On April 20, 2010, Washington, D.C., sextet Periphery released their self-titled debut album. The release went over even the most loyal metal fans' heads, but marked the beginning of a controversial ...

Metal has so many subgenres and classifications it can be impossible to keep up with them all. It’s so complicated at times that some bands don’t even know what kind of music they play, and some ...

Shame on us. While we’ve been worrying about Nazis and sex offenders and murderers and thieves, the greatest crime perpetrated by a metal musician has gone unaddressed. A crime so foul, so heinous, so ...

UPDATE (Jan. 12, 2023): Periphery have now released two new songs — "Wildfire" and "Zagreus" — which can be heard further down the page. Did someone just open up a can of worms? Periphery are on their ...