listening to this, it makes sense why Spencer sounded a bit croaky in the screams, emulating Chris' exact screams which he probably isnt used to doing. but he has vastly improved on his own
even tho this sounds brutal and great, spencers melodies and harmonic singing is a staple for me with this band. i doubt they would get so much exposure without him.
Chris has become one of my favourite underground vocalist. The dude is so bloody talented! Wish he didn't have to leave Monuments. It's a shame he's no longer doing music :/
now I know why P1 had such weird sounding screams. Makes sense that spencer was trying to imitate a vocal style he isn't used to using rather than using his technique like on subsequent albums.
@@TheBallinCollin96 You're definitely in the minority there, consensus is that he was way worse there. Me personally, I don't mind his performance so much, but that it just didn't sound like Spencer. Chris is a killing vocalist though and I love his work in Monuments. Insane voice. Makes me wonder what Periphery would've sounded like if he wasn't a bitch to work with and was able to stay with them the whole way.
@@beidouvirus3978 Idk, it sounds more raw and powerful to a lot of other people. When he sings at volume it still sounds good, but the whispery nasally Disney thing he does sometimes is ugly. Like, Spence, you're a grown straight man in a metal band and it's not 2008 🤣
@@TheBallinCollin96 I'm with ya dude the cleans sounded very raw, every album since has been slightly nasally, tho on P V he seems to have grown quite a bit since P 4
just listened to some of their songs with casey and I love both their growls so much more than spencer. Deeper and more gutteral. Would be perfect if Spencer just did the cleans like you said.
@@boobiemiles7735 damn so many comparisons yeah we get it already. Nothing wrong with Spencer's cleans or screams I think. He just has a higher voice then Chris and Casey.
It was originally Jake Veredika who started some vocals on some of the tracks that never remotely made it to the album. Then came Casey Sabol who basically set the ground for vocals on the entire album. Once Casey departed, Chris took over for the vocal recordings. There are still a few tracks with some lyrical lines/melodies from both Casey and Chris that made it into the album and since the album never released with Chris's vocals, the band decided to keep most of what was already there, re-record and re-do some of the vocal lines and make the album into the one we know today. There are still a few faint hints of the others like a melody with Chris's voice in the song 'Light' close to the start of the song, Casey's "I see light" at the end of 'Racecar', and I believe that some of Jake's lyrics from 'Zyglrox' were kept but the song almost completely redone vocally, along with a few harmonies across the album that Spencer lined up with the other vocalists melodies. Long story, but the album is a complex kinda 'mash-up' of about 4 vocalists, 4 guitarists, 2 bassists, and one drummer. I honestly do not believe there will ever be another album that could ever go through that much processing, mixing, and re-recording as this one did. In honesty, the final result is probably the best result it could've been. But to answer your question, yes. Chris came before Spencer.
Everybody: *Chris is better* *No! Spencer is!* Me: *Just happy that they kicked Chris out because now we have a Monuments with Chris and Spencer Periphery is good as well*
