Fun fact, all of P1 is written by misha, and the vocal parts by spencer. Misha even wrote the drums and programmed them. P1 is basically the misha mansoor show
5:23 "I can hear your voice at night (Your light lost in a waking dream within)" - Elliot Coleman from Good Tiger sings that part, and that wild high part. So you're right on, @Alekoshred, it doesn't sound like Spencer lol
What is really fun about Periphery is that it connects deeply by the melodics, while at the same time hits you hard like a truck with those heavy riffs. It's not easy to explain, different, catching.
To me this is my favorite periphery song of all time, and unless something is released otherwise, nothing will top it. I say this because I believe this song encompasses everything that periphery can do as a band and well, amazing vocal lines and melodies, crushing riffs, beautiful ambience, clean sections, mesmerizing solos, amazing drumming, etc. if I had to suggest another periphery song definitely Ragnarok or Masamune! Also I love the reactions and vids! Keep it up man, they’re entertaining as hell!
I find it funny how I’ve been listening to Racecar for so long (it’s my favorite periphery song) and never noticed it wasn’t Spencer around 5:00 until you pointed it out haha.
it's the year i started playing guitar but i don't miss those times at all, i hated school and i couldn't wait to pass the 'sucking at guitar' phase of the beginner 😁😁
Fun fact, the drums are electronic. Matt used an electronic kit for this album and icarus. Not exactly sure why but I assume it was to save money maybe instead of renting a studio to record drums. They mightve made the whole album in their bedrooms lol
Their best song. Also the drum breakdown around 7:30 I think is the best I've ever heard in metal. I've heard so many drum solos that didn't have shit half as cool or difficult as that. That's why Matt is the best drummer in metal hands down
@@TheVashnessItself99 not really. while misha was involved in the spread of the term in the early 2010s, it was actually fredrik thordendal in 2002-03 who coined the term while trying to explain the sound they wanted on the album "nothing". regardless, future breed machine definitely qualifies as djent.
@Boof Lord There will be new OMNOM some day, both Elliot and Misha work on material from time to time, you can catch some clips on Instagram. But it's very much a thing they have together as friends and aren't rushing.
The big problem for Spencer was that the entire album was written with a different vocalist in mind, that vocalist ended up leaving or getting kicked out of the band and Spencer came in to perform vocal lines and melodies he had no process in writing. Still a completely killer song though. P2 was the first album that Spencer had a part in the process of writing melodies and lyrics.
yeah, the difference in P2 is just crazy, good thing they took enough time to find a guy like Spencer before releasing the debut, what an inspiration this man is... 🤘🤘
Sadly my personal opinion is that this material was much better than anything Spencer's written since. I think Spencer's voice on this album is fucking incredible but when he started writing his own stuff and raised his voice intonations I lost interest
How would you rank the long songs man? Reptile, Omega and Racecar. I would have to go Omega > Racecar > Reptile, mostly due to nostalgia because I've been listening to Periphery for almost 5 years now. Reptile is great but for such a long song, it has a rather simplistic song structure, and I think the other tracks have a bit more surprising moments throughout.
Omega tops all three for me too, i find myself coming back to it a lot more often than Racear and Reptile, but i can't decide between those two which one i like more, maybe Reptile just because of the wide spectre of vocals showcased in it, but alone as instrumentals i'd say Racecar beats Reptile 🤔
@@alekoshred For sure man, I feel like Omega kind of has the best of both worlds, great riffage and unpredictable structure like Racecar, and the great production and vocals from Spencer a la Reptile, plus can't beat that awesome jazz solo near the latter part of the track, such great dynamics throughout
Correct me if I am wrong about this but, the reason Spencer's vocals aren't as good in this album is because it was put together last minute with autotuning after their previous vocalist left the band. So it doesn't feel as polished as their later work. Not to mention that it was originally meant to be an instrumental album so having vocals just felt a little out of place at times. This is why whenever I come back to this album, especially racecar, I ALWAYS listen to the instrumental version, because it never feels boring and it's the way it was originally meant to be listened in. I really recommend listening to this song again without the vocals in your own time, as it gives you a different experience compared to with vocals. At least in my opinion it does. Thanks for finally getting to this song since there aren't many people reacting to this song. Try reacting to erised, as it has a guest solo by John Petrucci at the end of the song.
ooh ok, so that's why things don't sound that much in place with the vocals, and i'll make sure to react to Erised as well, thanks for being consistent here 🤘🤘
@@alekoshred No worries bro. I'm just happy that you are reacting and enjoy listening to one of my all time favourite bands back to back, instead of it being just a one time thing like most reactors. Periphery's music really just hits me in ways I've never felt before compared to other bands. I'm also an aspiring comic artist, and this band is also one of my biggest inspirations when writing and illustrating the story, characters and lore. Despite my minor gripes about their recent material(their last 2 albums to be exact), it still manages to make me feel things in ways I never expected emotionally.
Also Spencer did improve a lot over the years and imo his cleans and growls sound quite different than on P1. Man, I even felt like his growls are heavier on Hail Stan than they were on the album(s) before that. Maybe I'm tripping but I feel like his vocals change/improve more noticably than most vocalists.
@@alekoshred He's a long-time friend of the band and was in Tesseract very briefly (his only studio material is on the Perspective EP). These days he sings in a band called Good Tiger which has other members that were a part of that progressive metal / "djent" scene that really picked up around 2010 - 2013. Great singer!
@@alekoshred they're phenomenal, here are some of my recommendations. Bleed (their most famous song); Demiurge (unbeleivabley heavy); Clockworks (one of their more complex songs); Rational gaze (facemelting riffs); Dancers to a discordant system (puts you in a rhythmic trance); Future breed machine (powerhouse of a song)
Periphery I had some pretty good ideas but they are very all over the place even for Periphery style it's too chaotic. Later albums are IMO more of a collective work, songs better structured and the vocals are better and also fit the songs better. Still a good album though
Awesome reaction. This song is absolutely my favorite Periphery song and I think it's 100% the best representation of what the band has to offer. I know the lineup changes often leave this album in a bad light but I personally think Spencer was at his peak here and has only gotten less captivating as a singer since
Fun fact, all of P1 is written by misha, and the vocal parts by spencer. Misha even wrote the drums and programmed them. P1 is basically the misha mansoor show
5:23 "I can hear your voice at night (Your light lost in a waking dream within)" - Elliot Coleman from Good Tiger sings that part, and that wild high part.
So you're right on, @Alekoshred, it doesn't sound like Spencer lol
What is really fun about Periphery is that it connects deeply by the melodics, while at the same time hits you hard like a truck with those heavy riffs. It's not easy to explain, different, catching.
That was actually a pretty good explanation of what their songs feel like 😁🤘
MIsha is known to be an amazing producer next to amazing composer. He produced early Veil of Maya and Animals as leaders stuff im psure.
absolute legend that man! 🤘
He also produced the first animals as leaders record
@@jonasmartinsen3439 he said that
To me this is my favorite periphery song of all time, and unless something is released otherwise, nothing will top it. I say this because I believe this song encompasses everything that periphery can do as a band and well, amazing vocal lines and melodies, crushing riffs, beautiful ambience, clean sections, mesmerizing solos, amazing drumming, etc. if I had to suggest another periphery song definitely Ragnarok or Masamune! Also I love the reactions and vids! Keep it up man, they’re entertaining as hell!
thnx brother, glad you dig the vids 🤘🤘 will do one of those two you suggested fur sure
This or Reptile for me man
This is the song that good me hooked for life . Now this is the only stuff I listen to now
Its been hard finding a band to top these guys in the last 2 months 😁
I find it funny how I’ve been listening to Racecar for so long (it’s my favorite periphery song) and never noticed it wasn’t Spencer around 5:00 until you pointed it out haha.
I've been listening to this album since 2010, man I miss 2010.
it's the year i started playing guitar but i don't miss those times at all, i hated school and i couldn't wait to pass the 'sucking at guitar' phase of the beginner 😁😁
Light is amazing song from this album
Agree, one of the highlights
Fun fact, the drums are electronic. Matt used an electronic kit for this album and icarus. Not exactly sure why but I assume it was to save money maybe instead of renting a studio to record drums. They mightve made the whole album in their bedrooms lol
matt wasnt in the band at that time. if i am not wrong misha programmed it
@@adeebmdislam4593 yup ^ Matt joined before P2
Their best song. Also the drum breakdown around 7:30 I think is the best I've ever heard in metal. I've heard so many drum solos that didn't have shit half as cool or difficult as that. That's why Matt is the best drummer in metal hands down
Veil haken
dude asked if djent was a thing in 2010
meshuggah's future breed machine came out in 1995
the word wasn't really widely used till that 2009-2010 era, meshuggah was just considered avant garde
@@TheVashnessItself99 not really. while misha was involved in the spread of the term in the early 2010s, it was actually fredrik thordendal in 2002-03 who coined the term while trying to explain the sound they wanted on the album "nothing". regardless, future breed machine definitely qualifies as djent.
@@jackcafarella1062 I said "widely" used, not when it was first used.
I think parts of the vocals in this song were done by Elliot Coleman.
For example at 5:22 I'm 90% sure that's Elliot.
@Boof Lord There will be new OMNOM some day, both Elliot and Misha work on material from time to time, you can catch some clips on Instagram. But it's very much a thing they have together as friends and aren't rushing.
The big problem for Spencer was that the entire album was written with a different vocalist in mind, that vocalist ended up leaving or getting kicked out of the band and Spencer came in to perform vocal lines and melodies he had no process in writing. Still a completely killer song though. P2 was the first album that Spencer had a part in the process of writing melodies and lyrics.
yeah, the difference in P2 is just crazy, good thing they took enough time to find a guy like Spencer before releasing the debut, what an inspiration this man is... 🤘🤘
Not to mention that P1 was just more suited to being an instrumental album. The vocals just puts me out of it at times in certain songs.
Sadly my personal opinion is that this material was much better than anything Spencer's written since. I think Spencer's voice on this album is fucking incredible but when he started writing his own stuff and raised his voice intonations I lost interest
Totla mad is another really cool song on this album
How would you rank the long songs man? Reptile, Omega and Racecar. I would have to go Omega > Racecar > Reptile, mostly due to nostalgia because I've been listening to Periphery for almost 5 years now. Reptile is great but for such a long song, it has a rather simplistic song structure, and I think the other tracks have a bit more surprising moments throughout.
Omega tops all three for me too, i find myself coming back to it a lot more often than Racear and Reptile, but i can't decide between those two which one i like more, maybe Reptile just because of the wide spectre of vocals showcased in it, but alone as instrumentals i'd say Racecar beats Reptile 🤔
@@alekoshred For sure man, I feel like Omega kind of has the best of both worlds, great riffage and unpredictable structure like Racecar, and the great production and vocals from Spencer a la Reptile, plus can't beat that awesome jazz solo near the latter part of the track, such great dynamics throughout
Racecar > Reptile > Omega for me
Correct me if I am wrong about this but, the reason Spencer's vocals aren't as good in this album is because it was put together last minute with autotuning after their previous vocalist left the band. So it doesn't feel as polished as their later work. Not to mention that it was originally meant to be an instrumental album so having vocals just felt a little out of place at times. This is why whenever I come back to this album, especially racecar, I ALWAYS listen to the instrumental version, because it never feels boring and it's the way it was originally meant to be listened in. I really recommend listening to this song again without the vocals in your own time, as it gives you a different experience compared to with vocals. At least in my opinion it does. Thanks for finally getting to this song since there aren't many people reacting to this song. Try reacting to erised, as it has a guest solo by John Petrucci at the end of the song.
ooh ok, so that's why things don't sound that much in place with the vocals, and i'll make sure to react to Erised as well, thanks for being consistent here 🤘🤘
@@alekoshred No worries bro. I'm just happy that you are reacting and enjoy listening to one of my all time favourite bands back to back, instead of it being just a one time thing like most reactors. Periphery's music really just hits me in ways I've never felt before compared to other bands. I'm also an aspiring comic artist, and this band is also one of my biggest inspirations when writing and illustrating the story, characters and lore. Despite my minor gripes about their recent material(their last 2 albums to be exact), it still manages to make me feel things in ways I never expected emotionally.
Also Spencer did improve a lot over the years and imo his cleans and growls sound quite different than on P1. Man, I even felt like his growls are heavier on Hail Stan than they were on the album(s) before that.
Maybe I'm tripping but I feel like his vocals change/improve more noticably than most vocalists.
5:30 that's actually not spencer haha. it's Elliot from the band good tiger
I f'ing knew it!! 😁😁 Thnx for clearing that up 🤘
@@alekoshred He's a long-time friend of the band and was in Tesseract very briefly (his only studio material is on the Perspective EP). These days he sings in a band called Good Tiger which has other members that were a part of that progressive metal / "djent" scene that really picked up around 2010 - 2013. Great singer!
Djent became a thing in the late 90's. You can thank meshuggah for that
aaah, ok, i guess i should finally stop avoiding them and give their stuff a proper listen 😁🤘
@@alekoshred they're phenomenal, here are some of my recommendations.
Bleed (their most famous song);
Demiurge (unbeleivabley heavy);
Clockworks (one of their more complex songs);
Rational gaze (facemelting riffs);
Dancers to a discordant system (puts you in a rhythmic trance);
Future breed machine (powerhouse of a song)
Periphery I had some pretty good ideas but they are very all over the place even for Periphery style it's too chaotic. Later albums are IMO more of a collective work, songs better structured and the vocals are better and also fit the songs better.
Still a good album though
yep, it's a very visible and beautiful progress from here on, the addition of Mark later on adds another spicy flavor to the already majestic salad 😁
for me its not chaos just beautiful, periphery 1 is my favorite periphery album and misha mansoor's baby because he composed the whole thing himself.
Awesome reaction. This song is absolutely my favorite Periphery song and I think it's 100% the best representation of what the band has to offer. I know the lineup changes often leave this album in a bad light but I personally think Spencer was at his peak here and has only gotten less captivating as a singer since
It's my favorite too but tbh I think Reptile or Omega are even better representations of all the shit they can do
Racecar backwards spells Racecar.
strategic name choice 😁