It's been quite a while since I featured a Periphery song here at Loud Noises, so it's a good thing Misha and the guys have done me the favour of putting out a new music video for a track from their Juggernaut double album... right?
The latest track to get a visual treatment is Alpha closer "Psychosphere". One the one hand, it is just another "live" playthough video, which means it's basically just Periphery playing the song in a room somewhere for six minutes or so. On the other hand, it's one continuous shot that's super-duper HD quality. Of course, Matt Halpern's over-the-top facial expressions are also pretty much worth the price of admission all on their own. I could watch Matt and his V-Neck play the drums all day -- the guy's a beast. Don't believe me? Check out "Pyschosphere", and then just Youtube some videos of Matt jamming and messing around. There's some good stuff out there.
Showing posts with label Misha Mansoor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Misha Mansoor. Show all posts
Saturday, 5 December 2015
Monday, 19 October 2015
Friday: Haunted Shores - Norway Jose
Despite the fact that he's now got a team of great musicians around him, Periphery still kinda feels like Misha's band at times. So if you've ever doubted guitarist Mark Holcomb's metal bona fides (not that you've ever had any reason to, guy can fucking play, but whatever) then doubt no longer, because Mark's longtime project Haunted Shores is about to unleash what could well be a beast of an EP.
Viscera is set to come out in early November, but lead single "Norway Jose" can (and should) be jammed right this minute. Misha does show up as Mark's co-conspirator on Viscera, but this definitely isn't Periphery Lite. If you like progressive instrumental stuff with big riffing, "Norway Jose" is speaking your changuage -- I've no idea whether or not the whole EP will be sans vocals (I would assume it will be) but it sure doesn't feel like there's anything missing. What do you think?
Viscera is set to come out in early November, but lead single "Norway Jose" can (and should) be jammed right this minute. Misha does show up as Mark's co-conspirator on Viscera, but this definitely isn't Periphery Lite. If you like progressive instrumental stuff with big riffing, "Norway Jose" is speaking your changuage -- I've no idea whether or not the whole EP will be sans vocals (I would assume it will be) but it sure doesn't feel like there's anything missing. What do you think?
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Animals as Leaders - The Woven Web
I've spent a fair amount of time over the past couple of days with the new Animals as Leaders album The Joy of Motion, and so far I have learned at least two things. First, this album is badass. Animals as Leaders have, with the help of co-writer Misha Mansoor of Periphery fame, crafted another tasty collection of jazzy, proggy, instrumental grooves.
Second, my current favourite of those grooves is "The Woven Web", a late-album number that opens up with some labyrinthine riffing before transitioning into a recurring, syncopated aggro-funk part that's just plain fat. I highly recommend you indulge of said funky goodness with all possible speed. It's for your own good.
Second, my current favourite of those grooves is "The Woven Web", a late-album number that opens up with some labyrinthine riffing before transitioning into a recurring, syncopated aggro-funk part that's just plain fat. I highly recommend you indulge of said funky goodness with all possible speed. It's for your own good.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Monday: Periphery - The Parade of Ashes
I've written about Periphery and their latest project, the Clear EP, pretty recently, but for a couple of reasons I've decided to revisit them and it again for your Monday song.
The simplest of these reasons might be that I'm just really enjoying it. Periphery is the kind of band that I think "real" metalheads look down their noses at a little bit, and I guess can understand that -- they are, after all, arguably the face of everybody's favourite djenre -- but I've been a fan of their work since back when it was just Misha putting stuff out on Myspace under his Bulb moniker. New Periphery material can never be a bad thing, and while Clear isn't likely to supplant some of their earlier stuff as my favourite work from their catalogue, it certainly does provide seven tracks of tasty goodness that are decidedly Periphery.
Well, decidedly Periphery with a twist. If you're already interested in or familiar with the band or the EP at all, you likely know that the deal is this: besides the more collaborative intro track, each of the remaining six tracks on the EP is primarily the brainchild of one of the band's six members, an elaboration on one of the melodic ideas from the intro. It's an interesting experiment, which is the other main reason I've got this EP on the brain. It's cool to see a band take an idea like this and run with it, and it's a testament to Periphery's success that they even have the ability to do so.
Yeah, that's a little long-winded for a Song of the Day, let alone one that's a day late and dedicated to something so *ahem* "mundane" as a Periphery song, but I'm diggin' it and I'm the one who's calling the shots here. So you're getting "The Parade of Ashes", the song helmed by singer Spencer Sotelo, because its dance-y chorus groove feels the furthest from standard Periphery to me.
The simplest of these reasons might be that I'm just really enjoying it. Periphery is the kind of band that I think "real" metalheads look down their noses at a little bit, and I guess can understand that -- they are, after all, arguably the face of everybody's favourite djenre -- but I've been a fan of their work since back when it was just Misha putting stuff out on Myspace under his Bulb moniker. New Periphery material can never be a bad thing, and while Clear isn't likely to supplant some of their earlier stuff as my favourite work from their catalogue, it certainly does provide seven tracks of tasty goodness that are decidedly Periphery.
Well, decidedly Periphery with a twist. If you're already interested in or familiar with the band or the EP at all, you likely know that the deal is this: besides the more collaborative intro track, each of the remaining six tracks on the EP is primarily the brainchild of one of the band's six members, an elaboration on one of the melodic ideas from the intro. It's an interesting experiment, which is the other main reason I've got this EP on the brain. It's cool to see a band take an idea like this and run with it, and it's a testament to Periphery's success that they even have the ability to do so.
Yeah, that's a little long-winded for a Song of the Day, let alone one that's a day late and dedicated to something so *ahem* "mundane" as a Periphery song, but I'm diggin' it and I'm the one who's calling the shots here. So you're getting "The Parade of Ashes", the song helmed by singer Spencer Sotelo, because its dance-y chorus groove feels the furthest from standard Periphery to me.
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Song of the Day: Misha Mansoor and Tosin Abasi - Optimist
Misha Mansoor and Tosin Abasi: two great tastes that taste great together.
Friday, 24 May 2013
Song of the Day: Periphery - All New Materials
It's been a while since I've done a Periphery song, and since my mp3 player's shuffle has thrown me the same one lately, I might as well exorcise that demon and get a Song of the Day out of it. Two pigs with one bird, right?
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Song of the Day: Periphery - Scarlet
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if you're listening to metal in 2012, you have at least heard of Periphery before. Exactly how you feel about the band that Bulb birthed* might vary, and might have a lot to do with how you feel about this whole "djent" thing they're one of the leading purveyors of, but I know you know who they are. They just released their second full length, Periphery II: This Time It's Personal, and they're on the Summer Slaughter tour alongside the likes of The Faceless and Between the Buried and Me. Oh yeah, did I mention that all three of these bands are playing Sunday at Heavy TO?
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