PERIPHERY | 'Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre' | ALBUM REACTION/REVIEW

I absolutely love this album with all my heart. I followed Mischa since his Bulb days, and this entire album has just been a visitation of EVERYTHING he and Periphery has ever worked on, demos or finished tracks.
As a Final Fantasy fan, AND a Select Difficulty enjoyer as well - the closer track is a testament of their love for their craft, and for what may lie for Periphery in the future. Not their magnum opus, quite - but among the best tracks they have ever put out.

Dude the reverb on that bass on Dracula Gras

Wax Wings 💜🖤

Dracul Gras is just filthy. Great reaction as usual, indigo hellcat.

on Wax wings from the moment when he says "Sick of living low, gotta let that feeling go" the song makes me cry, what a beautiful track goddamn, this whole album was great. But Wax wings has really grown on me.

hi rachelle! i just wanted to say thanks for your in depth thoughts on all these :)

i wanted to comment to see if you have had any changes in opinion on silhouette/dying star and that middle section of the album? i felt similarly to how you do in this reaction and discussion in my own first listen , but after so much exploration, rly listening to the instrumentals and really letting the music take me on its journey and letting my expectations go i have truly come to love both of those songs on the same level i love all the rest of them. so i was just wondering if you’ve had any change in feelings like i have since you published this video :0 i thjnk silhouette is an emotional masterpiece and i thjnk the way it uses the style change to shift your focus on the subject matter to something way more personal about the band is rly effective for me. i also think dying star is one of the most emotionally impactful songs i’ve ever heard- it’s so comforting and good feeling for me and the way it sinks you into the melody by the end is just to die for. i always feel like i go away from that song wanting to belt the last melody over and over.

final comment- thoughts on thanks nubuo since this video!?? it’s become my FAVORITE on the album by FAR. it’s such an emotional touchstone for me and it rly captures the bands essence and really speaks to me as a track, and i love the long outro of dracul gras as it resets your mind and takes you away from the fantasy vampire world and brings you back to a clean slate, where thanks nubuo can paint irs completely different picture as a finale that feels way more set in the real universe. that guitar melody just feels like the entire universe summed up in one line and it is so powerful. any change of heart on the final ambient outro too? i have come to love it so much. i think it’s a time to just reflect and truly let everhting in your mind and body melt away and i think its always a rly meditative time for me when i’ve finished the album or just the song. it’s a time to let your mind be still and let the music just fill your body and i think when you’re on a first listen it’s hard to let that happen cus you’re trying to analyze it but as i’ve listneed more just to listen i’ve realized why irs there and how meditative and magical it is as a final moment of the song. i was wondering if you feel the same way about it? or if you still get bothered by your mind wandering. i think if you do, i would recommend trying to just let your mind go and let the music take over your soul and headspace, and distance yourself from idle thoughts.

anyway thanks for reading this if you do!! sory it’s so long i’m just very curious to see if your thoughts have changed and how you think abt my views

I feel like there is 3 crowds for this album. the Wildefire /everything is fine/ zagyrus,. the Wax Wings/ Thanks Nobuo/ everything is fine crowd and the Dying Star/Silhouette/atropos. Give or take a song from either of the category. I hated the album at first thinking Atropos, Thanks Nobuo, and Wax Wings were the best on the album but dying star is growing on me.

Top 3:
Wax Wings
Thanks Nobuo
Atropos

Dracul Gras?! How do they remember all these fucking chord progressions? Holy fackin shat dude

Wow silhouette is straight Francis and the Lights vibes! Dying star is giving me VOLA vibes. That one got me hella emotional.

I literally can't with this entire album. My neighbors involuntarily can't either.

The moment in Wax Wings when you realize it’s not an outro.

Thanks Nobuo is so beautiful 😍

Wax Wings is so beautiful. Something about it is entrancing yet desperate at the same time. The final release at the end makes it up for all of the emotions you felt at the beginning. It's just so reassuring.

I love your reaction to those little pauses during the solo in Dracul Gras. Those get me every time!

spencer my king

Wax Wings 100% my favorite off the album, probably followed by Atropos and Dracul Gras (for the motif). Not my favorite Periphery album, but still great nonetheless!

Wax wings has been my favorite song since this album released

Wax wings is a modern day power ballad! Some of Spencer’s best vocal work to date!

Thé end is animals or leaders

Wildlife lol. Great review right out of the gate

everything is fine going from breakdown to mental breakdown is just mental

Ok record, not as good as the previous one and the two tracks Silhouette and Dying Star are absolutely forgettable.

It's an amazing album. Loved watching your review. I'd marry you 😂

i cried listening to almost every song. they are all just so beautiful to hear

I love how guys continue to just do whatever they want. They blend heavy and melodic so well.
Jut wait till you hear the new Invent Animate single though too \m/
Talk about well written melodies/lyrics (no spoilers though haha). 3 years to the day since Greyview came out and the day it all came down. And 2 years plus one since Erra's self titled.

Overall I don't think this album is really for me. I'm not normally into Prog but Periphery was always the exception. Not sure exactly why it didn't click with me but I did enjoy a few tracks. Top 3 would have to be: Wildfire, Everything is Fine and Wax Wings! Probably the only 3 I will definitely revisit. Glad you enjoyed it though.

Like you said, will definitely take multiple listens to fully grasp the album so will be curious to hear what you think of it later on on the year!

The way they build the chorus in dracul gras is stunning, probably my favourite! Not sure yet though... Each song brings something uniquely amazing that i haven't heard from periphery before. Gotta keep running this album i guess :)

Thanks Nobuo every night just before sleeping is the way to go, one of THE best songs of this album

I agree with you on some of the outros but I really feel like ignoring that, Thanks Nobuo is the best song on the album. Wax wings is amazing too tho

Whole album is 🔥. 🤘.

Spencer and the band are massive 1975 fans. Also Spencer has a side band in this style called Nik mystery. Jake and Misha have an electronic project called 4 secs ago, which is also in that vein.

I think silhouette wasn't a track for the fans, but for the band personally...it has something thematically and lyrically that the band wanted to have and I think it might have a deeper meaning.

this album was so worth the wait
when I first listened to periphery with P2 it took me a long time to get in to them
saw them live in 2015 and they put on such a good show and I dug deep in to them and have loved them ever since
this album just hits on everything
just a beautiful addition to their deep discography
I know some people scoff at awards like the grammy awards but they definitely deserve recognition and awards for this album

i really cried listening wax wings😂

Dying Star hit me like maybe no other song in a very long time. Absolute Masterpiece!

Agree about the extended outros. As much as I like Thanks Nobuo I will most definitely be skipping the outro most of the time too.

The rifts and all the goodness my fav songs where Wax Wings, Thanks Nobuo and WildFire. Love the reaction on this one!

dracul gras is just...............

Awesome, I've been listening to Periphery since 2010. I've been listening since the first album, I'm glad that you reacted to the new album. P1, P2, and P5 are my favorite Periphery albums.

The more I listen to this album the more I love and love it. There's a reason why these guys have continued to be one of my favorite bands for well over a decade.

Wax wings,Dracul Gras and Everything is Fine! are my top 3 from this new installment.

Top 3 on the album (not including singles):
1. Wax Wings
2. Dracul Gras
3. Thanks Nobuo

Picking a top 3 is nearly fucking impossible but I can muster a loose top 5 with a firm #1.

1. Dracul Gras
2. Zagreus
3. Everything is fine
4. Wildfire
5. Wax Wings

Periphery did what I’ve been waiting for them to do again since P2; make me love an entire album as a whole specifically for the way it flows. Really feels like a celebration of their entire discography but with a lot of growth. Hard to put into words, just another Periphery W.

really diggin this album, they switched things up in all the right ways

Periphery is by far my favorite band it’s not even close.

Wax Wings, Dying Star and Thanks Nobuo are my favourites. I love the outro of Thanks Nobuo. I really don't mind that long outro at all. It gives you time to let everything you just heard sink in and reflect over. Silhouettes is pretty cool and unexpected. Dracul Gras and Everything is fine is really good as well! But like all other songs with Periphery, it grows on you the more you listen. They have such a unique sound and really interesting ways to write their tunes. So inspiring bands and musicians individually as well!

The last 5 are absolute bangers IMO. The closing track is such a cool tribute to an absolute legend too. Another amazing album....been jamming them since 2005.