whoa! I couldn't possibly give any less of a shit about awards, let alone the fucking Grammys; but it's really awesome in regards to the acknowledgement and exposure. I'll be frank as well and say that it's not the best song to get said exposure but the guys deserve anything they can get and it's fantastic either way. I don't dislike the song as much as most (or perhaps better said as "it isn't as far down on the list of favorites") but I do think songs like Marigold or The Way The News Goes... (and in my wildest of dreams, Absolomb) would be a much better fit for exposure. Again though, they deserve any kind of exposure and it's still a great song in comparison to the others. Not a fan of anything else listed with the great exception to Baroness' Shock Me, which is fantastic. I can't pick a favorite between the two.
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For some reason, this blew me away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDd5zovN4g
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BUMP
I could never really get into these guys before, I think I got hung up on the vocals and dismissed them...
Recently I gave PIII a chance and holy crap, I am blown away. This album is INSANE, it's so good!
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Periphery always deserves a good bump. :tup :metal
I'm extremely fond of the album myself, it's got some really fantastic tracks and even better moments.
Even though this one is fairly different in certain aspects and what the music focuses on, I'd recommend going backwards if you want to check out the rest of their music. PII is still probably my favorite of theirs. Although Juggernaut has its really heavy moments, it's close to PIII than any of the other albums.
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Periphery always deserves a good bump. :tup :metal
I'm extremely fond of the album myself, it's got some really fantastic tracks and even better moments.
Even though this one is fairly different in certain aspects and what the music focuses on, I'd recommend going backwards if you want to check out the rest of their music. PII is still probably my favorite of theirs. Although Juggernaut has its really heavy moments, it's close to PIII than any of the other albums.
Yeah, I haven't explored their previous albums much yet. If I like PIII where should I head next? Juggernaut?
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The general consensus among most Periphery fans is that the vocals did indeed improve on every consecutive album. I personally don't like almost any of the vocals on their debut.
Working backwards like Tio said could work, mikey, though I personally prefer "Periphery II: This Time It's Personal" and think is the best follow-up from here.
Yeah, I haven't explored their previous albums much yet. If I like PIII where should I head next? Juggernaut?
Juggernaut is a double 'concept' album. Has some PIII-esque songs but I don't think most of them stick that well initially. PII left a much better first impact on me personally. Though I'm kind of biased since it's my favourite Periphery album (PIII is definitely a contender though)
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I never picked up PIII for some reason. I do most of my music listening while I run/workout, so if I can't get it on my iPod shuffle, I can't listen. But I've been checking it out online and I'm really thinking I need to get it, so I can have some alone time with it. Have my way with it :hat. But I do have PII and Juggernaut on there. And while I love a lot of Juggernaut, space is limited and I've cut some tracks. All of PII is on there. That album is a fucking killer.
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Cool thanks!
The one thing I will say is that I usually don't like bands that only scream. I can only listen to a certain amount of screaming before I want some clean, melodic vocals. PIII worked perfectly for me in that regard. Every time I thought to myself "man that's a lot of screaming, he's starting to lose me" Spencer would deliver a great vocal melody. PIII has just the right amount of screaming to singing ratio for me (perhaps a bit more screaming than I'd want ideally), so it'll probably be harder for me to get into some of their stuff that has more screaming.
So, all that being said, I'll be curious to hear how the vocals differ between albums.
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Something tells me you'll love the song 'Scarlet', it's a bit toned down on the harsh vocals and has stellar melodies, though I'm not as crazy about it as it used to be.
Also not sure if you knew this, but one of the guitar players is the nephew of Petrucci, and they got JP to do a guest solo on one of the songs on that album (titled "Erised"), with the suggestion "we would like something along the lines of/with the same feel as the solo in Erotomania". Pretty cool stuff
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Yeah I knew Jake is his nephew and I think I listened to that song JP guested on back when it came out, I remember liking it.
It's actually funny, I saw an interview on YouTube the other day with Jake and he looks like he's growing out the beard just like his uncle :lol
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jake's beard is the best thing about periphery
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I have to say, I was pretty impressed. He clearly has very strong beard game.
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i remember when i first saw them live opening for devin townsend without knowing anything about them, i had only three main thoughs: 1) why three guitars? 2) why the v-neck? 3) damn that beard is mighty fine :lol
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Am I one of the only ones who likes the Clear EP most? (bearing in mind I haven't heard P:III yet)
I also wouldn't really consider myself a huge fan, I don't mind them every now and then though.
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I thought P3 had a bit too much screaming, at least in the beginning. The Price is Wrong is all harsh vocals, which has never happened before. And there's no cleans until a long way into Motormouth.
Juggernaut is my personal favorite though, so that's probably a good one to move on to if you liked P3. Very well done concept record.
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I love the hell out of Clear but it's not my favorite. It does have one of my most listened to songs though, The Summer Jam (I also really love Feed The Ground).
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I'm not really that fond of Clear. I think Parade of Ashes is alright, and Zero is cool but I would have liked it more with vocals. Also Extraneous is pretty interesting, but I barely listen to any of them ever.
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Well like I've said I'm not a huge fan and I've not heard P:III but I'd likely rank:
Clear EP
P:II
Juggernaut: A&O
P:I
I will give P:III a listen in the coming months :corn
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Clear is ok, it's just that the other releases are waaaaaaaaay better.
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Clear is ok, it's just that the other releases are waaaaaaaaay better.
In your opinion :tup
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Yes, obviously.
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I thought P3 had a bit too much screaming, at least in the beginning. The Price is Wrong is all harsh vocals, which has never happened before. And there's no cleans until a long way into Motormouth.
Juggernaut is my personal favorite though, so that's probably a good one to move on to if you liked P3. Very well done concept record.
I agree, but looking at the album as a whole, there was enough clean singing with great melodies in songs like Marigold, The Way the News Goes, Remain Indoors, Catch Fire, and Lune to balance out that very scream-heavy start to the record.
As a side note, speaking of Motormouth, I LOVE when he does finally introduce a clean melody and then the band kicks into that great outro :metal
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As a side note, speaking of Motormouth, I LOVE when he does finally introduce a clean melody and then the band kicks into that great outro :metal
Fucking this, what an ending.
I just stumbled upon this vid of Flatline with Vocals/Synths/Strings only. 0:43 sounds like a 70's acapella progrock intro :lol Listening to this thing made me realize how well-constructed the song is vocally.
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Yeah Motormouth is a pretty badass song.
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I just stumbled upon this vid of Flatline with Vocals/Synths/Strings only. 0:43 sounds like a 70's acapella progrock intro :lol Listening to this thing made me realize how well-constructed the song is vocally.
On PIII there is A LOT going on vocally. Lots of layers kinda weaving together, harsh, clean, etc... I'm really impressed with his vocals on this record.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjfwKDacWw
just gonna leave this here
gravitee is a just a feeble ploooot yeaaaa
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Thank you :metal
:facepalm:
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:lol
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:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Jesus fucking christ. My sides.
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Bump
Nolly has left the band.
https://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand/photos/a.398626323216.167142.19059968216/10155660824368217/?type=3&theater
"A few weeks ago I came to the decision I didn’t want to continue as a member of Periphery. The Periphery guys are some of my best friends, I have nothing but high hopes for the future of the band, and I’ll always be a huge fan of the music, however after a year of not touring I became aware that I’m just not invested in the day-to-day decision-making and problem solving that constitutes so much of the reality of running a joint enterprise like Periphery. It’s simply not on my mind, and that’s not fair to the rest of the band, the band’s team, and everyone involved in making Periphery a success – and that includes you all too.
The guys in Periphery are all incredible people and musicians, in their different and complementary ways. I know they’ll go on to achieve things I can’t even imagine, and I’ll be so happy to watch that happen.
For my own part, I’ll continue to enjoy the more settled life at home with my wife, focussing on my production work and on GetGood Drums.
I’ve got nothing but incredible gratitude for everything we experienced together and pride for what we accomplished, it has been an honour to play a role in something that has grown from humble origins to a genuinely genre-defining, internationally successful band. Thank you all for having me along for the ride. Really."
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That sucks, but unfortunately, it seemed like the writing was on the wall.
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That sucks, but unfortunately, it seemed like the writing was on the wall.
Yep. Though I don't feel it's a substantial loss.
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That sucks, but unfortunately, it seemed like the writing was on the wall.
Yep. Though I don't feel it's a substantial loss.
Hard to tell. Obviously, he wasn't touring with them in support of PIII, so live, they won't be affected too much. But I don't know how much he contributed in terms of writing. He and Misha seemed to spearhead the production for the last couple records (which are killer) so I'm curious to see if he still maybe produces the band in the future? I don't know...
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https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/periphery-megathread-everything-periphery.121110/page-704#post-4768987
Misha says they won't be looking for a new bassist. I think they'll just have one of them play the bass parts on future albums and just continue to use backing tracks live.
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https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/periphery-megathread-everything-periphery.121110/page-704#post-4768987
Misha says they won't be looking for a new bassist. I think they'll just have one of them play the bass parts on future albums and just continue to use backing tracks live.
I'm totally fine with that, I think it makes sense.
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As a bassist though having a bunch of guitars up there makes me a bit meh. I know with djent, tuning down so low on some songs forgo's the bass. However Periphery would use octave lower bass still.
But overall it makes sense. Honestly while Nolly seems to have done well writing music overall, his bass parts followed guitar a huge chunk of the time. And with Periphery playing shows on rails so to speak (synced up), continuing to have bass tracks isn't a big deal.
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RIP Omega main riff.
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Definitely sucks and as has already been stated, it remains to be seen how this will affect the sound of the band but I'd venture to say that it won't change things too much given Misha's reaction and seemingly cool nature about it. Here's hoping. I know it's too early but I'm already itching for more despite still playing PIII on the weekly.
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Nolly's leave sucks in general because he is a very good musician and a nice guy. But, I've been prepared for this decision from Periphery. They are so much into using backing tracks live, not only bass tracks, that having no live bass isn't a problem. I saw them once live in Poland in 2015 during tour with Devin. Great show, but the only problem that I felt about it, was a lack of bass in front mix. It was strange for me, because They all are using Fractal's and backing tracks. I expected perfect live sound, it was very far away from that.
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As far as musically, I don't think it'll be that different. Misha, Mark, and Jake were always the main writers. I hope the production doesn't suffer though, but I don't think so.
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Tbh the only person I wouldn't miss on the band right now is Misha. Sure he is the progenitor and the "main guy" behind Periphery, but I kinda dislike the style and music he has grown into over the past few years, and it's one of the main reasons why I disliked PIII so much.
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As far as musically, I don't think it'll be that different. Misha, Mark, and Jake were always the main writers. I hope the production doesn't suffer though, but I don't think so.
I'm with this view. He came in as a producer for P2 I think, and then joined in that process? So I don't see a massive hit in the writing. And again, his bass parts didn't really do anything for me. I actually was not a fan of Juggernauts' final sound either.
Just speculating and stirring the pot; if anything though, I'm worried about Jake. He's the most tenured outside of Misha now, but his electronic parts were basically gone on P3. And the "big" interludes were done by Misha it seemed (Marigold & Absolomb). Even though P3 might be my favorite album, I really liked Jake's electronic stuff on P2. I'm not a fan of P1, but that also had electronic stuff which was a unique thing of the band for me over the first two albums. Just based on Clear, I'm probably the only person that liked Jake's track and writing more than Misha, Nolly's and Mark's.
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Just based on Clear, I'm probably the only person that liked Jake's track and writing more than Misha, Nolly's and Mark's.
Instrumentally it's my favourite off Clear, but I can't stand Spencer's vocals on The Summer Jam, so I never listen to it anymore.
Overall Clear has some of the worst Spencer vocals imo.
Jake's electronic music is a jam. I still spin his solo album sometimes.
They posted some snippets of some electronic music they were working on with Misha, so that should be pretty good.
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Just based on Clear, I'm probably the only person that liked Jake's track and writing more than Misha, Nolly's and Mark's.
Instrumentally it's my favourite off Clear, but I can't stand Spencer's vocals on The Summer Jam, so I never listen to it anymore.
Overall Clear has some of the worst Spencer vocals imo.
Jake's electronic music is a jam. I still spin his solo album sometimes.
They posted some snippets of some electronic music they were working on with Misha, so that should be pretty good.
Have they released the electronic music?
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As far as I know not yet.
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Well, I didn't like Periphery at all up until two days ago. I wasn't excited about the screams but for some reason, my mood this weekend kind of asked for something a bit on the aggressive side. I streamed Periphery's discography on Google Play and bam!! There's some great stuff going with this guys. I so regret not seeing them with AAL in San Antonio a few months ago :facepalm:
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Well, I didn't like Periphery at all up until two days ago. I wasn't excited about the screams but for some reason, my mood this weekend kind of asked for something a bit on the aggressive side. I streamed Periphery's discography on Google Play and bam!! There's some great stuff going with this guys. I so regret not seeing them with AAL in San Antonio a few months ago :facepalm:
:metal I was the same way, I checked them out years ago, and didn't like them at all. When PIII came out I gave them another shot and something clicked. Now I love their entire catalog.
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I never would have imagined being into Periphery, they're not like anybody else I listen to. I just happened to hear them when I was really wanting I find something heavier, but not just heavy for the sake of heavy. Their aggressiveness is addictive.
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Same story here... I think seeing them live was what did it for me. I went to see Sikth open for them, and they just blew me away.
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Ditto for me in the random liking after not being into this kind of music. It really worked out for me well because I went to see The Contortionist with a friend and while I enjoyed myself, I didn't think I'd ever listen to the music again. Cut to a year later and I hear Periphery's just-then-released Juggernaut and fell in love, which then opened me up a bit more to The Contortionist and now they're my two of my top bands.
Funny how tastes change or one little aspect of a current lifestyle or state of mind will change things for you.
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I missed this and I'm sure others did too but...NEW SONG!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaX25AariI
:P I fucking love these guys.
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Yeah, saw that song yesterday, so good!!! :metal :metal
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:metal
Hilarious, love it!
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Is it bad that this is better than anything on PIII?
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Is it bad that this is better than anything on PIII?
Yes :lol
For real though, for me, PIII has aged to be their best album, no question.
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It's probably my least favorite of their full length albums. Still pretty cool though.
Also: They've been posting snippits from P4 writing sessions on instagram and stuff over the past weeks or so. Sounds good so far.
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^ Yeah I don't know if I'm in the minority or what, but I got into the band after PIII came out and worked my way backwards. It seems like a lot of long-term fans have a connection with the first record and even the second. For me, they are really good, but just not as strong as III. Alpha and Omega are a close second in my book.
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^ Yeah I don't know if I'm in the minority or what, but I got into the band after PIII came out and worked my way backwards. It seems like a lot of long-term fans have a connection with the first record and even the second. For me, they are really good, but just not as strong as III. Alpha and Omega are a close second in my book.
I've been listening to Periphery since before the first record and I think PIII is their best album.
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^ Yeah I don't know if I'm in the minority or what, but I got into the band after PIII came out and worked my way backwards. It seems like a lot of long-term fans have a connection with the first record and even the second. For me, they are really good, but just not as strong as III. Alpha and Omega are a close second in my book.
I've been listening to Periphery since before the first record and I think PIII is their best album.
:tup
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II is still my favorite, but III comes pretty close. The beginning and end of the album are a bit weak and having by far my least favorite song on the album at the very start is questionable, but that string of songs from The Way The News Goes all the way to Catch Fire is amazing.
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II is still my favorite, but III comes pretty close. The beginning and end of the album are a bit weak and having by far my least favorite song on the album at the very start is questionable, but that string of songs from The Way The News Goes all the way to Catch Fire is amazing.
I feel you, I'm not totally sold on the first two tracks on III, which is weird, but the run of songs 3 - 7 is totally killer. And the last two tracks are some of my favorites as well.
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I think III had the potential musically to be one of their best, but I think Spencer does too many questionable things on that album that don't really resonate with me. And while the video game orchestra parts sound cool, I think they were overused.
But when it's good it's really good. Habitual Line-Stepper, Absalomb, and Lune are three really rockin' tracks.
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I think III had the potential musically to be one of their best, but I think Spencer does too many questionable things on that album that don't really resonate with me. And while the video game orchestra parts sound cool, I think they were overused.
But when it's good it's really good. Habitual Line-Stepper, Absalomb, and Lune are three really rockin' tracks.
This is actually a pretty good summary. especially the video-game orchestra stuff. I miss the little electronic Jake things that were on PI and PII.
If the album didn't have Remain Indoors, Motormouth and Catch Fire it could be one of their better ones.
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This is actually a pretty good summary. especially the video-game orchestra stuff. I miss the little electronic Jake things that were on PI and PII.
If the album didn't have Remain Indoors, Motormouth and Catch Fire it could be one of their better ones.
Motormouth and Catch Fire are two of my least favorites, but I LOVE Remain Indoors. One of my favorites for sure.
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Remain Indoors is okay, middle of the road for me. I've actually come to really enjoy Motormouth, but Catch Fire has some real issues that holds it back for me though.
The Way the News Goes bothers me too. I can appreciate Mark's writing style from time to time, but he has this habbit of writing songs where there's just way too many notes flying around all the time with almost nothing to balance it out.
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The Way the News Goes bothers me too. I can appreciate Mark's writing style from time to time, but he has this habbit of writing songs where there's just way too many notes flying around all the time with almost nothing to balance it out.
What impresses me so much about that song is how good it manages to be despite that. Take the ending verse (or whatever you want to call it) for example - that section has like four different melodies going on at once between the guitars and vocals yet, at least to me, it still manages to come together beautifully without sounding too overwhelming.
Regarding Catch Fire, I can totally see a lot of people not being into it especially since it's such a big departure from the band's usual sound, but I love it. One of the best of the album for me.
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I usually hate Mark songs in the beginning but they tend to slowly grow on me. He definitely overuses the weird chord - arpeggio - slide to another chord flurry of notes sequence a bit though.
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Mark's stolen custom PRS 7 string has been recovered and returned to him:
https://www.facebook.com/AransasPassPD/videos/2076401602373020/?hc_ref=ARSj99altP8HJO0g2Vr4YhsI52jVpgpIkzlHbQFMcAD3k45RCoQv0swVDNnMe-9bMpE
This is Detective Mike Luna of the Aransas Pass, TX Police Department. Remember that stolen PRS Guitars Private Stock 7-string I had stolen last month? Long story short, Mike was instrumental in helping me recover it this past week. I never expected to see it again, but thanks to Mike, Bob Donaho and Tony Saracene, it’s back where it belongs. I’m still speechless. A million thank yous to Detective Luna, Aransas Pass Police Department and ALL OF YOU for raising online awareness about the theft. If it weren’t for you all making such a stink about it on social media, this guitar would still be sitting in some degenerate’s shitty garage. Most of you have never met me in person, but the fact that so many of you went out of your way to share, retweet or post about this guitar is ultimately the reason it was recovered. I am so humbled, and relieved that there is still such an abundance of good in this world. You helped out a stranger, and I will gladly pay it forward.
(If the thief happens to be reading this, go rescue a dog, learn to crochet or take a fucking basket-weaving class. The path you’re on will either end up with you in jail, or alone. Is stealing stuff and selling it at a flea market really what you want your legacy on this planet to be?
And if anyone is curious to know the story of how the guitar was recovered, the gist of it is that some random bum sold it at a flea market for $200. TWO-HUNDRED DOLLARS. I’ve never been so happy about another person’s lack of brain cells.) 🤷🏽♂️
periphery #prsguitars #dontsteal
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Mark's stolen custom PRS 7 string has been recovered and returned to him:
https://www.facebook.com/AransasPassPD/videos/2076401602373020/?hc_ref=ARSj99altP8HJO0g2Vr4YhsI52jVpgpIkzlHbQFMcAD3k45RCoQv0swVDNnMe-9bMpE
This is Detective Mike Luna of the Aransas Pass, TX Police Department. Remember that stolen PRS Guitars Private Stock 7-string I had stolen last month? Long story short, Mike was instrumental in helping me recover it this past week. I never expected to see it again, but thanks to Mike, Bob Donaho and Tony Saracene, it’s back where it belongs. I’m still speechless. A million thank yous to Detective Luna, Aransas Pass Police Department and ALL OF YOU for raising online awareness about the theft. If it weren’t for you all making such a stink about it on social media, this guitar would still be sitting in some degenerate’s shitty garage. Most of you have never met me in person, but the fact that so many of you went out of your way to share, retweet or post about this guitar is ultimately the reason it was recovered. I am so humbled, and relieved that there is still such an abundance of good in this world. You helped out a stranger, and I will gladly pay it forward.
(If the thief happens to be reading this, go rescue a dog, learn to crochet or take a fucking basket-weaving class. The path you’re on will either end up with you in jail, or alone. Is stealing stuff and selling it at a flea market really what you want your legacy on this planet to be?
And if anyone is curious to know the story of how the guitar was recovered, the gist of it is that some random bum sold it at a flea market for $200. TWO-HUNDRED DOLLARS. I’ve never been so happy about another person’s lack of brain cells.) 🤷🏽♂️
periphery #prsguitars #dontsteal
Wow, that's awesome. I saw Mark post about that when it was stolen. That's pretty incredible they recovered it.
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bump
The cover art and title for P4 leaked. Not confirmed until the band says so obviously, but it seems legit.
Periphery IV: Hail Stan
(https://i.imgur.com/kjOUVDl.jpg)
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:lol
I hope the title actually is Hail Stan, that would be hilarious.
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http://periphery.net/
There's a countdown on their site now
Tracklisting appears to have leaked as well.
http://releases.funkysouls.com/release/21632
01. Reptile (16:44)
02. Blood Eagle (5:58)
03. Chvrch Burner (3:41)
04. Garden in the Bones (5:57)
05. It's Only Smiles (5:33)
06. Follow Your Ghost (5:24)
07. Crush (6:49)
08. Sentient Glow (4:28)
09. Satellites (9:25)
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http://periphery.net/
There's a countdown on their site now
Tracklisting appears to have leaked as well.
http://releases.funkysouls.com/release/21632
01. Reptile (16:44)
02. Blood Eagle (5:58)
03. Chvrch Burner (3:41)
04. Garden in the Bones (5:57)
05. It's Only Smiles (5:33)
06. Follow Your Ghost (5:24)
07. Crush (6:49)
08. Sentient Glow (4:28)
09. Satellites (9:25)
Countdown to the first single maybe? I saw some stuff on social media, it looked like they filmed a video for Blood Eagle - so maybe they will premier that? Hyped! :metal
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I'm a huge fan of those runtimes, love when Periphery showcases their progressive tendencies. Anticipating the first single!
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Holy crap I am so excited for this!!!
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Well... that's one heck of a song.
Honestly no idea what to think about it yet, so much stuff happens in those 6 minutes. :lol
The main riff drops hard though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzznL_8DIUM
Video for Blood Eagle
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Wow, that was certainly heavy :lol
Well... that's one heck of a song.
Honestly no idea what to think about it yet, so much stuff happens in those 6 minutes. :lol
The main riff drops hard though.
Pretty much my thoughts as well, I definitely like it, but it'll take me several more listens to really digest everything happening there.
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Well, that was song I don't need to go back into. Hopefully the rest of album is not that screamy.
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Well, that was song I don't need to go back into. Hopefully the rest of album is not that screamy.
They have been saying this is their heaviest record to date, so I'd probably expect a lot of screams.
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Absolutely loved it, honestly. I'm sure there will be quite the variation in terms of melodious vs. heavier moments on the album.
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Yeah I'm sure it won't be all screams, Spencer will definitely have good clean, melody sections. It's just supposed to be a heavier overall record, so there probably will be a lot of harsh vocals.
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haha that sucked
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Interesting and cool to see all the different opinions on this. I'm surprised it's this divisive. Can't please everyone. :lol
I love the hell out of it, I thought it was a fantastic blend of their more melodic and quiet moments with Spence singing in the middle section (which is awesome) and their more Periphery II-esque metal moments, which clearly is the dominate portion of the song. I am super stoked to hear the rest. What a fucking great band.
What's interesting to me for my own views on it is that I really did not like (and still am pretty luke-warm towards) PIII's singles (especially Price/Wrong and still to some extent, Motormouth), but I love this. I'm not sure if it's the song's structure, Spencer's singing in this song specifically (I LOVE the PII-esque vocals, which to me seem to be more growly instead of actual "screaming") or the fact that there's a section that's more melodic and quiet to break up the insanity. Either way, this song has a great blend of both and sounds awesome.
I do love the trolling of the band with their comments on the album months beforehand and the fact that they really do not give a single shit; they'll make what they want. That's how it should be. The privileged fans be damned. There's a certain pompous bullshit-filled personality and ridiculous amount of selfish pride that goes behind the thought of "this band should make music how I want", but that's a whole other fucking thread. :lol :corn
By the bye, I think everyone, myself included when it comes to about half of PIII, is in that category at some point in their life with their favorite band, I think it's kind of guaranteed once you become attached to a band. But it's a good wake up call to kind of fuck off with the expectations and what you want as opposed to simply accepting what the band makes and then you can either like it or not, but the whole "we deserve *such and such* type of music from *such and such* band" is a load of utter shit that more often than not comes from pre-pubescent fits.
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haha that sucked
Insightful commentary as usual :lol
Interesting and cool to see all the different opinions on this. I'm surprised it's this divisive. Can't please everyone. :lol
I love the hell out of it, I thought it was a fantastic blend of their more melodic and quiet moments with Spence singing in the middle section (which is awesome) and their more Periphery II-esque metal moments, which clearly is the dominate portion of the song. I am super stoked to hear the rest. What a fucking great band.
What's interesting to me for my own views on it is that I really did not like (and still am pretty luke-warm towards) PIII's singles (especially Price/Wrong and still to some extent, Motormouth), but I love this. I'm not sure if it's the song's structure, Spencer's singing in this song specifically (I LOVE the PII-esque vocals, which to me seem to be more growly instead of actual "screaming") or the fact that there's a section that's more melodic and quiet to break up the insanity. Either way, this song has a great blend of both and sounds awesome.
I do love the trolling of the band with their comments on the album months beforehand and the fact that they really do not give a single shit; they'll make what they want. That's how it should be. The privileged fans be damned. There's a certain pompous bullshit-filled personality and ridiculous amount of selfish pride that goes behind the thought of "this band should make music how I want", but that's a whole other fucking thread. :lol :corn
By the bye, I think everyone, myself included when it comes to about half of PIII, is in that category at some point in their life with their favorite band, I think it's kind of guaranteed once you become attached to a band. But it's a good wake up call to kind of fuck off with the expectations and what you want as opposed to simply accepting what the band makes and then you can either like it or not, but the whole "we deserve *such and such* type of music from *such and such* band" is a load of utter shit that more often than not comes from pre-pubescent fits.
Yeah I'm with you here, it's definitely got a PII vibe, which is awesome. The clean section in the middle is a great breathing point.
As for the band's current situation, they made their own label, this is the first record they are releasing on their own. They have basically said, at this point Periphery is a passion project for them. There are no outside pressures to shape the direction in anyway, they just make music they want. Gotta respect that.
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One thing I have to say, is that I feel Spencer has been getting more meh every album since PII. On that album both his cleans and growls were on point.
Juggernaut had good vocals overall, but some of the growls were a bit underwhelming.
PIII was just bad in every aspect vocal-wise imo.
Cleans seem to be good on Blood Eagle but again the growls are kinda meh at best. Which doesn't help since like 80% of the song is harsh vocals. :lol
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They released the new song Garden in the Bones. A lot more cohensive track and I liked that much more than Blood Eagle.
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That was pretty good instrumentally, but I still can't stand Spencer's new whiny vocal style.
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That was pretty good instrumentally, but I still can't stand Spencer's new whiny vocal style.
I'm not hearing anything different in his singing compared to the older albums, but that's just me..
Song was good! Haven't listened to Periphery in ages so this song was a nice surprise.
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Much better than Blood Eagle :tup
I don't know why, but Periphery's lead singles always seem to be either really poor or nowhere near the best songs from their respective albums.
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I like the new song. Really looking forward to this record.
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Man, I couldn't disagree more with the thought that Spencer's vocals have worsened over time. I think he has grown into his own and really sounds like he knows his best ranges and tones. I think his growls sound just as good (though yes, a little different) as PII and his highs, while not quite as confident and clear (hey, time is a mofo), sound really emotional and great. You can just tell they're all enjoying it. Love this one just as much as Blood Eagle.
Even though I loved a lot of PIII, I was also kind of bored with just as many areas of it. So hopefully I'll be all in on this one.
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That was pretty good instrumentally, but I still can't stand Spencer's new whiny vocal style.
I'm not hearing anything different in his singing compared to the older albums, but that's just me..
Song was good! Haven't listened to Periphery in ages so this song was a nice surprise.
From someone who couldn't get into their earlier stuff because of the vocals, I'd say he sounds a lot different on that song that was linked earlier in the thread. I don't hear the screamo/little-boy growls nearly as much. I think I'll be checking out this new album.
Edit: All right, now I hear it on Garden in the Bones. Ah well...
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Just got into these guys. Only heard a couple songs, but I ordered the first album on amazon, to start from the beginning. What can I expect?
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Just got into these guys. Only heard a couple songs, but I ordered the first album on amazon, to start from the beginning. What can I expect?
The first album is generally pretty crazy with tons of stuff going on at once (was written as an instrumental album leaving little space for the vocals).
The clean vocals are kinda weak on the album, but they have their charm.
I still consider it the second most consistent album overall, right after the Juggernaut double-album.
Either way if you don't like it, the albums that follow are pretty different.
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Just got into these guys. Only heard a couple songs, but I ordered the first album on amazon, to start from the beginning. What can I expect?
The first album is generally pretty crazy with tons of stuff going on at once (was written as an instrumental album leaving little space for the vocals).
The clean vocals are kinda weak on the album, but they have their charm.
I still consider it the second most consistent album overall, right after the Juggernaut double-album.
Either way if you don't like it, the albums that follow are pretty different.
Cool thanks!
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I can’t stop listening to these guys. I dropped the whole idea of going in order and picked up PIII. Love it so far. I also have been listening to the 2 new singles a lot, can’t wait for PIV.
I disagree about Spencer’s voice being whiny. Can’t hear that. I think his voice is extremely powerful and it kicks major ass!
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I suggest picking up/listening to P2. Its fantastic and watch the video for Scarlet.
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Uhhhh apparently the album leaked, so instead of bitching, these guys surprise no one that knows them and release the album themselves. It's streaming entirely on their official Youtube. I fucking love these guys. That sucks that the album leaked, but as someone who used to torrent back in the day, I really like their response because truly, no one can control that. It's always gonna be there (obviously, at this point). Great tactic because the fans that are paying get a treat as well.
Almost done with Reptile and this song is one of the only songs in decades that is longer than 8 or 9 minutes that i've truly loved the whole time. That's one of the main reasons why I disliked longer (for prog, so like 11 plus minutes) songs is that there's almost always a section or two I dislike or get bored with, but this one is all tits.
Super excited to hear this thing, I have a feeling I'll love it. I'll post back after some time with it but excited to hear other opinions.
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Nevermind, I didn't need long. This album might be my favorite of theirs, this is pure awesomeness. They took the whole "light/heavy/light/heavy" aspect and just blended it perfectly into something else. I loved every minute. I just need to dissect it now.
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5 great albums in a row. Few bands are able to do that.
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This album is fantastic. :metal
I have so many thoughts, when I have time for a proper post, I'll write up some sort of review. This is killer stuff though.
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Very good album overall, but my word Satellites is phenomenal. Probably my favourite performance from Spencer out of everything they've done.
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When is the actual original release date for this (Spotify etc.)? I’m super eager to check it out but the YouTube videos are not available in my country :/
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When is the actual original release date for this (Spotify etc.)? I’m super eager to check it out but the YouTube videos are not available in my country :/
Should be this friday.
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When is the actual original release date for this (Spotify etc.)? I’m super eager to check it out but the YouTube videos are not available in my country :/
Should be this friday.
Yeah official release date is April 5th.
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This album is great. This might be THE Periphery album (i.e. best one from them). I just love that massive guitar sound this guys have. I do wish they would use Spencer's cleaner vocals more since he has a great voice.
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Very good album overall, but my word Satellites is phenomenal. Probably my favourite performance from Spencer out of everything they've done.
Completely agree, probably my favorite Periphery song next to Stranger things. Which, coincidentally is probably my other favorite performance by Spencer. I think Reptile is probably one of my top 5 Periphery songs as well now. It's Only Smiles is such a gorgeous song as well. The album as a whole has a perfect balance of heaviness/melody/experimentation for my taste, and is probably my favorite of theirs, but I'll give it some time. It's basically exactly what I like. Between the new Coheed, DT, Haken, P4, and rumblings of potential Dear Hunter and Thank You Scientist I'm absolutely floored by what all of my favorite bands have been doing lately.
God bless America :corn :metal :hat :hefdaddy
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Some more detailed thoughts, I've been listening to this thing all week.
Reptile - Probably will go down as one of their best songs. The 17 minutes fly by pretty quick. Really well constructed song, lots of movements and sections, everything flows really well.
Blood Eagle - Single that was released a while back, good heavy, evil tune. The guitar tones are really fantastic.
Church Burner - Really cool shorter track, the verses are pretty out there, but the chorus is catchy. Cool electronic stuff at the end. I wish they brought the band back in at the end to blend with the electronic stuff, but it's cool, wanting more is a good thing I guess.
Garden in the Bones - also a single previously released. I like this song, a little more straight forward and melodic, really good hook from Spencer.
It's Only Smiles - I love this song. Pretty different for them, kinda that pop-punk influence blended with Mark's signature riff styling. Spencer is great here again, continuous theme on the record for me.
Follow Your Ghost - Killer heavy stuff is back, I like this one, but it hasn't stuck with me yet.
Crush - Pretty different style for the band again, going pretty much all electronic. I like it, but I wish they would have brought the full band in at some point to contrast the stripped back electronic style.
Sentient Glow - Cool straight up rocker, sounds like PII stuff, which is great.
Satellites - Fantastic closer, I love when the band does these types of songs (like Lune). Spencer is insanely good on this song, the arrangement is really cool too. Stick around to hear the last 3 seconds, totally worth the wait.
Overall, this is a really, really good album from the band. Probably will end up being one of my, if not my favorite Periphery record.
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Haven’t heard the whole album yet, gonna wait til I get my copy tomorrow. I have listened to Reptile many times though, what a glorious track!!
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Haven’t heard the whole album yet, gonna wait til I get my copy tomorrow. I have listened to Reptile many times though, what a glorious track!!
Yeah, it really is. It's a very well constructed song and it's really pretty vocally driven for a track of that length.
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I was looking forward to this but my lazy mail person screwed the pooch. I saw the mail truck pull up to my mailbox and put several things in it. I go out and find no Amazon package. Get a note from Amazon a few hours later that I need to work with my carrier because my mailbox and front door were inaccessible. >:(
Now I wait until tomorrow to see if my mailbox is accessible.
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Listened to this once today. Sounded really good and it's really versatile record. Need to grow this baby a few days but sounds like another really strong album from them. :metal
Second time the singles were the least favourites from the album. Same happened with PIII, The Price Is Wrong didn't hook me at all and Blood Eagle was also really confusing and too much for me. Was a pleasant surprises how good the whole album sounded compared to the singles.
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I'm not a particularly big Periphery fan but I was pretty into this. It's Only Smiles sounds like it could be a New Found Glory song, and I'm down with that!
After one listen it's sitting at #6 in my album rankings.
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Overall a very good record. Not sure if it will top Juggernaut for me, but it's definitely a grower.
It's Only Smiles solo has to be my favourite solo the band has put out. Jake always has some tasty stuff up his sleeve.
Reptile is a great song, but once again, Mark's solo is meh at best.
Crush is easily my no. 1 so far though. This kind of style just suits Spencer really well.
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Loving this album so far. Crush is the only thing I don't like. Every other track is extremely solid.
Spencer just gets better with every album. Matt's drumming is great, but I think PIII has a much better drum sound. The guitar playing is top notch as always, and Nolly is Nolly.
CHCRCH BVRNER gives me serious Dillinger Escape Plan vibes.
It's Only Smiles might be my favorite on the album.
Sentient Glow sounds like it could fit comfortably on PII.
Satellites is a great closer that kinda tricks you into thinking it's Lune Pt.2 but then explodes halfway through the song. Reptile is fantastic, but I'm iffy about it's placement on the album. I think Blood Eagle is a much better opener and Satellites is the perfect closer, but then idk where else you could put Reptile and still have the album flow naturally.
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Hail Stan is an absolvte masterpiece. I said it.
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It's Only Smiles solo has to be my favourite solo the band has put out. Jake always has some tasty stuff up his sleeve.
Totally agree, I love Jake's solo in It's Only Smiles.
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Really digging the album. Some of it is seriously intense, but there's also plenty of wonderfully melodic stuff too and some great catchy hooks.
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Yeah.. this album is incredible! Even better than PIII
The only songs I’m not fully behind yet are Blood Eagle (mostly awesome, but the cleans are awkward and the guitar solo is maybe the worst I’ve heard by Misha) and It’s Only Smiles (but I’m pretty sure this one will grow on me)
Reptile definitely cracked my top 3 Periphery songs, what a monstrous tune! I don’t know how to rank my top 3, but it would be Reptile, Stranger Things and Habitual Line-Stepper now.
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1. Satellites
2. Crush
3. Reptile
4. It's Only Smiles
5. Sentient Glow
6. Follow Your Chost
7. Garden in the Bones
8. CHVRCH BVRNER
9. Blood Eagle
Think this is my ranking after several spins. The top 5 songs are all incredibly close and all better than anything on PIII.
Blood Eagle is just terrible tho. There's nothing in that song to save it for me except for that little riff after the guitar solo ends.
Also,
would anyone be up for a second Periphery survivor? I ran the first one back in 2015, and we've got two new albums to go over this time!
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would anyone be up for a second Periphery survivor? I ran the first one back in 2015, and we've got two new albums to go over this time!
I would gladly contribute my bad opinions to this
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I'm totally down for a survivor.
Oh and album ranking, because why not...
1. Satellites
2. Reptile
3. It's Only Smiles
4. Follow Your Ghost
5. Crush
6. Garden in the Bones
7. Blood Eagle
8. CHVRCH BVRNER
9. Sentient Glow
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1. Reptile
2. It's Only Smiles
3. Satellites
4. Garden in the Bones
5. Sentient Glow
6. CHVRCH BVRNER
7. Follow Your Ghost
8. Blood Eagle
9. Crush
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This album is so much better than I thought it'd be, and my expectations, while not insane, were pretty damn high. Reptile and Satellites make me want to love long, crazy prog songs again. But I think Periphery and The Contortionist are the only ones that can still make me listen with intent to songs like that. These are the first longer-ish songs that, like I said before, I've been able to not only sit all the way through but love the whole song. There's so many parts of this album that give me so many goosebumps. Haven't had that in a while with a full album, usually it's just a part of a song on the album, or a single song. This is a new level of awesomeness from the boys. I love that the name and the attitude towards it is so joking and laid back because it's clear that this has nothing but heart behind it.
I'll again refrain from the lists. The end of Reptile is currently my favorite part of the album but yesterday it was the middle to end part of Crush, the day before that it was the beginning and very end of Satellites. I still love the viciousness of Follow Your Ghost, those vocals are going to be a BITCH to do live.
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The new album has prompted a real Periphery binge these last few days.
Juggernaut and PIII are still amazing. I really love the melodic and atmospheric approach on PIII, the main issue I have with it is the ordering - having the two heaviest songs first and then the rest of the album being quite melodic is really weird. But that's a minor gripe, it has so many amazing tunes.
And I'd really forgotten just how brilliant PII is. Damn there are some fantastic songs on here.
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I still haven’t listened to P2 or Juggernaut. I should probably get on that lol
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I still haven’t listened to P2 or Juggernaut. I should probably get on that lol
Both are great!
Listened to Satellites on my way into work today, what a fantastic song. :metal
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So yeah, I think the "Soil we own becomes us / Order back in what we know" part of Reptile miiiiight be my favorite part of Periphery history. The last half of that song is so fucking goosebump inducing, it's gorgeous and heavy and melodic all at once.
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I didn't realize the first song was 16mins long. I casually put it on while browsing and after 15mins I had a glanze which song that played. :lol
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Yeah it's out of nowhere and I love it. I think it sets up a tone and kind of makes a statement about the state the guys are in. Which to me is basically that while they're doing what they're immensely proud of and care a lot for, they also don't want to take themselves too seriously. I really think that's a huge reason why this album is so amazing and cohesive while still having so much diversity is that they're all in with their own stakes, their own reasons, they are their own bosses, it's awesome.
It's funny how quick this album goes by for me because of how concise it is and how much I'm into it.
And parts of P2 and the entirety of Juggernaut still go back and forth between my favorites, Juggernaut more so considering how cohesive that is as well and yet it's almost twice the size (well probably not considering the song times but y'know).
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Man, for some reason this album just isn't clicking for me at all. Songwriting-wise it feels like a big step back from III. Reptile is definitely the best song on the album, but Racecar and Omega are still the band's best epics, if you ask me. Garden In The Bones and Crush are both good, though I'll admit I edited out the weird segue out of the latter.
The rest of the album just isn't doing it for me. I really want to like Satellites in particular, but the first half of it is pretty devoid of anything likeable, and the second half doesn't do quite enough to make up for it.
Ranking-wise, I'd put it a bit below the debut album, which would make it their weakest for me, unless you count Alpha as a standalone album.
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Finally digging into this album, Reptile is a seriously tremendous track. So f'in good.
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I do think it's a great album but the fact that the best two songs (by a margin IMO) are Reptile and Satellites (aka the opener and the closer) it does deflate the middle of the album a bit. The 7 songs between aren't bad at all, I would say it's a solid run of songs, but for me it lacks maybe one or two more standouts. So for me it's kinda like the album starts and ends in a 5/5 fashion but everything between is more like 3.5/5 or 4/5 so the album overall stop at 8/10 rather than a 9.
With that said I have been revisiting the older albums and it's really hard for me to pick a favorite album by them. I know the fan picks are P2 or Juggernaut. For me P2 is really good up until after maybe Erised when I feel I zone out a little bit and the album keeps going a bit too long. It's kinda the same issue I have with Act IV by Dear Hunter, another album I find really good but then the last 3-4 songs are perhaps the weakest on the album. Juggernaut is really good but on my last few listens it just feels like Omega is a lot better than Alpha. I would say the 3 best songs on Juggernaut overall are on Omega. So as a double album it loses some punch when one half feels a lot stronger. I always felt P1 was underrated and I would say it's really strong too (especially for a debut). I think the only thing holding it back is knowing how great Spencer has become vocally since. Like if we got a rerecorded P1 with current Spencer doing the vocals I think it would take the album up a notch. P3 is very solid too imo, I would say P3 and P4 are about the same for me.
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I agree with Jake on Crush though, that one grew on me big time, might be the best song on P4! Satellites and Reptile are indeed fantastic too, Garden in the Bones is another favourite of mine and CHVRCH BVRNER comes pretty close too, it's a really fun song and I like the cute little math core run after the first chorus especially.
On the topic of their best album, really, I can't decide. The only thing I know for sure that if we separate Juggernaut, Alpha is definitely their weakest. Omega is probably their most consistent, but as a single record doesn't offer quite as much as P4, P3 and P2. P3 feels sooo underrated to me. I never fully got into P1 because:
I think the only thing holding it back is knowing how great Spencer has become vocally since.
And I 100% would be on board with the rerecorded P1 idea!!
P4 is a top 5 album of the year for sure at the moment.
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I love the divide in opinions. For the most part I'm for whatever reason always on the side that dislikes whatever "it" is. But I couldn't love this album any more and I think PII might finally be dethroned.
It just flows so awesomely and perfectly to me, and for the first time in a long while I don't skip any tracks when I intend to listen to the album.
Also I kind of like the raw and more inexperienced nature of PI, it gives the album a very specific vibe and one that leads into a lot of growth for the band that a listener can actively hear. But not so much that I think a remaster would improve on any specific part that's lacking as an album.
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So Periphery have announced a European tour with Plini and Astronoid! I'm not even the biggest Periphery fan but I'm enjoying the new album and that's a great line up, I'm sold!
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The lineup absolutely destroyed Austin last night. Plini and Simon jammed for a minute or two during Reptile. Arch Echo was phenomenal. Even though I struggle (less) with the screams, but hot dang, Spencer has some pipes. I thought Mark Holcomb would show up since he lives in Austin but he didn’t. Overall, an awesome gig.
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Bought a ticket for the NYC show because Plini, planning on going in blind as far as Periphery's music.
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Misha just released a lot of demos and ideas from his Bulb stuff. He is planning to release several volumes.
He is also planning to release a solo album later in the year.
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I stumbled upon Spencer Sotelo's solo album Endur - American Parasite. Holy shit! There's is some pretty good stuff in it. I've also been hooked with Nik Mystery (another Sotelo project) with a more 80s synth vibe. Spencer has a great voice and he is all over the place as far as styles go.
Does anybody have the Endur American Parasite CD by any chance? Seems like it was a limited run since I can't find it anywhere.
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It's awesome! Periphery with a bit more tech hooks and beats. I love it. I still really want a fusion of Spencer's vocals and Jake's tech beats. Singularly. Just those two. They'd make a fucking awesome album.
But this is great. I love Spencer's voice and he shines here as much as he does in Periphery but it's SOOO reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails type vibe.
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If I were to get into this band for the first time, should I start from the beginning, or is there a specific album I should listen to first?
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If I were to get into this band for the first time, should I start from the beginning, or is there a specific album I should listen to first?
I think most people would tell you to start with P2 or the Juggernaut albums. I personally like the newer albums more, I think the songwriting is superior and more mature. But all their albums are good!
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P2, definitely.
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I concur.
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PERIPHERY SET NOV. 13 RELEASE DATE FOR DEBUT LIVE ALBUM, PERIPHERY: LIVE IN LONDON
Periphery have announced their first live album, releasing the 10-song Periphery: Live in London (pre-orders: smarturl.it/LIL_it) on Nov. 13.
“For years Periphery has wanted to do a live record. We’d always talk about it, what show would we capture? When would we do it? What would we want it to sound like? On November 15, 2019 we figured out the answers to those questions by capturing our entire show in London and we couldn’t be more excited to show it to everyone,” explains guitar player Jake Bowen. “London has consistently been one of our favorite places to play and this show was certainly one we’ll never forget, so we present to you our first live album...Periphery: Live in London!”
The varied track list includes music from throughout the D.C.-born band’s discography. Periphery IV: HAIL STAN (https://store.3dotrecordings.com/) arrived in the Spring of 2019, debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Independent Albums, Rock Albums and Hard Rock Album charts, as well as entering the trade magazine’s Top Album Sales and Digital Albums charts at #9. The nine-song release is the follow up to their 2017 GRAMMY® Award nominated Periphery III: Select Difficulty. The 2016 album has tallied 35 million cumulative streams. Periphery band members have graced the covers of Guitar World, Revolver, Modern Drummer, Bass Player and more.
Periphery is Jake Bowen (guitar, programming), Matt Halpern (drums), Mark Holcomb (guitar), Misha Mansoor (guitar, programming) and Spencer Sotelo (vocals).
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Anyone wants to review this one?
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Sweeeeeeet, I was at that show!
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How desperate are bot programmers that they need to target prog forums in fucking 2020?
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The boys are in the studio, as posted on their Instagram. Probably have it by fall I assume?
Periphery V: Hail Stan II: This Time Select Difficulty
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The wait is over! This Thursday, January 12th, Periphery will be releasing not one but two singles from their forthcoming new album, Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre.
You can pre-save the singles in the link in the bio.
Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre is out March 10, 2023.
The release of the singles, "Wildfire" and "Zagreus", will be accompanied by an album pre-order. There will be 3 different LP variants available as well as a complete line of album-themed merch items. All can be ordered individually or as bundles.
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I pitched them so many better titles than that. :P
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They think they're slick with that Hades OST quote at the end of Zagreus... :lol
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Interesting that there are not only lyrical references to Juggernaut, but riffs in both singles taken directly from that album.
Overall, I like the songs.
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Both songs are brutally amazing.
I also think I am starting to see why they named it "Djent is not a Genre". But this inkling won't be confirmed until I hear the entire album. But if it is true, that gets me more excited to see where they go with those other songs. I loved the trumpet and style change in "Wildfire", and also the other style change in "Zagreus".
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Wildfire is great! I really liked both tracks here, and especially that jazz breakdown. As always, the thing that holds me back from truly loving this band (as with BtBaM) is the vocalist. Spencer is not a terrible by any means, but I can't help wondering how much I'd like them with a vocalist more suited to my tastes.
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Been enjoying their output on an occasional basis and I saw them live opening up for DT on the ADToE tour. I was most into them around P2, that was a pretty cool album. Everything after that I’ve liked a few tracks here and there - Reptile really caught my ear of the previous record.
But these two new tracks are quite amazing to me after a few listens. Extremely heavy, groovy, and the melodic and progressive songwriting shines as well. The anthemic choruses don’t annoy me and feel earned. Loving the sudden genre switches in both tracks, as well as the general blackened chord progressions and ambient background layers. Vocals are pure fire, Spencer is a force to be reckoned with but he’s definitely not taking it easier, sounding deranged at points, love it. If the rest of the album is this good, we’re in for a ride.
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Interesting that there are not only lyrical references to Juggernaut, but riffs in both singles taken directly from that album.
Overall, I like the songs.
Apparently there was the idea that they were looking to do Juggernaut pt. 2 in the early stages of making this album (per Mark Holcomb on Nik Noturnal Twitch Stream) but scrapped it.
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Listening to the new album now for a first listen and I am really loving it so far.
Wax Wings and Silhouette stood out as my favorites so far. I applaud the guys for even making a song like Silhouette, I love it due to how the meaning of the lyrics fit in with the music style. It's a great combination for what the song is about as well.
Dracul Gras is a fantastic epic, with one of my favorite endings ever for a song. I wish it was longer. But, the ending to Thanks Nobuo is the perfect way to end this album.
I also think I am starting to see why they named it "Djent is not a Genre". But this inkling won't be confirmed until I hear the entire album. But if it is true, that gets me more excited to see where they go with those other songs. I loved the trumpet and style change in "Wildfire", and also the other style change in "Zagreus".
It looks like I was somewhat right in my thought. I like how the album is called "Djent is Not a Genre" while also having most songs intermingle with some different genres, incorporating other styles of music besides metal to blend with their "Djent" style of music. I also like how Everything's Fine! is like their normal style of song, followed by a song that diverts completely from their style.
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Two songs in and I'm very impressed... Just love Spencer's vocals.
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This album is excellent.
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Did they get Fredrik Thordendal to do the solo in the middle of Wildfire, or that just one of the boys doing a really good Thordendal impression? :lol
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First listen was pretty positive! I felt like on Hail Stan the band was trying too hard to be super heavy and br00tal, whereas this one is a lot more balanced and better plays into their strengths.
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First listen was pretty positive! I felt like on Hail Stan the band was trying too hard to be super heavy and br00tal, whereas this one is a lot more balanced and better plays into their strengths.
Yeah I don't know if the overall album was super heavy or anything, but there were two or three songs or parts of songs that were so batshit crazy that it made it hard to get into.
The new album is fantastic.
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Given the album a few spins and really like it. Not all of it, but there's a lot of stuff to like. Sillhouette is unexpected, very The 1975, keep expecting Spence to put on a heavy British accent.
Did they get Fredrik Thordendal to do the solo in the middle of Wildfire, or that just one of the boys doing a really good Thordendal impression? :lol
Yeah Misha mentioned in an interview that that solo is basically a straight Meshuggah ripoff section, but he didn't care because he just thought it sounded awesome.
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Yeah Misha mentioned in an interview that that solo is basically a straight Meshuggah ripoff section, but he didn't care because he just thought it sounded awesome.
Hah, if Periphery cared about not ripping off Meshuggah they'd be a completely different band. :lol
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Now that Amazon has made it clear that release day, let alone 2 day shipping is not really a thing for Prime members anymore, I won't have this until next week. They have not even shipped it yet and it has been pre-ordered for some time.
Heck, all of my CD pre-orders all give delivery dates for the following week after release. They don't even hide it anymore.
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Wax Wings and Dracul Gras and Thanks Nobuo are early favorite. Good album :metal
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I'm feeling Wax Wings, Zagreus, Dracul Gras... But Silhouette is an early favorite tbh. Just love how subtle it is.
Really solid throughout though, hope they do a headline tour in the near future
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Really loving PV so far. This band has come a long way, and they really do get better with every release.
Here's the Making Of documentary for the new album. Definitely worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlB6dGIRutY
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PV is awesome. Periphery is awesome. One of my only non-DT prog metal loves.
They have such a great mix of djent and hooks. I have never liked the songs that are screaming all the way through, so there has always been 1 or 2 skip tracks for me, but this record is very consistent. Thus far my fav is Wax Wings.
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Here's the Making Of documentary for the new album. Definitely worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlB6dGIRutY
Was almost more excited for this than the album itself. I love these documentaries they make for each album.
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Now that Amazon has made it clear that release day, let alone 2 day shipping is not really a thing for Prime members anymore, I won't have this until next week. They have not even shipped it yet and it has been pre-ordered for some time.
Heck, all of my CD pre-orders all give delivery dates for the following week after release. They don't even hide it anymore.
This is what I go to LaserCD. If I'm going to wait a week, I'd rather spend it in a small business. The Amazon renewal came in automatically last month at $150 and I'm really tempted to just cancel it. Of the last 5 orders, 3 of them have been lost and 2 of them had late deliveries. And there's like 2-3 big hubs near the Austin area so it's not like I live somewhere remote.
Album is kicking my ass. Outstanding so far.
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Here's the Making Of documentary for the new album. Definitely worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlB6dGIRutY
Was almost more excited for this than the album itself. I love these documentaries they make for each album.
I haven't watched it but I probably should. I'm interested to hear them talk about Thanks Nobuo. I'm assuming it's a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, (composer of the majority of the
Final Fantasy series) as I'm pretty sure Misha Mansoor is a fan. He's covered some of his music on his Bulb albums anyway.
Anyone got any info on this?
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I'm assuming it's a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, (composer of the majority of the
Final Fantasy series) as I'm pretty sure Misha Mansoor is a fan.
The name is definitely referencing him, and apparently a vocal melody in the chorus is lifted from the FFVII theme (not sure what the "theme" of that game is so I don't recognize it myself).
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Here's the Making Of documentary for the new album. Definitely worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlB6dGIRutY
Was almost more excited for this than the album itself. I love these documentaries they make for each album.
I haven't watched it but I probably should. I'm interested to hear them talk about Thanks Nobuo. I'm assuming it's a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, (composer of the majority of the
Final Fantasy series) as I'm pretty sure Misha Mansoor is a fan. He's covered some of his music on his Bulb albums anyway.
Anyone got any info on this?
I didn't hear anything mentioned about Thanks Nobuo. Its more of a documentation of the writing and recording for the album. What and how they used certain equipment and gadgets for sounds, how they developed those sounds. They were all together for the first time in a while and it's reflected in the documentary.
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I haven't watched it but I probably should. I'm interested to hear them talk about Thanks Nobuo. I'm assuming it's a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, (composer of the majority of the
Final Fantasy series) as I'm pretty sure Misha Mansoor is a fan. He's covered some of his music on his Bulb albums anyway.
Anyone got any info on this?
I'm sure he has mentioned it in other places as well, but Misha does talk about his love for that composer in the interview linked below if you're interested. Although it's not in reference to the song Thanks Nobou specifically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tIMgvKCp8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tIMgvKCp8)
Don't remember when in the podcast it is though, it's quite a long one, and more of a conversation between Misha and the other guy, who talks quite a bit as well.
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Finally got a couple of listens in and while I am enjoying it, I also have some gripes.
I'm not a fan of how 4 of the songs have multiple endings, especially when these endings seem to have nothing to do with the song it is tacked onto. In my opinion, they should have made them transition tracks like how Tool has those short tracks in between songs. I ended up hacking off the extra endings on those 4 songs when I ripped the album. They just didn't add anything for me.
I've often joked that Spencer's clean vocals are boy band quality. They took that to heart with Silhouette. Got to say, really not feeling that track. I have nothing against a good ballad, but I really didn't like anything about it. The synth, the electric drums or drum machine, it was all just way too much for me. I couldn't even finish the track my first time through. I bailed on it.
Other than those gripes, I'm really enjoying the rest of the album. Well, I think the Jazz interlude on Wildfire could have been a bit longer and I think they transitioned out of Jørgen's solo a little too quickly, but that one is minor.
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The segues are getting a bit long for my liking as well, but quality-wise I think they’re all fine. Dracul Gras transitions into Thanks Nobuo really well. And the ambient outro of Thanks Nobuo is surprisingly well-done and beautiful.
The only song of theirs with a segue that annoyed me enough to edit out was Crush from Hail Stan. Oh, and Icarus Lives! if that counts. I just replaced the version from the album with the one from the Jetpacks EP, since that has better vocals anyways.
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This album's damn good. After the mild disappointment that was Hail Stan my expectations weren't too high for this one, but I'm pleasantly surprised that it managed to be almost as good as Periphery II and III. I think Silhouette was a swing and a miss, and Everything Is Fine! doesn't have much going for it beyond being super aggressive, but I like every other song on the album and thankfully those two are the shortest ones.
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This album's damn good. After the mild disappointment that was Hail Stan my expectations weren't too high for this one, but I'm pleasantly surprised that it managed to be almost as good as Periphery II and III. I think Silhouette was a swing and a miss, and Everything Is Fine! doesn't have much going for it beyond being super aggressive, but I like every other song on the album and thankfully those two are the shortest ones.
Hail Stan was a disappointment? Reptile and Satellites are top10 Periphery songs right there.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the new album yet but I am looking forward to. Will probably enjoy the first spin tomorrow to celebrate the start of the weekend. :P
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Reptile is definitely the best song on the album, but Racecar and Omega are still their best 10+ minute epics, imo. Satellites doesn't do much for me. And apart from Garden In The Bones and Crush, neither does the rest of the record. Unless you count Juggernaut Alpha as its own album, it's the weakest Periphery album for me.
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Reptile is definitely the best song on the album, but Racecar and Omega are still their best 10+ minute epics, imo. Satellites doesn't do much for me. And apart from Garden In The Bones and Crush, neither does the rest of the record. Unless you count Juggernaut Alpha as its own album, it's the weakest Periphery album for me.
I'm with you on Racecar, that song is fantastic! I would say their discography as a whole is pretty damn consistent. When your weakest release is the Clear EP it's really not that bad. Out of the albums I would say the Juggernauts are probably bottom for me but there's some great stuff on those as well. I know some might say the debut and while Spencer has come a long way vocally since then, I feel like the songs on that album just slaps really hard. If that album had the vocal performance of later Spencer it would be even better.
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I think the Clear EP is underrated! It's obviously less substantial than their full albums but Feed The Ground, Zero, The Parade Of Ashes, and Pale Aura are all bangers.
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I've often joked that Spencer's clean vocals are boy band quality. They took that to heart with Silhouette. Got to say, really not feeling that track. I have nothing against a good ballad, but I really didn't like anything about it. The synth, the electric drums or drum machine, it was all just way too much for me. I couldn't even finish the track my first time through. I bailed on it.
I think to understand that song, you need to listen to Spencer's synth stuff. I actually love this song (and his synth project). Project is called Nik Mystery. I can't remember if King Mothership also relies on synths or not (that's Spencer's solo album I believe). Haven't listened to it for a while but I'll do that right now.
https://nikmystery.bandcamp.com/
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Hello :)
I would like to quote myself from a post I posted roughly one year ago in the Between The Buried And Me thread:
I feel like now that I know every single album by Neal Morse, Yes, Genesis, DT, Crimso, ELP, Marillion, SW & PT, Tool, IQ, BBT and many, many more, it's hard to really get to know a new artist that really blows me away. And I feel like for a few years now, weirdly, this happens roughly once every year. Last year, it was TesseracT. 2020, it was Leprous. I am absolutely in love with those bands and though have known their names for years before, I had never checked them out. BTBAM is another example for a band I have known about for years but never really checked them out - until now. It might be very early, but maybe, these guys are this year's "discovery of the year" for me :tup
I think this is happening now with Periphery, similarly to those bands. I recently listened to Periphery V and it blew me away. I will now dive into the Periphery discography, starting tomorrow, with the debut and I'm very excited to check out some music by a new artist I am not yet familiar with!
I would love to hear some of your thoughts on their musical evolution. Some of you may know I am much more of a prog guy than a metal guy although I have come to love some heavier/rougher prog metal/djent over the last 2 years. What are everybody's thoughts on the Periphery debut? How does it compare to their newer output (f.e. Periphery V)?
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The debut is good but a bit unrefined compared to their later stuff. It's way more riff-oriented, and the riffs are good thankfully, but there's certainly less of an emphasis on big, catchy melodies and stuff. Spencer's voice is also a bit rough at that point, but not to the point where it really bothers me.
Periphery II is definitely where they came into their own, and it's still their best album in my opinion. It's also easily their most melodic - there's some heavy as hell songs like Ragnarok but most of the album doesn't really emphasize that heaviness as much. Their sound has stayed pretty much the same since then, though their more recent albums (especially Periphery IV) lean more into the heavier side of it.
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Pretty much agree with buddyhunter. The debut will always be a classic to me, and Racecar is an absolute masterpiece. But "objectively" speaking it's a bit thin, both in terms of the instrumental sounds, as well as the vocals (especially the harsh vocals). P2 is definetely a big step up in quality, although I think they peaked with the Juggernaut double-album. Maybe you'll like it as well, as I think it is their most proggy work so far.
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I’m probably the only guy that thinks the newer albums are superior to the old ones. P3, P4 and P5 are absolutely incredible. I think the songwriting is more mature and the melodies are a lot stronger. P4 is my personal favorite album, but I think all of their albums are good.
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I’m probably the only guy that thinks the newer albums are superior to the old ones. P3, P4 and P5 are absolutely incredible. I think the songwriting is more mature and the melodies are a lot stronger. P4 is my personal favorite album, but I think all of their albums are good.
P3 is fantastic and very close to P2 in terms of quality imo!
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They’re a band that gets better with every album. P2 was my favorite until Juggernaut. Then that was my favorite until P3. Then P3 was my favorite until P4. Etc.
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I think P3 is still holding on as my favorite.
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I listened to Periphery's debut album over the last 3 days. And while there is far too much to digest to really give a verdict on this album, I would like to share some thoughts.
1. Even with Adam Getgood not yet producing/mixing/engineering, this album sounds AWESOME. I often have some problem with debut albums because the production tends to be a little amateur-/self-made-like. But here... wow. Drums are crisp (although that hihat sound is debatable, I don't mind it). If anything, it's even a little overproduced/compressed (?).
2. For a debut album, this is all really advanced and the band had already found their signature sound (from what I have heard on PV). Not to mention the technical abilities of the musicians. Those guys are tight af.
3. The vocals are different than on PV, more growling, less screaming (if that makes sense). I am excited to hear Sotelo's development over the years. I wouldn't mind a little more clean vocals because his clean voice is beautiful.
I will continue listening to this album over the next few days because I am not yet ready to move on to PII. Consider me hooked :metal
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PII was my discovery of the band and still a favorite of mine.
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My rankings:
1: II
2: III
3: Juggernaut: Omega
4: V
5: Juggernaut (combined)
6: Periphery
7: Clear
8: IV
9: Juggernaut: Alpha
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I think the Clear EP is underrated! It's obviously less substantial than their full albums but Feed The Ground, Zero, The Parade Of Ashes, and Pale Aura are all bangers.
I totally agree. I think after P2 it’s actually my favourite release by the band.
I'm assuming it's a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, (composer of the majority of the
Final Fantasy series) as I'm pretty sure Misha Mansoor is a fan.
The name is definitely referencing him, and apparently a vocal melody in the chorus is lifted from the FFVII theme (not sure what the "theme" of that game is so I don't recognize it myself).
You are dead right, and there are actually a few references in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7HL2J_GHGU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7HL2J_GHGU)
If you scroll the comments to @matombler3009 he says the following:
There are so many nods to Final Fantasy in this it's incredible. This song means a lot to me (I discovered you guys through Misha's FF metal remixes) and I've been lucky enough to interview Uematsu so I've got genuine goosebumps listening to this. What an incredible way to end an album. Here are the nods to Final Fantasy I've noticed!
Intro guitar lead is super reminiscent of the FF VII main theme
Vocals underneath this section remind me of FF X Hymm of Faith
2:04 vocal melody is the same as the first part (five notes) of FF VII's main theme
2:23 vocal melody is the same as the second part (eight notes) of FF VII's main theme
4:00 sexy guitar pattern reminds me of the music that plays after the victory fanfare in fights for FF VII
6:27 string section + guitars are riffing around the same motif as the FF VII theme
That’s so cool. I have already listened to a lot of the FF covers Misha has done, but I might spin a few more for nostalgia's sake.
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All the praise for PII makes me very excited for this album :o still stunned by the debut though.
I guess I have to start searching their albums in vinyl now…
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I have been listening to Periphery II for the last weeks now, much to the anger of my girlfriend. I have now listened to the thing around 12-14 times.
And yes, it's more versatile, "proggy" than the debut, despite shorter song lengths. But it's not at all more accessible, the first listen was even a little disappointing for me. But after a few listens, some beautiful melodies appeared between the polyrhythmic riff attacks. There are even some reprises and callbacks from previous songs spread on the album. The performances are top notch, the production is awesome, but I guess these two things can be presumed on a Periphery album. I knew JP played a solo somewhere on the album but I didn't check on which song. I did that on purpose so I could see if I could recognize his style immediately. Turns out I can ;) Guthrie Govan's solo on Have A Blast is great as to be expected with the Govenator, but I have heard far better solos by him (Regret #9).
Great album, but it didn't hit me as much as when I heard PV for the first time. I'm looking forward to checking out what sounds like a more experimental EP, Clear. I am still hooked (for over 6 weeks now!) :metal