Germany Avantgarde Progressive Metal collective Soulsplitter started writing “Salutogenesis” in 2016. Their debut album takes influence from all styles and genres with Opeth, Twelve Foot Ninja and Haken all sited as reference points. “The Prophecy” serves merely as an introduction piece of dark theatric quality. It’s spoken word poetry is the perfect start for an
Inspired by the likes of Periphery, Croatians Core System took two long years to create the Tech-Fest appearance worthy album “Contrast”. Bassist Eugene Baranasic has taken some studio time to record a bass playthrough video for one of the stand out tracks in “Question Authority” and you can pick up the album over at bandcamp
How often is it that a guitarist like Mark Holcomb from Periphery would get a guitar lesson? And even if they wanted some critical assessment of their playing, who would they even go to? Well Reverb paired him up with Yvette Young of Covet so the duo could share some epic riff wizardry. Periphery will
Using an Ibanez RGMS8 coupled with Fractal Axe FX Ultra, Core System guitarist Josip Novak has recorded a playthrough video for “Lately” from the Croatian Progressive Metalcore bands freshly painted summer album “Contrast”. They took part in our “Under The Influence” Series, sharing their love of “III: Select Difficulty Level” by Periphery.
Whitechapel sticksman Alex Rudinger has enlisted the help of Periphery bassist Adam “Nolly” Getgood to mix the drums on a sequence of playthrough videos recorded during some tour rehearsals Tennessee. The kit he recorded the title track of the album “Our Endless War” on was the one he used for the first Good Tiger album…
Filmed on their recent North American Tour in “behind the kit” style, here’s Periphery drummer Matt Halpern playing “Follow Your Ghost”. The second playthrough this week, the original appears on “Hail Stan”, the Progressive DJentlemen’s first foray into independence. Having recorded the bass tracks for the album despite stepping away officially, it will be interesting to
There isn’t that much that can be said about returning San Diego California Metalcore crew As I Lay Dying that hasn’t been said over the last few years. They blazed a trail between 2000 and 2014 with 2003’s “Frail Words Collapse” and 2005’s “Shadows Are Security” making waves in the first run of Metalcore. But
DJentlemen Periphery will in town in November with Plini and Astronoid and hopefully drummer Matt Halpern will be as happy with his performance of “Chvrch Bvrner” as he is with this live drum playthrough! The shows of course come in support of the pioneers first foray into independence, creating 3DOT Recordings and putting the album
One album that has evaded our review radar over the past couple of years has been “III: Select Difficulty Level” by Periphery. We say evaded – we should have reviewed it, it’s a 9/10 album in our eyes, one which took us to the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London to see them with Destrage
Music is part of humanity, interwoven into our collective DNA and the type of music that we like is Metal. If a reminder was ever needed that this form of music is a Global phenomenon, Calcutta India is the home of 13th Notion, a Progressive quintet with a reputation for groove laiden polyrhythmic guitar work
