Date Released: 22/7/2016
Label: Sumerian Records |
Century Media Records
Experimental metal bands like Periphery will
(hopefully) never settle for sticking to one particular groove. Constantly innovating, this adds to “Juggernaut”, jumping off from that platform and diving into dark, unexplored
depths. Music should surprise and
inspire, and “Periphery III: Select Difficulty” does both with eye-opening
results. Just watch out for unexpected
face-melting, okay?
“Periphery III: Select Difficulty” CD//DD//LP track listing
1).
The Price Is Wrong
2). Motormouth
3). Marigold
4). The Way The News Goes...
5). Remain Indoors
6). Habitual Line-Stepper
7). Flatline
8). Absolomb
9). Catch Fire
10). Prayer Position
11). Lune
2). Motormouth
3). Marigold
4). The Way The News Goes...
5). Remain Indoors
6). Habitual Line-Stepper
7). Flatline
8). Absolomb
9). Catch Fire
10). Prayer Position
11). Lune
The Review:
Djent is becoming such a massive subgenre of metal
that I firmly believe that there will be three-year degree courses offered in
many universities around the country before long. One of the bands that have been at the
forefront of this movement is Periphery: their sound, their scope, their
technical prowess are all required classes in Camp Djent
This album retains that experimental feel that makes
their sound always feel fresh and exciting.
The downtuned sonic attack can pummel you at one moment, before softly
cradling you the next. Take a listen to
the massive anthem ‘Catch Fire’ if
you want to go on a journey of crushing and caressing aural sensations. It’s probably the most open-sounding track on
this album: a delicate prog metal track which is almost oxymoronic to say, yet
it’s the only way to describe it that works.
In any case, I found it a refreshing surprise on this album.
Now, that’s enough of the light-heartedness; back to
the heavy. And, boy does Periphery
know how to do it. Their heavier tracks
are layered like six feet worth of dirt on top of you: a crushing, inescapable,
relentless mass surrounding you. Album
opener ‘The Price is Wrong’ chops
and yells, a barbarian’s fury given audio form; while ‘Marigold’ uses orchestration like a caged tide, rolling and
swelling and crashing at the band’s command.
My personal favourite of the album is a difficult
choice to make… but I’m going to have to go with ‘Habitual Line Stepper’. It’s
near-seven minutes of expansive metal, journeying from skull-splitting to
melodious, it weaves back and forth between these two elements with a
craftsmanship that would make a master musician weep. Like their Djent brothers-in-arms Monuments,
these guys know how to make songs that will push the boundaries of your
perception of heaviness.
Experimental metal bands like Periphery will (hopefully) never
settle for sticking to one particular groove.
Constantly innovating, this adds to “Juggernaut”, jumping off from that
platform and diving into dark, unexplored depths. Music should surprise and inspire, and “Periphery III: Select Difficulty” does
both with eye-opening results. Just
watch out for unexpected face-melting, okay?
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