Periphery Megathread: Everything Periphery

[Andrew Lloyd Webber]

It apparently takes a brain surgeon to figure this out... if I compare them to Dream Theater while at the same time I'm saying they didn't come close to reaching their potential, what could that possibly mean? Once upon a time I was convinced they were going to be a modern day Metallica and the whole djent thing would have been Thrash 2.0 but nope! They took the easy way out and started writing note salad songs instead

Though they may not have lived up to your expectations, you can take comfort in knowing your child is doing what makes them happy.

 

[prlgmnr]

This isn't relevant to the actual thread topic as such, but whenever people are arguing about how famous/successful Dream Theater are, I always think of their collective faces when they asked Marco Minneman what his favourite Dream Theater song was, and he says he's never heard any.

 

[bulb]

Yeah but you're still talking about a 'prog' band and your negative example was arguably the most successful modern prog band currently active. Feels like an own goal as DT level of 'success' you're saying is a 'fail' would be the legit dream for bands of most genres nowadays.

Regardless, TL/DR modern technical band does well enough to venture out and do their own thing, on their own terms. Good on them.

I'm glad you understand, and thanks man!

 

[Albake21]

The Icarus EP is playable again on Spotify!

 

[Frostbite]

The Icarus EP is playable again on Spotify!

Holy shit finally

 

[tpl2000]

Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone know which songs Periphery did, that sounded good, weren't straight noise metal, and were on six-strings. I've listened to them for a while, and I feel like it would be worth learning a fair bit of their music, but I'm lacking a 7/8 string and don't really like playing noise metal.

So, any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! (I'm in the middle of learning Scarlet, currently.)

 

[lurè]

The way the news goes
Passenger (Hunted Shores)
Omega

 

[diagrammatiks]

a lot of their songs are on six strings.

 

[Kaura]

Isn't Jetpack Was Yes played on a 6-string?

 

[Metropolis]

Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone know which songs Periphery did, that sounded good, weren't straight noise metal, and were on six-strings. I've listened to them for a while, and I feel like it would be worth learning a fair bit of their music, but I'm lacking a 7/8 string and don't really like playing noise metal.

So, any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! (I'm in the middle of learning Scarlet, currently.)

6-string drop C is their most used tuning along with 7-string drop G#.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Djent/comments/5jsicn/every_periphery_tuning/

 

[prlgmnr]

Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone know which songs Periphery did, that sounded good, weren't straight noise metal, and were on six-strings. I've listened to them for a while, and I feel like it would be worth learning a fair bit of their music, but I'm lacking a 7/8 string and don't really like playing noise metal.

So, any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! (I'm in the middle of learning Scarlet, currently.)

Can anyone tell me which songs Periphery did that were """straight"" "noise metal""?

 

[LiveOVErdrive]

The Bad Thing is all six string I believe. My favorite riff of theirs.

 

[Soya]

So, any suggestions or recommendations are welcome!

Learn music from a band you like instead?

 

[BigBossAF]

Scarlet, All New Materials, The Bad Thing, The Way the news goes are a couple good ones on sixers ^^

 

[tpl2000]

Learn music from a band you like instead?

To be clear on what I meant by what I said, I don't like playing noise metal. I'm okay with listening to it. Even with songs where the guitar doesn't seem to have any basis on theory, they compensate with vocals most of the time (see: Make Total Destroy)

So, I'm not saying I dislike Periphery. I'm just saying I need stuff with theory.

 

[Andrew Lloyd Webber]

Blotted Science?

 

[tpl2000]

Blotted Science?

Mr. Jarzombek, as I recall? I like him a fair bit, including his guest solo with Obscura, and work with Spastic Ink.

 

[narad]

To be clear on what I meant by what I said, I don't like playing noise metal. I'm okay with listening to it. Even with songs where the guitar doesn't seem to have any basis on theory, they compensate with vocals most of the time (see: Make Total Destroy)

So, I'm not saying I dislike Periphery. I'm just saying I need stuff with theory.

If you think there isn't theory behind Periphery songs, learn more theory.

 

[warped]

Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone know which songs Periphery did, that sounded good, weren't straight noise metal, and were on six-strings. I've listened to them for a while, and I feel like it would be worth learning a fair bit of their music, but I'm lacking a 7/8 string and don't really like playing noise metal.

So, any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! (I'm in the middle of learning Scarlet, currently.)

Mile Zero off Periphery II is Drop C and fun to play along with:

 

[tpl2000]

If you think there isn't theory behind Periphery songs, learn more theory.

Why do people constantly think I'm saying they don't use theory at all?

I just said they use theory. Sometimes they don't, but usually they do. Anyways...