I never knew Periphery at all until they headlined the annual biggest rock festival in the Philippines, the Pulp Summer Slam XII: The Apostles, alongside of biggest metal acts of today like Blessthefall, Archenemy, Darkest Hours, Agust Burns Red, and We Came As Romans. I was first hook up with their song "Jetpacks Was Yes" from their debut album, Periphery. I heard a little from Blessthefall, Archenemy, Darkest Hours and August Burns Red but WCAR and Periphery were total strangers for me. I researched them and luckily they've got my taste. This time I fully embraced the loveliness of metal music. As I continued research them on net, they were labeled with this "djent" term so I became curious about it. Wikipedia says, " The word "djent" is an onomatopoeia for the distinctive high-gain, distorted palm-muted guitar sound." Thanks for the cyberworld and Pulp magazine (Periphery on the cover), I understand their kind of music.
In this song, you can hear Spencer's versality of his voice. He can sing high tunes, then lowered it then growls really hard. His voice is flawless. You can't imagine such a sweet voice from a progressive metal band. He sings like heaven and screams like hell. For me, he can be aligned with famous metal vocalists like Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour), Matt Tuck (Bullet For My Valentine), Chino Moreno (Deftones) etc. Its not only the vocals that he done in their new album Periphery II: This Time, It's Personal. I was amaze that he done melodies of their song "Facepalm Mute". What a talented person!!! Below is a statement coming Misha Mansoor from their facebook account about Facepalm Mute track: Facepalm Mute: This song is very interesting in that it is pretty much Spencer's baby. A few years back he showed a song he had demoed instrumentally with him playing guitar/bass and having programmed the drum ideas, and we all were taken aback, because we knew he was a creative force when it came to vocals but we didn't realize that he was or could even write for the other instruments. I worked with him on the song in the way that I work with the bands that I produce, and helped trim the fat, got the arrangement flowing nicely, reworked some riffs and added some layers, and that demo is what the album version is based off of. Strangely enough he had never shown us the lyrics/vocal ideas for this song, but he had told me that he had some good ideas, and that he was really happy with his ideas for the chorus. I feel like this song is somehow very Periphery, and yet something I never would have been able to write myself, and it is a good example of how tight the writing chemistry is in this band. Since this song was demoed right when we started preproduction work on the album, we decided to play it live on some tours, and it is one of the few songs on this album that we actually jammed in a room before recording the final version and settling on the parts. In the future, time permitting, I think we would want to be able to do that with every song, just to see how it feels to play it as a band. I do, however, think this song has something very special because of that advantage. - Misha Here's a videos of Periphery: Jetpacks Was Yes! and Scarlet, my top favorite songs. Enjoy!
46. Gracenote - Several gigs and a few months later, Gracenote once again joined another competition, the DZUP: College Collision Year 2. This was an annual fundraiser event held by DZUP that was held at Tiendesitas last March 15, 2009. They won first place.
47. Halestorm - In early 2012 the band put out a new single out called "Love Bites (So Do I)" which quickly bulleted into the top 3 of the Active Rock chart; it also served as a preview for the quartet's much-anticipated sophomore album, "The Strange Case Of...", which arrived in April and debuted at #15 on The Billboard 200.
48. Hey Monday - On December 16, vocalist Cassadee Pope and guitarist Mike Gentile announced the band is currently on hiatus via their personal profiles on the social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Pope also announced that she will be embarking on a solo acoustic tour of the United States in January and February 2012 in hopes of jumpstarting her solo career.
49. Imago - Imago is a Filipino pop rock band composed of Aia De Leon (vocals/guitars), Myrene "Maps" Academia (bass), Tim Cacho (guitars) and Zach Lucero (drums) known for songs such as Akap, Anino, Ewan, Taralets and Sundo.
50. In This Moment - They have performed on several notable tours and festivals including Ozzfest in 2007 and 2008, Warped Tour in 2009, Download Festival in 2009, Mayhem Festival in 2010 and the Music as a Weapon V tour in 2011.
51. Ivoryline - The name Ivoryline was derived from a Death Cab For Cutie song "Lightness".
52. Killswitch Engage - On June 20, a new single titled "This is Confrontation" was leaked on Youtube, but the users faced copyright strikes and the videos were soon deleted. A week and a half later the band announced their new album will be called Disarm the Descent.
53. Kittie - Kittie was formed in 1996, when drummer Mercedes Lander and guitarist Fallon Bowman met in an extracurricular gymnastics class.
54. Kjwan - One of their biggest breakthroughs was winning the grand prize in the Asian and Philippine leg in IKON ASEAN Competition. Held in Putrajaya, Malaysia and watched by hundreds of thousands all over the region, their performance made an impact to the Asian Music Community. Kjwan beat thirty other bands from South East Asia.
55. Krystal Meyers - Krystal has received four Dove Award nominations: two at the 37th GMA Dove Awards (New Artist of the Year and Special Event Album), one for the 38th GMA Dove Awards (Female Vocalist of the Year) and one for the 39th GMA Dove Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year."
56. Kutless - Kutless released their seventh album Believer on February 28, 2012. It topped the iTunes Christian albums sales chart. It debuted at No. 36 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart for the week of March 17, 2012. The album's first single, "Carry Me to the Cross", is currently on the Billboard Christian Songs chart
57. Lacuna Coil - Inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music, the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of prominent guitar lines and contrasting dual female/male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic, detached sound. Much of the band's recent material, however, sees a heavier and more down-tuned style, featuring a more distinct bass line and a higher mixing of the guitars within the songs.
58. Lauren Harris - She is the daughter of Iron Maiden bassist and founder Steve Harris. She was discovered in a pub by Russ Ballard, who was unaware of who she was.
59. Lexia Rodriguez - Vocalist and guitarist of the post-hardcore/metalcore band Eyes Set To Kill had released her solo album Underground Sounds. The album is different from her band because it is pop. The album consists of new original pop, acoustic, and electronica songs as well as covers from her band (done acoustically) and a Radiohead cover.
60. Lifehouse - The band came to mainstream prominence in 2001 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut studio album, No Name Face. They have released three more albums: the self-titled Lifehouse in 2005, Who We Are on June 19, 2007 and Smoke & Mirrors on March 2, 2010. These albums have spawned the singles "You and Me", "First Time", and "Whatever It Takes", which have all been top 40 hits in the US. They have sold upwards of fifteen million singles and albums worldwide to date.
