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Periphery are on a bit of a break right now as they get ready for Summer Slaughter and guitarist Misha Mansoor decided "hey, why not cover a Meshuggah classic?" So that's what he did…

When you think of seven string guitar gods, what's the first name that pops into your mind? Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah? Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders? Guess what? Guitar World says you're wrong, it's Munky from Korn!

Last night was the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods and without question, the biggest one yet. Metallica performed! Anthrax got up on stage with Phil and Rex to perform "This Love?" Dillinger Escape Plan bled and breathed fire. Overall, it was a great night that we're still recovering from.

Finally! We know all the tour dates for the 2013 Summer Slaughter tour, headlined by The Dillinger Escape Plan.

This week's episode kicks off with talks of the Boston bombing and the reporting fallout from the tragic event. We discuss Uncle Ruslan and terrible reporting puns. We learned what "visual assassin" means. In the second hour, we're joined by Amos of Tesseract who had absolutely nothing negative to say about Periphery unfortunately. Longtime fan, [...]

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Darkest Hour have acquired drummer Travis Orbin (Ex-Periphery and Sky Eats Airplane) as their newest member. Holy crap!

There was a controversy brewing with the voting for the opening slot band of Summer Slaughter. Ultimately, that distinction went to Rings Of Saturn, who won by less than 1% of the vote. Apparently, the voting was left open past the deadline and during that time, Thy Art Is Murder squeezed ahead. To make amends, [...]

Sid wasn't here but Jake was sitting in and we talked about Periphery's recent tour with Deftones, we spoke with some callers, one of whom had an accustation for Rob, and we discussed brunch. We also talked about Dave Mustaine and his least favorite Megadeth song In the second hour, we talked about how somebody [...]

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Hey, remember that Norma Jean song "Shark Bite" that clocked in at six seconds? The band released it a few weeks back and I guess some people were having trouble understanding the lyrics so the band decided to release a lyric video: 

My favorite current meme is Actresses With No Teeth, but why do celebrities have to have all the fun? I decided to delve into Photoshop and predict what some of our favorite metal musicians would look like without teeth. If you've ever wondered what Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield, Scott Ian, and more look [...]

Well, some of the rumors were true. In what was basically the worst kept secret ever, The Dillinger Escape Plan have been announced as the headliners for this year's Summer Slaughter tour. BUT WHO ELSE?!

This is basically the most fun/weird/awkward video you'll ever see. Directed by Wes Richardson. From the album Periphery II, This Time It's Personal. Buy it on Amazon.com.

Metal Injection has the exclusive video premiere of the "Icarus Lives" video from Periphery. The track comes from the band's self titled debut record which hits stores this Tuesday, 4/20. Directed by: McFarland & Pecci Produced by: Ian McFarland Production Company: Killswitch Productions

The new video from the DC djentlemen produced by Eric Haviv, Richard Webb and Brandon Morris of FUGO Studios

From their new album, Periphery II: This Time It's Personal, out July 3rd, 2012. Download the single at iTunes or order the album on Amazon.com. Video directed by by Wes Richardson, director of photography: Justin Reich.