“Mastodon have this tuning where the sixth string drops to B. Our singer would say, ‘No, I want it lower.’ As soon as I picked up a 7-string I wished I’d done it sooner”: Meet Obeyer, the chorus-soaked UK metallers hand-picked by Periphery

Obeyer.

When Periphery announced the signing of Obeyer to 3Dot Recordings, despite the band having no demos or social media presence, it seemed a remarkable leap of faith. Yet one listen to their debut album, Chemical Well, demonstrates the risk was justified.

But did they really come from nowhere? Not quite – guitarist Jamie Steadman formed Lay Siege, their previous guise, with bassist David Bartlett and drummer Lewis Niven in 2010. A debut EP dropped in 2012, followed by an album in 2015 after a change of vocalist. It was a failure.