Periphery Stranger Things 

This is awesome! I'm glad you guys dug the song, thanks for doing this!

1. There is only one vocalist (Spenser Sotelo) 2. This album (Juggernaut: Omega) is a concept album with a full story, as this is the conclusion 3. This song has nothing to do with the TV series Stranger Things as the album was released before the series 4. The person of this story is in the underworld, believing it’s his time to leave but is confused why he’s still imprisoned down there (“hourglass is spinning”) finally, he becomes reborn into the overworld, as his new life starts off and is possible to escape his past life [in Juggernaut: Alpha] that brought him to the underworld in the first place. In his past life, he was born into an cult that he always considers unholy but couldn’t escape (“man in control”). The “demon of the day” refers to his own intellectual demon that he was under during a time of brainwash in the cult. [better explained in the song MK Ultra which is in Juggernaut: Alpha] 5. Y’all are spot on, amazing analysis

I still get goosebumps when Spencer hits those high notes man. Iconic.

If you like Periphery, you’ll also dig Tesseract.

It’s amazing that you guys did this. I LOVE Periphery. Yes, it’s the same guy. He’s fantastic. Also, Sori, if you want a harder one listen to The Bad Thing. Amazing song and lyrics. It’s my favorite from them.

A sadistic person is the one who enjoys seeing other people in pain, a masochistic person is a person who enjoys feeling the pain

Yay periphery. They are an acquired taste.

YES! Some Periphery! I'm legitimately surprised you guys liked this. I am especially surprised after Vin said he didn't generally like prog metal too much. Also, I didn't think you'd like Spencer Sotelo's vocals (the only vocalist), after disliking Rob Halford's vocals, which made me think you didn't like singers who belted so high, lol. But I'm glad I'm wrong. As I'm sure others have said, this song is the closer to their concept double album: Juggernaut: Alpha and Omega. It would be another great experience to listen to all the way through. ;) Spencer said he took inspiration from shows / movies like True Detective and Rosemary's Baby for the lyrics and imagery. Also, these albums came out way before the show 'Stranger Things' was released, but there may have been some sort of inspiration somewhere.

It would be crazy awesome for you guys to do the full Juggernaut story. It is broken up over 2 albums (Alpha being part 1, Omega part 2), and in regards to how close you were - you were on the right track. I do think with a full listen you would be able to fill in the parts you were a little off about, but overall a great review/reaction. You both go into so much more detail than other channels and it is appreciated!

Awesome reaction guys! I loved the breakdown of the lyrics. I've been a huge periphery fan for many years.

At around 8:58 Sori feels the power of Spencers voice hahaha. Shes nods like "yeeeeaaahhh".

I love finding lesser known reaction channels like yours that really delve into the song instead of just listening to it and throwing in a few lines at the end. Gg for making quality reactions, really.

This is one of my all time favorite songs from Periphery and one of my favorite songs of all time!

So glad you guys did Periphery, they’re by far my favorite band and as amazing as they are they don’t get the credit they are due. Hope to see more periphery reactions from you guys, and great job making sense of the lyrics behind it!

Obsessed with this song! So happy to see you liked it, this video brought me a lot of joy!

Periphery is insane, you really can't go wrong with these guys. I recommend listening to Juggernaut Alpha and Omega all at once in order. Still my favorite albums to date. Cheers

Somehow this was suggested to me, and this is all it took for me to sub. Your analysis of the music and lyrics is refreshingly thoughtful and intelligent. I look forward to digging into the backlog, and I hope that interview happens! Periphery is easily my favorite band.

Love Matts drumming in this soo much! Glad to see you guys find Periphery :D

Good to see my favorite band getting some recognition on your channel!

This really needs to be a project for you all in the future. There are a wide range of sounds the created for this double album and the themes involved are ripe for you all to sink into. I would definitely tune into a live listening session.

Yes! Periphery! And my favorite song by them too! You need some back story to this. This is the last song of the 2 part concept album written by Spencer their vocalist. Basically its about a man who is born into a cult. Hes forced to do horrible things. And he tries to leave. But he gets brought back. And he meets a woman. The "Priestess" which is another song. They fall in love and want to leave. But they know if they do, they will be hunted and killed. She is found and put in a jail of sorts and tortured. But she tells him to leave. She dies and when he leaves so does he. Which is this song. Hjs journey into another realm. The next life. Spencer has said he doesnt believe in god or heaven, but that his character will have gone to whatever higher place there is.

Best song you guys ever reacted to. And i loved that you were jamming with it at the end ♡ i subbed!

I love watching people react to Periphery, they've been my favorite band since 2010. Insane how far they've come since then. You guys are spot on with their style and message, this concept album is seriously up there with The Wall

I have seen this band live, and they are bloody phenomenal. Periphery were the first band I saw live, and I loved the concert. The whole place was rocking when Stranger Things started playing. Won't forget that evening

I really enjoy that they still provide good sound quality while the song is ongoing! Fuck yeah-and analysis!

Vin, masochists enjoy their own pain, while sadists enjoy the pain of others. Thus the term S&M. Not clearing that up was killing me. This song is awesome though; you should checkout Tesseract - Luminary. Teseract are of similar quality to Periphery.

I just love you guys and how you analyze music and lyrics. Please don't stop!

So fun watching you guys get into it!

Oh my god you guys did it! Thank you.

Vocally, Spencer Sotello is a powerhouse. He has ridiculous levels of control over how clean or muddied/gruff his voice is. His growls aren’t as impressive, but still fantastic. Instrumentally though, these guys are a nuclear fusion of chaos, groove and technicality. It all blends together into a beautiful, sonic bliss. I often just lay in bed playing their full discography front to back, simply letting time flow by for a bit. Glad you guys had a chance to experience such a band as this and I always enjoy your breakdowns of lyrical concepts and the varied methods of storytelling you find within music. And you yourselves are quite the fonts of knowledge. Glad to see such expansive thoughts and world views explained through your past experiences and your spreading of that knowledge and experience. Keep doing what you’re doing guys, glad I ran into your channel some months ago now.

So happy to see somebody review periphery! Loved the lyrical analysis

YES!!!! Thanks so much for doing this I haven’t started the video yet but thanks again!! Edit: If you want some heavier Periphery stuff I would check out Make Total Destroy or Habitual Line Stepper. If you want more melodic stuff check out Marigold or Erised. I can’t wait to see more Periphery and an interview with them would be incredible!!! Great video as always. :D

I look forward to hearing another review from this album. Listen to “The Bad Thing” off of this album next!!

yes!! hell yeah this is easily one of my top 3 fav bands...these guys r amazing!

I loved that moment between Vin and Sori in the beginning. You can tell how much love there is between them. I appreciate the shit out of that as a married mad. Keep the love on display guys

Absolomb by Periphery off the Select Difficulty album. You guys will definitely like it. 🤘🏼 Keep it up Vin & Sori 👍🏼

YEEEESSSSSSS!!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE.

This is the final song in a concept album. But you guys analysed it pretty well and got the general point of the song.

This is fucking lovely.... I loved it guys! Keep it up!

My favorite band of all time, so glad you guys did a review of them. Their discography is riddled with classics. Probably way too many to list them all on here, but since you guys seem to enjoy the heavier stuff here are a few suggestions: Masamune, Ragnarok, Make Total Destroy, Zyglrox, Psychosphere, The Bad Thing, and their cover of The Heretic Anthem from Slipknot.

The song is part of a two part concept album. It starts off with a baby being born to a cult and having a demon sealed within him. As it goes throughout the story, he ends up killing the cult in revenge for the torture and then takes his own life. Stranger Things is telling the story of how he’s in the underworld. The melody that appears at the very end of the song is a recall from the first song of the Juggernaut albums, A Black Minute, which implies that he’s become a demon and is being summoned by another cult, also implying that the story will go through the same cycle. To really appreciate the full scope of the song, you should listen to the albums together. There’s tons of lyrics that come throughout the albums as well as music. The amount of thought they put into these albums is staggering. If you’re not interested in hearing all of the concept, but want to hear some more from this band, definitely check out Periphery III: Select Difficulty. They stepped up their songwriting even from Juggernaut.

VinAnd Sori, love how open you guys are to these new songs and opinions. As a huge, huge fan of Periphery I'd say doing almost any of their songs are completely worth it. Lyrically I think you guys can check out Nihilist by Architects...other songs by them which are cool are : Gone with the wind, Doomsday and Memento Mori! Greetings from South Africa!

Yess!!!!🤘🏽🤘🏽now ANIMALS AS LEADERS🤘🏽🤘🏽Vin and Sori FOREVER much love

I've listened to this song and album countless times and have always understood, the basic story of the song, but I've never really understood what the lyrics exactly meant in this song. Thanks for another great breakdown guys. Pretty amazing how spot on your analysis was of a song that's at the end of a 2-disc concept album lol.

You guys should really consider sitting down and doing a full album review of this. I haven’t looked through the rest of the comments to see, but I’m sure someone has told you by now that Juggernaut: Omega is the second part of a double concept album. The whole thing is truly incredible and considering how much you enjoyed this song, I’m sure you’ll feel the same way. Both musically and lyrically, the album has great recurring motifs and themes. With how much you value really breaking down the song, you’d probably spend a whole day on it, but it’s a really rewarding listen and it stands up to repeat listenings very well. Since release I’ve given this one easily a hundred full plays and I still find new reasons to love it every time. Awesome video. Keep up the thoughtful and insightful content!

This video got me viewing, more NeO and this etc. Between the Buried and Me - Telos Wow this analysis was really great, you guys nailed it without even listening to any of the other songs, i'm impressed

Guys, you truly are amazing! I’m convinced you will enjoy watching and listening to Architects - A match made in heaven

#RelationshipGoals ... my first time meeting you both, and you're adorable together. Great analysis, loved watching you vibe along with the song, and you even managed to get Misha to comment? Awesome stuff! Cheers :)

My favorite periphery song. It's an absolute masterpiece. So glad you liked it.

That intro was hilarious lmao I would've recommend Flatline over this song but still not a bad song. This song has no relation to the TV show because Periphery released a double concept album, Alpha/Omega. It's about a man who grows up in a cult, kills and all that bad stuff, realizes the error of his ways, gets out and can't adjust to a normal life, then ends up going back to the cult and it's worse than before he left. If anyone is interested I can find the video of Spencer (the singer) talking about it. But I'm just glad you two finally discovered Periphery. Incredible band.

Best RU-vid couple award! I swear on it

Iced Earth - Melancholy

This guy is wicked smaht! Great understanding of the lyrics and the concept after one listen. Such a great song too

whoa, cool to see periphery on this channel! And Spencer is the singer and he's the only singer in the band. There are also 3 guitarists haha, kind of nuts but it works and doesn't at the same time. Couple of other songs to check out by them are Prayer Position, Luck as a Constant and Scarlet.

You are amazing guys!

These guys are easily one of the greatest live bands and band in general. Simply amazing musicians and people

Yes finally!!!! thank you!! can you guys do absolomb by Periphery?

So good seeing Periphery getting some love on here! I've been following Misha's work since his Bulb days. This double concept album is an excellent introduction to this style of work. I really enjoyed your discussion about it coming from a position of not knowing it was a concept project. "Exhale your death and feel life" is probably one of my favorite lines ever. It's such a great visual. The whole song is a beautiful, spiritual trip. It's awesome that you guys really enjoyed it! You should absolutely check out Tesseract since you guys enjoyed this so much. Those dudes are masters of this style of very atmospheric, yet hard hitting music and Dan Tompkins is an absolute POWERHOUSE of a vocalist. And yes, you guys need to binge Stranger Things. Like...now. And oh good lord yes do a live listen of Portal of I or Citadel by Ne Obliviscaris. I will get on my knees and beg for that if I have to! One small correction: a masochist derives pleasure from their own pain/humiliation. A sadist is one who drives pleasure from the pain/humiliation of others. Much love guys! -Jason

Good ol Periphery, awesome band live, loved their first album which was self-titled. Definitely look into their catalog, you'll find some great songs to enjoy. :)

Whenever I hear the Majestic Aura 🔥

Spencer's versatility as a vocalist is unreal. Seeing him do this shit live when they toured on this album just blew my mind.

Aw poor sparky, he's probably feeling sad and left out on this video. You guys haven't said his name on the beginning and the end of the video like you usually do since the day he joined us. Lol Love Periphery hope you guys will react to more of their songs. Ragnarok is my favorite of theirs. Keep up the good work. And sparky, my dude we love you man! \m/

Deftones - Beware

You guys touched briefly on a really fascinating concept, which is the aesthetics, and aestheticization of violence. Laurent Tailhade once said "What do the victims matter, so long as the gesture is beautiful?" Oddly enough I first heard this quote when Deathspell Omega used it to open one of their EPs, Mass Grave Aesthetics, with it. We love violence though. Truly. We have always loved violence through the ages. Whether it be the pastime of watching Christians being mauled to death in the coliseums, or a brutal football tackle, it's all violence, and it's pleasing within the context of society. This is without even touching on violence in art, cinema, music, etc.

I would love it if you guys did a bit of a Periphery beige reaction haha, they have a amazing catalog of music!

Stranger things is an amazing series. A bit of nostalgia in it. You two will love it. As for this band, not really my thing but people really enjoy them.

First off I really enjoy your guy's videos. It's always nice to see people branch out in music! Periphery has some deep songs that's for sure. I suggest trying to listen to Mikasa by Veil of Maya, or Hansha by Oceans Ate Alaska sometime! Keep doing what you're doing guys!

For only one song of this concept album, you really dissected this PRETTY well. The character actually did kill him self. Great analysis.

Good song and great reaction ! Love you

The guys are in a league of their own. Infinitely intricate and accessible.

I saw the notification and had hopes for another HURT song since you revisited Alice in Chains but Periphery is just fine as well. Underrated band.

This is my favorite Periphery song ever, and I was so surprised and elated when this came through my feed! Juggernaut: Alpha and Omega was indeed a concept album, and a damn ambitious one at that, but these guys are master craftsmen in music. I'd love to hear you guys react to Awakening by Unleash The Archers. They are my favorite power metal band, and Brittney Slayes is an amazing vocalist who weaved an amazing story on their recent concept album, Apex.

i really like that you guys direct the lyrics

Underoath - Paper Lung

Yup I enjoyed as well Vin! I want to hear the entire album now.

Huge fan of Periphery, my personal favorite song is The Bad Thing. Big fan of Scarlet, Catch Fire and Marigold. The Way The News Goes is also a great song from P3

I love seeing people who just get it right away.

More Periphery is a must! You guys also need to do Architects!

PERIPHERY! Love these guys - got to hang out with them briefly after a show several years back and they're all genuinely nice and down to earth guys. 22 Faces is another great song off of this album (the first half of the album, Juggernaut: Alpha), MK Ultra is great, and songs on other albums of theirs you guys would like are Luck as a Constant, Prayer Position, Marigold, Light, Jetpacks Was Yes!, and Scarlet. (I really like these guys, if you can't tell. Hahaha)

I REALLY hope you guys do some more Periphery, Hexes, Phoenix, Utopia & Dystopia are some of my faveys

I really enjoyed your guy's interpretation of the song without having context of the previous story of the whole concept album, it was impressive really. I'd love to hear you break down and interpret each song in the Juggernaut album!

I love you guys!

Never heard of this band or song, very cool song. Have a great day you two ^^

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I is just such a fantastic album it's hard to pick one song off of, but since you guys already did Plague Flowers I would recommend Forget Not. But yeah the full album is an hour long and it's a journey man. I'm like Sori when I listen to it, just close my eyes and go to a different place.

Gotta listen to periphery - habitual line stepper next, It's one of my favorite songs under stranger things

You guys just earned yourself a subscriber.

Reign of darkness- Thy art is murder (music video) Land of snow and sorrow- Wintersun Carbon phrases- Alkaloid Crushed- Parkway Drive I'm gonna spam this on every video

Hey guys! Really cool react, I really dig that you not only listen to the song but goes even deeper and analyze it from a philosophical point, keep it up! Oh, and it would be cool to see you guys reacting to Tesseract - Exiled

I have noticed the love you guys have for Aussie metal (thy art is murder, parkway drive, periphery) I would like to see you guys react to another Aussie band called Make Them Suffer song "Save Yourself". I looks forward to more reactions from you both keep air guitaring vin its awesome. Thanks

Hey guy's I had never heard this band before. Thanks for the introduction. Black crown initiate, Rivers of nihil, and Persefone are similar bands and should be kept on your radar.

Not what I expected typing this into RU-vid. Lol but I definitely recommend you guys listen to both Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega if you haven’t already by now. Spencer the lead vocalist actually did an interview that explains the entire series if you would like to see that. It’s an intense story and definitely great to listen to when I’m cleaning around the house. It’s like listening to a movie and imagining everything that’s happening instead of worried about what’s happening on the TV. Really great to get lost in.

You guys will love everything by them if you like this song I am a long time fan and have them tattooed on my arm and I've been to alot if their shows the band is very friendly and love their fans they have 8 albums and they all have beautiful melodies and unbelievable hard spots enjoy. Long time fan for 10 years now and love every album Djent on!!!

Go with Tesseract’s Lament. It’s probably not a super popular pick, but I see you two liking it a lot, and it has everything to love about Tesseract.

Vin is jamming while Sori tries to take notes. :D

Although unrelated to the show, there is a joke that one of the band members did where he said that the song was so good people made a show and named it after the song.

Has anyone mentioned Architects - Doomsday Stick To Your Guns - Nobody Vanna - paranoia Euphoria Bury Tomorrow - Royal blood Angelmaker - Abysmal Wage war - Youngblood

Great breakdown of the lyrics, very close. Juggernaut: Alpha/Omega is a two part concept album, alpha being the first half and omega being the second half, the vocalist Spencer did a breakdown of the whole story in an interview, very fascinating. Do the whole album breakdown sometime! Fantastic band.

Check out *Volumes- Edge of The Earth* ☺

Jumping all over the place watching random “reaction videos” and you guys are awesome. Periphery is a kick ass band. If you listen to juggernaut alpha and omega in order the 2 albums tell a story and it’s awesome. (And yes just 1 vocalist)

This makes me think you guys will really like Protest the Hero. They are very similar to Periphery in a lot of ways. Here I am again pushing PROTEST THE HERO - C'EST LA VIE!