History Music / Periphery

** Averted on ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre''. "Dracul Gras", the longest song on the album, is the penultimate track

** "Wildfire" and "Zagreus" from ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre'' both contain multiple references to ''Juggernaut''.

** Actually, most of their songs are this ("Scarlet", "Light", "Motormouth", "Marigold", "Flatline" and "Wildfire" being notable exceptions.)

** "chase that fuckin' money" from "Atropos".
** "...and thank fucking God it did" from "Thanks Nobuo".

* PrecisionFStrike:

** "Atropos" has the line "chase that fuckin' money" in the second chorus.

** The last chorus of "22 Faces".
--> "Fuck me! I am dying for sleep".
** "Icarus Lives" has "Fuck them!" in the last chorus too.

* RevolvingDoorBand: They went through two drummers and three vocalists in five years, ''before they even released an album''. After that, they lost a guitarist and a bassist just for good measure, leaving Misha and Jake as the only founding members left. They could end up in Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan territory if they don't watch their step.

* LastNoteNightmare:

* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Song Title]]: '''"Jetpacks Was Yes!"''', "Icarus Lives!", "The Gods Must Be Crazy!", "Everything Is Fine!"

* HyperCompetentSideKick: Heavily implied with their former live sound engineer Alex Markides, although this is more played for laughs/self-deprecation.

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Technically, as they've been touring with no live bass since Nolly decided to put his touring career on hiatus.

* ClusterFBomb: "Feed The Ground", "The Bad Thing", "The Price Is Wrong" and "Motormouth". Spencer seems to really like using large amounts of swearing when he's angry.

* TheRockumentary: ''Periphery III: Select Difficulty'' and ''Periphery IV: Hail Stan'' have both had one.

** [[AvertedTrope averted]] with "Omega" from ''Juggernaut: Omega'', which is the penultimate track on the album.

* LongestSongGoesLast: Played straight with "Racecar" from the debut album. [[AvertedTrope averted]] with the penultimate track "Omega" from ''Juggernaut: Omega''.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: a very long scream by Spencer in "Pale Aura".

** Spencer wrote "Face Palm Mute" entirely by himself.

** "Silhouette" from ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre'' is much closer to synthwave and alt-pop than

* ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre'' (2023)

** "Wildfire" and "Zagreus" from ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre'' both contain multiple references to ''Juggernaut''.

** "Wildfire", "Zagreus" and "Atropos" from ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre'' are 7:05, 8:19 and 8:23 long respectively.
* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Song Title]]: '''"Jetpacks Was Yes!"''', "Icarus Lives!", "The Gods Must Be Crazy!"

** And every album since, except for the ''Juggernaut'' records and the ''Live In London'' live album.

** They're in the music video for "Ain't That A Bitch?" by Twelve Foot Ninja.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Priestess" from ''Juggernaut: Omega'', "Catch Fire", "Lune" from ''Periphery III: Select Difficulty'' and "Crush" from ''Periphery IV: Hail Stan''. "Erised" from ''Periphery II'' may also qualify.

** And every album since, except for the Juggernaut records.

** "Wildfire" and "Zagreus" from ''Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre'' are 7:05 and 8:19 long respectively.

** Actually, most of their songs are this ("Scarlet", "Light", "Motormouth", "Marigold" and "Flatline" being notable exceptions.)

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Periphery III: Select Difficulty''. The band returned to a heavier style on this record more akin to their first two albums. ''Periphery IV: Hail Stan'' ups the ante even further and is the band's darkest record to date.

* HorribleHistoryMetal: "Blood Eagle" is about the invasions of the British Isles by the Vikings. The name of the song comes from a method of execution where the victim's ribs were forcibly extracted and their lungs pulled through the opening to create a pair of "wings".
** "CHVRCH BVRNER", from the same album, [[PerspectiveFlip is inspired by the Christianization of Scandinavia]] during the Crusades.
* HyperCompetentSideKick: Heavily implied with their live sound engineer Alex Markides, although this is more played for laughs/self-deprecation.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Masamune" starts with happy-sounding major-scale progressions, then abruptly turns into a darker part which slowly goes to a downtuned dissonant chugging followed by cries from hell towards the end of the song. Repeated again in "Remain Indoors" without detuning the thickest string.
* LighterAndSofter: Both parts of ''Juggernaut'' are considered as this by both fans and the band themselves. Subverted with "MK Ultra" as it's one of the heaviest songs they've ever written.

** Fifth Beatle Nolly is perhaps the most glaringly obvious example. Not only is he a ridiculously good guitarist and bassist, but he is also very skilled at production, audio engineering and photography. Oh, and he also did a degree in Theoretical Physics before dropping out 2 years in to go to music school. Nolly's tendency to be awesome at pretty much everything has almost become an AscendedMeme.

* SpecialGuest: They're in the music video for "Ain't That A Bitch?" by Twelve Foot Ninja.
** Several people have guested on their albums, including CoolUncle John Petrucci as mentioned above.

** "CHVRCH BVRNER", from the same album, is inspired by the Christianization of Scandinavia during the Crusades.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Clear'' was made to show off the different writing styles of each member of the band. It definitely showed.