Metal Injection Adds Anthrax, Periphery, and More to Weekly Playlist

Metal Injection updated its “Top Tracks of the Week” with a fresh set of selections, adding cuts from Anthrax, Periphery, Iconic, Port Noir, Pro-Pain, and Blue Medusa. The list, a regular fixture for heavy music listeners, mixes decades-spanning name recognition with a few curveballs.

Anthrax’s inclusion hardly needs justification. Forty years into a career that helped shape thrash, the band’s recent output still draws attention when it surfaces. Periphery’s slot reflects a different lane entirely — prog metal with enough accessibility to pull in listeners beyond niche technicians. Between them, the playlist sketches a broad arc from rebellious speed to sharp, polished modernism.

Less obvious are names like Iconic, a project featuring former members of Yngwie Malmsteen’s band, or Blue Medusa, a newer act still building presence. Port Noir bring a strain of alt-metal with R&B phrasing, while Pro-Pain’s street-level hardcore keeps the grit from thinning out.

There’s no narrative pushed here, no thematic bow. But the set captures something about metal’s current listening pattern: an audience willing to slide from big-tent legacy to obscure contemporary without blinking. That the gates remain open enough for a Port Noir next to an Anthrax says more than any write-up could.