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I loved all of them, but my favorite has gotta be Malevolent. The chorus is so groovy yet intense at the same time.

Heaven on High is such an incredible song. Jake is so goddamn talented.

That song is definitely my favourite off of the new album.

Ive been listening to the entire album about 4-8 times a day for the past near 7 days 😅

Anyone else just have it playing on repeat?

Would be sick to go in the opposite direction and make an album about rainbows and sunshine.

Maybe a song called Everyone Lives Together

Gotta call it A Pale White Doc

I have been following Periphery and all of it's member's side projects for a long time, purely because I fucking enjoyed all of it, regardless of the "Periphery" fingerprint. This new album did something for me, I'm not yet sure what that is, but it felt like it filled out a void in many ways (this applies both as a creative and a human). This is the first time in a long time that every single song on an album has moved me to this extent. All I can say is congratulations and thank you to the boys for this wonderful manifestation of art.

Even though the album's been out since Friday, I chose to wait until I got a physical copy (CD) so I could experience the album for the first time the way I've been doing since Juggernaut; alone in an empty room with the lyrics in front of me.

When I reached the title track, I noticed that there are lyrics in the booklet, even though the song is clearly an instrumental. Even better yet, I thing they are the best lyrics on the album and some straight up excellent prose/poetry in its own right. It really captures the entire concept of the album quite beautifully.

I wondered if anyone else had noticed it, and for those of you who haven't seen it, here's the words:

The weight of loneliness slows time, introspection becomes unavoidable

Once the discomfort subsides, one can bathe in the clarity

Loneliness is a mirror, pure and undistorted

Our parts come alive and speak as themselves

Creativity free to flow without fear of interruption

The power of connection is counterbalanced and emphasized by one's depth of loneliness

Accepting and internalizing this dichotomy allows one to truly harness its power

Ironically, one who is mindful of this is never truly alone

If any band members show up in this thread I'm curious who wrote it, and what served as inspiration.

yo bro obsession is fire

bro u mean the movie out now

no periphery man

hey bro talk is the best

im talking to you now bro wym

I’m aware you guys probably don’t know, but the lyrics are available for every other song. It’s my favorite song too 😔

Here's your award. I've loved about every type of heavy music there is over the years. Growing up, I'd see every metal, hardcore, death, punk, rock etc etc band I could. And while I love so many albums, I've never found one album that represents my broad tastes and dynamics even close to fully.

Enter, A Pale White Dot.

It has everything I personally love. Of course, most of these elements are scattered across the past P albums in a way other bands have not tried to do. But for me, every moment of every song represents something I like.

Vocal dynamics

Sonic, hypnotizing riffs

Varying tones

Heavy breakdowns

Grooves

Solos

Atmospheric undertones

Unbelievable drumming and rhythms

Straightforward vulnerable exposed lyrics

I could keep going. And going.

I completely understand there's a niche community who find the past albums to be perfect for them. I get that they lean towards the more progressive elements. I'm not trying to change your mind. You like what you like.

But to me, this is all killer, no filler; the type of variety at a high level that only exists on playlists over many artists, not one band, and definitely not one album.

Can't wait to cause a ruckus at my next hometown show and see some of you there!

That is my ted talk, thank you.

I’m obviously a minority and that’s okay. I love periphery and respect the process. This album just isn’t doing it for me even after listening through tons. Maybe one day it’ll hit hard but to date this is probably my least favorite album.