Periphery bring 'A Pale White Dot' to Channel 24 on Nov. 8

A four-band progressive-metal Sunday in Midtown, with Ne Obliviscaris, Greyhaven and Ando San opening.

Sunday-night metal shows tend to sort the crowd quickly: the people who show up are the ones who'd never miss it. On Sunday, Nov. 8, Periphery bring their *A Pale White Dot* tour to Channel 24 in Midtown, with Ne Obliviscaris, Greyhaven and Ando San opening. The show starts early, at 6:30 p.m., and tickets are on Ticketmaster.

That early start makes sense, because this is four bands deep and none of them play short songs. Get there early if you want to see the whole thing.

What they're touring. Periphery released *A Pale White Dot* on May 15 through 3DOT Recordings, the band's own label, and it's their eighth studio album. The North American tour was announced at the end of May and started Oct. 22 in Philadelphia. By the time it reaches Sacramento it will have crossed the Midwest and the Rockies. The dates just before this one are Pittsburgh, Chicago, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Denver, Salt Lake City and Portland.

For people who already know the band, the new songs are the reason to go. For people who don't, Periphery are among the pioneers of the djent movement within progressive metal, with downtuned, tightly locked guitar parts that lurch and stop, and clean choruses big enough to sing along to between the breakdowns.

Four bands deep, and none of them write short songs.

The support bill is a real draw too. Ne Obliviscaris are known for long, ambitious songs that work violin into extreme metal, and on this tour they've been opening with "Devour Me, Colossus (Part I): Blackholes," which is a lot to take on before 8 p.m. on a Sunday. Ando San open the night.

Why this room. Channel 24 is the midsize room Sacramento was missing for years. Another Planet Entertainment built it at 1800 24th St., near R Street, holding 2,150, to sit between the small clubs and the arena. For a sense of scale, Ace of Spades down the road holds about 1,000, so Channel 24 is roughly twice that. Inside there's a main floor, a balcony with some reserved seating, a VIP room and an upstairs patio. A tour like this one used to skip Sacramento for the Bay Area or play a room too small for the crowd. Now it has somewhere to land.

What to know. The show starts at 6:30, earlier than most weekend shows. Parking around the venue has been a sore spot since it opened, and Channel 24 has said publicly that it's working on the problem. Use rideshare, or get there early. Ticketmaster is the official seller. If you want a spot on the floor up close for Periphery's set, plan to stay through all three openers, because the floor won't thin out.

A Sunday at Channel 24 with four progressive metal bands is a long night. It's also how this kind of music gets heard at full volume in a room built for it, without driving to San Francisco.

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