This column breaks down five recently released singles in progressive, hardcore, and heavy music to add to your radar. This time the selections range from post-black metal to melodic metalcore to other styles. Whether from a newcomer or established act, we think you should give these songs a listen. Downfall of Gaia – “Bodies…
For some people (including us, on occasion), shitposting is a way of life. Seriously, if you’ve ever been to the Djent Shitposting group on Facebook, it might confuse you at first. Do people enjoy bands like Meshuggah, Periphery, and Tesseract? Are they making fun of them? The truth is somewhere in between – many people…
Periphery are one of a select few rock or metal bands who would dare to bookend their first independent release (2019’s Periphery IV: Hail Stan) with songs that clock in at over 26 minutes, in total. Then again, it’s not like the band is particularly interested in caring about your expectations – the former statement…
Bands like Periphery come along only once in a blue moon. Metal bands who can blend technicality, groove, melody, and heaviness all into one package are all too rare indeed, whether now or a decade ago. Alongside cohorts like Tesseract, Volumes, and Animals As Leaders that emerged at the tail end of the 2000s/early 2010s,…
