The second part of Periphery II's "trilogy", Ragnarok originated from guitarist Misha Mansoor "futzing around" with a variation of the Totla Mad tuning (BbGDFAD). Mansoor wanted the song to have an evil vibe, yet still "groove", so he channeled "a bit of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain or something dark like that." Jake Bowen wrote the closing guitar interlude as a nod to the motif in one of the band's favorite sections in their previous album's closing track "Racecar." “This isn’t a concept album, but Ragnaro… read more
The second part of Periphery II's "trilogy", Ragnarok originated from guitarist Misha Mansoor "futzing around" with a variat… read more
The second part of Periphery II's "trilogy", Ragnarok originated from guitarist Misha Mansoor "futzing around" with a variation of the Totla Mad tuning (BbGDFAD)… read more
Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 2005. History Formation and Lineup Changes (2005 - 2009) Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005. He slowly gained a reputation on the Internet, primarily via a regularly-updated Soundclick account, Meshuggah and John Petrucci forums, and the sevenstring.org message boards. Before and during Periphery's tenure in the metal scene, Mansoor developed a reputation for doing his own audio production, the majority of which was performed with a home computer and a Pod XT during this peri… read more
Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 2005. History Formation and Lineup Changes (2005 - 2009) Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor i… read more
Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 2005. History Formation and Lineup Changes (2005 - 2009) Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005. He slowly gained a reputation on the I… read more