If we’re talking about selecting difficulty, let’s just say Periphery went all out and clicked Chaos just before kicking off with their Southeast Asia tour. Everything was going well for them in Australia. They ran five successful shows and fans still can’t stop talking about their performances to this day. But when they were scheduled to fly to Singapore, they found themselves stuck in the Land Down Under. Due to unforeseen circumstances that made them miss three flights, the progressive metal act had some tough decisions to make: cancel the rest of the tour and go home, or carry on broke but as heroes to fans who’ve been waiting to see them live since the release of “Icarus Lives!” and “Jetpacks was Yes!” The Sumerian Records act chose the latter and soldiered on despite the fact they’d reach Millian in St. James Power Station a lot later than expected. Doors were expected to open at 6PM, but the massive queue of metal fans snaking around the venue waited for another hour and a half before settling inside. By the time local opening act Forests were ready to hit the stage, Periphery finally made it to the Lion City for the first time, and rushed to […] Continue Reading
Mark Holcomb is possibly the happiest nerd in the world, and being one of the three guitarists of progressive metal act Periphery is just a small indication of that. From his hilarious onstage antics, having his own signature PRS 6-string guitars, to holing up in his room playing video games for days on end, and coming up with the strangest (though impressively creative) Snapchat video stories, Holcomb surely loves where the tides are taking him. Born in Clark, Pampanga in 1982, Holcomb holds great pride in being Filipino-American, and has a soft spot for adobo. “My mother is Filipina,” he tells BillboardPH. “She raised me to be close to all of the Filipino side of my family. When I was young, she constantly cooked Filipino food, and encouraged me to stay in close contact with my relatives in the Philippines.” Four years before releasing their fifth studio album Periphery III: Select Difficulty, which peaked on the Billboard Independent Chart at No. 2, Periphery visited the Philippines for the first time to perform at PULP Summer Slam 12, finally giving Holcomb the opportunity to return to his motherland since relocating to the US in 1991. “It was a bucket list dream of mine to come back and play music […] Continue Reading
