Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland formed in 2005. The band is known for their heavy, modern, and progressive sound that
includes polyrhythmic patterns and soaring melodies.
-Wikipedia
From:
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Genres:
Progressive metal, Djent
Years active:
2005-present
Associated acts:
Sky Eats Airplane, Animals as Leaders, Darkest Hour, Ever Forthright, Haunted Shores, Monuments, OMNOM, Red Seas Fire, TesseracT, Being, Corelia, Intervals, All That Remains, The Mothership, Bulb, Wes Hauch, Guthrie Govan, Twelve Foot Ninja.
Influences:
Deftones, Tool, Meshuggah, Sikth, Hiromi, Shane Gibson, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dream Theater, Ion Dissonance, Nevermore, Guthrie Govan, Between The Buried And Me, Nobuo Uematsu, Devin Townsend, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Gojira, Mats/Morgan,
The Refused, Ron and Bobby Jarzombek, Textures, Return to Forever and Paul Ortiz (aka Chimp Spanner)
Name Origin:
Alex Bois had this to say on the meaning behind the band's name:
"As far as the band name goes, we wanted something that was not your typical metal kind of name, y'know? We wanted something a bit more ambiguous
to not
really have something that sounded like we're tied down to a 'genre'."
Members:
Spencer Sotelo -
lead vocals (2010-present)
Misha "Bulb" Mansoor -
guitars, production (2005-present)
Jake Bowen -
guitars, programming (2007-present), vocals (2011-present)
Mark Holcomb -
guitars (2011-present)
Adam "Nolly" Getgood -
bass guitar (2012-present), programming (2005-present)
Matt Halpern -
drums, percussion (2009-present)
Past members:
Jason Berlin - drums (2005)
Jake Veredika - lead vocals (acted as a stand-in vocalist for Divine Heresy) (2005-2007)
Casey Sabol - lead vocals (2007-2008)
Travis Orbin (now in Darkest Hour) - drums (2005-2009)
Chris Barretto - lead vocals (now in Ever Forthright and Monuments) (2008-2010)
Alex Bois - guitars, backing vocals (2005-2011)
Tom Murphy - bass guitar, backing vocals (2005-2011)
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