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Album Review: Periphery II: This Time It's Personal - Full Album Track-By-Track Review!

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Channel: rockandmetalnewz · 2012 · Music

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Periphery II: This Time It's Personal - Full Track-By-Track Album Review. 


This is the second album by Periphery, and is set for release on June 29, 2012 through Roadrunner Records Australia and on July 3, 2012 through Sumerian in North America. Periphery II features guest solos from Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats), Wes Hauch (The Faceless) and John Petrucci (Dream Theater).


Periphery II: This Time It's Personal is one of the best records of this year so far in my opinion. When I first heard Periphery's first full length record I knew they would be a band that will have a fan base that will grow extremely fast. They were new and something really cool and special to the metal community. There were of course many bands who had the style Periphery has but Periphery just seemed to pull it off in such a unique way on their debut full length album. But this new second record by Periphery went way far above my expectations. This seems to be much more of a collaboration of every single member of the band rather then just Misha creating pretty much everything like their first record. Just like their debut record this album is very long but there are no full tracks on this album that became monotonous. Spencer's vocals are absolutely unbelievable on this album. He hits certain notes I never knew even existed. The people who disliked Periphery because of the quote quote winey vocals of Spencer on their last record could become huge fans of Periphery now due to the improved vocals on this record. After listening to this record I feel that Spencer could be one of the best clean vocalists in Metal. Also, his screams are in my opinion so much better then on the first album. The screams and growls on the first record on most songs sounded a little awkward to me. But I can not for forget the musician ship displayed on this album. I really am speechless about the guitar overall on this album. And the time changes, tempos and musicality on this album is absolutely crazy. And I can't forget the drummer.. The Drumming on this album is amazing. The Insane weird double kick patterns, the crazy amount of ghost notes on the snare, and the amazing fills of Matt make this record so much better and interesting to listen to.

Track listingNo. Title Length  
1. "Muramasa"   2:51 
2. "Have a Blast" (Guthrie Govan guest solo) 5:55 
3. "Facepalm Mute"   4:54 
4. "Ji"   5:14 
5. "Scarlet"   4:08 
6. "Luck as a Constant"   6:04 
7. "Ragnarok"   6:35 
8. "The Gods Must Be Crazy!"   3:38 
9. "Make Total Destroy"   4:27 
10. "Erised" (John Petrucci guest solo) 6:13 
11. "Epoch"   2:10 
12. "Froggin' Bullfish"   5:05 
13. "Mile Zero" (Wes Hauch guest solo) 5:31 
14. "Masamune"   6:09 
Total length: 69:00  
[edit] Limited edition bonus tracks[6]No. Title Length  
15. "Far Out" (Instrumental)   
16. "The Heretic Anthem" (Slipknot cover song)

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