I'm not old enough to have grown up with a lot of classic prog, but I was a classic prog fan before I even knew Periphery. Subsequently, I am now a fan of the Progressive Metalcore Subgenre known as "Djent".
Sound Out The Braille That's OK, I just happen to have a background in classical music, so I have a trained ear for distinguishing sub-genres and classifications. The Progressive aspect is definitely more apparent than the Experimental aspect. It's not Björk level, but it's there. What I really like about the Djent genre is that all the bands sound different. They all have a unique defining factors about them. Some are very Progressive, some Math, some Jazzy, some Electronic, some just plain sound like Meshuggah. But in the end, there's something for everyone. I think that's just great.
Back when periphery ruled clean to dirty transitions of all chug a chugga than time change bands in my opinion Born of Osiris also damn BTBM tooo. these boys killed all live❤
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self titled debut long play record, Periphery! On this album, you'll hear heavy metal; a genre of music from the future! Be dazzled by distortion, be bombarded by bass beats, and Djitter-bug to Djent! We're sure you'll enjoy such finger-popping tunes as Light, Insomnia, and my own personal favorite, Ragtime Dandies! These songs and more are played by our talented troop of traveling troubadours, featuring the likes of Misha, the electric light bulb, Mansoor, who was voted the twenty-third most influential person in Brown Magazine and can be found on the cover of this month's Mocha Emporium! And look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Trent Reznor, no, it's Jake Bowen and his seven strings of wonder! Rounding off the trio of strings-men is Alex Bois, the man with the arms of steel and the arse of a skunk! On drums is Matt Halpern, the only man who can break three cymbals with one swing of the stick! Our lead singer will be Spencer Sotelo, who's voice goes up like an angel... and down like a wounded ox... Last, but not least, is Tom Murphy; providing the rumble from down under and is the only member of Periphery decent enough for the institution of marriage. Experience heavy metal at it's finest! Periphery, LOVE THAT SHIT!
That's definitely Spencer on vocals Chris left and Spencer used his lyrics and melodies. But that is Spencer on vocals just check the Wikipedia he's credited as lead vocals.
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self-titled debut long play record... PERIPHERY! On this album, you'll hear heavy metal, a genre of music FROM THE FUTURE! Be dazzled by distortion! Be bombarded by bass-beats! And jitterbug to djent!
LYRICS: Believe in memories to resurrect me Besieged by falling dreams Hold them tightly Adorn my wings to thee, and use them nightly I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn Though some will call me god Gravity is just a law I've wrought Hear temptation take the sky for all to see Sheer elation to write in history I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn Though some will call me god Gravity is just a feeble plot When I said I'd never kneel again What I really meant Was (fucking) pull the pin because time is spent I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn Though some will call me god Fuck Unite with ravens on their shadow flights As my nocturnal right Gravity is just a mortal's vice When I said I'd never feel or see Love and sight are last resorts for me
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self-titled debut long play record. Periphery! On this album you'll hear heavy metal, a genre of music from the future! Be dazzled by distortion! Be bombarded with bass beats, and jitterbug to djent! We're sure you'll enjoy such finger-popping tunes as Light, Insomnia, and my own personal favourite, RAGTIME DANDIES! These songs and more are played by our talented troupe of travelling troubadours. and so on :)
The Swedish band Meshuggah and the British band Sikth are credited as the inspirations for the djent technique. The movement itself emerged from the solo recordings of Misha Mansoor of Periphery, with Periphery subsequently bringing djent "from the virtual world into the real one."
Before 2019 I went 16 years of my life without listening to Periphery but hey🤷♀️ Now I know their whole discography, I also listen to Bulb, Haunted Shores, and King Mothership.
@@twinny_mi 2021 for me, when I turned 18. Honestly I don't think I was even mature enough to listen to them before, I was religious first of all, and with an entirely different mindset. Had I seen the title "Hail Stan" then, I'd just turn away and never listen again. Now I'm super glad I didn't because it is my favorite album in existence, and it's not even a competition.
@@venturer9400 hey, I'm a recovering ex-Christian and I getchu! Blood Eagle is my fav track on Hail Stan as well as Sentient Glow, though I like to listen to the guitar playthrough of that song because the instrumental is one of my favs from Periphery. I love the boys in Periphery and their trolling in the titles as well. I can't wait for their new stuff coming out soon, they're working on it right now.
@@twinny_mi My first contact with Periphery was actually Blood Eagle in 2020, and I vividly remember being repulsed by the amount of screaming there. Now I can appreciate it a lot more, but my second listening experience in October was Satellites, which was far easier to digest and appreciate. Then followed Lune and Reptile and all the rest of P3 and P4 - I'm currently listening to P1 and the Juggernauts one by one since I haven't explored them much, and then i'll have completed the discography I think. To be fair, Blood Eagle is still too aggressive for me and Spencer kind of swallows a lot of words there, but I'll easily listen to songs like that and Church Burner if I get to hear 7 more amazing songs on the record. Nowadays Satellites, Reptile and Lune are my top 3, perhaps even among all songs I listen to as a whole. It's not a surprise that Periphery is my favorite band. It's interesting that both of us left Christianity though. I've never replaced the love I feel for life and humanity, it's just that the beauty of this world is found in fairy tales as much as it is in heavy metal. The mindset that this genre is essentially evil is something that plagued me for too long.
And yeah, I saw the wips for P5. Part of me expects it to be a letdown because of how high the bar was set with the last two, but I'm prepared for my mind to be blown again.
I remember the day I heard this song. It was after hearing Animals As Leaders and Tesseract for the first time. I remember seeing a thumbnail for Periphery and when I first listened I wasn't sure if I liked it, but I kept coming back to it. I actually didnt' listen to PI all that much, and I later heard "Have A Blast" and DELVED into PII, which would eventually lead me back to PI. I now listen to PI quite often. Today, with PIII out, I have to say that Alpha and PII are still my favorites, but Periphery can do no wrong.
If you guys aren't digging Spencer's clean vocals on this track I can totally understand. This isn't really one of their strongest songs in my opinion. I highly suggest to listen to Periphery II. His vocals on that album make it incredibly hard not to love. "Ragnarok" and "Make Total Destroy" for example.
We went pretty hard dude, I've got no idea what the Japan crowds do but Australia has a pretty soft live music crowd to begin with, so it should be pretty brutal
1. Realize Spencers singing isnt even that bad on this album 2. Listen to Periphery II, Clear, or Juggernaut and realize this guy is extremely talented and has improved greatly since this first album. 3. Profit.
@@americandesideriobold3925 Well, the cleans are pretty darn good on this album. The screams...not so much. But sponce has come a long long way and now his cleans and screams have both improved so much
apparently some people are dissing spencer's voice? like he's improved so much over the years but even back then he was really good. what the hell are you talking about? also, if you're looking at the comments scroll back up the video cause theyre doing the crab dance
I don’t think people realize just how much influence this song had. The djent scene still exists, but it was only in the spotlight for a short time. However, it seeped into the larger world of metal enough that the “djent” sound is all over modern metal songs. You can put on any modern metal playlist and hear that staccato, throaty kind of sound all over the place.
i love this band, they really showed me that even the best melodies are worth nothing without a great rhythmic arrangement - it applies to everything, even pop and rap
I was still eating dirt when the is was released. I definitely got on the periphery train a bit late but I’m still here enjoying the music so it doesn’t matter much.
Once I listened to periphery for the first time. Heard that intro riff...insta classic. It's pretty rare where a band can come up with riffs that make you instantly be able to recognize a song in just a couple of notes. Hearing it makes me feel like a badass. just LISTENING to periphery makes me feel so much cooler. its strange
Really wish the rain filter wasn't on so I could actually see what all the members of Periphery looked like way back then, and what gear they were using!
What's unbelievable is how OBSESSED with "scene" and "genre" so many of us are. Clean vocals don't fit in to our "established hardcore scene" so as soon as a sung pitch is heard we turn our untrained ears off. "Oh but it's music, it's subjective, I can say whatever I want and spread it to the world." You know what? No you can't. Fuck that. I didn't spend 5 years, 16 hours a day (2-4 of which were practicing), at 21 credit hours a semester, getting two music degrees, to be told my hard work is "pussy shit" or that "the last album was better" by kids who bring their guitar to high school with them and call themselves musicians. If you don't like a style of music then say "I don't like it" and move on with your life. You literally have no right to make any claims about another artist's work other than "I like it" or "I don't like it". Now if you'd like to analyze it theoretically, or even historically, be my guest. You'll find it's far more complex, unique, and intricate than 99% of the bullshit we consider "music" today (although not quite as much as most art-music post 19th century); and I think the fact that progressive rock bands like Periphery are trying to bridge the current, VAST, gap between art music and popular music is pretty god damn respectable.
Oh grow the fuck up, you pretentious sack of shit. If someone doesn't like this than so what? You're just as bad as those lame 50 year olds who claim their time was better. I love this, but if someone doesn't so what? Does it hurt me or offend me? No, and does it offend or hurt Misha or anyone else? No www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/1igvvz/no_matter_how_hard_i_try_i_cant_seem_to_get_into/cb6qjcw See that, Misha, the guitarist/main songwriter of this, is actually mature, unlike you. He realizes this and that it's not important nor does it judge your value. So please, grow the fuck up or get the fuck out, you pretentious, self-indulged sack of shit. Music *IS* subjective and anyone who claims it isn't needs to pull their head out of their ass and breath the cool, fresh air or reality.
TheRatSquid Congrats on missing the whole point of the comment. He/she is in no way saying music isn't subjective, they're saying that to label a song or band shit when you don't even have any actual knowledge of music and songwriting is flat out ignorant. End of story. You can like it and dislike it, but your opinion on musical quality from a theoretical perspective holds no merit whatsoever unless you actually understand how and why it works. You don't get to critique a book if you don't understand what most of the words mean.
Music, to a listener, is subjective. You may have noticed I never said it wasn't, I was only irritated at how some immature people use this as a means for judgement and labeling. The composition factor, however, does in fact involve a lot of objective concepts, which give the art, as a whole, depth beyond what is simply "heard". Believing music is only subjective and judging it based solely on what you hear is like assuming a five star steak will taste bad because it's brown, and you don't like that color.
Misha used the word "like" 3 times in his reddit comment. That's all I want from listeners, to use words line "like" and "don't like" instead of "good" or "bad"
right? I remember first discovering periphery back in 2009 haha, and there are people who listened to them when they were just a project on soundcloud!
This is the shit. Still holds up as one of the best songs I've ever listened to. Every time I hear people say something about Maryland music, I turn them to you.
"Spencer's vocals are too high-pitched! It ruins the music for me." >actively listens to Rob Halford and Dio without complaint. inb4 le epick maymay arrows
techdeathcurator They're entirely different styles of vocals. I happen to think the vocals fit in this song, though. Dios vocals wouldn't fit in this, and Spencer would sound stupid singing a Rainbow song. Nice memearchery btw ;
No point having a vocalist with a lower range. Vocals wouldn't cut through the mix. Matt Halpern explains that about having trouble with having his drums cutting through.
Spencer got alot of unfair criticism for his vocals on this album but people gotta understand he came in to this album where the lyrics and vocal melodies were already written. He really SHINES P2 and onward, displaying his range.
@@fornever5656 How can you say this in 2020, when Spencer has greatly improved on his vocals? Periphery has nearly 400,000 listeners on Spotify, and millions of listens? Like I think that if anything the band has gained a lot more fans. And plus, the members of the band have kept Spencer in the band despite him apparently acting like a jackass on tour for PI album came out. (from an interview with them I forget where it is.) But their dynamic has changed a lot over the years. If you look at documentaries of their recent albums they get along pretty well and in fact Spencer does vocals last *most* of the time when recording. So to say that this band sucks now because they focus on Spencer is wrong. I saw in an interview with Misha that he still has old riffs he wrote back in Haunted Shores that he wants to make into more songs in the future (I think it was referencing Sentient Glow.) They got their own record label now, they left Sumerian in 2016 and have many different ways of making money. Spencer has his own project with Matt that's under the label that's made some waves. For Spencer to be the factual downfall of this band is untrue. And from my knowledge Periphery never went through a downfall? From an opinion standpoint, I can understand why people may not enjoy his vocals and I respect that, but if it bothers you that much don't listen to the band. if you came into the Icarus Lives comment section to say that it sounds kinda petty.
I remember hearing this song in a trailer for V8 Superstars Racing 10 years ag(literally, 2011), I watched the trailer so many times just because the song was so cool and the game looked fun Only found out this year who wrote it but recognized it instantly when I heard the real version. And the reason I found it is because the drummer played the DOOM soundtrack with mick Gordon at the game awards in 2016. I saw the name of his band in the comments. 5 years later I finally checked out "periphery " and stumbled onto this Video games lead me to a great band
periphery should re-record this song, spencer sounds soooooooo much better now... and their overall mixes have improved a lot, because.. nolly nollynollynolly
Idk i really like how spongey the P1 tone was. Feel like a lot of bands in the genre have lost that in favour of a more realistic but more piercing tone.
Misha has actually been working on a new recording of this song but I don't know if he ever finished it or plans to. I think he said that he feels completely uninspired by this album and feel like working on it just takes time off from working on new stuff.
Periphery full set live in brixton HQ filmed 3 years ago posted by peripheryfan498 was such a good recording. Spencers vocals are so raw and heavy sounding but yet they play with so much emotion. It realy took me to a far away place to where the meaning of true love lies within our hearts. Awesome set!
since when did people start hating clean vocals? and when did clean vocals get termed clean? Meshuggah is probably my favorite Metal band of all time and Jen's has the harshest or vocals yet I love listening to Daniel/Ashe of Tesseract sing their B4's and C#5's, clean preferably. Clean vocals can be just as epic.
The self-titled album is such a masterpiece. Although the second album was awesome, too, this album kicks ass on another level. Clear will be great, and I believe that Juggernaut will be even better! 2014 is going to be a great year for music.
At around 2:00 - 2:10 If you listen VERY closely (You probably need good headphones) you can hear faint hum that's to the pitch of an Ab. Kind of sounds a little like what happens when cell phones interfere with pickups. It's easier to hear on the rests when they aren't playing any notes. It seems to go on through the rest of the section but it's harder to hear when Spencer comes in. Anyone else notice this?
I hear it on my laptop speakers! haha, yeah, it's sort of a cellphone hum! I think it's on purpose though, cause it's quite obvious, but like.. A weird thing to leave on a track!
I'm just starting to listen to Periphery and this shit is incredible. I prefer Spencer's newer screams compared to this but the dude and the band as a whole are just so unbelievably talented.
@@marsamune5592 I just saw a 2-year-old comment from myself and I also complained the volume wasn't loud enough... I'm probably half-deaf for having the volume up so high wearing headphones, but perhaps the video itself isn't loud enough, too.
I've never listened to this song without going directly into "Totla Mad", it felt like half the song was missing without that immediate transition. Definitely an album that deserves to be played to completion....everytime.
I remember thinking this was weird when I was 14. Lol As I Lay Dying and KSE were so much better, now I walk around campus between classes humming Blood Eagle and tapping the drums after listening to P2 and Alpha/Omega through and through
this band is gay- wtf? how can someone call this band is gay ? they simply make good music. their singer is not good- wtf ?he hits all the notes and has a good voice imo. so shut up and enjoy this epic music
2009 was the greatest year for me. All these bands were dropping absolute madness. Flawless among the fallen, After the burial, all shall parish, the black dahlia, the faceless, animals as leaders, the black dahlia murder, necrophagist, decapitation, as I lay dieing, periphery and I can keep going
I love seeing all the people's comments about how they think this band sucks. You're seriously going to judge a whole band based off of ONE song just because it's the highest viewed? This whole album was written instrumentally, lyrics came WAY after. Periphery is one of my favorite bands and this is personally my LEAST favorite song by them. I actually NEVER listen to it. I came to this video to give it another shot. Lookup anything from their second album which was written with all members.
I ONLY listen to the instrumental version of the first album. But I love every song on P2 and Clear. You can tell they were arranged to fit vocals better.
TOTALLY AGREE, Racecar, Letter Experiment, and Ow My Feelings are gods compared to this song. This song is probably their least unique song of this album. And people are judging them because its their most popular. And I almost listen to this song the least out of ALL of periphery's songs. Now THAT says something.
Layering, Lots of layering, and whatever stuff they can't cover by themselves is usually covered by a backing track, adds to the whole "feel" of the experience, saw em' last week, it was intentse :E lol
this intro riff is so iconic to progressive fans its crazy
i highly doubt much classic prog fans even know about periphery at all
I'm not old enough to have grown up with a lot of classic prog, but I was a classic prog fan before I even knew Periphery. Subsequently, I am now a fan of the Progressive Metalcore Subgenre known as "Djent".
Drako Winslett
i have a very hard time to see how djent is experimental at all
Sound Out The Braille That's OK, I just happen to have a background in classical music, so I have a trained ear for distinguishing sub-genres and classifications.
The Progressive aspect is definitely more apparent than the Experimental aspect. It's not Björk level, but it's there.
What I really like about the Djent genre is that all the bands sound different. They all have a unique defining factors about them. Some are very Progressive, some Math, some Jazzy, some Electronic, some just plain sound like Meshuggah. But in the end, there's something for everyone. I think that's just great.
Drako Winslett
Really shows your "trained ear" lmao
That riff is legendary.
Back when periphery ruled clean to dirty transitions of all chug a chugga than time change bands in my opinion
Born of Osiris also damn BTBM tooo.
these boys killed all live❤
@@jakobquick6875 agree, BTBAM have some crazy dirty to clean transitions too.
@@jakobquick6875 asi es
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self titled debut long play record, Periphery!
On this album, you'll hear heavy metal; a genre of music from the future!
Be dazzled by distortion, be bombarded by bass beats, and Djitter-bug to Djent!
We're sure you'll enjoy such finger-popping tunes as Light, Insomnia, and my own personal favorite, Ragtime Dandies!
These songs and more are played by our talented troop of traveling troubadours, featuring the likes of Misha, the electric light bulb, Mansoor, who was voted the twenty-third most influential person in Brown Magazine and can be found on the cover of this month's Mocha Emporium!
And look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Trent Reznor, no, it's Jake Bowen and his seven strings of wonder!
Rounding off the trio of strings-men is Alex Bois, the man with the arms of steel and the arse of a skunk!
On drums is Matt Halpern, the only man who can break three cymbals with one swing of the stick!
Our lead singer will be Spencer Sotelo, who's voice goes up like an angel... and down like a wounded ox...
Last, but not least, is Tom Murphy; providing the rumble from down under and is the only member of Periphery decent enough for the institution of marriage.
Experience heavy metal at it's finest! Periphery, LOVE THAT SHIT!
I appreciate this haha.. so strange to hear the song end without that immediately following
Haha best ending
I was going to post this (after many years of listening) you beat me to it
🤘
*totla mad begins right after*
@@elisotod9511 then what is it?
I got the cd recently and I was so confused when that popped up lol
This is one of those genre defining songs.
Djenre
egg djactly
Mike TC Personally for me that song will always be Demiurge by Meshuggah.
Mike TC Nu-Core?
Mike TC this is one of these Misha-defining Mishas.
Icarus Lives: when you realize that Periphery is secretly a crabcore band
lol
Progressive djent crabcore!
shitty band
your band must be unreal! wow!
Magmoormaster why not Zoidburg?
God Damn it! Whenever I go to take a shower periphery shows up and starts jamming!
lady jamming? :P
5 years on and this comment is still so golden hahahah
i have that problem too! frickin pervs
Bro I’m jealous
I know it’s been like 7 years but still this is a very underrated comment
I was at home eating dorito when phone ring
"icarus is kil"
"no"
Ahhhhhh, man of quality memes I see🤔😂
I cri evry time
Sori for bad Englis
But who was phone?
I forgot about that meme
I actually like Spencer's vocals on this album. But man he has improved dramatically over the years.
It wasnt spencer :D
That's definitely Spencer on vocals Chris left and Spencer used his lyrics and melodies. But that is Spencer on vocals just check the Wikipedia he's credited as lead vocals.
Todd Romine Lol i thought it was the old VOcalist cause it sounds so different
Lol yeah it blows me away honestly the dude has improved so much over the years.
Dude that's not spencer! its the very first singer ! and Chris wasn't the first singer Casey was ! Sungam was correct !
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self-titled debut long play record... PERIPHERY! On this album, you'll hear heavy metal, a genre of music FROM THE FUTURE! Be dazzled by distortion! Be bombarded by bass-beats! And jitterbug to djent!
RAGTIME DANDIES!!!!!!!
Periphery! Love that shiii
This just unlocked a memory I had forgotten about, hahaha
@@DeadDogsMusic HIS VOICE GOES UP LIKE AN ANGEL, and DOWN, like a wounded ox.
im music and i like this 20 .
sad
Fuck youuuu!!!!!
sounds about right
it's just so cringy to see this sentence written correctly,
many such cases!
glad i found this band
I had enever even heard of them, I just saw one of their videos as a suggested video for Protest the hero.
LYRICS:
Believe in memories to resurrect me
Besieged by falling dreams
Hold them tightly
Adorn my wings to thee, and use them nightly
I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn
Though some will call me god
Gravity is just a law I've wrought
Hear temptation take the sky for all to see
Sheer elation to write in history
I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn
Though some will call me god
Gravity is just a feeble plot
When I said I'd never kneel again
What I really meant
Was (fucking) pull the pin because time is spent
I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn
Though some will call me god
Fuck
Unite with ravens on their shadow flights
As my nocturnal right
Gravity is just a mortal's vice
When I said I'd never feel or see
Love and sight are last resorts for me
Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self-titled debut long play record. Periphery! On this album you'll hear heavy metal, a genre of music from the future! Be dazzled by distortion! Be bombarded with bass beats, and jitterbug to djent! We're sure you'll enjoy such finger-popping tunes as Light, Insomnia, and my own personal favourite, RAGTIME DANDIES! These songs and more are played by our talented troupe of travelling troubadours. and so on :)
The Swedish band Meshuggah and the British band Sikth are credited as the inspirations for the djent technique. The movement itself emerged from the solo recordings of Misha Mansoor of Periphery, with Periphery subsequently bringing djent "from the virtual world into the real one."
I’ve gone 16 years of life without hearing these guys
Better late than never
Before 2019 I went 16 years of my life without listening to Periphery but hey🤷♀️
Now I know their whole discography, I also listen to Bulb, Haunted Shores, and King Mothership.
@@twinny_mi 2021 for me, when I turned 18. Honestly I don't think I was even mature enough to listen to them before, I was religious first of all, and with an entirely different mindset. Had I seen the title "Hail Stan" then, I'd just turn away and never listen again. Now I'm super glad I didn't because it is my favorite album in existence, and it's not even a competition.
@@venturer9400 hey, I'm a recovering ex-Christian and I getchu! Blood Eagle is my fav track on Hail Stan as well as Sentient Glow, though I like to listen to the guitar playthrough of that song because the instrumental is one of my favs from Periphery. I love the boys in Periphery and their trolling in the titles as well. I can't wait for their new stuff coming out soon, they're working on it right now.
@@twinny_mi My first contact with Periphery was actually Blood Eagle in 2020, and I vividly remember being repulsed by the amount of screaming there. Now I can appreciate it a lot more, but my second listening experience in October was Satellites, which was far easier to digest and appreciate. Then followed Lune and Reptile and all the rest of P3 and P4 - I'm currently listening to P1 and the Juggernauts one by one since I haven't explored them much, and then i'll have completed the discography I think. To be fair, Blood Eagle is still too aggressive for me and Spencer kind of swallows a lot of words there, but I'll easily listen to songs like that and Church Burner if I get to hear 7 more amazing songs on the record. Nowadays Satellites, Reptile and Lune are my top 3, perhaps even among all songs I listen to as a whole. It's not a surprise that Periphery is my favorite band.
It's interesting that both of us left Christianity though. I've never replaced the love I feel for life and humanity, it's just that the beauty of this world is found in fairy tales as much as it is in heavy metal. The mindset that this genre is essentially evil is something that plagued me for too long.
And yeah, I saw the wips for P5. Part of me expects it to be a letdown because of how high the bar was set with the last two, but I'm prepared for my mind to be blown again.
I remember the day I heard this song. It was after hearing Animals As Leaders and Tesseract for the first time. I remember seeing a thumbnail for Periphery and when I first listened I wasn't sure if I liked it, but I kept coming back to it. I actually didnt' listen to PI all that much, and I later heard "Have A Blast" and DELVED into PII, which would eventually lead me back to PI. I now listen to PI quite often. Today, with PIII out, I have to say that Alpha and PII are still my favorites, but Periphery can do no wrong.
False Jug and Alpha was wrong.
this is kind of my story with Periphery, except the album that I really made me like them is Periphery V
@@GeorgeTheGreekFan periphery V is a masterpiece
If you guys aren't digging Spencer's clean vocals on this track I can totally understand. This isn't really one of their strongest songs in my opinion. I highly suggest to listen to Periphery II. His vocals on that album make it incredibly hard not to love. "Ragnarok" and "Make Total Destroy" for example.
PercyJackson10 the E5 at the end of Scarlet is awesome too
Absolutely 100 percent agreed. Periphery II is one my favourite releases from these dudes
vox can kick rocks on this song it's the rhythm and progression on this one that's epic and set them up to evolve.
LOL @ :15 " gotta get in that crab stance for this Djent riffage"
Ahahahhha t
Rob Trojillo mode
But if Icarus is not kill
***** Icarus is live
***** Icarus is love.
***** ...THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
*kills icarus*
Deal with it.
+John Smith icarus is kill
I feel like the intro of this song is the sassiest riff ever.
Lol! never heard it out that way, but you're right!
I’m still here 14 years on!
Certified Hood Classic
Same one of my favorite songs
The bonding of Jellis
Two guys who’re always against each other finally touched tips
this song changed my life
why? the lyrics??
I think it's most like the introduction of the band.
Thank you, me too mate.
it made me a new person!
Dalila Aishah the music!!!
They played this on their encore last night live in Brisbane, went OFF!! Such a mega riff and song...
SUPPPP BIC BOIIIII
Hahahah ho yeahh!
So how hard does the crowd go to a Periphery show. I will be at the on Sunday in Japan but not sure if crowds go hard enough or not for my liking
We went pretty hard dude, I've got no idea what the Japan crowds do but Australia has a pretty soft live music crowd to begin with, so it should be pretty brutal
Brandon Carlson Yeah it was fking amazing.
The start makes me want to pee
pergproductions Amen.
+pergproductions Its fuckin insane live. definitely recommend to see them live if you havent
+pergproductions Pee-pee-phery
I guarantee if you guys even just make a live music video of habitual-line stepper it’ll have more views than this, not hating on this but cmon lol
pergproductions Peeriphery
Probably one of the best Prog songs ever released, this will go down in metal history.
1. Realize Spencers singing isnt even that bad on this album
2. Listen to Periphery II, Clear, or Juggernaut and realize this guy is extremely talented and has improved greatly since this first album.
3. Profit.
Clearly, they haven't heard Sleeping With Sirens lol.
the vocals on this album are perfect
@@americandesideriobold3925 Well, the cleans are pretty darn good on this album. The screams...not so much. But sponce has come a long long way and now his cleans and screams have both improved so much
What, how do you profit.
he sounds like a beta emo
apparently some people are dissing spencer's voice? like he's improved so much over the years but even back then he was really good. what the hell are you talking about?
also, if you're looking at the comments scroll back up the video cause theyre doing the crab dance
...Thank you for purchasing Periphery's self-titled debut long play record. Periphery!
Be dazzled by distortion, be bombarded by bass beats and jitterbug to djent!
0:24 the only high-hat in music history that sends chills down your spine as you get ready to BOUNCE!!!
I don’t think people realize just how much influence this song had. The djent scene still exists, but it was only in the spotlight for a short time. However, it seeped into the larger world of metal enough that the “djent” sound is all over modern metal songs. You can put on any modern metal playlist and hear that staccato, throaty kind of sound all over the place.
Having a total Periphery binge today. A great day already.
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I actually adore the vocals on this track. It's very well composed.
You know its Alex bois when there's a 180deg angle between the legs.
reminds me of music video of slipknot - before I forget
i love this band, they really showed me that even the best melodies are worth nothing without a great rhythmic arrangement - it applies to everything, even pop and rap
Still as impressive as it was 11 years ago! Self-titled debut long play record is still my favorite.
Man! Simpler times
Yeah it's still great imo.
I was still eating dirt when the is was released. I definitely got on the periphery train a bit late but I’m still here enjoying the music so it doesn’t matter much.
Once I listened to periphery for the first time.
Heard that intro riff...insta classic.
It's pretty rare where a band can come up with riffs that make you instantly be able to recognize a song in just a couple of notes.
Hearing it makes me feel like a badass. just LISTENING to periphery makes me feel so much cooler. its strange
All great bands are instantly recognizable by there sound and or guitar tone.
man i'm so brainrotted that i recognise this song from the first note
Really wish the rain filter wasn't on so I could actually see what all the members of Periphery looked like way back then, and what gear they were using!
I have to come back to this song from time to time. My favorite song of theirs hands down.
What's unbelievable is how OBSESSED with "scene" and "genre" so many of us are. Clean vocals don't fit in to our "established hardcore scene" so as soon as a sung pitch is heard we turn our untrained ears off. "Oh but it's music, it's subjective, I can say whatever I want and spread it to the world." You know what? No you can't. Fuck that. I didn't spend 5 years, 16 hours a day (2-4 of which were practicing), at 21 credit hours a semester, getting two music degrees, to be told my hard work is "pussy shit" or that "the last album was better" by kids who bring their guitar to high school with them and call themselves musicians. If you don't like a style of music then say "I don't like it" and move on with your life. You literally have no right to make any claims about another artist's work other than "I like it" or "I don't like it". Now if you'd like to analyze it theoretically, or even historically, be my guest. You'll find it's far more complex, unique, and intricate than 99% of the bullshit we consider "music" today (although not quite as much as most art-music post 19th century); and I think the fact that progressive rock bands like Periphery are trying to bridge the current, VAST, gap between art music and popular music is pretty god damn respectable.
Agreed man
Oh grow the fuck up, you pretentious sack of shit. If someone doesn't like this than so what? You're just as bad as those lame 50 year olds who claim their time was better. I love this, but if someone doesn't so what? Does it hurt me or offend me? No, and does it offend or hurt Misha or anyone else? No
www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/1igvvz/no_matter_how_hard_i_try_i_cant_seem_to_get_into/cb6qjcw
See that, Misha, the guitarist/main songwriter of this, is actually mature, unlike you. He realizes this and that it's not important nor does it judge your value. So please, grow the fuck up or get the fuck out, you pretentious, self-indulged sack of shit. Music *IS* subjective and anyone who claims it isn't needs to pull their head out of their ass and breath the cool, fresh air or reality.
TheRatSquid Congrats on missing the whole point of the comment. He/she is in no way saying music isn't subjective, they're saying that to label a song or band shit when you don't even have any actual knowledge of music and songwriting is flat out ignorant. End of story. You can like it and dislike it, but your opinion on musical quality from a theoretical perspective holds no merit whatsoever unless you actually understand how and why it works. You don't get to critique a book if you don't understand what most of the words mean.
Music, to a listener, is subjective. You may have noticed I never said it wasn't, I was only irritated at how some immature people use this as a means for judgement and labeling. The composition factor, however, does in fact involve a lot of objective concepts, which give the art, as a whole, depth beyond what is simply "heard". Believing music is only subjective and judging it based solely on what you hear is like assuming a five star steak will taste bad because it's brown, and you don't like that color.
Misha used the word "like" 3 times in his reddit comment. That's all I want from listeners, to use words line "like" and "don't like" instead of "good" or "bad"
Periphery is love. Periphery is life.
Can't belive this was over 6 years ago...
right? I remember first discovering periphery back in 2009 haha, and there are people who listened to them when they were just a project on soundcloud!
Still fucking love it, always the pioneer in my heart although I am no more a fan of them.
wawa0209 why no longer a fan?
I cant get along wif their musical shift. They are still sick af but I just dun enjoy the new materials:/
9*
This is the shit. Still holds up as one of the best songs I've ever listened to. Every time I hear people say something about Maryland music, I turn them to you.
Today is my birthday, Turning 15, getting my first 7 string... Yup, this is the first song I'll learn
"Spencer's vocals are too high-pitched! It ruins the music for me."
>actively listens to Rob Halford and Dio without complaint.
inb4 le epick maymay arrows
techdeathcurator They're entirely different styles of vocals. I happen to think the vocals fit in this song, though. Dios vocals wouldn't fit in this, and Spencer would sound stupid singing a Rainbow song.
Nice memearchery btw ;
No point having a vocalist with a lower range. Vocals wouldn't cut through the mix. Matt Halpern explains that about having trouble with having his drums cutting through.
its not about the pitch! this guy is out! unless they package is as some kind of new music!
arunashamal What's out? His pitch is literally spot on.
+techdeathcurator Bruce Dickinson /thread
Spencer got alot of unfair criticism for his vocals on this album but people gotta understand he came in to this album where the lyrics and vocal melodies were already written. He really SHINES P2 and onward, displaying his range.
spencer was and is the downfall of this band
@@fornever5656 hard no on that one
@@fornever5656 How can you say this in 2020, when Spencer has greatly improved on his vocals?
Periphery has nearly 400,000 listeners on Spotify, and millions of listens?
Like I think that if anything the band has gained a lot more fans.
And plus, the members of the band have kept Spencer in the band despite him apparently acting like a jackass on tour for PI album came out. (from an interview with them I forget where it is.) But their dynamic has changed a lot over the years. If you look at documentaries of their recent albums they get along pretty well and in fact Spencer does vocals last *most* of the time when recording. So to say that this band sucks now because they focus on Spencer is wrong. I saw in an interview with Misha that he still has old riffs he wrote back in Haunted Shores that he wants to make into more songs in the future (I think it was referencing Sentient Glow.) They got their own record label now, they left Sumerian in 2016 and have many different ways of making money. Spencer has his own project with Matt that's under the label that's made some waves. For Spencer to be the factual downfall of this band is untrue. And from my knowledge Periphery never went through a downfall?
From an opinion standpoint, I can understand why people may not enjoy his vocals and I respect that, but if it bothers you that much don't listen to the band. if you came into the Icarus Lives comment section to say that it sounds kinda petty.
@@twinny_mi thats a lot of words i'm not going to read
@@fornever5656 how was he the downfall…? They kicked off when he joined, if he left it would be bad for them
I've always loved Periphery, vocals and all, but I have to say that they have all come a long way
Icarus lived so the machines could turn
Can't wait for their next Icarus-themed song in 2036
I remember hearing this song in a trailer for V8 Superstars Racing 10 years ag(literally, 2011), I watched the trailer so many times just because the song was so cool and the game looked fun
Only found out this year who wrote it but recognized it instantly when I heard the real version.
And the reason I found it is because the drummer played the DOOM soundtrack with mick Gordon at the game awards in 2016. I saw the name of his band in the comments. 5 years later I finally checked out "periphery " and stumbled onto this
Video games lead me to a great band
I love the chorus for this song, I just wish the rest of the song kept up the groove that the intro had.
+Cameron Reynolds exactly, i couldn't have said it better myself
+Cameron Reynolds But when the intro comes back at the end only, it makes it all the sweeter.
don't question Periphery.
I would love the drum pack such as the cymbals, the snare, kick, everything
periphery should re-record this song, spencer sounds soooooooo much better now... and their overall mixes have improved a lot, because.. nolly
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Lucas Villa too bad he left RIP Nolly
@@IanRWC43 he's still a functioning member of the band, just doesn't tour
@@TheTeaTVI y not
Idk i really like how spongey the P1 tone was. Feel like a lot of bands in the genre have lost that in favour of a more realistic but more piercing tone.
Misha has actually been working on a new recording of this song but I don't know if he ever finished it or plans to. I think he said that he feels completely uninspired by this album and feel like working on it just takes time off from working on new stuff.
One of those bands you hate at first but they grow on you like an addiction
I cant believe i listened to this song for the first time in december 2010. How time can go that fast?
Periphery full set live in brixton HQ filmed 3 years ago posted by peripheryfan498 was such a good recording. Spencers vocals are so raw and heavy sounding but yet they play with so much emotion. It realy took me to a far away place to where the meaning of true love lies within our hearts. Awesome set!
When did Dream Theater & Meshuggah have a baby?
John Cena is better than Stone Cold
Inthink it was in 2004
Huehueheie
Dream theater: he has your eyes
Meshuggah: and he has your hair
Periphery: d d d
Meshuggah: hONEY HIS FIRST WORDS
Periphery: djent
Both: awwwww
@@PeeNidsCold Funny fact: guitarist Jake Bowen is John Petrucci's nephew haha
😄perfect
since when did people start hating clean vocals? and when did clean vocals get termed clean? Meshuggah is probably my favorite Metal band of all time and Jen's has the harshest or vocals yet I love listening to Daniel/Ashe of Tesseract sing their B4's and C#5's, clean preferably. Clean vocals can be just as epic.
+Jake Hall Idk, Tom's scream-singy belting technique can get quite harsh. Same goes for Sempiternal era Oliver Sykes and the Meshuggah vocalist.
It's not that the fact that's it's clean, it's the fact that it is high pitched
The self-titled album is such a masterpiece. Although the second album was awesome, too, this album kicks ass on another level. Clear will be great, and I believe that Juggernaut will be even better! 2014 is going to be a great year for music.
Still listening after 8 years. This album will always hold special memories for me.
At around 2:00 - 2:10 If you listen VERY closely (You probably need good headphones) you can hear faint hum that's to the pitch of an Ab. Kind of sounds a little like what happens when cell phones interfere with pickups. It's easier to hear on the rests when they aren't playing any notes. It seems to go on through the rest of the section but it's harder to hear when Spencer comes in. Anyone else notice this?
It sounds a lot like the symbols at first, but yes after listening 3 times I do hear it that's exactly what it is
it's a quiet guitar arpeggio-ish thing as far as i can hear
I hear it on my laptop speakers! haha, yeah, it's sort of a cellphone hum! I think it's on purpose though, cause it's quite obvious, but like.. A weird thing to leave on a track!
I hear it too but it sort of sounds like the snare resonating. Does Halpern tune his snare to Ab? That would explain things.
nah, to me definitely cellphone hum
my only regret is that i can only make my speakers go 100%
Crabcore Lives!!!!
Periphery has ALWAYS been the riff kings. I'll just bust into this one whenever and wherever I am
The way Misha plays the intro is pure Djent. It DOES Djent.
step 1: play the video at 2x speed
step 2 : laugh your ass off
Ikr I died
+13Shafiq666 yep step 2 is deffinatelly the true one :D
+13Shafiq666 hahaha good call
The syncopation at 3:05 still hits pretty hard but more like something from Insomnia haha
I wish they had more songs like this.
This is first song I´ve heard from Periphery !!! Love them
God, it's kinda no joke how much spencer has improved as a vocalist.
I know right??
I'm just starting to listen to Periphery and this shit is incredible. I prefer Spencer's newer screams compared to this but the dude and the band as a whole are just so unbelievably talented.
Volume is pathetically low
+valo999 *WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I HAVE THE VOLUME ON 80%!*
Feel free to turn it up
Volume is really low Jesssss
@@IDontKnow-wf7vu THATS 20% PERIPHERY MISSING
@@marsamune5592 I just saw a 2-year-old comment from myself and I also complained the volume wasn't loud enough... I'm probably half-deaf for having the volume up so high wearing headphones, but perhaps the video itself isn't loud enough, too.
This song is how I got into Periphery and to this day it is my favorite track by them.
Same...
Why has this album been taken down from spotify?
same man, maybe it's just in brazil
@@lucaspontes4147 No bro. I’m from Guatemala
it's on there in US currently. much louder and better than this compressed-for-the-web garbage.
@@jeffdohan i suppose it just sucks living in third world countries. Hahaha
I'm still Morula and I like this song
If you dont like periphery and comment negative things about his vocals gtfo
I've never listened to this song without going directly into "Totla Mad", it felt like half the song was missing without that immediate transition. Definitely an album that deserves to be played to completion....everytime.
I remember thinking this was weird when I was 14. Lol As I Lay Dying and KSE were so much better, now I walk around campus between classes humming Blood Eagle and tapping the drums after listening to P2 and Alpha/Omega through and through
2:07 hello Rob Scallon
this band is gay-
wtf? how can someone call this band is gay ? they simply make good music.
their singer is not good-
wtf ?he hits all the notes and has a good voice imo.
so shut up and enjoy this epic music
If this band was gay, then I would still listen to them because the band members sexuality has no affect on how talented they are.
Well, I have to say, I didn't like it at all, but it's not bad, just not my style, not liking something doesn't mean it's bad, or gay...
chugging instrumentals of death and destruction don't go well with a flamboyant singer who sounds like he should be doing pop music
MrJoe1928 That is where you are wrong because he is actually spot on.
I love their sound. It's just perfect.
Seeing these dudes in London next Saturday. It's going to be a blast!
The first djent riff everyone learns
What's djent? My grandchildren asked....
A small tear runs down my face..
"Let me take you on a wild story kids."
I learned of this band because of my teacher and so far it's pretty good
Basic Melody teacher has good taste
Saw these guys in Ottawa! Never seen a band so tight! They are gushing with talent
This song just feels all over the place like it doesn't know what it wants to be. The intro is dope though.
Who in 2021?
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still here 🙋♀️
Thank you for purchasing periphery self titled debut long play record! Periphery, Love that shit!
PERIFERI! LOVE DAT SHIT!
scout's amazing adventure anyone?
Anybody else here from the How djent is made video?
I am awful.
Evan.
Huh?
i think they use some tubing lol
I am here from how to be a deathcore vocalist
I'm here for the How to be Kim Jong Un video
2009 was the greatest year for me. All these bands were dropping absolute madness. Flawless among the fallen, After the burial, all shall parish, the black dahlia, the faceless, animals as leaders, the black dahlia murder, necrophagist, decapitation, as I lay dieing, periphery and I can keep going
The 7 string 0-3-5
I love seeing all the people's comments about how they think this band sucks. You're seriously going to judge a whole band based off of ONE song just because it's the highest viewed? This whole album was written instrumentally, lyrics came WAY after. Periphery is one of my favorite bands and this is personally my LEAST favorite song by them. I actually NEVER listen to it. I came to this video to give it another shot. Lookup anything from their second album which was written with all members.
I much prefer their instrumentals. But this song isn't too bad, not my favorite version of it, though.
I ONLY listen to the instrumental version of the first album. But I love every song on P2 and Clear. You can tell they were arranged to fit vocals better.
Weird. I like this song.
TOTALLY AGREE, Racecar, Letter Experiment, and Ow My Feelings are gods compared to this song. This song is probably their least unique song of this album. And people are judging them because its their most popular. And I almost listen to this song the least out of ALL of periphery's songs. Now THAT says something.
I DO listen to this one the least lol
iambulb
I never really gave them the time of day because of the clean vocals. Now I appreciate and understand.
How come they have 3 guitarists? I've learned some of their stuff and never seen why it would be necessary
Ambients/rythm , lead, rythm.
Just Djent.
Layering, Lots of layering, and whatever stuff they can't cover by themselves is usually covered by a backing track, adds to the whole "feel" of the experience, saw em' last week, it was intentse :E lol
Ahh okay makes sense :) I haven't had the pleasure of seeing them live but i can imagine they're awesome !
oh trust me, if you get a chance to see them live DO IT! I saw them on teh 5th of October here in Vermont and I was blown away
did this title come from watching Heaven's Lost Property??
........no
meow meow meh meooooooow meh meow
Catcore
waaaaaagh dogcore
more like orccore
I am happy they start video with guitarist. he is best member