Periphery (album)

Periphery
Studio album by Periphery
Released	April 20, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Progressive metal, djent
Length	72:52
Label	Sumerian, Distort, Roadrunner
Producer	Periphery, Matt Murphy
Periphery chronology
Periphery (2010) Icarus EP (2011)
Singles from Periphery
"Icarus Lives!" Released: April 23, 2010 "Jetpacks Was Yes!" Released: January 21, 2011 "Passenger" Released: February 21, 2012[1]

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Periphery is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Periphery, signed by Sumerian Records and released on April 20, 2010. Many songs on the track list had been written long before the release date but due to vocalist complications the debut album had been postponed on several occasions. Former vocalist Chris Barretto had nearly finished recording the album before he and the band parted ways months before its release. Rather than release the songs with Barretto's vocals, the band decided to rerecord Barretto's songs with Spencer Sotelo; however, Sotelo only re-worked a few of the melodies when recording vocals, versus writing completely new lyrics. As a result, Sabol's and Barretto's lyrics and vocal melodies and harmonies are still featured on the record. The album was re-released on February 6, 2012 as a 'Special Edition' including instrumentals, along with a new song "Passenger," originally recorded by guitarist Mark Holcomb during his time in the band Haunted Shores.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Insomnia"	4:49
2.	"The Walk"	5:06
3.	"Letter Experiment"	6:51
4.	"Jetpacks Was Yes!"	3:57
5.	"Light"	5:50
6.	"All New Materials"	5:20
7.	"Buttersnips"	5:54
8.	"Icarus Lives!"	4:24
9.	"Totla Mad"	4:00
10.	"Ow My Feelings"	6:06
11.	"Zyglrox"	5:06
12.	"Racecar"	15:23
Total length:		72:52

iTunes Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Captain On"	3:13
14.	"Ragtime Dandies"	1:12

UK Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Eureka"	4:51

European Reissue Track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Passenger"	3:35

Other

• An instrumental version was released through the iTunes Store.
• Ragtime Dandies also appears at the end of Icarus Lives! on the CD version.
• Captain On and Eureka! were included on the Icarus EP.
• Passenger was released on February 21, 2012 as a digital-single via iTunes.

The following tracks were cut from the final album.^[3]

• Not Enough Mana
• Absolomb
• Far Out (later included on Periphery II as a bonus track)
• Project 15

Personnel

• Spencer Sotelo — lead vocals
• Misha "Bulb" Mansoor — guitar, programming, producer
• Jake Bowen — guitar, programming
• Alex Bois — guitar, backing vocals
• Tom Murphy — bass, backing vocals
• Matt Halpern — drums, percussion

All instruments produced, mixed and mastered by Misha Mansoor
All vocals recorded and produced by Matt Murphy at Illuminate Studios
All lyrics by Chris Barretto and Periphery except:

• "Icarus Lives!" Written by Periphery and Casey Sabol
• "Insomnia" Written by Periphery, Chris Barretto, and Casey Sabol
• "Letter Experiment" Written by Periphery, Chris Barretto, and Casey Sabol
• "Jetpacks Was Yes!" Written by Periphery and Matt Murphy

Guest Appearances:

• Adam 'Nolly' Getgood formerly of Red Seas Fire — Guest guitar solo on Totla Mad ^[4]
• Jeff Loomis formerly of Nevermore — Guest guitar solo on Racecar
• Elliot Coleman formerly of TesseracT — Guest vocals on Racecar
• Casey Sabol formerly of Periphery — Guest vocals on Racecar (although Sabol has repeatedly denied this: Jake Bowen later explained to a fan via his formspring account that the part was a one-off take done by Sabol that the band decided to keep on the final recording. This means that Sabol possibly had no idea that his vocals had been used.)^[5]

Album Artwork Layout & Design By: Benjamin Guarino of Thinking Imagery (^[6])

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak
2010	The Billboard 200	128
2010	Top Hard Rock Albums	12
2010	Top Heatseekers	2
2010	Top Independent Albums	18
2010	Top Rock Albums	39

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References

1. "Periphery Passenger (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
2. "PERIPHERY'S SPECIAL EDITION RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT SELF TITLED ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER...". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
3. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-557901.html
4. "Hi Pat, yes I did the guest solo on Totla Mad". Img508.imageshack.us. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
5. "I had absolutely nothing to do with their album". 140.photobucket.com. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
6. "Thinking Imagery". Thinking Imagery. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
7. "Periphery chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-07-07.

External links

• "Official Periphery MySpace Page".
• "Periphery Label".