\"Psychosocial\" is a song by American nu metal band Slipknot. The song is released as the second single and fourth track from Slipknot\'s fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone. The song entered airplay on June 26, 2008 and was originally planned for release as a digital single on July 1 but was delayed and released on July 8. Slipknot performed \"Psychosocial\" live for the first time on July 9, 2008, at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. In 2008 the track was featured on the soundtrack to Punisher: War Zone. The song was also nominated for \'Best Metal Performance\' for the 51st Grammy Awards , but lost to Metallica\'s \"My Apocalypse\". \"Psychosocial\", along with two other Slipknot songs, \"Duality\" and \"Sulfur,\" was released as downloadable content for Rock Band on December 8. The music video for \"Psychosocial\" was shot at Sound Farm studios in Jamaica, Iowa on June 30, 2008. The shoot was delayed due to an unrelated head injury sustained by turntablist Sid Wilson before the shoot, who was subsequently hospitalized. On July 18, 2008 the video premiered on MTV\'s FNMTV show , hosted by Pete Wentz. The video, which was directed by Paul Brown, was shot using high-end cameras which shoot 1,000 frames per second and are contrasted with traditional 35 mm hand crank camera equipment. Percussionist Shawn Crahan explains; \"we have the most extreme on both ends, with nothing in the middle. That\'s what the video is, and nobody does that. There\'s an art form behind it.\"