Thank god!!! "Ooooh im a whiney little. Aby nobody likes my voice so ima pull all the instrumentals of all my songs! That'll show em." What utter crap. Thank you for the upload!
The vocalist is extremely talented, but just personally don't dig the sound. I think it's that his style of singing was ruined by all the emo bands I listened to when I was younger
I love you Sponce, you're my all-time favorite vocalist. My blood boils whenever i hear of someone that dislikes you. To them i say: "Satellites", and their opinion has a "sudden change" (Hasn't failed me yet). But sometimes when you just wanna chill, and not get "Too into it" (Eargasms and the likes of it), I gotta go for the instrumental. Homework with Spencer has never, nor will it ever work. I just get too distracted by his mesmerizing voice. But to all who dislike Spencer: Give him another listen, all people who have said this opinion to me change it not long after. This has been my pro-Sponce rant. Thanks for listening, have a wonderful day!
He was good, if not iconic, for Periphery 1, slightly less good and a bit too poppy but still listenable Periphery II and I haven't been able to handle anything they have released after that. Periphery were my absolute fave band back in 2010-2012 but the poppyness of the vocals (eg: "mayahay" instead of "me" in Erised) has put me off listening to any of their new stuff. Not to say he is a bad vocalist at all, but I understand where the OG fans are coming from when they complain about the vocals - it's not really a fit for the heavyness of the music.
Guess it just comes down to preference. I really love everything about Modern Periphery. I've spent days listening to the entirety of their newest album, Hail Stan (on non-stop repeat). Sure, I can see what the veteran fans mean, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. In fact, I fucking love it. But again, preference thing, I suppose
What would be a solid step up from this after learning on guitar? Either in Periphery's catalogue or elsewhere within the technical metal fold? Something considered up a 'notch' in terms of challenge. Thanks!
Mac If you think this shit is harder than technical difficulties then you're one of those kids who try to play a song, they play it sloppy as fuck and they think they "learned" it.
Akis M Are you sure we're talking about the same song? Technical Difficulties by Racer X? There is literally nothing difficult about that song what so ever. The whole thing is in 4/4, there's no polyrhythms to work around, odd note groupings, strange scales, awkward chord shapes or intricate solos. I religiously use a metronome for learning other artist's music. I learned that song note for note a few years ago, it's "intermediate" at most. Truly difficult music would be the HAARP Machine's "the Escapist Notion" or Alan Holdsworth's "Funnels", not bloody Racer X. I don't know why you'd pick that anyway; Paul Gilbert's later solo efforts were far more complex, why would you pick a Racer X track?
Lol, The escapist notion is difficult? You can't be for real. What's difficult about 16th palm muted riffs? Yeah, I like to listen to them too, but that's not what you call difficult. I think we have completely different definitions of what "difficult to play" is. Just because a song has signature changes or polyrhythms doesn't make it hard to play (and don't get me wrong i also enjoy signature changes and polyrhythms). Same goes for "awkward chord shapes". Now Funnels, sure we can agree there. I think you confuse songs you like with songs that are hard to play, and songs you don't like with songs that are easy to play. Common phenomenon.
I never really liked Spencer's vocals. I always found Periphery's compositions attractive except the vocals. this instrumental version sounds so better! Sometimes i think Periphery would have been so much better as an instrumental band! Just my opinion. :)
I can't see Periphery with any other singer so I don't know what you guys are talking about. His screaming works perfectly with his singing just like the heavy stuff in Periphery work with the calm, tranquil stuff.
this song is about heroin use, specifically a woman with children who neglects them for the drug she needs, the entry level exit wounds refer to the scars on her arms.....
I think the question is not if the singer is talented or not. But if his way of singing/his voice fits with this music stil. The music itself is very complex itself and i think there is not so mutch space for a voice. And i must say that personally i don´t like clear vocals in core music for my ears it makes the music softer and that is irritating because the music itself is not "soft" in any way.
I love Spencer. One of the most ranged vocalists today...people just don't like the feminine side of his voice. Which is stupid, cause his vocals are REALLY hard...
Spencer has great talent however I always felt he ruins Periphery, if you ever listen to some of their more heavier songs like Totla Mad They're literally on the verge of being Messhugah riffs lol Spencer doesn't fit Periphery in my opinon, he great though, just, not for Periphery
I know this is mad old... But my thing is that I LOVE instrumental djent but I don't dislike djent with vocals. P2 and P3 are great with vocals. I just think that this album flows better without the vocals. The vocal patterns break up the janky instrumental lines too much. It's not that Periphery is better with or without vocals. It's that this album is better without
Nice man, metal is the shit, the thing is, is that they're so many genre's of metal that everything seems infinite. One album that is definitely killer is Symbolic by Death.Those are the names of albums, artists in those respective order; Necrophagist, Obscura, Dissection, Death, Death again lol, Entombed, and wintersun. I can give you a big list of metal if you want :)
thank you for saying this, dude. have you ever heard the song "(cult)uralist" by them? the opening riff has some of the quickest and most fluently articulated bass-work that i have ever heard. granted, he plays with a pick, but he really needs to. for a riff like that, the attack would seem so weak with finger-picking. besides, you're gonna have to get pretty damn crafty if you want to play THAT shit with your fingers
wow. dude, i can't believe that i'm even asking you this right now, but are those the names of metal bands? i'm just wondering, because metal is the only genre i seek listening to, and, surprisingly enough, i can't say that i've ever even HEARD of a single one of those bands. left hand path sounds slightly familiar, but i almost just feel like that's a bunch of different random song titles melding into a single band name within my mind somehow
definitely. that's exactly right. deathcore's not death metal, death metal's not metal, metal's not rock, rock isn't music, music isn't anything, and anything isn't deathcore. we know, we know. you needn't remind us, good sir
That is true. He is amazing in screaming, singing.. his singing techniques are literally breathtaking! but I get what he means with his comment.. if Periphery was an instrumental band it wouldn't be any worse :P
