Ordacleaphobia
Shameless Contrarian
I dont know man. They recently did a tour where they played all of Unhallowed and some other "hits"...sounded absolutely amazing. Trevor has grown as a vocalist so much as well, but to each his own I guess.
That *could* just be because Unhallowed was f*cking awesome.
On one hand, being able to experience it again via a re-recording has potential to be sinfully good, but on the other hand, if it blows, or isn't as amazing as you'd expect for whatever reason, it could leave a bad taste in your mouth. For this one I'm down either way.
I think the perfect example for when a re-recording is beneficial is After the Burial and the Rareform rerelease and the This Life is All we Have EP, which both sounded WAY better than the originals in every way.
When a band shifts their dynamic and finally finds their 'zone,' for where the rest of the material is built off of, seems to be a good time to re-touch material from before that point. After you end up with a stable lineup, settle in on the sound / vibe, or finally dial in 'the' tone.
I'd really like to see the first Periphery album. Sponce has improved 10x from where he was back then and would slay those tracks. Misery Signals' Of Malice and the Magnum Heart would be more than welcome too, the original is nothing to sneeze at and massive for an early career release, but I feel like a more modern version of that record would sound great. Would have been a cool idea if they did it to line up with the anniversary tour they did.