PERIPHERY - Light

[@KingLightDividing]

I used to be obsessed with this when it first came out. A lot of my friends thought it was trash and "ripped off Meshuggah." Twelve years or so later and every time I break into again it hits fresh. Such ingenuity. A real inspiration.

[@GeorgeTheGreekFan]

Years later, this album is recognised as one of the most authentic and influential progressive metal albums. Everyone has inspiration, but man, I think Periphery's sound has so much more to it than just "Meshuggah" rythms.

[@thuraoo2295]

The sickest Periphery song. Absolute banger!!

[@feliperibeiro463]

3:24 The least technical riffs are always the ones that hit harder. Holy.

[@sacredxgeometry]

You know what shines? The Sun. You know what gives us Light? Lightbulbs. Bulb, thank you for giving us your talnets, Halpern, thank you for........defying the units or percussion.

[@Bassdesk]

Ever since Misha said the title was a reference to Light from Death Note the lyrics all make perfect sense :') SO AWESOME.

[@AveragePizzaEnjoyer5]

Dude, im a decade late BUT I NEED THE SOURCE OF THAT INTERVIEW

[@samusbros66]

I'm digging their sound, pretty good band

[@Jethrospect]

Imagine if they remake / remaster this album on it's 10th anniversary.. how fucking awesome would that be?

[@JoelSebastianMoreno]

I don't see they really need make that, the production still sounds good for nowadays, yes, they improve a lot his technique and and production skills, but i don't see the point honestly.

[@joystick2212]

10 year anniversary tour though, that's something I can get behind (like BTBAM's Colors tour)

[@EdwinSantiago19]

Misha said in the Djent Facebook group that it's not gonna happen because apparently P1 is their weakest material live ):

[@joystick2212]

P1 is their only work I could get in to! :( What a shame.

[@LMTR14]

fuck remakes

[@PhatTVFL]

The chorus of this song always gives me goosebumps, especially the second one, when he hits the high "know" SO. FUCKIN. PASSIONATE. GODDAMN.

[@Jesperadoo]

10 years late, but yep! Amazing chorus, just keeps getting better for me

[@EmpireAndromeda]

It's nice to see another individual in this large world knows about the amazingness that is Unreal Tournament.

[@tristenbernardo1628]

their best album in my opinion

[@ganondorfchampin]

Eh, IMO it's their worst as it's pre-Holcomb, and he added a lot more melody and complexity to the riffs.

[@jeleopard]

Agreed tbh.

[@ganondorfchampin]

***** I don't really like Misha's instrumentals either, they just don't have enough melody going on to be interesting.

[@fiasworkshop]

woah until any of you can write better music, just lol.... nvm

[@marinaferreira2456]

so true

[@kapira77ss]

We need this album on spotify again guys

[@donaldduck9217]

2:13 listen to this vegan soul, a child has lost his weight

[@DantevKratos]

Lmao.

[@GiuseppeLombardo4]

lool perfect

[@aebious8886]

seems accurate

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

Hence the name of the song. I thought this was obvious.

[@nickyl3884]

Underrated gem right here 🔥🔥🔥

[@danielsegura9621]

this song is so powerful.

[@MossmanProductionz]

I wan't a version 2.0 of Light with just all clean vocals like Jetpacks was yes. I think this song needs more of it.

[@mytwinflameband]

7 Years later your wish came true

[@hkleider]

@@mytwinflameband and surprisingly, not as good I expected. Spencer's current vocal style doesn't vibe well with the traditional djent of P1, it's too diverse and "soulful". He's 10 times the vocalist now that he was in 2010, but with too complex a style for this.

[@marinaferreira2456]

I love this version

[@davetorres3906]

Marina Ferreira I love this version too, i like more Spencer's voice and range overall

[@metalfabrix]

this song is wonderfull

[@Machado1328]

no doubt sickest Periphery jam of all time

[@stefanos829]

Great song!

[@michaelgannon8364]

probably fave metal song

[@WutangBizkit]

omg

[@thecasiorobinson]

THE CHILD HAS LOST ITS WAy

[@wickedhyperstyler]

Anyone noticed the melody in the beginning (0:03) is the Terminator main theme?

[@abhijitc251083]

Those vocals. 😮

[@Rajesh4FrictionMetal]

Nice song!!!

[@JeanDenisCote]

Misha said countless times that Matt recorded the drums on an electronic drum kit that Misha had, sampled through Superior Drummer.

[@drumsno]

Are you sure? I thought it was completely programmed drums? Matt didn't even seem to play these exactly to the record when he first started

[@Quaker763]

@@drumsno Yes this is true. Misha hooked up a Roland kit that he had to his PC and recorded Matt's live performances in his apartment. Obviously the drums were touched up, but apart from that, it's 100% a live performance into stock/DKFH Superior 2.0.

[@ToKiiNz]

there best song in my opinion.

[@MrJoHnConsTanTine1]

2:57 The riff

[@acfern6862]

The riff

[@NickyLaurienzo]

The riff

[@pelupelu2a661]

You can see what you've been reaching for some they never know what facepalm mean thank you for this African like album anyway!

[@toniibaloneyy9265]

Lyrics:: In sunshine's view The absence of love Behold what's blinding you Serpent or dove Between uncertainties Tethered wings and captive dreams aren't worth the suffering Open your eyes Devotion deprived Deny the very thing that you've accepted this life is about Listen to my words Defy devotion Sick from the fall behind the wall So I demand of you, stand up and see Before they saw what I was becoming Before it kept me from reaching The light Can't seem to understand it Can't seem to know Listen to the vacant soul The child has lost his way Tension Suffering the hole Something against me I won't try Never again I will not remember Between the lines I sing with doubt Behind this will fall Lost in night and day Breathing for me Listen to the way I enter the world In time this lie will become me The things I've done to forget my dying senses Weary from this act alone In vein six days away Return from the fall Just find a ray of light to help me ascend That is the only way ¤periphery &d3athnote, is just 🤌¤

[@Bl0ck0utTHeW0rld]

This comment just make me love this band even more (:

[@annieregan9836]

good music ya i love this band

[@sirspookybones1118]

As much as i prefer the prog instead of polyrhythms (or whatever), the 2 early albums are still great. 5 albums and theyre all great

[@briantopps5638]

i much prefer old periphery. i do love the newer stuff too but the first 2 albums were just next level. especially because no one was really doing this shit besides veil of maya and no one can do it like periphery could back in the day

[@m4ssee]

Hate to break it to you but Spencer is the one who fully writes the lyrics and I remember him even saying that the lyrics aren't about Death Note. Still one of the best animes. I just finished it before coming here.

[@cripsician]

Anyone else think that Spencer should redo the growls on this album? I believe his depth has grown tremendously. Just think it could be much heavier with his range with the low growls. But of course dont even think of touching the cleans on this album.

[@doozythedoctor]

Absolutely not. His growls on this album are so much better than anything that came after Periphery I

[@protestmyhero5613]

I love the screaming on this album, same with everything on the Icarus EP

[@LakeToya14]

Periphery used a Roland Electronic Kit routed through Superior Drummer 2.0 on the first album. On Periphery II, all the drums are real and were recorded at Oceanic Recording Studios with Taylor Larson. If you don't know what you're talking about, don't spread any misinformation :)

[@miguelangelem]

P1 remastered please...

[@Verrulz]

I know it from an interview, type "Misha Mansoor of Periphery interviewed by Metal Assault at Thrash And Burn" in the youtube search bar. There are two parts i forgot where he talks about Death Note.

[@kidwhocracked]

I'm starting to really like this band.

[@D-Man_Jam]

Me too. I'm a little late to the party, about 10 years late, but I got here. Lol

[@evan6749]

@@D-Man_Jam same

[@twinny_mi]

@@D-Man_Jam I got into Periphery at the end of 2018 I get you I felt late to the party but at least we're here now!

[@mellindrums]

why so few views?! this shit's intense! one of my favorites from Periphery!

[@29subhra]

Djent was new then

[@mellindrums]

@@29subhra Yeah and look where it is now. 🤩

[@Baehellet]

lovin the death note referrences, it pleases my inner anime nerd ;)

[@Flyers94]

Those cleans , love em :3

[@Brojo-Jojo]

Matt played on an electronic kit and they sent the midi from that through Superior Drummer

[@MrShawnplaydrums]

THAT SHOW PWNS!!!

[@foreordained7772]

Oh my fuck! 😮 My new favorite band

[@SynVenganceShadows]

these guys make the techno breakdown work better then asking alexandria lol

[@SteeperFromRoses]

holllly shit that tecno at the end

[@88Gojira]

4:54 is F*cking Amazing

[@DeathCorpStudios]

For everyone wondering what the 4:50 to the end is it's ambient techno.

[@woottipat06]

Ensidia Music H/C I would call it Ambient IDM

[@Phosis9]

I love it... reminds me of Unreal Tournament 2004

[@MrLewisMovies]

If i wanted more music from 4:50 to the end where would i go? anyone know any artists who play that kind of music all the way through. little to no lyrics?

[@T3Rmin4LCuRi0siTy]

Hello My friend in Darkness! We meet again after 10 years!

[@goodwill5756]

This is actually better then the original!

[@12345monoriginal]

They didnt use a drum machine, they just used an electric kit, and used superior drum samples. And recorded direct guitars as well.

[@NickyLaurienzo]

Fuckin love the electronic outro of this song 🔥

[@AmberfallenBand]

No drums were all drum machine on the first album, Halpern just wrote them

[@panucci321]

rockwell and bop

[@protestmyhero5613]

4:10 dat D#5 doe.

[@stefanos821]

ProtestMyHero King Diamond can hit that note while warming up and in his 50s

[@protestmyhero5613]

This isn’t a competition weirdo

[@nurwadi26]

just remaster this whole album already, i need it! this album is not even on spotify what the heck?! you expect me to go to youtube and spam repeat here? come on....

[@LMTR14]

buy a cd you entitled piece of shit!

[@drumsno]

@@LMTR14 thank you 😂 😂

[@alexproboi]

He's Meshugging.

[@KendrickSajorda]

@onemanarmy675 both, sumerian for the u.s and roadrunner for their europe stuff

[@SpartanCarver]

They did, his name is Matt.

[@jowieseph]

❤🎉❤❤❤❤

[@13johnnyemo]

...fucking wonderful.

[@AlyHarrizon]

whats that type of music called at the end of the song?

[@SynVenganceShadows]

@TheCatatonicAngel i love both of them lol

[@originalguitarist10]

The Outro reminds me of Metal Gear Solid

[@Itsclassified93]

Soundwave 2013. Fuck yes!

[@ui-dovakiin4549]

listen to my words!

[@AlyHarrizon]

ohhh i dont mean that. i mean the music starts from 441 til the end haha whats it called? thankss

[@CoupSounds]

Well, they must have lied in their album booklet then. "All lyrics written by Chris Barretto and Periphery except "Icarus Lives!" written by Periphery and Casey Sabol." Spencer wrote all the lyrics for Periphery II.

[@thuraoo2295]

peak djent

[@gnryeah]

Not exactly, they're electric drums, and all midi, yes; but Halpern played them himself.

[@josh0742]

where did u find that out?

[@Suomiheke]

Nope, they really used programmed drums on this album. Check the interviews! On PII they recorded real drums, though.

[@jonathanonfire]

damnit i can't unhear this now. hahahaha.

[@afteryourburial]

4:50 til the end makes me think of unreal tournament lolol xD

[@proverbs129]

Have you ever seen the top comments and just thought: "Today is the day I'm going to do it. Goodbye world"

[@tombetty5137]

Lousy way to go out.

[@tombetty5137]

Bs reason too.

[@TheBlidget]

deathnote...,.... and periphery! god life is fucking awesome

[@samanthacortez9767]

01/03/2021 happy 2021

[@EmotionalSkyscapes]

Djent Note

[@Soulanguish]

Techcore :)

[@sumpade]

it's not really it's own type of music. there's some stuff by Postal Service that sounds like it, but it's not it's own fully developed genre

[@re4wolf]

lol sick song

[@SyqLAWL]

drums are programmed on this album, the guitars are being accented by the stack

[@Soulanguish]

ambient techcore i guess, or jsut ambient. :).

[@PashGorelik]

ambidjent :D

[@dungfu9833]

That was my first word

[@ZPDUDE87]

is that so?

[@MicahJohn21659]

It's name is Matt.

[@richardreney2846]

AlyHarrizon check out Jake Bowen. He makes awesome ambient tunes for Periphery.

[@felipe8511]

btw misha should work on some breakcore stuff

[@xXxglassgowdreamxXx]

I thought Periphery used some sort of drum machine on their first album

[@GoodCarpet]

Superior Drummer 2, recorded on an E-Drum kit by Matt.

[@summitthescale]

DJIZZ

[@senticomepuzza5181]

DJEDI, CAPITAIN

[@afteryourburial]

oh fuk yea :0 original one kicks way more ass. i think. they should revamp the graphics and tweek the physics to feel more real and release it again xD

[@EmpireAndromeda]

It sounds similar to an EDM genre called IDM. Try searching for artists with songs under the IDM tag.

[@Birdseed99]

@onemanarmy675 Sumerian

[@CoupSounds]

Except the lyrics for this song (and the majority of others on this album) were written by Chris Barretto.

[@Verrulz]

Just realized that the songs name is based on Yagami Light from Death Note, Misha is a big Death Note fan :)

[@xydex99]

Ah, well, my mistake, obviously. Thanks.

[@sockfish123]

Nah, this album actually does use a drum machine.

[@samanthacortez9767]

Heavy metal music 2921

[@samanthacortez9767]

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[@samanthacortez9767]

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