Periphery Talk Tours, Deals, Side Projects

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Fresh off their recent stint on the Thrash & Burn tour and having just signed with Sumerian Records, Bethesda, MD metallers PERIPHERY sat down with MetalSucks contributor Angela Gossowski to talk about the tour, the way their record deal came together, Mansoor’s side projects, and the band’s forthcoming new record. Some excerpts follow/full inty here:

Have you guys recorded anything yet? Are there any release plans yet?

Alex: Its midway. The instrumentation is done, for the most part. It’s about ninety percent done. The vocals are what we have to finish. Tha’s going to take a little bit of time. We are going to have our old singer, ironically, do the vocal recording for us, and the production for it, because he is very good at that, and its FREE.

Misha: To clear that up, he’s recording our new singer [Chris Barretto], he’s not singing. He’s producing it. He’s an absolutely amazing producer, which is why he quit our band, and which is why we couldn’t really be sore at him for quitting. He hated being on the road, and just loved composing, and he is so damn good at it. You can’t ask someone like that to be on the road with you. That was his true calling. It’s come full circle, he’s helping us produce the vocals.

Alex: Casey Sabol is his name. He’s the man.

Misha: Every band in the world that is good that I love needs to produce vocals with him, just because it will be better if you do. His mind is just not human. It’s awesome.