Ehhh, it definitely isn't cheap, but then again when you consider that all other art schools are anywhere from $30k to $45+k, MIAD is muuuuuuuch cheaper for the same caliber of art education. Plus, MIAD is great about scholarships. Schools like RISD on the other hand, hardly offer any, and that's one of the $45k schools!
Yeah I downloaded Fuge's customtone off of line 6, all the credit for the tone really goes to him, just go on line 6 custom tone site and search "Fuge", download his latest tone, its the one i use on the song and its great. And yeah you'll need the metal shop pack for it too.
Hey dude for your question about the gear; I used a Jeff loomis sig hooked to a Toneport for recording the guitars, and I used a Boss DR-3 for the drums and bass programming. I recorded and mixed it all in Sonar 7