Post-Millennial's Guide To Metal (And Some Other Stuff)

After a somewhat long hiatus, we are back with a review that I have been waiting to do for a quite a while at this point. A band that I grow to love more and more over my career as a metal listener, Periphery have always been an interesting part of my usual rotation. While much of the music I listen to could be considered "not metal", Periphery is one of the bands that takes the most heat when it comes to this topic. Without spewing genre-tags everywhere, many would classify this band as melodic metalcore; Similarly, die-hard fans like myself may call it progressive metal or djent; Periphery is a progressive melodic metalcore band. The band takes intricate guitar and drumwork, and uses it to create an accessible, but heavy sound. Full of chugging riffs and breakdowns that are reminiscent of many modern metalcore bands, the band manages to put on their own flair that makes their music thoroughly unique. Now that this horrible argument has been resolved, we can get into th...