PERIPHERY: FOR FANS OF MESHUGGAH, SIKTH, TEXTURES, ETC.
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 10:49am by Vince Neilstein
MetalSucks reader Ramsey K. recently wrote us a letter with the following: “I’m writing to you guys in hope that you will at least post about these two bands that I’m going to mention, because they honestly deserve a lot of recognition for being awesome. I see that you guys like Sikth and Meshuggah and a whole slew of crazy prog metal, so I hope you will at least give these bands a listen or two at their myspaces.”
Touche! The bands in question are Periphery and Bulb, the latter of which is a “solo” project of the guitarist of the former. The headline of this piece pretty much says it all, so if you like those bands then you best check these out.
Also, it turns out that Periphery’s ex-singer Jake Veredika (whose voice is on their MySpace recordings) filled in on vocals for Divine Heresy after Tommy Cummings left / was fired mid-tour in May. Not that this has any bearing on why you should or shouldn’t like these bands. But, ya know, FYI.
-VN
what a great band! I was actually thinking of sending you guys an email about them too. I first heard them back in 2005 and they deserve all the attention they can get.
Jake was also awesome with DH, hope he joins them full-time!
Periphery and Bulb are amazing! I’ve been listening to these guys for a while now and it’s some really cool stuff… Oh btw, your article is wrong… The singer on their Myspace page is actually Casey, and he just left the band as well… they are searching for a new singer at the moment.
Meh! Sikth and Meshuggah are in a league of their own. Periphery and Bulb are ok but nothing earth shattering.
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