Periphery III: Select Difficulty

Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Studio album by Periphery
Released	July 22, 2016
Genre	Progressive metal; djent; progressive metalcore;
Length	64:06
Label	Sumerian; Century Media; Roadrunner;
Producer	Misha Mansoor; Adam Getgood;
Periphery chronology
Singles from Periphery III: Select Difficulty
	"The Price Is Wrong"; Released: May 25, 2016; "Flatline"; Released: June 24, 2016; "Marigold"; Released: July 8, 2016;

Periphery III: Select Difficulty is the fifth studio album by American progressive metal band Periphery. The album was released July 22, 2016 through Sumerian Records, and was produced by Misha Mansoor and Adam Getgood.^[1] The opening track, "The Price Is Wrong", was nominated for Best Metal Performance in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.^[2] It is the last album the band released on this label. It is also the last album to feature bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood as an official member of Periphery before he left the band in 2017, though he still returned on Periphery IV: Hail Stan to produce, engineer, and mix the album, in addition to contributing final bass parts.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Exclaim!	7/10^[5]
Rock Sound	6/10^[6]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 70 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3] Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! praised the band's "drive to keep exploring out of their stylistic box".^[5] Prog Sphere's Stefan Andonov stated that "Select Difficulty is by far their most diverse album, they have grown and have found a way to combine complex sounding vibe with the popular one."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Price Is Wrong"	3:57
2.	"Motormouth"	4:50
3.	"Marigold"	7:20
4.	"The Way the News Goes..."	5:04
5.	"Remain Indoors"	6:10
6.	"Habitual Line-Stepper"	6:52
7.	"Flatline"	5:51
8.	"Absolomb"	7:44
9.	"Catch Fire"	3:54
10.	"Prayer Position"	4:37
11.	"Lune"	7:47
Total length:		64:06

Personnel

Periphery

Spencer Sotelo – lead vocals
Misha "Bulb" Mansoor – guitar, synths
Jake Bowen – guitar, synths
Mark Holcomb – guitar
Adam "Nolly" Getgood – bass, guitar
Matt Halpern – drums, percussion

Production

Misha "Bulb" Mansoor – production
Adam "Nolly" Getgood – mixing, engineering
Ermin Hamidovic – mastering
Taylor Larson – vocal production
Spencer Sotelo – vocal production
Jason Richardson – additional vocal tracking
Pete Adams – additional vocal tracking
Randy Slaugh – live orchestra, choir production, engineering
Ken Dudley – orchestral sessions mixing

Additional personnel

Emily Rust – violin
Cymrie Van Drew – violin
Megumi Terry – violin
Caryn Bradley – viola
Kelsey Clegg – viola
Clayton Wieben – viola
Chris Morgan – cello
Robert Willes – cello
Adam Heyen – French horn
Tyler Arndt – trumpet
Tom Francis – bass trombone
Austin Bentley – choir
Tiffany Yeates – choir
Jonathan Allred – choir
Randy Slaugh – choir
Eric Slaugh – choir
Jeffrey Slaugh – choir
Hayley Malesich – choir
Kelsey Clegg – choir
Clayton Wieben – choir
Taylor Larson – choir
Emily Piriz – choir
Nick Day – choir
Jake Bowen – choir

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[9]	42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10]	86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11]	139
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[12]	22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	39
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[14]	102
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[16]	45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	43
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	57
US Billboard 200^[19]	22