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

This is my reaction/review for Periphery's album 'Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre.' I covered all three of the singles on the channel, Wildfire being my favorite. This is definitely one of my most anticipated for this year. What track(s) is/are your favorite?
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Timestamps
0:00:00 Start
0:00:17 Intro
0:01:07 Wildfire (Full reaction/review can be found on the channel)
0:03:26 Atropos (Full reaction/review can be found on the channel)
0:05:27 Wax Wings
0:12:53 Everything Is Fine!
0:18:03 Silhouette
0:23:06 Dying Star
0:28:25 Zagreus (Full reaction/review can be found on the channel)
0:29:36 Dracul Gras
0:41:58 Thanks Nobuo
0:53:17 Outro/Discussion

[@davidvillabass]

wix wings is a song to cry about how beautiful it is

[@HoaPierre]

Hi David

[@davidvillabass]

@@HoaPierre Hi Pierre

[@un1sol_gr444]

@@davidvillabass Hi David

[@cregan4584]

@@davidvillabass shout out to David

[@sus_beatz8559]

THE MACHINES ARE TURNING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@olivierpeartnoy]

Wax Wings and Dracul Gras definitely my non-single highlights. If the ending of Wax Wings doesn't get you at least a little bit you're legally dead I don't make the rules

[@CrazyIrishmen7]

I still think Dracul Gras is the sleeper hit of the album, song tells such a story, even if the vocals were stripped away it still would.

[@moatfloater]

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.

[@tiibox4087]

Wax Wings has been on repeat since release. Its insane. A top tier periphery song. A top tier song in general. Absolutely love it.

[@nicolaigrnnebk2110]

Its so damn good!

[@RachelleReacts]

seems to be a pretty common consensus! it's an incredible track

[@krohr678]

100% agree, favorite song from the album right now

[@dewetviljoen7282]

Dying star is one of those songs for me that just reaches deep down into my happy place and has an absolute ball there. Metal generally makes me feel good but Dying star... My heart's definitely open.

[@elliotruiz3014]

"Thanks Nobuo" is a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, who composed a lot of the Final Fantasy music as well as other video game music. Hopefully that puts it into context a little more, but I really enjoyed your reaction to this roller coaster ride of an album

[@seanburton2759]

Wax wings is a truly beautiful song but I have to say Thanks Nobuo really resonated with me with the backing vocals as a call back to one of my favourite periphery tracks with the lyric 'you're shining and it shows' beautiful way to end the album and each song gets better with every listen.

[@ThiccLadiesDMme]

Ugly cried.

[@pedrohicken3884]

That song has some huge FF7 homage vibes

[@sebbenilsson860]

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!

[@stephenthomson6230]

If you like the outro you would really enjoy the music of Brian Eno, it reminds me of his Ambient album series. It's some of my favorite recordings. I'm with you on the contemplative nature of the outros... Love them🤘

[@JohnnyRychous]

Such a phenomenal album. My top three are: 1) Wax Wings 2) Dying Star 3) Atropos HM: Silhouette Great reaction! 💪😎

[@domidominik7071]

For me its: 1) Dracul Gras 2) Everything is Fine (not sure about this one, could get lower cause i probably like chvrch bvrner more, need one more month to decide) 3) Wildfire; Atropos Also not sure about „thanks nobuo“ yet

[@MegaAndyGG]

1. Everything is Fine! 2. Thanks Nobuo 3. Dracul Gras Ps. I don’t get it why people like Wax Wings so much. It's great song for sure, but this album have better songs imho.

[@cchristianjeremy]

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.

[@thommyboy2742]

I feel like dying star would have so much more juice if it didn’t follow silhouette to me it’s just as beautiful as Wax Wings both have such powerful anthemic outros.

[@YZFMX256]

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

[@RubensWhosoever]

i really cried listening wax wings😂

[@BJPriceMusic]

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.

[@HoaPierre]

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

[@353darkesthour]

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.

[@Achielezz]

This! You put i it well imo.

[@CSM_TV]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Noperiety]

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

[@Alphablight]

once again honest. thank you for being you

[@RachelleReacts]

thank you 💙💙

[@sicboi80]

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.

[@alephband]

I rate this album as good as PII. Maybe this one is better if i take out the factor nostalgia from PII

[@MRVNx32]

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

[@Trigamerphaze]

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

[@wmc128]

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

[@johnquinn7794]

Thanks Nabuo sounds like a P3 track.

[@jeffreyferreira3811]

Lol 0:27 wildlife. Don't know that one. :D Thanks for doing a full album video! This band is so important to me.

[@MrGmanDan]

A year into this album it now has become a permanent fixture in my car stereo! Its a killer driving album! Wax Wings and Everything is Fine! These get back to back listens every time!

[@stephenwoodrum2735]

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

[@TheDonkeyFLOPPER]

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

[@RachelleReacts]

you love to see it! I'll be seeing them for the first time this weekend and I can't wait!

[@jorgetorres5764]

Outfit and hair matches nicely with the album art 🙏 I had the same reaction to the beginning of Everything Is Fine!

[@thechazman8554]

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

[@Achielezz]

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 :)

[@codyallen9188]

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

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

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.

[@wowanotheruniqueidentifier]

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

[@sharpywilliam4513]

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.

[@Tabaluka777]

I always cry at the ending. It's what we need in this world.

[@getbrutal4388]

same happened to me for wax wings.

[@AreYouThereGodItsMePhil]

Dude the reverb on that bass on Dracula Gras

[@jamescmiller13]

37:03 that was my exact reaction too when it just slaps you in the face with the chorus out of nowhere lol. such an amazing song, my favorite on the album!

[@mattanimation]

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

[@dylanmaguire8902]

36:40 That was my exact same reaction to that riff. One my favourites on the album 🔥

[@itri245]

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.

[@defizero4383]

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

[@MullilluM]

I tried to pick a top 3 on the Album, but I can't lmao. This album is too solid

[@Zaque-TV]

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

[@jasonricard5058]

Wildlife lol. Great review right out of the gate

[@HugoStiglitz88]

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

[@winterunterseher8937]

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.

[@RachelleReacts]

i’ve heard the whole Invent album! so i won’t be doing a Without a Whisper video but a full album on friday :)

[@winterunterseher8937]

@@RachelleReacts no worries! It's nice to enjoy something on your own too for sure.

[@RachelleReacts]

@@winterunterseher8937 oh I didn't enjoy it on my own, it'll be included in the reaction! I just already had my entire video filmed for the full album when the music video dropped, so my reaction for it will come with the rest of the album :)

[@fscorpion678]

spencer my king

[@RachelleReacts]

standing in the crowd waiting for Periphery right now!

[@fscorpion678]

@@RachelleReacts LUCKY!! Shoutout to loathe too, loved them live

[@RachelleReacts]

@@fscorpion678 it was such an amazing time! Loathe always kills it live as well. it was my first time seeing Periphery. Lauren Babic came out to perform part of Marigold with them which was craaaazy!

[@fscorpion678]

@@RachelleReactsIM SEEING PERIPHERY IN NOVEMBER!!!!

[@RachelleReacts]

@@fscorpion678 heck yeah! me too!

[@stormexon8665]

Thanks Nobuo is so beautiful 😍

[@Kedrok]

Yes from the airport

[@RachelleReacts]

safe travels!

[@zackfreeman3985]

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

[@TheCyrax87]

Top 3: Wax Wings Thanks Nobuo Atropos

[@travis.h.]

Whole album is 🔥. 🤘.

[@13lueBerryBluntz]

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!

[@ThisisStephennn]

Wax wings has been my favorite song since this album released

[@norkbork]

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

[@RachelleReacts]

I still stand by what I said in the review. regardless of what the tracks are individually, they definitely kill the momentum that the album was building up until that point. I don't think they're momentum tracks regardless of what they provide as stand alone tracks, which nothing has really changed regarding what I said in the video. I thought I'd like the tracks, I like them. overall this album really isn't something that's going to cut it for my top 10 this year. it's still something I'll revisit in full throughout the year and something I enjoy more when it's chopped up into smaller pieces, but as a full piece I don't think it's that cohesive.

[@norkbork]

@@RachelleReacts i suppose that’s fair :> i really think it’s a wonderful personally and i think the momentum carries throughout really nicely in a way that it takes you through so many peaks and valleys of emotion and with how long each song is it feels like a collection of experiences to me at least that are put together in a really beautiful way:0 idk how to explain it more than that i really just don’t mind the momentum at all and every song keeps me happy and engaged and pulls me into it i think something for me that this album kinda illustrated for me is the whole concept of it- djent is not a genre, and that periphery’s music is so much more than just metalcore djent stuff like their first album and especially since p4 they have incorporated so so many new ideas and styles into what makes their sound theirs. bc of this i think the album p5 really exemplifies that and to me it’s one of the most refreshing to listen to experiences just because of how diverse it is and how nuanced and masterful they are in every avenue they explore within each song. to me it’s far more boundary pushing than your standard metalcore album that just keeps every song with the same type of sound- periphery did this for their first 3 albums but with p4 and now especially p5 they are really pushing the boundary of what it means to be djenty and i really respect and encourage that:0 and that doesn’t just mean adding string ensembles to underscore your metal music it means what style they play in what emotions they capture and what timbres they use or don’t use across each song. idk to me that’s what this album captures and that’s why i love it so much and once i was able to recognize that and let my viewpoint expand from just being a djent metalcore album and expecting something like p2 which you said is your fav i was able to truly enjoy it. i feel like you’re expecting something like p2 but periphery isn’t that band anymore (like silhouette the song explores), and that’s okay if u aren’t as into the new avenues they’re exploring but that’s just how i see it and it took that realization for me before i could truly enjoy it. i think that’s why the album name really does have a lot of significance even if it seems silly:0 also a final thing to add is that now that periphery isn’t just strung to sumerian records and has their own label, this is probably the direction their hearts wanted to go for a long time- i think you can see that desire since p3 and the transition album is like p4 but now p5 really shows how much they’ve grown as musicians and how open their minds are to not just writing p2 over and over again- i feel like they could easily do that but it’s just not where their hearts are tldr i wouldnt think of it as a traditional momentum-based metalcore album it’s more abt showcasing how much they encompass as a band now and taking you through tons of different emotional experiences and vibes and taking in that new perspective let me at least be able to enjoy it and simply let the music flow throughout the whole album in a rly rly nice way

[@davidmurillo4490]

Wax Wings 💜🖤

[@TundraCH]

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.

[@DJC171]

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!

[@TheCyrax87]

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.

[@mylife1221]

is there a wax wings/nobuo/zagreus crowd? because if there is im in it

[@glago93]

I'm personally in the Wax Wings/Dying Star/Thanks Nobuo group... but It's hard to pick 3. Every song has something memorable that makes me want to go back and listen to it again.

[@cregan4584]

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

[@Zaque-TV]

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

[@xCritStar]

If i were you dropped a new song I'm sure you noticed but just in case

[@Zaque-TV]

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

[@RachelleReacts]

excellent question haha

[@robertfriedmann1845]

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

[@VildDjentThall]

Thé end is animals or leaders

[@kevinschotte2106]

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