TL;DR: Periphery wrote a progressive alt-metalcore album, it's quite divisive, I personally love it and don't hear the 'generic' and 'octanecore' criticisms

How is this their lowest rated album?

A Pale White Dot is easily Spencer's best vocal performance - this album showcases his range and emotion even more better than the albums preceding this one. His technical variety, vocal melodies, and production on here are amazing and very pleasing to listen to, ... read more

oh my god im djenting everywhere

yeah gimme more of this shit this is the good shit

im calling it now, the second any of these mfs step foot NEAR nashville we're getting a chamber downbeat podcast ep

A more refined but more experimental continuation of Miss Machine, and I do prefer the memorability of Ire Works compared to Miss Machine.

Milk Lizard and Horse Hunter are huge standouts in my opinion

Hectic, chaotic, raw, and gritty, but the softer, melodic elements really give this album an extra layer of depth.

Holy shit.

I really liked Knocked Loose before, but I absolutely love them now.

I can't name anyone else in the modern metalcore space that perfects such a blend of atmosphere and brutality. Bryan performs his vocals with a level of conviction I've never heard before, even in something like early Slipknot. And the rest of the band is completely nailing the instrumentals. Kevin on the drums is fantastic, his style is so distinguishable and it fits perfectly in Knocked Loose - the ridiculous ... read more

While I do enjoy Spiritbox's music, this EP doesn't do anything new and it just feels like more of the same. Not that it's bad, but I personally wish it were a bit more progressive.

Probably the most forgettable Periphery album next to their first LP, at least in terms of instrumentals.

While there's certainly some great guitar work and drums, Spencer's vocals are, in my opinion, the standout of Periphery III. I think Spencer's best harsh vocals are in their previous numbered album (Periphery II), this album has his best cleans, vocal melodies and harmonies.

Best song on here for me is Absolomb.

EDIT: 75 >>> 90

Holy shit I was wrong

It's close but Periphery V is my personal favourite Periphery album and one of my favourite albums of all time.

The song structures and arrangements are their best on this album, with some of the best instrumental work I've heard, a stand out for me being the solo in Dracul Gras leading into a softer atmospheric section leading into a face-melting djent section.

I just love listening to it.