Periphery (band)

Periphery

Periphery is an American metal band from Bethesda, Maryland (by way of Baltimore, Maryland), formed in 2005.

History

Formation and lineup changes (2005–2009)

Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005. He slowly gained a reputation on the Internet, primarily via a regularly-updated Soundclick account, Meshuggah and John Petrucci forums, and the sevenstring.org message boards. Before and during Periphery's tenure in the metal scene, Mansoor developed a reputation for doing his own audio production, the majority of which was performed with a home computer and a Pod XT during this period. Mansoor has continued to update his personal project, Bulb, which preceded Periphery, often transferring songs between the two projects. Mansoor continues to be involved in a number of other musical projects, including Haunted Shores with Mark Holcomb, Being (a space-prog metal outfit), and Of Man Not of Machine with Elliot Coleman (Sky Eats Airplane) and Holcomb.

Between 2005 and 2009, Periphery worked with vocalists Jake Veredika, Casey Sabol and Chris Barretto, gradually moving from a Meshuggah-influenced sound to a more progressive sound, with a focus on innovative production. In 2009, the band announced via their MySpace blog that they had signed a one record deal with Sumerian Records, on which they would release their debut full-length album.

Periphery has toured extensively since 2008, supporting artists including DevilDriver, Veil of Maya, Animals as Leaders, God Forbid, Darkest Hour, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fear Factory, and Fair to Midland.

Spencer Sotelo and self-titled debut (2010–present)

In January 2010, Sumerian and Periphery announced April 20 as the release date of the band's self-titled debut album, to be distributed by Sumerian Records in the United States, Distort Records in Canada and Roadrunner Records in Australia and the rest of the world. On January 20, 2010, amid swirling speculation that they had changed vocalists again, Periphery uploaded an album sampler featuring vocals by Spencer Sotelo, a San Diego native, who was later announced to be Periphery's new vocalist. The band later clarified via their MySpace blog that the split with Barretto had not been acrimonious. On April 8, 2010, Periphery posted a new track, "Insomnia" on their Myspace page, as well as announced a tour of Australia in support of The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Periphery released their self-titled debut album, Periphery, through Sumerian Records on April 20, 2010. It debuted at #128 on the Billboard Top 200, as well as #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Since the release of the album, Periphery have headlined venues around the US, and are scheduled to make a short tour of the UK in February along with TesseracT and Monuments

On January 19, 2011 the music video for "Jetpacks Was Yes!" was posted exclusively on NME. The video features a re-recorded and re-structured radio edit of the song, which will be featured on their upcoming Icarus Lives EP.

Discography

Studio albums

• Periphery (2010)

Videography

• Icarus Lives
• Jetpacks Was Yes

Band members

Current

• Alex Bois — guitars, live backing vocals (since 2005)
• Jake Bowen — guitars, programming (since 2007)
• Matt Halpern — drums, percussion (since 2009)
• Misha "Bulb" Mansoor — guitars, programming, producer (since 2005)
• Tom Murphy — bass guitar (since 2005)
• Spencer Sotelo — lead vocals (since 2010)

Former

• Chris Barretto — lead vocals (2009)
• Travis Orbin — drums (2005–2009)
• Casey Sabol — lead vocals (2007–2008)
• Jake Veredika — lead vocals (2005–2007)

External links

• Official Periphery MySpace Page
• Misha Mansoor's Soundclick Page
• Sumerian Records
• Official Haunted Shores MySpace Page
• Periphery's Youtube Channel