I can’t stand Periphery. I only like what they do separately outside of the band, but that seems part of their genius.
I think Kublai Kahn’s latest album is the best. It’s just such wholesome and heavy knuckle dragging music you listen to where instead of the songs building tension with fast chaotic energy, they build tension by feeling like the song is about to fall apart and it somehow holds together and gets heavier with a breakdown of the breakdowns breakdown. I saw them live a few weeks ago and they put on a really good show.