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Dillinger Escape Plan

United States · formed 1997 · last active 2019

The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American mathcore band formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey, evolving from the hardcore band Arcane. Founded and anchored throughout by guitarist Ben Weinman, the group fused hardcore intensity, technical metal precision and jarring time changes across landmark releases including Calculating Infinity (1999), Miss Machine (2004), Ire Works (2007), One of Us Is the Killer (2013) and Dissociation (2016). After original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis departed, Greg Puciato fronted the band from 2001 until its disbandment in December 2017. The band reunited in 2023 to mark the 25th anniversary of their debut.

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SCORE PROFILE

JazzyBalkanHardcoreSurfBarbershopDeathBlackTechnicalGlitchTheatricalFolkDoomDroneShoegazeAmbient8-bit
Jazzy3
Balkan0
Hardcore9
Surf0
Barbershop0
Death4
Black1
Technical9
Glitch4
Theatrical2
Folk0
Doom0
Drone0
Shoegaze0
Ambient0
8-bit0

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MEMBERS

CONNECTIONS

member · 7
collaboration · 5
  • Dadabotspath →

    'Calculating Calculating Infinity' (2017) is a neural network trained on The Dillinger Escape Plan's 'Calculating Infinity.' source ↗

  • Ephel Duathpath →

    Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan composed "electronics" on Ephel Duath's "Bark Loud," from Through My Dog's Eyes (2009), which also featured drummer Marco Minnemann. source ↗

  • Genghis Tronpath →

    Genghis Tron toured with The Dillinger Escape Plan. source ↗

  • Mixhellpath →

    Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan provides guest vocals on 'Exit Wound' from Mixhell's debut album Spaces (2013). source ↗

  • Mr. Bunglepath →

    Mike Patton of Mr. Bungle/Faith No More fronted the band's EP 'Irony Is a Dead Scene', recording vocals on the 2002 release (Epitaph/Buddyhead). source ↗

tour · 9
  • Behold... The Arctopuspath →

    Behold... The Arctopus toured with Genghis Tron and The Dillinger Escape Plan to support their debut album Skullgrid (October 2007); the tour was cut short by an injury to a Dillinger Escape Plan member. source ↗

  • Between the Buried and Mepath →

    Between the Buried and Me was the main support act on The Dillinger Escape Plan's 2008 UK tour. source ↗

  • Botchpath →

    Botch and The Dillinger Escape Plan toured together repeatedly: a 1998 US/Canada tour also featuring Jesuit (Nate Newton's pre-Converge band, not an atlas node) — per Decibel's 2017 retrospective cited on both bands' Wikipedia pages — a North American tour supporting Botch's American Nervoso (1999) again with Jesuit, and a 2000 European tour, all per Botch's own Wikipedia touring history. source ↗

  • Cavalera Conspiracysatellitepath →

    Cavalera Conspiracy's July-August 2008 North American tour featured headline dates with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown, Bury Your Dead and Incite. source ↗

  • Cephalic Carnagesatellitepath →

    Cephalic Carnage toured with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Napalm Death in 2000, supporting Cephalic Carnage's Exploiting Dysfunction. source ↗

  • Mastodonpath →

    Mastodon's own Wikipedia page: a UK tour announced October 12, 2011, running through February 2012 "with fellow bands The Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang as support acts" (Red Fang is not an atlas node). Direct-support tour tie per ruling 8 (2026-08-07). source ↗

  • Nine Inch Nails (industrial era)path →

    The Dillinger Escape Plan was one of several rotating opening acts (with Oneohtrix Point Never and Cold Cave) replacing the cancelled Death Grips on the 2014 Nine Inch Nails/Soundgarden joint US tour. source ↗

  • Retoxsatellitepath →

    Retox toured with The Dillinger Escape Plan in 2014 (alongside Trash Talk and Shining, per contemporary tour coverage). source ↗

  • The Number Twelve Looks Like Youpath →

    The Number Twelve Looks Like You supported The Dillinger Escape Plan on their 2016 Limerent Death tour. source ↗

artwork · 10
  • Author & Punisherpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Author And Punisher's "Beastland" (2018). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Baronesspath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Baroness's "Blue Record" (2009). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Brain Tentaclespath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Brain Tentacles's "Brain Tentacles" (2016). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Cephalic Carnagesatellitepath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Cephalic Carnage's "Lucid Interval" (2003). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Deathpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Death's "Vivus!" (2012). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Dysrhythmiapath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Dysrhythmia's "Live From The Relapse Contamination Festival" (2004). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Isispath →

    Aaron Turner (Isis) provided artwork and design for The Dillinger Escape Plan's self-titled debut EP (1999). source ↗

  • Mastodonpath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Mastodon's "Remission" (2003). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Russian Circlespath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Russian Circles's "Blood Year" (2019). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

  • Today Is the Daypath →

    Both bands' cover art/design work was done by freelance artist Orion Landau (Discogs artist id 594339): The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Cursed, Unshaven, And Misbehavin'" (2003, Design/Sleeve) and Today Is The Day's "Sadness Will Prevail" (2002). Pairwise artwork tie per the 2026-08-07 ruling (PROTOCOL rule 7) — Orion Landau is not an atlas band member so there is no anchor band. Dillinger Escape Plan joins Landau's existing pairwise cluster as a 10th client. One representative Discogs credit cited; the companion credit is logged in research/edge-taxonomy-ledger.json. source ↗

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