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JayEnder
April 5th 2019


22747 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Can we talk about the real unsung hero of this album? Nolly brings the punchy production on here hard.

SymbolicInTime
April 5th 2019


7380 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@buttboy I’m not big on Omega but it’s encouraging to see many fans say this is at least close to, if not, their best

@keza I’m finishing up some Alk3 right now but alright I’ll check that track, though that sounds like an odd ass combo hahaha

Durrzo
April 5th 2019


3632 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"I prefer P3 though still."

Blasphemy!

RyanSmithers
April 5th 2019


156 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

If this drops in my rating it will only be down a half point to a 4. This album stays as good or gets better with every listen. over 10 times through now. Such a great album.

clavier
Emeritus
April 5th 2019


1210 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@tundra am i not allowed to give my impression of my first three minutes with this album? i'm rather enjoying it so far

Tundra
April 5th 2019


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I said you assume it's just going to be okay prior to the post you're talking about

clavier
Emeritus
April 5th 2019


1210 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i did not intend that to be serious lmao

AtomicWaste
Moderator
April 5th 2019


2918 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"Omega was almost entirely heavy and dark all the way through, and the title track is one of the best things they’ve ever created, so it’s been my favorite for some time."



I mean, if you're interested in having zero color in your music, you'd probably prefer Omega to this, but that was my hangup with that album. I was in the minority that both enjoyed and preferred Alpha.



This errs on the heavier side but sets direction to all of the gimmicks Periphery have been running for years with solid, structural adhesive. Spencer also plays more to the low side of his voice and that helps. Feels less like he's forcing things.



The song (and album) titles are still dumb, but that's about it. If you told me I'd prefer Periphery's latest release to Tesseract's in 2010 I'd have laughed in your face.

Tundra
April 5th 2019


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"i did not intend that to be serious lmao"



Then I misinterpreted, sorryyyyy

butt.
April 5th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

“If you’re interested in having zero color in your music”

Alright woah, you can have an album that’s tonally dark and still have flavor and variety. Priestess is melodic, stranger things is mostly melodic, and title track does a little bit of everything. I just think Periphery does heavy better than they do soft, so yes, I thought that album was particularly strong. Looking at the avg, I’d say most people agree

SitarHero
April 5th 2019


14826 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Can we talk about the real hero of this album? Nolly and his mixing skills."



Fun fact. Nolly mixed Empath too. Apparently this isn't even his final form.

TheStoebZ
April 5th 2019


202 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Halfway through. This is actually really good

pjquinones747
April 5th 2019


4287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Yep, they're back. This is pretty good.

supremejelly
April 5th 2019


1265 Comments


Way better than their last release for sure

Ecnalzen
April 5th 2019


12169 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I remember hating the clean vocals when I listened to this band a while back.



That is not the case here.

butt.
April 5th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Really?? The clean vocals seem the same to me as usual. In fact I don’t really care for his vocals in the first couple minutes of Reptiles. But I think he also does a lot more screaming than usual, so maybe just less singing in general

SitarHero
April 5th 2019


14826 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Some mediocre (at best) riffage.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwdK4_cNWHY

Toondude10
April 5th 2019


15374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The chorus on Reptile is hands down their best

SymbolicInTime
April 5th 2019


7380 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah his voice has always been one of my biggest turn offs. Still bugs me from what I’ve heard of this so far (have only checked Reptile and It’s Only Smiles so far). Didn’t care much for Reptile. It was fine but I could definitely feel the length

Tundra
April 5th 2019


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"The chorus on Reptile is hands down their best"



I can definitely get behind that!



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