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“ICARUS LIVES” INSIDE OF PERIPHERY

 Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 12:00pm by

peripheryNow that the long-awaited release of Periphery’s self-titled debut album is drawing closer we’re finally starting to get a taste of what they’re really all about. On Monday we got a new version of the song “Light” featuring new vocalist Spencer Sotelo, but that song had been around for months prior with Chris Baretto on vocals and before that for months prior as an instrumental. And not for nothin’, Sotelo doesn’t sound all that different from Baretto so it’s not like we had anything truly new to chew on.

But last night Tim Shanks sent us a link to a streaming player built to support the Distort Showcase at Canadian Music Week, which I guess is next weekend in Toronto. The showcase features Periphery, and as such their new song “Icarus Lives” is the 6th song down in the player. I feel like I’ve heard this song before, either as an instrumental on Periphery or Bulb’s MySpace / Soundclick pages in the past or perhaps when we saw Periphery live last Fall. Either way it’s catchy as hell. Really can’t wait to hear the rest of this album.

-VN

PS: Those of you who called shenanigans on the horrendous photoshop job in the above picture are right on the money. What the fuck?

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  • black_polaris237

    Damn first time listening to these guys. That new song is wicked good.

    Just throwing it out there BTBAM should tour with these guys. Hell BTBAM should join Sumerian. Get them off that shitfest that is Victory

  • brookh

    that song has been floating around for a while, cant wait for the record

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fritz-Pettersen/536945538 Fritz Pettersen

    Icarus lives has been out on youtube for a while now. I like the vocal melodies. Wonder who wrote them, the old dude or Bulb?

    • timshanks

      Casey Sabol, two singers ago, wrote this vocals.

      • Rob

        I think Icarus Lives had vocals even before Casey joined.

        • http://myspace.com/wearecarnevil AEnema175

          It had vocals but they changed them completely and are much better for it, the original was majority screaming and the lyrics were awful. This and Racecar are hands down th

          • http://myspace.com/wearecarnevil AEnema175

            *their best songs

            [fuck windows 7 and their clicking my damn mouse pad without provocation]

  • Adam

    Dude in the front looks like such a fucking tool. Also, yeah whoever photoshopped this went for the whole HDR thing and failed hard.

    • Strapping Young Lad

      haha, the shadows are so weird looking. And all of that random blur/soft edging has got to go.

  • Dimebag6sic6

    Icarus Lives has been floating around for ages. Casey Sabol wrote the lyrics for this one. I’ve been busting a knut over that song forever haha. Can’t wait for this album to drop.

    • Strapping Young Lad

      ahha yea… this is now the 5th version of this song i own. The original Instrumental, the one with Jake on vocals (waaay different, almost no singing), Casey’s version, a live version with Chris, and now the new one with Spencer. All good stuff. Really cool to be with a band since the beginning and see them grow like this.

      • Watty

        Any chance of you linking them somewhere?

        I know Misha gives away his music for free, but he only has the one devoid of vox on his soundclick…

  • Lybrium

    I have a couple gripes with this song, mainly that his scream sucks, it sounds just like Demon Hunter, but I think his singing is even worse, and sounds like Atreyu?!?!? C’mon guys. Ok, the riff is good, but there is not anything genuine about it, you could throw it right into a Textures song if not Meshuggah itself. Not horrible, definitely not great.

  • Kazz

    Really haven’t liked either vocalist since Casey very much. This song was up on their myspace awhile ago when Casey was still in the band.

  • afrost

    The people complaining about Spencer’s voice boggle my mind. His range is insane. I think half of you people lack the ability to objectively evaluate “good” vocals.

    • Watty

      I think it’s all about studio vs. live.

      In studio, both Chris and Spencer are insane; no pressure and no external factors that might take away from the sound. Live is another story; Chris’ cleans live were sub-par, but I think he had a way better stage presence. Spencer (who was unfortunately sick for the gig I went to) definitely has better cleans live, but he isn’t really as into it as Chris was, so he “suffers” all around; he’s insane in studio though.

      For all those folks that are hating on Periphery because of the singer, check out Misha’s soundclick for stuff without vocals. Just because they signed to Sumerian doesn’t mean they should get lumped in with the aesthetic.

      Being a guitar player that discovered Bulb first and Periphery second, I can honestly say that Misha is going to go far, with or without Periphery; I wouldn’t be surprised if he became the next Townsend in terms of his musical “reach.”

      2 cents…

      • afrost

        Agreed 100% on the last paragraph. Bulb is very talented. He’s also very prolific, judging from his soundclick page. I feel like Periphery and his stint with producing AAL is just the beginning.

      • Lybrium

        thx watty, i’ll check that out.

        I was honestly exited for this song during the intro, it just didn’t quite take off. I don’t hate the vocals, by any stretch, but there is an obvious amount of proccesing there that does not benefit the overall sound of the band, rather; it candy wraps it. I would be very interested in this band with a more raw vocal approach.

      • Lybrium

        thx watty, i’ll check that out.

        I was honestly exited for this song during the intro, it just didn’t quite take off. I don’t hate the vocals, by any stretch, but there is an obvious amount of proccesing there that does not benefit the overall sound of the band, rather; it candy wraps it. I would be very interested in this band with a more raw vocal approach.

        • Lybrium

          ugg, i swear the double post was my crappy internet’s fault. :P

  • Tonberry

    It’s been a long time since I’ve been anticipating a CD this much. <3 Periphery <3

  • orbital

    ugh, the vocals are so unfortunate.

    • Julian

      This entire band/trend is unfortunate. Commercialized Meshuggah fucking sucks.

      • orbital

        Meshuggah lite.

        • Julian

          Yeap, Diet Meshuggah indeed.

  • http://reaper-x.deviantart.com/ Reaper-X

    Spencer has the range, which he seems to flaunt at times, but he doesn’t have that fullness in his cleans that Chris kinda had. Overall his screams and cleans tend to feel a bit…thin and brittle.

    Chris wasn’t exactly a vocal god, but he complimented the track well.

  • shreddies

    What do you think about the Structures song that follows the Periphery tune?

    • fatpuppy

      love it! the ep is great

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rusty-Roberts/1585470069 Rusty Roberts

    The guitars sound less like Meshuggah and more like Benea Reach to me. Mushaggah like to let their riffs drone on for awhile to emphasize the polyrhythms, the riffs in this song are more dynamic.