Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Progressive Metal
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December 8, 2024
Last update/review:
December 8, 2024
Periphery
It's well established that
Meshuggah
is one of the seminal bands in the realm of djent,
and while they still carry a fair bit of metal cred,
djent in general has become quite a divisive term
in the metal community, both from an is-it-good standpoint
as well as a is-it-metal view.
Periphery jump headlong into this controversy by humorously
titling
their 2023 album
Djent Is Not A Genre ,
thus making mention of the term unavoidable.
Regardless of the truth of that statement, there's plenty
of djent rhythms here mixed in with technical wizardry,
clean and harsh vocals,
and dense, frequently changing riffs.
As with a lot of tech bands, there's a tendency for
songs to blend together, and that's certainly the case here.
The band certainly has a large following, even garnering
a Grammy nomination in 2016.
Current Members
Spencer Sotelo
vocals
Misha Mansoor
guitars (ex-Animals As Leaders )
Jake Bowen
guitars/programming
Mark Holcomb
guitars
Matt Halpern
drums
Former Members/Guests
Alex Bois
guitars/backing vocals
Tom Murphy
bass/backing vocals
Adam Getgood
bass
Discography
Studio
Periphery
2010
Sumerian
Insomnia
The Walk
Letter Experiment
Jetpacks Was Yes!
Light
All New Materials
Buttersnips
Icarus Lives!
Totla Mad
Ow My Feelings
Zyglrox
Racecar
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Alex Bois
Tom Murphy
Matt Halpern
Icarus
EP
2011
Sumerian
New Groove
Frak the Gods
Jetpacks Was Yes! (v0)
Icarus Lives! (EP Version)
Icarus Lives! (Bulbous Remix)
Icarus Lives! (Zedd Remix)
Icarus Lives! (PeteyG Remix)
Captain On
Eureka
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Alex Bois
Tom Murphy
Matt Halpern
II: This Time It's Personal
2012
Roadrunner
Muramasa
Have a Blast (Guthrie Govan guest solo)
Facepalm Mute
Ji
Scarlet
Luck as a Constant
Ragnarok
The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Make Total Destroy
Erised (John Petrucci guest solo)
Epoch
Froggin' Bullfish
Mile Zero (Wes Hauch guest solo)
Masamune
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
Clear
EP
2014
Overture ()
The Summer Jam
Feed the Ground
Zero ()
The Parade of Ashes
Extraneous ()
Pale Aura
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
Juggernaut: Alpha
2015
Century Media
A Black Minute
MK Ultra
Heavy Heart
The Event
The Scourge
Alpha
22 Faces
Rainbow Gravity
Four Lights
Psychosphere
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
Juggernaut: Omega
2015
Century Media
Reprise
The Bad Thing
Priestess
Graveless
Hell Below
Omega
Stranger Things
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
III: Select Difficulty
2016
Century Media
The Price Is Wrong
Motormouth
Marigold
The Way the News Goes...
Remain Indoors
Habitual Line-Stepper
Flatline
Absolomb
Catch Fire
Prayer Position
Lune
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
IV: Hail Stan
2019
Reptile
Blood Eagle
Chvrch Bvrner
Garden in the Bones
It's Only Smiles
Follow Your Ghost
Crush
Sentient Glow
Satellites
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Adam Getgood
Matt Halpern
V: Djent Is Not A Genre
2023
Wildfire
Atropos
Wax Wings
Everything Is Fine!
Silhouette
Dying Star
Zagreus
Dracul Gras
Thanks Nobuo
Spencer Sotelo
Misha Mansoor
Jake Bowen
Mark Holcomb
Matt Halpern
