Gospel. Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 I had the pleasure of seeing Periphery, Dead Letter Circus and Memories In Broken Glass in San Antonio last week. In my opinion, Periphery (Their music) embodies the talent of some of the best musicians around right now... Plus like, half of their song names are either Arrested Development or Battlestar Galactica references, which is pretty rad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8nM0LTxTOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLeIz0VE83M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Discovered them recently. Great band. Have you seen Misha's YT channel? The guy's a Grade A troll. It's glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windowlicker Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 The painfully soulful vocals ruin what could be great riffs. I remember really digging their first album and EP, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 The painfully soulful vocals ruin what could be great riffs. I remember really digging their first album and EP, however. Oh, I don't know. I mean the vocals aren't really my cup of tea either, but it's all just the style. And I will say it doesn't quite reach the levels of generic whiny metalcore vocals. The guy's a proper singer IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 As talented as they are, I find them and the whole Djent style to be plain unappealing, it doesn't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 As talented as they are, I find them and the whole Djent style to be plain unappealing, it doesn't do much for me. Well Djent is kind of a one-trick pony, so you're either into it or not into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel. Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 As talented as they are, I find them and the whole Djent style to be plain unappealing, it doesn't do much for me. I think bands like Periphery and Tesseract do a lot to break up the monotony of the genre. In terms of repetitiveness, the whole 'djent' genre, because it revolves around a single guitar tone, begs for variety. For every technical metal band out there who use the same repetitive sweep patterns and chugging riffs, there are bands like Polyphia and Asymmetrical who are doing some pretty fantastic, original shit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwLGeFS6d0c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJJjCsNOBLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 I think bands like Periphery and Tesseract do a lot to break up the monotony of the genre. In terms of repetitiveness, the whole 'djent' genre, because it revolves around a single guitar tone, begs for variety. For every technical metal band out there who use the same repetitive sweep patterns and chugging riffs, there are bands like Polyphia and Asymmetrical who are doing some pretty fantastic, original shit. Like I said I just find them to be unappealing, though I'll admit that TesseracT sound like a less annoying and more tolerabe version of Periphery and Make Total Destroy sounds better than most other songs I've heard by them. Who knows maybe Djent might grow onto me, but for now the only Djent band that I consider myself to be a fan of is Meshuggah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dismal Euphony Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Unbelievably talented, but unbelievably boring. I can't help but feel like these guys are technical for the sake of being technical. I guess I'm a bit biased because I've never really been a fan of anything overly technical or progressive. Though, I do love the song title "Jetpacks Was Yes!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 I can't help but feel like these guys are technical for the sake of being technical. Almost every Technical Metal band is like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotKrow Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Man I listened to a lot of Periphery back in the day. I had the pleasure of discussing guitars with Bulb on a forum before they got big a couple years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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