“Scarlet”, the new video from Maryland-based experimental, progressive metallers PERIPHERY, will make its online debut on Wednesday, Febraury 20. The song comes off the band’s sophomore album, “Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal”, which sold nearly 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 44 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal” was released in North America on July 3, 2012 via Sumerian Records and was made available in Europe on July 16, 2012 through Century Media Records. The CD features guest appearances by John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER), Guthrie Govan (THE ARISTOCRATS) and Wes Hauch (THE FACELESS).
In an interview with Metal Assault, PERIPHERY guitarist Misha Mansoor stated about the band’s musical progression since its debut record, “Our first album was pretty diverse, and with that we created a framework so that we could kind of experiment and push in any one of those directions, and not have it be something weird or something that sounds forced, you know. There’s always been an aspect of that sound and we’re just expanding on it further. And I think very true to that, that’s what we did on this album. We’re still kind of going in all of those directions, but a little bit further, and with a little bit more experience, you know.”
He added, “This album is PERIPHERY the band as opposed to my project with a bunch of dudes. This is really the first time we’ve been able to work together as a band and write an album together. I think that’s really cool because it’s not just me. You’re hearing so much more, you’re hearing something that’s greater than the sum of its parts.”
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