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Periphery share animated video for new track ‘Marigold’

12/07/201612/07/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Periphery have shared an animated video for their new track “Marigold.”

The song is lifted from the band’s fourth studio LP, Periphery III: Select Difficulty, scheduled for release on the 22nd of July.

Says Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb: “’Marigold’ was written pretty early in the sessions. It had been a song that anchored the songwriting direction for P3. The technicality, sense of melody, orchestration and big choruses lend itself to what I feel most of this record is about.”

The full track listing for Periphery III: Select Difficulty is:

01. “The Price Is Wrong”
02. “Motormouth”
03. “Marigold”
04. “The Way The News Goes…”
05. “Remain Indoors”
06. “Habitual Line-Stepper”
07. “Flatline”
08. “Absolomb”
09. “Catch Fire”
10. “Prayer Position”
11. “Lune”

Periphery will embark upon a US tour in August without bassist Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood, who has decided to end his live touring career whilst remaining a creative member of the band.

Aug 04th: Raleigh Lincoln Theatre, NC
Aug 05th: Atlanta Masquerade, GA
Aug 06th: Memphis New Daisy Theater, TN
Aug 07th: Dallas House of Blues, TX
Aug 08th: San Antonio Alamo City Music Hall, TX
Aug 09th: Houston House of Blues, TX
Aug 11th: Phoenix The Press Room, AZ
Aug 12th: San Diego House of Blues, CA
Aug 13th: Los Angeles The Regent, CA
Aug 14th: San Francisco The Fillmore, CA
Aug 16th: Portland Hawthorne Theater, OR
Aug 17th: Seattle The Showbox, WA
Aug 19th: Salt Lake City The Complex, UT
Aug 20th: Denver Summit Music Hall, CO
Aug 22nd: Minneapolis Varsity Theater, MN
Aug 24th: Milwaukee Turner Hall Ballroom, WI
Aug 25th: Grand Rapids Intersection, MI
Aug 26th: Detroit St Andrew’s Hall, MI
Aug 27th: Pittsburgh Mr Small’s Theatre, PA
Aug 28th: Philadelphia Theatre of the Living Arts, PA
Aug 30th: Boston Paradise, MA
Aug 31st: New York Irving Plaza, NY
Sep 01st: Baltimore Baltimore Sound Stage, MD

Periphery share single-take 4K Ultra HD video for ‘Psychosphere’

07/12/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Periphery have released a stunning 4K Ultra HD video for their track “Psychosphere.”

The clip was recorded in a single take by director JP Kaukonen on the band’s current European tour.

Said Periphery when sharing the video: “Surprise. Here’s a brand new live music video of Psychosphere. This was filmed by our very good friend JP of the band Circle Of Contempt.”

The band released their most recent albums, Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, simultaneously in January this year.

You can check out the video for “Psychosphere” below:

New music releases, 6th November 2015

06/11/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 6th November 2015:

Perfectamundo, Billy Gibbons & The BFG’s

Horse Dance, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation
7, Seal
Extreme Noise Terror, Extreme Noise Terror
Cadillac Three, Cadillac Three
Stacie Collins, Roll The Dice
Juggernaut: Alpha/Omega (Double CD), Periphery
Fear Beyond Lunacy, Hatchet
Spirited Away, Asylum Pyre
Episodes Of Solitude, Atropas
End Of An Empire, Celldweller
They Bleed Red, The Devil You Know
The Best Of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, Bob Dylan
Delirium, Ellie Goulding
Aeons In Tectonic Interment, Tyranny
Highly Deadly Black Tarantula, Teeth of the Sea
The Keith Emerson Trio, The Keith Emerson Trio
Citizen, Billy Sherwood
Music in Exile, Songhoy Blues
Making Time, Jamie Woon
Love Drive (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Blackout (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Love At First Sting (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Fragile (Deluxe Edition), Yes
Heart Blanche, Cee-Lo Green
Vulnicura Strings, Björk
Emperors Of Medieval Japan, Lisa Ronson
Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 2), Vanden Plas
West Kirby County Primary, Bill Ryder-Jones
Dystopian Dream, Nitin Sawhney
Electric Blend, The Family Silver
The Turn Of A Friendly Card (35th Anniversary Edition), Alan Parsons Project

Periphery unleash The Bad Thing

20/04/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Periphery have released a video for their track “The Bad Thing.”

The song is lifted from the band’s Juggernaut: Omega album, part of a twin release earlier this year alongside companion LP Juggernaut: Alpha.

Speaking to Billboard about the song, Periphery drummer Matt Halpern said: “We thought a live performance was a great way to show in the intensity of the song, and show how it makes us feel onstage.”

“We hope to release more visual assets in the future that tell the Juggernaut story as a whole, rather than one song at a time.”

Periphery continue to refuse to explain the story behind the Juggernaut albums, but Halpern says of “The Bad Thing”: “It explains a pretty angry and aggressive part. The main character has come to some pretty deep realisations about his life, and he’s choosing to take a more active approach into solving his problems.”

Check out the clip for “The Bad Thing” below:

WATCH! Periphery release video for new track “Alpha”

29/01/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Periphery have released a promo clip of their new track “Alpha.”

The song comes from the band’s dual albums Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, released earlier this week via Century Media.

Drummer Matt Halpern said of the split LP concept: “Because Juggernaut is very detailed and dense in terms of character development, peaks and valleys, climaxes and resolutions, we’ve divided the story and music in two.

“Although the albums are split in two physically, the story is only complete when the albums are digested consecutively. This allows the listener to recognise and hear the lyrical and musical overlapping themes, foreshadowing, and connected ideas.”

You can watch the video for “Alpha” below:

Periphery will play 3 UK support slots with Devin Townsend in March, with a single headline slot of their own in April:

Mar 29th: Bristol O2 Academy (with Devin Townsend)
Mar 30th: Glasgow O2 ABC (with Devin Townsend)
Mar 31st: Manchester Academy (with Devin Townsend)
Apr 01st: London, O2 Academy Islington (headline show)