Periphery A Pale White Dot
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NudeTayne
May 19th 2026


3151 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Will Ramos. SO hot right now. Will Ramos.

ckypro3
May 19th 2026


208 Comments


been listening throughout the week. Unlocking is great imo idg the hate. Malevolent and Carry On have yet to grow on me. the rest is fun though.

Insurrection
May 19th 2026


24958 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

blackwall gives me deadmau5 i remember vibes

Teal
May 20th 2026


706 Comments


The Will Ramos feature does absolutely nothing for me. That said, this is very good. Not as good as PV or P2 but it's a consistently entertaining listen and I secretly hope this was just a "get it out of our system" album and they've stretch their legs a little more on the next one.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2026


18636 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i am of the camp that thinks ramos p much ruined deathcore vocalists but the feature is fine lol. sure helps he's super popular but they are probably friends and wrote a song around him. more than almost every big feature for other bands. funny though that imo he gets showed up by spencer.

nash1311
May 20th 2026


11340 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

“something being successful has very little to do with the quality of the music. I've no doubt these guys could do a high quality djent pop thing if they wanted to.”



But they can hardly write a good djent album as it is and Spencer is probably the weakest member of the band imho. So could they? They could try lol. I doubt it would be good. To me they excel at heavy and flail in the other areas. But occasionally Spencer does strike gold (It’s only Smiles)

ProphetNimd
May 20th 2026


273 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Periphery comment sections are so funny because half the comments are complaining that the album is too heavy while the other half are complaining that they're too poppy. Repeat on every album since P1, which the prog nerds latch onto despite it being easily their worst.

peartnoy
May 20th 2026


2465 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Was initially disappointed by the smaller scale of this but most of the songs are at least decent and some of them are new favorites of mine. Talk and Heaven on High are new classic Periphery tracks for me. Absolutely love the outro track as well.

nash1311
May 20th 2026


11340 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

For me there is no “too heavy” or “too poppy”. They could go full pop and I wouldn’t care as much if it was good. The problem is Spencer has never been great at writing vocal melodies so a lot of their poppy stuff falls flat. They are typically good at writing heavy material and his scream is great. That’s why I prefer their heavy but there’s no like… improper balance of style

peartnoy
May 20th 2026


2465 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

See I never understood that. I think Spencer is a master at crafting vocal lines that are memorable and catchy but not heard a million times before. I don't get why people say they don't like his vocal writing, like at all.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2026


18636 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i think his verses can be a bit much at times but he is an incredible hook writer. scarlet, mile zero, its only smiles, catch fire, talk, everyone dies alone etc. tons of songs endlessly stuck in my head or just pop up.

OwMySnauze
May 20th 2026


2798 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Spencer is great with vocal melodies. It’s Matt who’s behind the scenes calling the shots on his vocal harmonies, especially on this album

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2026


18636 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

lol

Relinquished
May 20th 2026


50302 Comments


I never wanted linkin park in my meshuggah soup but the band grew on me



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