{"id":77798,"date":"2019-04-04T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=77798"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:23:37","slug":"review-periphery-periphery-iv-hail-stan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-periphery-periphery-iv-hail-stan\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Periphery \u2013 Periphery IV: Hail Stan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77799\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/636850425241456065-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">In many ways you know what you\u2019re getting with a <strong>Periphery<\/strong> record. It\u2019s progressive, it\u2019s tech-metal, it\u2019s got a silly sub-title, but with \u2018<em>Periphery IV: Hail Stan<\/em>\u2019 they\u2019ve really pulled out the stops. This may be their sixth full-length, but they\u2019re treading new ground and it feels like a genuine step forward.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is their ambition more obvious than opener \u2018<em>Reptile<\/em>\u2019; Heavier, riffy and surprisingly focused, it\u2019s everything the band do best, sharpened to a point, and then left to run wild for seventeen minutes. Despite such a prolonged runtime it defies expectations by remaining focused and stunningly accomplished, even adding a spoken-word interlude from SIkTH\u2019s Mikee Goodman for a little garnish.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent tracks push the sound in different directions, and you never quite know where they will go. A storm of drums and feedback makes \u2018<em>Blood Eagle<\/em>\u2019 one of the heaviest songs they\u2019ve released, playing on Spencer Sotelo\u2019s scratchy scream, until the halfway point when he switches to soaring clean vocals, sending it stratospheric. While \u2018<em>Sentient Glow<\/em>\u2019 features a similar structure, the execution couldn\u2019t be more different, opening with an ode to thrash-metal only to fade delicately away, like a ship leaving shore. This transience is a feature of every song and though each has a groove, they never fall into a rut, which is a breath-taking achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, you hear the wealth of programming that flavoured previous releases, but here it feels new and interesting. There\u2019s glitching done properly, particularly on the bright industrial stomp of \u2018<em>Crush<\/em>\u2019 and some new guitar flavours on songs like \u2018<em>Chvrch Bvrner<\/em>\u2019 which mixes a wonderfully unusual riff and punchy fluid vocal. It not only works, but feels essential.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Periphery - Blood Eagle (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SzznL_8DIUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By presenting generic elements in fascinating new ways, <strong>Periphery<\/strong> manage to push their sound forward, building on their strengths in both engaging and exciting fashion. \u00a0Despite basking in contrast, it\u2019s a cohesive record and arguably one of their best.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Periphery IV: Hail Stan<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Periphery<\/strong> is released on 5th April on <strong>3DOT Recordings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Periphery<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/periphery.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/peripheryband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/peripheryband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/periphery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Periphery manage to push their sound forward, building on their strengths in both engaging and exciting fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":77799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[16816,16815,2500],"class_list":["post-77798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-3dot-recordings","tag-periphery-periphery-iv-hail-stan","tag-review"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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