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PERIPHERY IS THE REAL DEAL

 Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 11:00am by

Last night I finally got to see Periphery live. Vince has been raving about them since this past summer’s Thrash and Burn tour, and, as is so often the case, my de facto brother is right – these guys are the shit, and are gonna be huge. They had the crowd eating out of the palms of their hands, and, unlike some bands (I’m not naming names, but think Jack the Ripper), they actually have three guitar players for a reason.

Periphery will have an album out on Sumerian next year; in the meantime, enjoy this video tour blog they did for our friends at Metal Injection. And don’t forget to check out Periphery’s MySpace, too.

-AR

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  • SlickerDrip

    No band has three guitarists for a reason, not even Maiden.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

      They have a reason… they didn’t want to fire Janick.

      • SlickerDrip

        Janick is superfluous. I can understand not wanting to get rid of a guy who gets along well with the rest of the band, but musically I think Dave and Adrian can handle the songs quite well on their own. One more tshirt advertisement on stage I guess.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

          Nah I know what you mean, it’s not a very good reason. Whatever, though, Janick’s written some solid stuff (The Legacy, for example).

  • Zoker

    I’ll have to wait years to see them live… fucking americans…

  • http://www.planetofterror.blogspot.com jcorty30

    They sound like a heavier version of Linkin Park minus the rapping. Meh.

    • Ozy

      Linkin Park? Are you fucking retarded?

      • Strapping Young Lad

        your an asshole Jcorty30. out of all the ignorant comments i heard, yours pisses me off the most. how DARE you compare these guys to the mighty LIKINK PARK!???!

  • DurkaDerr

    Periphery sounds nothing like Linkin Park you fucking pole smoker. Open your fucking ears and listen to more than 10 seconds of a song before you pass judgement. They fucking shred. Like fucking cheese over nachos.

    • Natalie

      Thumbs up to this entire comment.

      • Double D

        Same here. Sans the cheese and nachos part.

  • orbital

    nice Whitechapel reference. 3 guitars are the new 7-string.

  • builtforsin

    Chugga Chugga chug chug chuggggg

  • Adam

    The guitar riffs and overall feel are pretty fucking groovy… but I really am not digging the clean vocals… reminds me of Nu-Metal or something..

    • orbital

      reminds me or Protest the Hero. I hate Protest the Hero. So far most of what I’ve heard of Periphery I like though.

  • dan

    this is like meshuggah with a cock in its ass,

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Wilson/652936858 Andrew Wilson

      i think that would sound great as shit

  • The M_F Beard

    To all of the above posters that have mentioned Nu-Metal and Periphery in the same sentence… please give up metal.

    These guys are the real deal, and truth be told, if they get as big as Linkin Park, it’d only be a good thing.

  • Meekal

    Oh boy. I love watching live footage with completely different audio.

  • msv81

    Awesome, it’s really refreshing to hear some clean vocals from a guy who can actually sing, I’m getting sick of the pig squeals and “weeee……weeeeeeeee…..WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” of every deathcore band on the planet. I’m looking forward to seeing these guys live.

    • msv81

      and….lucky me, I’ll be seeing them tonight in Allentown! Glad I looked at their myspace.

  • NoNameNoSlogan

    This shit is terrible. awful emo vocals…I’m sure these guys will be huge.
    gay

    • Jimmy

      Emo vocals? Please kill yourself.

      • Strapping Young Lad

        hes right. they have melody. melody=emo, jimmy. don’t you know anything these days?

        • NoNameNoSlogan

          I’ve got nothing against clean vocals and melody…but the guys sound like My Chemical Romance and Lamb of God had sex with Jimmy’s mom and this is what came out of her putrid vagina 9 months later. And the beat boxing while doing the south park cartman voice!?!? are you fucking kidding me?

          Periphery = Limp Bizshit 2009

          • Strapping Young Lad

            oh man you’re right, they have a sense of humor. That’s not metal.

  • http://myspace.com/arsonyva Punch Drunk Blood

    i saw them live before lamb of god in DC on wednesday and its true they did have the crowd going! but so did this or the apocalypse, who are shit shit shit shit shit. Im sure theyll be huge because kids don’t seem to enjoy pure metal nowadays as much as they do some type of shit core, but honestly i know personally i get nothing from their music.

  • Hahc Retsam

    WHAT?! They were playing a concert in NY yesterday…FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKK.

    Could you guys do a monthly update of what concerts are coming up in new york from now on?

  • Lybrium

    I like this a lot, thanks dudes!

  • thedynasty

    Wow, you guys are still on Periphery’s dick AND you took a shot at Whitechapel in the same post. Man, you guys are really starting to suck it up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Oscar-Perpinan/1167444702 Oscar Perpinan

    Sometimes things are popular, and its commercial and shitty. Often, and unfortunatly sometimes overlooked, is the fact that things get big for a reason. Whitechapel is getting big because of 1- a deep, dark guitar tone that has been unique to their scene; 2- they outplay bands they share the bill with; 3; their vocalist brings art to that vocal style; 4- catchy deathmetal that puts pop to the test.

    @thedynasty: the truth is that Perpihery’s dick is pretty ride worthy, and anyone present last night could vouch for that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Wilson/652936858 Andrew Wilson

    also, most of the songs used in this lil vid are just the guitarist misha, from his side project Bulb. Still sounds like Periphery though.

  • bretton

    periphery is total nu-emo… haha, I kid, I kid, they’re rad… When I saw the Jack the Ripper reference I just thought “what? Judas Priest doesn’t have 3 guitar players? Are they confusing maiden and priest?”

    what IS the special reason for periphery to have 3 guitars?

  • stew

    too bad whitechapel is better…

    • jerm

      yeah, if you like men’s weiners.

  • Strapping Young Lad

    Jet Pack was Yes is such a sick song. go bulb!

  • Sandwiches

    Whitechapel is better? Really?! Dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. Cool, another 3rd generation jfac ripoff I’m stoked.

  • DustintheWind

    Coming from a guy who actually likes Whitechapel…. These guys are rad, i’ve seen you guys push them before but this is the first time i listened. Im diggin it, headin to their myspace to check out s’more

  • cm

    I like them (when they don’t have a helium inhaling singer)