PERIPHERY HIT THE EAST COAST FOR A STRING OF HEADLINE DATES
Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 11:30am by Vince Neilstein
Djent flag-wavers and recent Sumerian Records signees Periphery are taking my advice and hitting the East Coast next month for a string of headline dates, welcome news to those of us who saw them absolutely decimate the crowd on this Summer’s hit-or-miss Thrash & Burn Tour despite an asscrack-of-dawn stage time (relatively speaking). To say that Periphery were the standout act of Thrash & Burn would be an understatement; they completely tour up a room that had to be for the most part unfamiliar with them. It was also immensely satisfying for me to finally see a band live that’s been e-famous for years.
The 9-date headline tour also features This or the Apocalypse and Roadrunner young guns Mutiny Within, starting November 8th in Richmond, VA and wrapping up November 16th in Providence, RI. If you don’t live in any of these limited markets, fear not — the band will definitely be touring a helluva lot in the coming months/years.
Full list of dates after the jump, and of course you can listen to the band on MySpace. Also check out our interview with Periphery’s Misha Mansoor and Alex Bois as well as this video of drummer Matt Halpern laying down some ridiculous grooves in the studio.
November 8th -Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz
November 9th – Wilmington, Delaware @ Mojo 13
November 10th – Crofton, Maryland @ The Macc ***no Periphery***
November 11th – Washington, DC @ 930 Club ***Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, Periphery and This or the Apocalypse - no Mutiny Within***
November 12th – New York City, New York @ Santos Party House
November 13th – Allentown, Pennsylvania @ The Masquerade in Crocodile Rock
November 14th – Freehold, New Jersey @ Freehold VFW
November 15th – Holyoke, Massachusetts @ The Waterfront Tavern
November 16th – Providence, Rhode Island @ Club Hell
-VN
There wasn’t much competition on Thrash & Burn
With the obvious exception of Periphery, the lineup was fucking awful.
They certainly have chops but not digging the vocals at all. They are a completely generic addition to an otherwise competent group of musicians. I’ll have to catch them live apparently.
I really don’t get the buzz with this band.
This or the Apocalypse is just another random metalcore band, Mutiny Within sounds quite promising to me, Periphery is a great band.
I reccomend to attend the gig in Crofton, Maryland.
You mean the one that Periphery isn’t playing?
I don’t really want to see LOG or Darkest Hour but I really, really do want to see Periphery, so…
ill probably end up going if i have nothing to do seeing as the freehold vfw is 2 mins away from my house
band blows
Your name blows, along with your feeble grasp of sentence structure. Periphery are going to be huge.
Two of those dates are pretty close to me :D