PERIPHERY - Masamune
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- This is the end of the "Trilogy" on the album and this song was originally demoed in Mauritius when I was on vacation. I remember being in a particularly good mood and wondering why all my heavy riffs had to be so dark, and I decided to try to write something a bit "happier" sounding. And that is how I Soundclick demo known as "The Moonstar". Again this idea felt incomplete to the band and I, and I didn't want to work on it until I could take a really good stab at it, and I ended up writing the rest of this song on a retreat. Even if the other guys aren't writing, I definitely like having them there to oversee things and get their opinion on my ideas and where the song/arrangement is heading. I wanted this song to have a Jekyll/Hyde kind of arrangement so that it could end on a dark note to really contrast the upbeat and happy first half, and the doomy middle section ended up being a good way to bridge the two halves of the song. When we started writing the trilogy, we realized that we could arrange this song to be not only the end of the song but the end of the album, especially as the second riff of this song is a reference to the second riff of Muramasa, and lyrically it worked perfectly for what was going on in the story. Spencer ended up taking a very different approach to this song which caught me off guard at first, but once I started understanding what he was going for I realized that he knew exactly what he was doing. I think for everyone else in the band, this song was the "take it or leave it" song, but I was the one really gunning for it. When it all came to life in the studio and had Spencer's complete ideas, I think it quickly became one of our favorites, and on a lot of days it is my favorite song on the album. Originally, I had planned a different ending for this song where it would go back to a prettier riff from earlier on after the groove at the end, but the rest of the guys were adamant about having the song fade out on a heavy riff. I was reluctant at first, but then i toyed with the idea and realized that their idea was indeed better. A lot of people think that because of the end riff in the song that the song is played in a weird tuning or on an 8 string. In actuality it is a 7 string in Drop Ab as usual, but for the very last riff, we detuned the guitars and bass at random to get a huge sludgy sound. Presumably we will just do that when we play this song live as well. I think this song would be a great way to close a set! - Misha
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This song is like walking down a familiar road then suddenly realizing you have *no idea* *_where the fuck you are._*
Or you're just walking up a mountain and suddenly fall down a hole. lol
Undertale.
In-fucking-dubitably
I don't know where I am right now!
Perfect description
I swear the heaviness of their songs must be determined by how deep Matt's v neck is that day.
Day 1 of recording Masamune = normal v neck
Day 2 of recording Masamune = deep v neck
Day 3 of recording Masamune = God damnit Matt....
at what point does the v neck just turn into a shirt with a gap in the middle? 🤔
@@iris_the_cat That was when they recorded Hell Below
The last 90 seconds of this song is just all kinds of brutal
Exactly. i listen to the whole thing just to hear the end
@@ChristopherMundahl the ending on its own is amazing, but only in context it's a masterpiece
That whole part has been stuck in my head for the past 10 years - it's one of my all-time favorites
It plays in my head all day that it gives me (dare I say it).. Insomnia 👁️ 👁️
SMyB 👅
The more I listen to Periphery albums the more they grow on me
it's a vicious cycle, a sweet sweet lovely vicious cycle.
@@Coastfog it's a cycle that repeats
this used to be my most underrated album until today when i listend to it again (for like the... 50th? time.) and im loving the songs more and more. this album took the longest to grow on me surprisingly. p4 is still my favorite tho
Every time I listened to the end of this album I always wondered why there's 20 seconds of silence at the end of this song.
Today I realized that this album is exactly 69 minutes long.
That's just one more reason why Periphery deserves *all* the love
LMAO i love periphery
This album is truly timeless
if you guys didn't know or haven't noticed 3:27 this part the lyrics are same with Muramasa's beginning lyrics, here is the reason why if you guys didn't know A legend tells of a test where Muramasa challenged his master, Masamune, to see who could make a finer sword. They both worked tirelessly, and when both swords were finished, they decided to test the results. The contest was for each to suspend the blades in a small creek with the cutting edge facing against the current. Muramasa's sword, the (十千夜寒, "10,000 Cold Nights") cut everything that passed its way; fish, leaves floating down the river, the very air which blew on it. Highly impressed with his pupil's work, Masamune lowered his sword, the (柔らかい手, "Tender Hands"), into the current and waited patiently. Only leaves were cut. However, the fish swam right up to it, and the air hissed as it gently blew by the blade. After a while, Muramasa began to scoff at his master for his apparent lack of skill in the making of his sword. Smiling to himself, Masamune pulled up his sword, dried it, and sheathed it. All the while, Muramasa was heckling him for his sword's inability to cut anything. A monk, who had been watching the whole ordeal, walked over and bowed low to the two sword masters. He then began to explain what he had seen.
And that was? 🤔
@@BirdOfHermes83 "The first of the swords was by all accounts a fine sword, however it is a blood thirsty, evil blade, as it does not discriminate as to who or what it will cut. It may just as well be cutting down butterflies as severing heads. The second was by far the finer of the two, as it does not needlessly cut that which is innocent and undeserving."
@@VengeanceHawkVertoz SOURCE RN
Spencer kills it. Appreciate a good vocalist when you see one.
Or when you hear one!
I love the opening riff so much
i feel like this is there best song ever written. it doesn't take an idiot to perfectly write a song that has almost every riff and section sound like a crossover from every other unique song off the whole album. fucking great work. \m/
The album as a whole is one of the best I've ever heard in terms of complete cohesion. Like I've almost never heard an album that sounds so *complete* where every single song is amazing to boot.
the beginning gives me a nostalgic vibe
I heard this for the first time last night... and it's unreal. This whole album is a masterpiece
same here.. sounds like undertale battle music actually
+superspinclaw It reminds me about Limp Bizkit... yeah, good vibes
reminds me of playing halo lol
From 0:55 to 1:55 is the fucking best part for me :o
edit: and 4:23, because if/when universe ends it must sound like that
Masamune has remained my favourite song off the album since I first heard it
Not for me but only cause the rest of the album is so good!!
Every time you listen to the last part, a demon is summoned somewhere...
So we have around more than 1 million demons around here...
Lmao. Rock demons \m/
They only terrorize non-Periphery fans.
Every time you say demon, a theist is triggered somewhere...
demons just rocking out to periphery
castaway i feel the heaven slowly turning grey .....just....godlike
I fucking came. Seriously.
Ironic
4:23 the track goes from BEYOND HEAVY into INSTA BRAINDEAD...
dat vocal and guitar beat syncing at :55 holy sheet
I love when he does that, he does the same in Ragnarok
Wish there was a band that was all about that sound. It's sounds so groovy and rappy
Try listening to some Volumes, it's pretty much that style
So gnarly!!
Rails2Revolution I was talking to someone about it recently, pretty much the only way to do vocals like that is unclean or rapping. Like a lot of songs would sound weird if the uncleans were done clean, but it would come across okay if rapped.
cleans are also perfectly placed and tasteful. beautiful song everywhere makes me sad/happy at the same time lol
I'm convinced that Periphery is the best metal band to come around in the past 10 years. This song proves it.
Can't argue with that. I'm super picky, but when a band hits me, it hits hard. In my almost 37 years on this planet, i've had maybe 4 or 5 bands who hit the living crap out of me for months on heavy rotation, but after less than a year of getting to know them, I don't think any band ever slapped the wrinkles out of my ballsack like Periphery.
That delay lead riff.....so simple, so freaking awesome.
awesome base groove, love the inversion and when the screaming hits with the breakdown, god what a peice!
The part after he says castaway just makes you shiver!
+Epic Dino Ikr, such an awesome bridge
I like how much better Spencer has gotten at singing. If you watch his live performances from a couple years ago, he was admittedly off key a lot of the time. But I saw them live a few weeks ago and HOLY SHIT, he literally sounds just like he does on the album, but with even more impressive heavy growlish stuff. Flawless live performance.
old comment, but holy shit have you heard Juggernaut? the range is just mind fucking how well he can hit all the notes and growls in it!
+Frabjous I found his vocals on juggernaut extremely annoying. I like his vocals on everything but juggernaut. I heard someone describe it as it sounds like his talking to a baby. He does it a little on p3 too but not as much as juggernaut.
Listened to Juggernaut before P2 and i think it benefited me, i loved Juggernaut as it was my first taste of Periphery and so i like that album just as much as this and gotta say this album is a masterpiece, also the little stories in the description of all the videos are so interesting to read, ty Misha and everyone in the band for this music we are blessed with, stoked beyond belief for P3
2:13-2:32 best part of the song vocally, wish it lasted longer
Same :(
Same !!!
it's so fucking beautiful.
I totally get it but sometimes it's just a few unique measures in a song that make it perfect. And this song has at least half a dozen of these.
'I will not be directed, the course of ancient power it will follow, fall with me'
THE DOUBLING OF THE VOCALS MAKES THIS LINE SO SICK
Angelic call? Or a demon that’s calling my NAAAAAMEE
Man the little transition from 2:00 - 2:30 is just... I don't even have words. 2:33...
Greatest Periphery Song Ever Written
One of the best endings to an album ever. Only gets better with TIME
"Presumably we will just do that when we play this song live as well" Misha. AHAHAH
they do so live haha
this song takes me on a trip the second i hear the guitar play that solo.
Haven't listened to periphery in about 3 months and after listening to this, Erised and Luck as a constant i actually feel emotional to the point of wanting to just jump about and possibly even weep. No shadow of a doubt that Periphery and After The Burial are easily the 2 best bands out there!!!!
Spencer's Voice....0:56= Corey Taylor, 1:49=Chester Bennington, 3:00=Randy Blythe. That range is amazing.
0:00 - 6:09 Spencer 🔥
I've known about Periphery and BULB since I was in highschool. Stopped listening to them after their self titled with Icarus Lives! on it. I was wondering what all the fuss was about Periphery. Now I know. Damn.
check out Marigold
One of my favourite songs, just a piece of art
One of the best songs on an all around good album
their choruses and bridges are amazing but I always feel like the first and last minute of every pheriphery song is absolutely perfect
I like how this track is build ..in the midle of the song you are given i lil taste of the heaviest of the song, then you wish to last longer..at the final minute of the song you get it right in the face !!!
I don't think y'all can ever top this. Literally your magnum opus
P2 is when periphery turn from good tier to god tier
Periphery is the one band that can still amaze me with how they can take a song and make its happy but heavy sounding tgo basically brutal as fuck seamlessly
Holy fuck, a relevant ad? Misha's overdrive ad actually makes sense to see when you're listening to his band. I feel like this isn't real.
Apparently there are 48 people who are so stupid they can't understand how incredible this song is. The amount of dynamics, the depth and range of Spencer's vocals, and the insanely heavy yet beautifully satisfying rhythms are absolutely intoxicating. Can't get enough.
i will say, ragnarok is a FAR better closing song. but this song isnt BAD.
@@Syhyronica damn bro you think so? I get chills from this ending everytime. Its so epic man
One of the things i love aboout this band is their ability to do complex stuff with an perfect precision. They are really amazing and their music is completely breathtaking :)
I love how Spencer can sing so high pitched and then have the most evil growls. In froggin' bullfish Spencer's growls are almost animal like. Awesome.
Honestly, this song is a masterpiece.
3:20 Spencer sings that in Ragnarok too. What exactly is he saying?
For anyone wondering where the line is in Ragnarok, after he yells "Set me free!" he sings that line.
There's no pardon for a meddling soul
Somewhere in time we welcomed in the fall, now in the distance I can see shining, clear, our demise to be...
We're not listening to ourselves.
There best album 💯👌🏻
Also my favorite album 👌🏻💯
2:13 - 2:31 = My favorite moment of PII!
4:23 Heavy as fuck.
New favourite Periphery song... Goddamn. \m/
Dark and grim for a memory, measuring all the glory as it seems, was it enough for eternity
That is true. It is also fascinating how this band handles and directs all this heaviness so much better than other 'metal' bands.
Somwhere in time, we welcomed in the THALL
I completely agree, everything about that section is just body-shakingly powerful and incredibly heavy. Love it
The sound at the beginning should be played while turning Mac on. :D
3:50 - 6:10 was the most enlightening moment of my life.
This song is already amazing on its own, but it just hits different somehow early in the morning and at night
Dark and grim, for a memory measuring all the glory as it seemed, was it enough for eternity? (ETERNITAAAAAYYYY) favorite part lol
Who is listening to Periphery II in 2022?? Still kicks my ass every time. Best work out music for me yet.
Oh my gosh...2:13 has got to be in my top 3 favorite moments on the album.
The part from 0:27-0:41 ... amazing!!
This is such an amazing song !!!!!!
I remember falling in love with this song when it was just a demo. Couldn't be happier with how it turned out!
I'm sitting here trying to piece together the three songs and make the story out of it.
It's about final fantasy
+Torque Bow it's not lol
+Exoplanets yes it is
No it isn't.
This "trilogy" ' s story is simple: Angel and Demons, Dark and Light etc.
Torque Bow inspired by sure but definitely not IS about ff
0:54: Time to break some shit.
Seriously I can't stop listening to that part, its so simple but that vocal line is incredible.
"Exoplanet III: Light" is undoubtedly my favorite song of the Exoplanet trilogy, dude. It's also my second favorite track from Exoplanet. Additionally, I absolutely love the way in which Cameron and Robby harmonize in the earlier part of "Exoplanet I: Egress" as well as the sheer earth-shattering brutality of "Exoplanet II: Void." The Contortionist AND Periphery are both fucking FANTASTIC. Conclusively, the outro of this song is pure fucking eradication of the human race.
that intro melody gives me goosebumps every damn time i listen to this song
3:45
I LOVE HOW HE SLOWLY TRANSITIONS FROM SINGING TO SCREAMING
Can't believe it took me so long to figure out the cymbal hits in the slow bridge FUCK what a song
They were amazing!! They played Ragnarok, Have a Blast, Buttersnips, Facepalm Mute, Make Total Destroy and Icarus Lives. They were supporting Between the Buried and Me who were equally as amazing.
Literally the most poetic lyrics I've heard in a while.
4:23 I can totally picture a man rising to conquer hell itself. Brutal as balls.
Where he sings "Dark and grim for a memory. Measuring all the glory as it seemed. Was it enough for eternity? Foolish schemes for a destiny lined with dreams all came crashing down on me. What will become of the energy"
...whatever you wanna call it I just call it the chorus
this last breakdown still is on my top 5 heaviest
And other four, just courios!!😊
one of the most beautiful songs by periphery n.n i love it
You tread your path and look at your surroundings. You feel familiar with everything. As you move on, you slowly begin to get a bad feeling. As something would change by every second. You feel your hands shaking...as you would be in fear. You quickly check your surroundings again, but now, your fearful feeling has a reason...because, as you did, you realize all of this is not familiar with you. You have no idea, where you are....
The opening Ab riff is so cool. It's one note but it carries so much weight.
the first 2 minutes put a grin on my face and a good feeling in my stomach, but the rest is so amazing too holy shit
Tfw you want to restart the song before it's even over.
Everytime
1:12 - 1:20
wow
Favorite song off their album by far. So heavy and catchy plus the vocals are so fucking good. Perfection.
Love this song!!! singer is amazing! damn and then the growls, sick as hell!
The transition at 1:55 is my favorite part.
Still their heaviest album outros to this day 🔥
This guitarist is going to be a legend!
3:45
My fave part of the whole album, everything is just unleashed! \m/! Love it.
This is the song that got me into periphery.
I just died. One of my favorite bands, an awesome song, and not to mention the title is Takano's (Takano Masamune) name in my favorite anime. This is perfect. -3
2:15-2:40 Spencer's range is stunning
one word for this song "nostalgic"
The Trilogy is referring to swords in the Final Fantasy series. They are also known names for actual swords created by the swordsmiths going by the same names. (With the exception of Ragnarok, which is the Norse mythology doomsday.)
Awesome song
2:32 never gets old bro
“Separate mind and the physical, leaving flesh behind!!!!
Rejected by the Holy gates!!!
I! Will! Not be directed!
The course of ancient power it will follow, fall with me!!”
this song fucks me up every single time..still haha
I really like the vocals in this one. I feel like they don't fit so well on most of their songs but they fuckin' mesh on this one.
what a song
I hate being the old guy - romanticizing about the past, but god damn, 2010-2020 was such a fantasy era for me regarding new music releases, tours, and community; despite the fact that we all said shit like Dj0nt #Djent