Juggernaut: Alpha / Omega

by Periphery

Juggernaut: Alpha / Omega cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 27 January 2015
  • Label: Sumerian
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:28
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anthologizing the ambitious dual-album project, the record features a cohesive conceptual narrative revolving around themes of sacrifice and internal psychological pressure. The production emphasizes complex polyrhythms and high-contrast atmospheric builds that define the project's most sophisticated creative era. It remains a landmark in modern progressive metal for its successful integration of extreme metal weight with intricate storytelling and melodic clarity.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, melodic, progressive, intricate, ambitious

Tracklist

  1. A Black Minute (4:16)
  2. MK Ultra (2:50)
  3. Heavy Heart (4:22)
  4. The Event (1:48)
  5. The Scourge (5:35)
  6. Alpha (5:30)
  7. 22 Faces (3:51)
  8. Rainbow Gravity (4:39)
  9. Four Lights (2:17)
  10. Psychosphere (6:15)

Credits

  • Justin Randall - cover [cover illustrations], illustration [cover illustrations]
  • Tim Swim - illustration [additional illustrations]

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