what's the deal with Periphery?

[Arsenu,]

sorry for waking up so late, but iv'e just heard the Periphery album and like everyone knows it sounds amazing!

so now i'm wondering what's the deal with those guys?
what's all the hype about? how the fuck do they sound so good?!
and how the hell do you get that crystal clear sound?!

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Talent, good hands, good gear and editing skills.

 

[guitarguru777]

The reason they are so good:

 

[ahjteam]

yup, Misha.

 

[A Midnight Requiem]

That album ruined my music listening experience for about a month. I literally could not listen to any other album and not be bored. Luckily I have recovered and can continue listening to both Periphery AND other bands. Whew...

 

[Virgil.]

Personally, I enjoy Bulb/Misha's solo stuff a lot more without the addition of vocals. It's so intense and progressive in a sense that it keeps me busy paying attention to what the hell he's playing that vocals only distract from some of his genius guitar playing. I prefer listening to the 2nd all instrumental cd of Periphery's album just to hear Bulb's songs with better production.

 

[Arsenu,]

That album ruined my music listening experience for about a month. I literally could not listen to any other album and not be bored. Luckily I have recovered and can continue listening to both Periphery AND other bands. Whew...

that's what "Ashes Of The Wake" did to me...

iv'e gotta say i don't really like the music itself.
it's too intensive and after a while it gives me a headache,
don't like technical stuff...

but the sound is amaaaaaaaaaazing!

 

[timislegend]

yeah, periphery's sound is incredible.

my opinion: what makes them so great is the melodic/ambient backing guitars.

ordinarily i would be annoyed with such a dense mix... but i feel like those guitars have something that no one else has. (mystery guitar sauce).

 

[Auroras]

there tones are ok but i mean somethings missing from the guitar tone like its missing something midrange grit?

 

[The Unavoidable]

If periphery had ambient screaming vocals like cult of luna, instead of those wussy cleans I would shit my ass

 

[Melb_shredder]

I think they should reform as periffery... I would have jumped on the band wagon much quicker

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

I go back and forth with their singer. I have respect because he is a great clean singer, but; he just doesn't do the heavy vocals well.

 

[Trevoire520]

Tbh I'm the opposite, I find his clean vocals really grate on me, I much prefer his heavy vocals.

 

[Line666]

He rerecorded the walk with better heavy vox:

http://www.myspace.com/scenerymusic

Its a definite improvement.

Edit: Or at least he did, doesnt seem to be there anymore.

 

[pattonfreak1]

Can't stand the whiny, autotuned to DEATH clean vocals... But Zyglrox owns.

 

[Harry Hughes]

I like the Periphery album, but geezus, I'm seriously not hearing this amazing production.
No, it doesn't sound terrible by any means, but it's quite evident it's a home job though.
As for the music, my three favorite tracks off the album are "Jetpack was Yes!" "Racecar" and "Letter Experiment"
But overall, it's definitely a highly creative album. So great to hear a progressive metal album that actually sounds fresh, rather than another one of those run of the mill Dream Theater/Symphony X clone bands.

 

[Ermz]

Personally, I enjoy Bulb/Misha's solo stuff a lot more without the addition of vocals. It's so intense and progressive in a sense that it keeps me busy paying attention to what the hell he's playing that vocals only distract from some of his genius guitar playing. I prefer listening to the 2nd all instrumental cd of Periphery's album just to hear Bulb's songs with better production.

+111111

Except I don't listen to the album, ever.

 

[Harry Hughes]

I can understand how some people might prefer the instrumental versions, but damn, I vastly prefer "Jetpack was Yes" with the vocals. It's just such a vocally driven stuff and when I listen to the instrumental version, it loses a lot of power for me. And "Racecar", just that "I see light in your eyesssssssssssssssss!" bit just totally elevates the song to a new level for me.
"All New Materials" was the song I think that should have stayed an instrumental.
Once it gets to that riff at about 50 seconds, the song just starts to sound too busy for vocals.

 

[roy22341]

Looking at it from a guitar players standpoint I see what a lot of you mean about the instrumental versions, but listening to it as a WHOLE as just a person who enjoy music vs a musician I think the whole package was overall pretty damn good.

 

[Ermz]

Honestly I think all the vocals serve to do is take the album several notches down. Jens Kidman is the only vocalist I've ever heard that's added anything beneficial to this style of music.