Periphery Premieres “Alpha” Video

Periphery’s eagerly awaited dual albums, Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega (Sumerian Records), arrive today and to mark the release of the critically-acclaimed outings, Periphery have released a video for title track, “Alpha” (watch below). Wes Richardson, who also collaborated with the band on the “Make Total Destroy” video, directed the clip.

Check out our interview with Periphery for more details on the releases!

The DC-based band began recording what would become Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega in the early summer of 2014, with the band’s own Adam “Nolly” Getgood serving as producer for the ambitious undertaking (documented via a series of webisodes: www.youtube.com/sumerianrecords as well as in The JuggerDoc, a full-length documentary available with the physical purchase of Juggernaut: Omega). Once word of the dual, conceptual releases surfaced drummer Matt Halpern gave listeners insight into the themes behind the albums and the reason they are two distinct albums: “Juggernaut is a story that is told through our music, and we want our audience to fully digest the whole experience. Because Juggernaut is very detailed and dense in terms of character development, peaks and valleys, climaxes and resolutions we’ve divided the story and music in two, in the form of two separate albums. Juggernaut: Alpha, the first part of the story, focuses on the back story and character development, while part two/album two,Juggernaut: Omega, focuses on some pretty serious and gut-wrenching events, taking you for a thrill ride along the main character’s complex journey.  Although the albums are split in two physically, the story is only complete when the albums are digested consecutively, allowing the listener to recognize and hear the lyrical and musical overlapping themes, foreshadowing, and connected ideas.”

Amidst a number of four-star reviews the response to the Juggernaut albums has surpassed anyone’s expectations with Rolling Stone calling the releases “the group’s most ambitious project yet,” Metal Sucks dubbing the pair of records “full-fledged masterpieces,” Revolver saying the new music is “the band’s most focused and accessible work to date” and Outburn predicting Juggernaut“will most likely change the face of modern progressive metal as we know it.”  Digital downloads are available via iTunes (Alpha: http://hyperurl.co/Juggernaut_Alpha and Omega:http://hyperurl.co/Juggernaut_Omega), Google Play (Alpha: http://hyperurl.co/Alpha_GooglePlayand Omega: http://hyperurl.co/Omega_GooglePlay), Amazon (Alpha: http://hyperurl.co/Alpha_Amazon and Omega: http://hyperurl.co/Omega_Amazon) and physically via Sumerian Records (https://killermerch.com/artist/periphery) as well as various retailers.

Periphery is currently in the midst of a North American tour, with a European outing launching March 2 in Russia. The band returns to the U.S. for a number of festival appearances including Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion and Rock on the Range.

Tour Dates:
January 27 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
January 28 Seattle, WA El Corazon
January 31 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall

February 2 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
February 3 Chicago, IL House of Blues
February 4 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
February 6 Toronto, ON Opera House
February 7 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
February 8 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
February 9 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
February 11 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
February 12 New York, NY Irving Plaza
February 13 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
February 14 Philadelphia, PA District N9ne
February 26 Minsk, Belarus Republic
February 27 St. Petersburg, Russia Zal Ozhidaniya
February 28 Moscow, Russia Volta

March 2 Novosibirsk, Russia Rock City
March 3 Yekaterinburg, Russia Tele-Club
March 5 Paris, France La Cigale
March 6 Karlsruhe, Germany Substage
March 7 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7
March 8 Milan, Italy Live Club
March 10 Munich, Germany Backstage Werk
March 11 Vienna, Austria Arena
March 12 Budapest, Hungary Barba Negra
March 13 Bratislava, Slovakia Majestic
March 14 Prague, Czech Republic Roxy
March 16 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
March 17 Hamburg, Germany Gruenspan
March 18 Aarhus, Denmark Voxhall
March 19 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller
March 21 Seinajoki, Finland Rytmikorjamo
March 22 Helsinki, Finland The Circus
March 24 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
March 25 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
March 26 Bochum, Germany Matrix
March 27 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar
March 29 Bristol, UK O2 Academy Bristol
March 30 Glasgow, UK O2 ABC
March 31 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy

April 1 London, UK O2 Academy Islington
April 25 – 26 Jacksonville, FL Welcome to Rockville Festival

May 2 Charlotte, NC Carolina Rebellion
May 15 -17 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range

July 16 – 18 Viveiro, Spain Resurrection Fest