Periphery III: Periphery more!

One thing first: who my review of Periphery "Juggernaut: Alpha" has read, these need not be further read, because it is identical in content, since I have two albums judged together in a review, because it thematically just belong together.

Periphery is probably next Animals As Leaders and Tesseract one of the three great bands that defined the genre Djent, who founded and built. Who the term genre is a little too far resorted here can also just think the term music style here, but nonetheless the style Djent is now an established player in the music industry. While dozens of other bands out of nowhere appeared and all somehow falls under the heading Djent to Periphery have the benefit of more classic progressive metal elements to their debut album and the subsequent "Icarus EP" on their second work but greatly from the specially-founded style. The well-known trademarks of the band were still present and it was clearly still Periphery, but many fans but took the change of complex, multi-layered song structures and time signatures in favor of accessibility, variety and playfulness of the band evil, even if it is away from the Myspace / Internet size to globally recognized progressive metal band and a considerably larger fan base has led.

Personally, I got to know about their periphery debut, but needed to be warm with the offered material long. So I liked the singer Spencer first not at all, but I had to get used to the high, shrill voice later and can no longer think away my now. The second work I was feverish then meet with high expectations and at first I was "Periphery II" simply blown away by the sound of. On seen time but the complexity I was missing. Here and there were times at the clock and it was screwed Although attempts at various tonalities but lacked a little consistency, Vertraktheit and hardness of the first album. The subsequent EP "Clear" was a nice touch at the time to bridge until the next album and showed the band members and their under squinting sinterized influences very well, but it was just only "something in between"

Yes, and here comes the double album "Juggernaut", puttering at the founder and mastermind Misha "lightbulb" Mansoor too "Periphery I" times. One thing first: you realize again felt the original Djent the first work but the catchy melodies and great vocals and performances by Spencer are also available. The double album "Alpha" and "Omega" sound for a balanced and successful blend of the previous two albums. The hardness, intricacy and complexity of the first album have returned and fit seamlessly with the playful melodies and unusual tonalities of the second plant. In addition, here and there some jazz bonds, piano interludes and a great density of guitar solos. For the first time will also find 8-string guitars were used, which have neatly oomph.

During the first and slightly longer part of the double album, "Alpha" called, which is somewhat more cheerful twin and the bigger hit potential possesses in the songs, the other twin is "Omega" atmospheric, gloomy and harder. But both albums Füger homogeneously form a whole together and should not therefore be considered separately, especially as the background story is told on both albums, so I summarize the two albums in a review together.

"Alpha" begins with the long and spannungsaufbauendem opener "A Minute Black", which outlines the theme of the double album and the main plot and the main subject representing roughly. The subsequent track "MK Ultra" however, takes no prisoners and skin full on the 12th Discordant riffs Polyrhytmik and jazz insert finally give here a balanced hand. "Heavy Heart" is then the first song with great hit potential a la "Scarlet" from the second work. The two instrumental pieces by Alpha "," The Event "and" Four Lights "create an incredibly dark atmosphere and musical depth and come well out even without singing. The first published song of the double album," The Scourge "convinces with its mood swings, the one build incredible tension. "The Scourge" is one of the key action and issue core pieces reminiscent structurally strongly to a musical song, many motives of the double album are reflected in this song. Probably hitfreundlichste Song of the double album is the title track of therefore first album. Not without reason was "Alpha" is selected as the first Singe- and video extraction. The song is fun, even if it is less complex because it is held in more common keys. "22 Faces" my personal favorite of the first half the double album. Great vocals and polyrhytmisches and extremely technical riffing, which is still memorable, flavored with a large pinch of hardness make the song stand out again. "Rainbow Gravity" is a tribute to the first work Peripherys and beat Djent hearts beat faster. The extremely sluggish, slow and moody bouncers of "Alpha" is named "Psychosphere" and accesses the main subject of "The Scourge" once more and increases towards the end the tension once more extremely. In particular, the staccato riff attacks followed by aggressive Screaming know to convince.

So much for the first part of "Alpha". The second part of Doppelabums catches consistent with a "recapitulation", which takes up the main theme of "A Minute Black" again. The subsequent track "The Bad Thing" is the same in my opinion, the best song on the two albums. Grooving riffs peppered with Djent attacks and an incredible tension building opens into an epic chorus make this song the absolute highlight of "Juggernaut" will. "Priestess" is then an act building located in Song, carried by Akkustikgitarren and warm, dark basses. This reminds me of the track to early In Flames times. Towards the end of the song explodes into itself and is the hit potential of a "Heavy Heart" in every way. The subsequent song "Graveless" is probably the fastest song of the double album and also one of the fastest song of the entire periphery discography. Especially the drumming know convince here. Fast blast beats and double bass attacks demonstrate the importance of the drummer Matt Halpern within the band. During the rest of the song is wonderful dark and at the same time hard, the chorus comes up with wonderful melodic guitar sounds. Especially the last part is strongly reminiscent of the first work of the band. In "Hell Below" Then come the ultra low-tuned 8-string to its best advantage. Like "Psychosphere" from the first part "Alpha" the double album "Hell Below" rather slow, moody and gloomy, if not the darkest song of the double album, both thematically and instrumental. The longest song on the album and at the same twin title track of the second half is "Omega". Despite the almost 12 minutes playing length of the song is never boring, which is due to the many mood, tempo and key changes and the successful use of some jazz Parts. The main motive of the double album will aufgegrifen and continued here again. The ejector of "Omega" and at the same second longest song of the double album "Stranger Times" completes the whole package, bringing the action and the theme of twins slightly dark and with a certain melancholy to the end.

Concluding only remains for me to say that the double album "Juggernaut" the most challenging yet most diverse foods from the house Periphery is and impressively demonstrates why the band is at the forefront of Djent movement, even though the specially inserted genre boundaries have already blown up. It is different from the previous releases of the band and the whole genius only comes into play in the whole of the twin album, which is why both albums should be considered strictly as a large body of work and not for somebodies is the only just a quick live hit like " Icarus Lives! " or "MAKE TOTAL DESTROY" searches. But can you look at the experiment and complete works "Juggernaut" one, so an an incredibly deep and complex course of modern art, progressive music is offered. Nonetheless offer the albums also separate hits that live certainly go down well and also to please regardless of the context of the overall work to know, but there are also songs like "The Scourge" who know how to please only on the whole of "Juggernaut" completely.

A strong buy recommendation from me, fans of the band and demanding music can be accessed from without hesitation, because one thing is the double album clearly: namely 100% Periphery!