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Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

That was kinda cool though

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok. This sounds like them again.

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The songs just don't go anywhere. I liked the meandering of past albums

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Slow song with just vocals again?? I bet it explodes soon

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yep. Just like the other 3 on the album

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I guess they want radio time with these dadrock songs

AlexKzillion
Emeritus
May 15th 2026


19253 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"The songs just don't go anywhere. I liked the meandering of past albums"



yeah this is another one of my problems. i don't mind them trying to write shorter songs but they've seemingly forgotten how to do it. like half these songs end incredibly abruptly

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Where be the solos?

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Another weird Spencer voice song

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hmmm that one had potential and then died again

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hey a solo. Nothing great. But at least it made me look up from my computer.

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Acoustic finale time.

Retter42
May 15th 2026


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I actually like this. This should have opened the album. A different album.



I will give this another listen sometime this weekend. But its a serious MEH album.

Tundra
May 15th 2026


10993 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Somehow A Pale Blue Dot by Dream Theater is better than A Pale White Dot title track, epic

WalrusTusk
May 15th 2026


2091 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I appreciate that PWD isn't a paint by the numbers Periphery album. They're trying some weird stuff on this, and I'm enjoying it so far. I do think, especially given the theme, they could have created some atmosphere between tracks to help some of the heavier songs transition into the softer songs better. But I actually appreciate that tracks don't meander. It's just massive hook after massive hook.

Calc
Staff Reviewer
May 15th 2026


18337 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

yeah I'm honestly glad to have a more straight forward album from these guys. Makes for better gym jams at least.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 15th 2026


18835 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

i was digging the first half, kind of falls off hard after blackwell (wtf was that). definitely some scattered nice straightforward heavy jams though. honestly shocked to say my favorite is the will ramos song, breakdown delivers and spencer really sounds great. really like obsession and talk is great meshuggah worship. some true garbage as well though lol

WalrusTusk
May 15th 2026


2091 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Blackwall isn't awful; I actually like where it goes. I just think using Subhuman to build to it would make it work better.



Just finished first listen. I think it's going to continue to grow on me but my first impression is that it's a straightforward, well-executed album. I already stated what I think would make it an even stronger project, but I really love how they used a theme to execute a clear, concise idea.

ProphetNimd
May 15th 2026


282 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

You guys are unpleasable man, lol. New album is probably the most musically juiced they've been since Juggernaut. I feel like Periphery are at their best when they have some central concept to orbit around rather than just a random handful of songs that the guys have fun writing like P3-5. P5 especially is so all over the place and it's cooled the most out of any of their albums to me. Nothing on the new album comes close to being as bad as Silhouette.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 15th 2026


18835 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

don't really disagree with that walrus. feels very much like a course correction from p5 which was so bloated and mashed together. even if i don't love it, it's a step in the right direction for me at least. they show flashes of their heaviest stuff here, really hope they give us a lean and mean full heavy album sometime. probably a pipe dream though lol



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