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Periphery | |
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Origin | Bethesda, Maryland |
Genres | Progressive metal, experimental metal, groove metal |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Sumerian, Distort, Roadrunner |
Members | Misha Mansoor Jake Bowen Mark Holcomb Matt Halpern Spencer Sotelo Adam "Nolly" Getgood |
Past members | Tom Murphy Alex Bois Jake Veredika Jason Berlin Travis Orbin Casey Sabol Chris Barretto |
Website | Template:Myspace |
Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland (by way of Baltimore, Maryland), formed in 2005 by guitarist Misha Mansoor. The band is known for their heavy, modern, and progressive sound that includes polyrhythmic patterns and soaring melodies. Periphery is also known as one of the forerunners of "djent," which is characterized by high-gain, distorted palm-muted guitar sound first created by the likes of Meshuggah.
After several lineup changes during its history, the band now includes Mansoor, vocalist Spencer Sotelo, drummer Matt Halpern, additional guitarists Jake Bowen and Mark Holcomb, and bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood. Periphery released their self-titled debut in 2010 and their follow-up, Periphery II: This Time It's Personal, on July 3, 2012.
History
Formation and early lineup changes (2005–2009)
Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005, who slowly gained a reputation on the Internet via a regularly-updated Soundclick account, the Meshuggah and John Petrucci forums, and the sevenstring.org message boards. Before and during Periphery's tenure in the metal scene, Mansoor developed a reputation for doing his own audio production, the majority of which was performed with a home computer and a Pod XT. Mansoor has continued to update his personal project, Bulb, often transferring songs between the two projects. Mansoor also continues to be involved in a number of other musical projects, including Haunted Shores,[1], Four Seconds Ago [2], and Of Man Not of Machine.[3]
Periphery went through a number of lineup changes during its early history. Originally, Misha played drums in the band for live performances, but switched to guitar after recruiting Travis Orbin. The band also originally only had two guitar players (Misha and Alex Bois) until they hired Jake Bowen in 2007, feeling that they needed another guitarists to accurately replicate their songs live.[citation needed] Between 2005 and 2009, Periphery worked with vocalists Jake Veredika,[4] Casey Sabol[5] and Chris Barretto,[6] gradually moving from a Meshuggah-influenced sound to a more ambient, melodic sound, with a focus on innovative production.
Periphery has toured extensively since 2008, supporting artists including DevilDriver, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza[citation needed], Veil of Maya,[7] Animals as Leaders,[8] God Forbid,[9] Darkest Hour,[10] The Dillinger Escape Plan,[11] Fear Factory,[12] Between the Buried and Me, and Fair to Midland.[13]
Spencer Sotelo, Matt Halpern and self-titled debut (2010–2011)
In 2009, the band replaced Travis Orbin with drummer Matt Halpern, who like Mansoor grew up in Baltimore and who is known as the co-founder of the online music lesson website BandHappy. In January 2010, Sumerian and Periphery announced April 20 as the release date of the band's self-titled debut album, to be distributed by Sumerian Records in the United States, Distort Records in Canada and Roadrunner Records in Australia and the rest of the world. On January 20, 2010, amid speculation that they had changed vocalists again, Periphery uploaded an album sampler featuring vocals by Spencer Sotelo, a San Diego native who was later announced to be Periphery's new vocalist.[14] On April 8, 2010, Periphery posted a new track, "Insomnia", on their Myspace page[15] and announced a tour of Australia in support of The Dillinger Escape Plan.[11]
Periphery released their self-titled debut album, Periphery, through Sumerian Records on April 20, 2010. It debuted at #128 on the Billboard Top 200, as well as #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[16]
After the release of the album, Periphery played multiple tours around the US and Canada; a short tour of Australia along with The Dillinger Escape Plan,[11] and a headlining tour of the UK and mainland Europe in February 2011. The band's first headlining tour, “League Of Extraordinary Djentlemen Tour”, featured support from TesseracT and Monuments in the UK, while their mainland European shows included Monuments and The Safety Fire.[17] The band ran into multiple health issues during the tour, of which Spencer Sotelo had a case of Bronchitis and was regularly unable to perform the entire set. Jake Bowen also fell, breaking one of his fingers, in the first week of the UK tour and was unable to play for the rest of their headlining tour. He recovered and joined the band during the last couple of shows on their tour with Fair to Midland and Scale the Summit right before they dropped out of the tour.[13]
On March 22, Periphery released a cover of Metallica's song "One", which was recorded for the Homefront video game soundtrack. The song was released as a free download on the Homefront main website, as were other covers by The Dillinger Escape Plan, As I Lay Dying, Veil of Maya, and many others.[18]
Icarus EP and more lineup changes
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On January 19, 2011 the music video for "Jetpacks Was Yes!" was posted exclusively on NME.[19] The video features a re-recorded and re-structured version of the song, which was released on The Icarus EP. Periphery's first single,from their "Icarus EP" titled "Frak the Gods", was released on March 24. The song, production quality, and Spencer's improved vocal abilities received acclaim from both fans and music critics alike.[20]
On July 6, 2011, Periphery announced via a MySpace blog post that the band had parted ways with guitarist Alex Bois. However, they did not change touring schedules, hiring Mark Holcomb and Adam "Nolly" Getgood to play Alex's parts during live shows until they found a permanent replacement.[21]
On 7 September 2011, they were announced as the opening act for Dream Theater on their European Leg of A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour starting in January 2012.[22] On October 18, 2011, the band announced that Mark Holcomb (of Haunted Shores) was now the band's full-time guitarist.[23]
On November 16, 2011, bassist Tom Murphy decided to leave the band. The band released this official statement:
We have some sad news to announce; unfortunately, Tom Murphy has decided to leave the band:
"I'm sorry to announce that as of today I will no longer be playing bass for Periphery. I have had so many unforgettable experiences and have met so many wonderful people while playing with the band and just want to say thank you to all the fans for making that possible. I am leaving to pursue something new. If you are interested following up with me, feel free to add my personal page at Facebook.com/tom.h.murphy." -Tom
We're very saddened by this but wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. Fortunately this will not affect our upcoming touring plans as Nolly [Getgood from Red Seas Fire] will be filling in on bass and Mark Holcomb will take up his position as full-time guitarist.[24]
At the time, Getgood had no plans to leave his group Red Seas Fire, which suggested his role in Periphery was only temporary.[citation needed] The band also hired Mark Holcomb's brother Jeff to play bass on their 2012 US tour with Protest The Hero, Jeff Loomis, The Safety Fire and Today I Caught the Plague.
On February 21, 2012 the band re-released their debut album with a new single on iTunes entitled "Passenger". This was a partially re-recorded version of an old Haunted Shores song.[25]
The release date of the new album, currently untitled then, was revealed in an advertisement in the May/June 2012 edition of Revolver Magazine. It is to be released on July 3rd. In addition, the new album features guest solos by John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan, and Wes Hauch, guitarist for The Faceless[26].
Periphery II: This Time It's Personal and Juggernaut
Periphery then entered the studio to work on their next two full-length releases. The band stated via their Facebook page that they would be releasing two full length albums. They would contain a mixture of reworked "Bulb" demos as well as completely new material written by the full band (in contrast to their debut album, where Misha had most of the creative input).[27] The upcoming releases would also be the first to feature the use of string arrangements and orchestral elements. The album would be produced by Misha and Adam "Nolly" Getgood (of British progressive metal band Red Seas Fire) and would be engineered and mixed by Taylor Larson (Sky Eats Airplane, Of Legends, Life on Repeat).[28]The title of the first album was revealed to be Periphery II: This Time It's Personal. Like its predecessor, Periphery II will not follow a conceptual theme.[27] The second of the two which will be entitled "Juggernaut" will be a concept album.
During their set at the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, UK, the band played a brand new song entitled "Face Palm Mute",[29]. When Tom Murphy and Matt Halpern were interviewed before Periphery's set they stated that the band "have enough material to write 3 new albums".[30]
In July 2011, Mansoor elaborated on the forthcoming albums in Australian magazine Mixdown. He confirmed that there would be two albums recorded, and that one would be a concept album. Mansoor has had interest in a concept album for quite some time, stating that "[he] wanted to to get this concept album out there. It's been an idea for years and years." Mansoor also revealed that the band would release the albums separately, saying "[they]'ll probably do a staggered release, three to six months apart" and that "[he] really want[s] them to be these separate bodies of work, because they will sound different, and be completely different approaches, too."[31]
Even though it was announced before, the official name of the album was confirmed through a Facebook post by the band stating: "just to be clear to all our Peripherals, the album is officially called Periphery II: This Time It's Personal. We decided to keep the cover title free, but in the booklet that is the official name. The forces that be felt that it would be iffy marketing it as that, so press releases and such won't reflect that..."
Periphery II was officially available for streaming on YouTube on June 28, 2012. Hours later, the band announced that Adam "Nolly" Getgood was officially joining the band as its full-time bassist. According to Mansoor, "We love him dearly as a friend and found that we have excellent chemistry both on stage and in the studio... hiring him as our full-time bassist was the logical solution." While the band's other touring bassist Jeff Holcomb will be performing with them until October, Getgood will be taking his permanent spot in the live line-up for their European tour with Between the Buried and Me and The Safety Fire.
Equipment
Guitars and Amplification
In an interview with Mixdown magazine, Misha Mansoor discussed the band's live sound; "I think the tone quest ended for us with the Axe-FX. We now go direct. We don't use amps any more, we don't use cabs, we don't use pedals. We just have an Axe-FX and a Fractal MFC foot controller...and we just go directly into the board with that," says Mansoor. In terms of guitars, Mansoor uses a variety, despite having several endorsements. Mansoor plays Bernie Rico Jr, Mayones guitars, Blackmachine, Strandberg, Jackson, Ernie Ball, Ibanez, Decibel and Daemoness guitars.[31]. Jake Bowen endorses Ibanez guitars and DiMarzio pickups, both of which he uses exclusively, although in the past he used a Caparison Applehorn with a Bare Knuckle War Pig in the bridge position for some songs. Mark Holcomb is endorsed by MusicMan guitars and has been seen using a Caparison Angelus, an Ibanez RG1527 and a Carvin HF2 Fatboy in the past.[citation needed] Periphery uses and endorses Mackie, and have several HD1221's for their onstage monitoring, nearly filling the entire front of the stage on some shows. Other than 'in ear' monitors, these are the only onstage amplification.
Tunings
The band use 6, 7, and more recently 8 string guitars. The majority of 6 string material is written in Drop C tuning, 7 string material in Drop Ab/G# (G♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯), with the song "Ji" being in standard 8 string tuning (F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E,).
"Totla Mad", "Frak the Gods", "Muramasa" and "Zyglrox" are in variations of Drop C, with the former two tuned to (Bb-G-C-F-A-D) and the latter two tuned to (A-G-C-F-A-D). "Ragnarok" is in Drop G#, except with the lowest string dropped down to F# (F♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯). "Racecar" utilizes another unusual tuning, as it is in a dropped tuning where the 6th string is dropped on a 7 string guitar instead of the 7th (A♯-C♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯). "Scarlet" is tuned in a variation of Open C with an added 9 built in to the tuning (C-G-C-E-G-D). [32] [33]
Discography
Studio albums
- Periphery (April 20, 2010)
- Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (July 3, 2012)[34]
EPs
- Icarus (April 19, 2011)
Singles
- "Passenger" (February 21, 2012)
- "Make Total Destroy" (June 5, 2012)
Music videos
- "Icarus Lives!"
- "Jetpacks Was Yes!"
- "Make Total Destroy"
Band members
- Current members
- Spencer Sotelo - lead vocals (since 2010)
- Misha "Bulb" Mansoor — guitars, production (since 2005)
- Jake Bowen — guitars, synths, programming (since 2007) backing vocals (live only)
- Mark Holcomb — guitars (since 2011)
- Matt Halpern — drums (since 2009)
- Adam "Nolly" Getgood - bass (since 2012)
- Former members
- Jason Berlin - drums (2005)
- Travis Orbin — drums (2005–2009) (now plays drums for Sky Eats Airplane)
- Jake Veredika — lead vocals (2005–2007)
- Casey Sabol — lead vocals (2007–2008)
- Chris Barretto — lead vocals (2008–2010) (now as singer for Ever Forthright and Friend For A Foe)
- Alex Bois — guitars, backing vocals (2005–2011)
- Tom Murphy — bass guitar, backing vocals (2005–2011)
- Session members
- Jeff Holcomb - live bass guitar (2012)
References
- ^ "Guitar Messenger – HAUNTED SHORES Releases 'Passenger' and 'My The Man', Announce Partial Lineup Of Vocalists (UPDATED)". Guitarmessenger.com.
- ^ "Four Seconds Ago Myspace Page".
- ^ "Of Man Not Of Machine: new track 'Metal Gear' (updated)". got-djent.com.
- ^ "DIVINE HERESY: First Footage With New Touring Singer Available". Roadrunnerrecords.com.
- ^ "Guitar Messenger – Misha Mansoor Interview (Periphery)". Guitarmessenger.com.
- ^ Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 3:30pm by Vince Neilstein. "New Periphery Singer Sounds Like The Old Periphery Singer Who Sounds Like The Current Haunted Shores Singer Who Sounds Like…". MetalSucks.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "DEVILDRIVER, EMMURE: 'Thrash And Burn Tour' Dates Announced". Roadrunnerrecords.com.
- ^ 3:56 PM. "Animals As Leaders To Support Veil of Maya on Tour - in Metal News". Metal Underground.com.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kittie, God Forbid Confirm Tour Dates, Gwen Stacy and Periphery Support". Ryansrockshow.com.
- ^ "DARKEST HOUR Announce Tour with VEIL OF MAYA and PERIPHERY | Tour Dates". Metal Injection.
- ^ a b c "Periphery Added To The Dillinger Escape Plan'S Australian Tour". Roadrunnerrecords.com.
- ^ "Fear Factory, Winds Of Plague, Periphery tour // News // Lambgoat". Lambgoat.com.
- ^ a b "PERIPHERY Announce Dates with FAIR TO MIDLAND, SCALE THE SUMMIT | Tour Dates". Metal Injection.
- ^ Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 9:30am by Axl Rosenberg. "Yep, Periphery Have Another New Singer". MetalSucks.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ April 9th, 2010 at 6:36 pm Tags: Periphery 0 Comments. "PERIPHERY Streaming Another New Track, "Insomnia", Online « The NewReview". Thenewreview.net.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "PERIPHERY: First-Week Sales Revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com.
- ^ "PERIPHERY ANNOUNCE UK TOUR - Roadrunner Records UK". Roadrunnerrecords.co.uk.
- ^ "An Album Of Metal Covers For My E-mail Address? DEAL! | A/V". Metal Injection.
- ^ Running time: 04:22. "Periphery - 'Jetpacks Was Yes!' (NME Exclusive) - NMETV Latest Music Videos and Clips". Nme.Com.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Guitar Messenger – PERIPHERY Streams New Track 'Frak The Gods'". Guitarmessenger.com.
- ^ Vince Neilstein. "Periphery Lose Guitarist Alex Bois". MetalSucks.
- ^ "Dream Theater To Tour Europe With Periphery". Roadrunnerrecords.com.
- ^ "Periphery Officially Announce Mark Holcomb As New Guitarist -AllaxessAllaxess". Allaxess.com.
- ^ "PERIPHERY Bassist Is Over It - Metal Injection". www.metalinjection.net.
- ^ http://killyourscene.info/periphery-interview/
- ^ http://www.ryansrockshow.com/php2/news/10946-periphery-tap-guthrie-govan-a-the-faceless-guitarist-to-guest-on-new-album.html
- ^ a b http://espyrock.com/interviews/sonisphere-uk-2011-interview-periphery-jake-bowen
- ^ "so you, taylor larson and nolly are producing the next album? | Formspring". Formspring.me.
- ^ "Periphery - New Groove & Face Palm Mute (NEW SONG) LIVE at Sonisphere 2011". YouTube.
- ^ "When will you guys release Face Palm Mute to buy? | Formspring". Formspring.me.
- ^ a b "Mixdown 207". Mixdownmag.com.au.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQiK6_xf08
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KicQ8R--G04
- ^ Misha Mansoor
Lloyd-Espen " SIC " Eriksson Lead guitar player 2009-2012
External links
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