Truly a masterpiece of a song. And yes, they do play it live and they fucking nail it. Last time I saw them on tour they opened with Reptile. The BALLS to open with a song like that. Amazing.
Honestly Reptile is a pretty solid opener in my head at least, cool opening, and it's like 3 songs and an interlude in one. Imagine it was racecar hahaha that track is so sick but it's so uniform that would be just too much
The heaviest coheed and cambria could ever be is such an accurate description and one I’d never thought of. Spot on. One of the most impressive musical achievements of my lifetime.
It’s probably been mentioned already but the band has 3 guitarist, each with (to my ears) a very unique style when it comes to solos. One of them Jake Bowen happens to be John Petrucci of Dream Theaters nephew. Pretty cool
this is the song that literally made me pick up the guitar again after almost quitting. Before this song I never knew you can write like this on guitar and it absolutely changed me haha
This was absolutely captivating. I felt like I was in a state of trance, took me a few minutes to come out of it. EPIC! Thank you for the perfectly tuned in reaction too 🤘🏻
This was the first song I heard by them. At first I was like "it's good but it's not something I'd put on a playlist". 2 years later it's one of my highest streamed songs and I went to see them live.
That breakdown at 10:58 of your video is the heaviest breakdown I've ever experienced live. Full capacity venue was one giant mosh. Been to a lot of heavy shows over 20+ years. That was the heaviest.
They did a live version on Meinl's channel and it focus quite a bit on the drummer throughout, definitely watch it the next time you want to revisit this song. Matt is a phenomenal player.
"Periphery have a song that's over 16 minutes long." Man, just wait until you hear of "A Change of Seasons" (23:10), "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (42:02) (this is technically considered one song, I swear), "Octavarium" (24:00), "In the Presence of Enemies - Part II" (13:38), "A Nightmare to Remember" (16:10) "The Count of Tuscany" (19:16), "Illumination Theory" (22:17), "A View from the Top of the World" (20:24), and the entirety of "Metropolis Pt. 2 - Scenes from a Memory" (77:06) (okay, this one is cheating, but it is all one continuous track if you aren't paying attention), all by Dream Theater, not including live versions of any given song which also exceed 16 minutes, and the countless songs by Dream Theater that exceed ten minutes. Welcome to Prog Metal! xD Okay, I'm just kidding lol In all seriousness, Dream Theater's epics tend to be much more directionless than Periphery's. I've found myself not paying attention to a lot of Dream Theater's longer epics (in their defence, I listen to them at work, and I've just gotten into Dream Theater and have only just started listening through their albums), but even the newest Periphery epics tend to be fully captivating from start to end, even on the first listen; Reptile is my favourite of their epics, though. Another thing is that Dream Theater's epics are divided into movements that can sometimes feel disconnected, whereas Periphery's feel like one cohesive song. That's what I love about Periphery; they manage to make long and drawn out songs that don't _feel_ that way. They are masterful songwriters, and masterful musicians (though they won't ever admit to that lol)
Periphery is an incredible band and their impact on modern metal is undeniable. This song blew my mind when it came out and I’m grateful that you reacted to it today and brought it back to the forefront of my mind. I’ll be jamming P4 all day at work!! Cheers Steve!
The first time I heard this I was in the car going for the full album listen and I was close to my destination and I drove right by and let that wait. Confused my brain in a good way. You really have to check out Wax Wings. I think it's up your alley. I promise you'll enjoy it or I owe you a dollar.
13:15 I had the same orgasm when I first heard it Please I would like you to react to the final song of the same album called "Satelites"You will be able to admire how incredible Spencer's voice is, it is something from another world
I feel Tesseract vibe😌 But here the contrast between core and ambient parts, extreme and clean vocals is definitely higher and more interesting. Although I'm not a fan of such clean vocals. And I didn’t really listen to them, but they seemed to play something heavier and more monotonous, and as I understand it, they have a new vocalist and they are adapting to him. upd. Sorry, I confused them with another band🙃
U cant just get the song on first hear, it is not that organic. I didnt liked it at first, may till the 20th time, I was like: Wow, I get it now. They were the first djent band that got into my ears, fkn love periphery.
Answer: Yes
Yup
luv u drew
God I hope you do Satellites soon. Another journey and so satisfying.
satellites was one of the first songs to show me just how emotionally powerful metal can be, it’ll hold a special place in my heart for years to come
@@TheNamesFathom absolutely fucking true
YES. One of Spencer's best vocal performances as well IMO
Satellites and Wax Wings have such powerful vocal deliveries from Spencer.
@@iDustballCouldn’t be more agree!!!
Truly a masterpiece of a song. And yes, they do play it live and they fucking nail it. Last time I saw them on tour they opened with Reptile. The BALLS to open with a song like that. Amazing.
When I saw them last year they opened with Reptile and it was AMAZING
Honestly Reptile is a pretty solid opener in my head at least, cool opening, and it's like 3 songs and an interlude in one. Imagine it was racecar hahaha that track is so sick but it's so uniform that would be just too much
Not only was this the first song on the album, but it was what they opened with when I saw them live. Absolutely wild.
Glad you're reacting to this album... it's simply amazing! 🔥
The heaviest coheed and cambria could ever be is such an accurate description and one I’d never thought of. Spot on.
One of the most impressive musical achievements of my lifetime.
Australia getting a treat this year at Monolith Festival: C&C, Periphery, Leprous, Intervals, Novelists, Silver Fang
It’s probably been mentioned already but the band has 3 guitarist, each with (to my ears) a very unique style when it comes to solos. One of them Jake Bowen happens to be John Petrucci of Dream Theaters nephew. Pretty cool
Into Spencer's tone or not, you can't deny he's got some incredible annunciation. Grunge was genius for that exact reason.
Dude absolutely my fav song! Love that you did this
this is the song that literally made me pick up the guitar again after almost quitting. Before this song I never knew you can write like this on guitar and it absolutely changed me haha
Fun fact: The spoke word part starting @8:14 is done by the lead vocalist of SkiTh, Mikee Goodman
Reptile absolutely is my favorite track from them. So many rises into style change ups, track is a banger every time I listen to it.
This was absolutely captivating. I felt like I was in a state of trance, took me a few minutes to come out of it. EPIC! Thank you for the perfectly tuned in reaction too 🤘🏻
Best song ever written
There are tons of extremely well written songs, and this is one of them.
It takes quite a bit of skill to make a 16 minute song interesting and captivating throughout its runtime.
This was the first song I heard by them. At first I was like "it's good but it's not something I'd put on a playlist".
2 years later it's one of my highest streamed songs and I went to see them live.
That breakdown at 10:58 of your video is the heaviest breakdown I've ever experienced live. Full capacity venue was one giant mosh. Been to a lot of heavy shows over 20+ years. That was the heaviest.
sounds epic!
Dude they play the shit out of this song live and kill it. They are some wild boys.
I hope to experience this one day. I saw them live once back during Juggernaut and caught Matt's drumstick. I cherish it.
They can, and did. That's my favorite of their albums
Their whole discography is amazing so it’s hard to choose but Wildfire from their latest album is an absolute banger…at least in my books.🤘🏻🤙🏻
i've seen it live back in 2019, amazing opening
They did a live version on Meinl's channel and it focus quite a bit on the drummer throughout, definitely watch it the next time you want to revisit this song. Matt is a phenomenal player.
Thank you for reminding me that this masterpiece exists, holy shit.
"Periphery have a song that's over 16 minutes long."
Man, just wait until you hear of "A Change of Seasons" (23:10), "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (42:02) (this is technically considered one song, I swear), "Octavarium" (24:00), "In the Presence of Enemies - Part II" (13:38), "A Nightmare to Remember" (16:10) "The Count of Tuscany" (19:16), "Illumination Theory" (22:17), "A View from the Top of the World" (20:24), and the entirety of "Metropolis Pt. 2 - Scenes from a Memory" (77:06) (okay, this one is cheating, but it is all one continuous track if you aren't paying attention), all by Dream Theater, not including live versions of any given song which also exceed 16 minutes, and the countless songs by Dream Theater that exceed ten minutes. Welcome to Prog Metal! xD
Okay, I'm just kidding lol In all seriousness, Dream Theater's epics tend to be much more directionless than Periphery's. I've found myself not paying attention to a lot of Dream Theater's longer epics (in their defence, I listen to them at work, and I've just gotten into Dream Theater and have only just started listening through their albums), but even the newest Periphery epics tend to be fully captivating from start to end, even on the first listen; Reptile is my favourite of their epics, though. Another thing is that Dream Theater's epics are divided into movements that can sometimes feel disconnected, whereas Periphery's feel like one cohesive song. That's what I love about Periphery; they manage to make long and drawn out songs that don't _feel_ that way. They are masterful songwriters, and masterful musicians (though they won't ever admit to that lol)
That whole album has so many goosebumps moments. Every song has its own deliciousness.
P5 is good, but having this song alone makes P4 one of the best albums. it blew me away & still does every listen
Periphery is an incredible band and their impact on modern metal is undeniable. This song blew my mind when it came out and I’m grateful that you reacted to it today and brought it back to the forefront of my mind. I’ll be jamming P4 all day at work!! Cheers Steve!
19:16 “Brilliant” sums it up neatly
absolutely amazing song! Love this so damn much, great reaction!!
Aw yes this is a beautiful one
my favorite song of all time
The whole HAIL STAN album is amazing. This is literally the opener to the album haha
That’s mental
Let me tell you, them opening with this live was impressive as hell
I’ll bet!
Do DRACUL GRAS next! 12 minutes of Periphery bliss.
Oh they do it incredibly live and they play it live often-ish too
Racecar is another masterpiece by Periphery
One of their best songs for sure
A fuckin masterpiece
The super heavy coheed comment, actually spot on.
Satellites next please please please
Absolute Masterpiece
this is masterful, caption reads true to the T
Fascinating band!
The first time I heard this I was in the car going for the full album listen and I was close to my destination and I drove right by and let that wait. Confused my brain in a good way. You really have to check out Wax Wings. I think it's up your alley. I promise you'll enjoy it or I owe you a dollar.
The longest songs are usually the best in my experience. I'm a tool fan lol
“I’m a tool fan” 😆 Nailed it.
Tool are genius.
ah, yes the OG "I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING"
It took you this long to find this ? Yes they 100% did. Longer songs are almost always phenomenal.
Its fking brilliant
7:32 HOAAAA
Made me laugh so hard
Reaction Burry Tomorrow- Villain Arc. It's one of the best of the year
Take this 200 likes! come onnn!!
7:33 - me many times in this song
Can't wait to see wild fire 🔥
GGCFAD is the best guitar tuning ever invented ❤
Steve... ya gotta get a baritone PRS or the SVN lol!!!
13:15 I had the same orgasm when I first heard it
Please I would like you to react to the final song of the same album called "Satelites"You will be able to admire how incredible Spencer's voice is, it is something from another world
Finally bro😭 no tho it’s so damn good
A little late to this….
Jk, I love this song to death
If you don't know, you know
right? RIGHT???
16 minutes isn't long in progressive rock 😂🎉
Bro has to check out wax wings mind will explode ❤❤
That reaction is coming…
@ can't promise I won't watch it at least 10x 👀👀
I feel Tesseract vibe😌 But here the contrast between core and ambient parts, extreme and clean vocals is definitely higher and more interesting. Although I'm not a fan of such clean vocals. And I didn’t really listen to them, but they seemed to play something heavier and more monotonous, and as I understand it, they have a new vocalist and they are adapting to him.
upd. Sorry, I confused them with another band🙃
Bruh if you’re going for long ones…maybe it’s time to Swim To The Moon 😅
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BTBAM is the truth...
U cant just get the song on first hear, it is not that organic. I didnt liked it at first, may till the 20th time, I was like: Wow, I get it now.
They were the first djent band that got into my ears, fkn love periphery.
racecar is better
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