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ALBUM REVIEW: Periphery escapes stagnation on ‘Hail Stan’
Periphery, “Periphery IV: Hail Stan.” Since Washington, D.C.’s Periphery helped spearhead a Meshuggah-worshiping tech-metal offshoot, what’s kept the band relevant hasn’t been the polyrhythms, but the songwriting. The band’s hyper-syncopated breakdowns have proven an unlikely partner for sticky vocal melodies and adventurous playing. Now on its very own label,…