MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/24/25 - KMSU FALL PLEDGE DRIVE LIVE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/24/25
KMSU FALL PLEDGE DRIVE

HOUR 1
LIMP BIZKIT – “making love to morgan wallen” // making love to morgan wallen - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “sleepless nights” // full circle
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – “everybody knows” // flowers
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads” // negative ghostrider
TURNSTILE – “sunshower/birds” // never enough
TWO HARBORS – “what you’re on about” (vinyl) // can’t shake this dream

MAMMOTH – “something new” // the end
JOHNNYROOK – “missing you for days” (2025) // the more things change (2025)
DIE SPITZ – “punishers” (vinyl) // something to consume
TOO LATE, BUT STILL – “gentle howls” // night songs
BIFFY CLYRO – “a little love” (vinyl) // futique
GULLY BOYS – “me and you” // gully boys

HOUR 2
SCOWL – “fantasy” // are we all angels
FIRSUN – “if we want it” // if we want it - single
ROCKET – “crossing fingers” (vinyl) // r is for rocket
EXACTLYNO – “all I need” // all I need - single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “mi corazon” (vinyl) // the same old wasted wonderful world
SUMO CYCO – “villians” // neon void

SLDG – “crickets” // of my own design
FLESHWATER – “last escape” (vinyl) // 2000: in search of the endless sky
SOULKEEPER – “smile because it happened” // join us in creating excellence
MANY EYES – “the clock behind all other clocks” // combust
SOULFLY – “no pain = no power” // chama
ROMAN CANDLE – “fire in the night sky forever” // fire in the night sky forever - single
DYING WISH – “I brought you my soul (your world brought me despair)” // I brought you my soul - single

R.I.P. SAM RIVERS

**SPECIAL THANKS to ALL OF OUR RADIO HEROES FROM MO, IA and MN FOR THEIR PLEDGES TONIGHT DURING THE MIDWEST BEATDOWN! Your support helps KMSU stay on the air, be local and independent and ran by music lovers for music lovers of all kinds! You can still pledge your support over at http://www.kmsu.org to help us reach our $33,000 goal!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/17/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/17/25

HOUR 1
ACE FREHLEY - "New York groove" // ace frehley
ACE FREHLEY feat MIKE McCREADY - "cold gin" // origins vol 1
ACE FREHLEY feat JOHN 5 - "parasite" // origins vol 1
THE DONNAS - "speeding back to my baby" // the early years
NEW MEDICINE & ADELITA'S WAY - "last laugh" // last laugh ep
IN THIS MOMENT - "adrenalize" // blood
DED - "purpose: be myself" // resent

THE PRETTY WILD - "button eyes" // zero.point.genesis
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY - "living the meme" // living the meme
SUMO CYCO - "shivers" // neon void
DIE SPITZ - "punishers" // something to consume
BUNNY BLOOD - "was it me?" // punktober five comp
BABES IN TOYLAND - "bruise violet" // fontanelle
EVA UNDER FIRE - "awakening" // awakening - single
NOTHING MORE - "we're in this together" // we're in this together - single

HOUR 2
THE SLAIN - "the haunted castle" // the slain
ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
AEOUS - "causality" // the light you've always had
WEEKEND PICNIC - "echo chamber" // echo chamber - single
BIOHAZARD - "strength in the face of adversity" // divided we fall
EVERNORTH - "prevailer" // silver tongue
DYING WISH - "I don't belong anywhere" // flesh stays together

ENTHEOS - "empty on the inside" // empty on the inside - single
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "broken and blind" // broken and blind - single
SABATON - "lightning at the gates" // legends
BY THE THOUSANDS - "shiver" // the descent
LIVING DEAD GIRL - "succubus" // conspiracy
TESTAMENT - "nature of the beast" // para bellum
SOULFLY feat TODD JONES - "nihilist" // chama
VEIN - "rebirth protocol" // errorzone

REST IN PEACE ACE FREHLEY

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/10/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/10/25

HOUR 1
THE SLAIN - "creature of the moat" // the slain
DIVIDE THE FALL - "break free" // break free - single
THRICE - "albatross" // horizons/west
NEW MEDICINE & ADELITA'S WAY - "last laugh" // last laugh ep
AMIRA ELFEKY - "hold onto me" // hold onto me - single
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "meltdown" // scoring the end of the world
ROCKET - "pretending" // r is for rocket

ALTER BRIDGE - "what lies within" // alter bridge
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
KILLING STARES - "teenager" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
DEFTONES - "metal dream" // private music
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "broken and blind" // broken and blind - single
ALICE IN CHAINS - "them bones" // dirt

HOUR 2
TYPE O NEGATIVE - "summer breeze (Rick Rubin mix)" // bloody kisses (30th anniversary edition)
GORE. - "like you meant it" // if you do not fear me
DED - "eraser" // resent
DAEDRIC - "night mother" // as the light left
PLAGUE OF STARS - "false reality" // extinction
ONLY TIME - "the pull" // compassion fatigue
LIVING DEAD GIRL - "succubus" // conspiracy

TESTAMENT - "witch hunt" // para bellum
BETTER LOVERS - "don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single
ORBIT CULTURE - "inferna" // death above life
BY THE THOUSANDS - "the flood" // the descent
LAMB OF GOD - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
BIOHAZARD - "eyes on six" // divided we fall
LORNA SHORE - "unbreakable" // I feel the everblack festering within me

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/03/25 - HALESTORM

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/03/25
GUESTS :: HALESTORM

HOUR 1
THE SLAIN - "the vampire bat" // the slain
THRICE - "holding on" // horizons/west
RAD OWL - "double play" // rad owl/quit split
SCARLET HAZE - "give me a reason" // out of the dark
ROCKET - "crossing fingers" // r...is for rocket
NEW MEDICINE - "s.o.s." // die trying: the double album
DIVIDE THE FALL - "break free" // break free - single

TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "nine years" // night songs
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
LINDSEY STIRLING & HALESTORM - "shatter me" // shatter me (deluxe edition)
HALESTORM - "fallen star" // Everest
HALESTORM - "Everest" // Everest

HOUR 2
HALESTORM - "straight through the heart" // Ronnie James Dio: this is your life
HALESTORM - "like a woman can" // Everest
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle
GULLY BOYS - "me and you" // gully boys
GORE. - "orbiting" // if you do not fear me
DED - "purpose: be myself" // resent

LAMB OF GOD - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
ORBIT CULTURE - "the storm" // death above life
TESTAMENT - "infanticide a.i." // para bellum
MEGADETH - "tipping point" // megadeth
DYING WISH - "moments I regret" // flesh stays together
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
ROMAN CANDLE - "fire in the night sky forever" // fire in the night sky forever - single
SOULFLY feat TODD JONES - "nihilist" // chama

**SPECIAL THANKS to AREJAY and JOSH from HALESTORM for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week before their show at Treasure Island Amphitheater in Welch, MN! HALESTORM's awesome new album "Everest" is out now!

Midwest Beatdown · HALESTORM 2025 interview

HALESTORM and LINDSEY STIRLING bring a magical night of music to the outdoors!

CONCERT REVIEW :: HALESTORM, LINDSEY STIRLING, APOCALYPTICA
Treasure Island Amphiteater - Welch, MN
Sept 26, 2025
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick

A perfect late summer/early fall evening for an outdoor rock show this past Friday night at the Treasure Island Amphitheater in Welch, MN played host to an incredible evening of music from hard rock favorites Halestorm and violin and dance wizard Lindsey Stirling. Apocalyptica opened the evening with an exciting set of Metallica covers to celebrate their first Apocalyptica Plays Metallica album and their recently released second collection of Metallica reworkings. You can’t NOT bob your head and have a good time when they’re up there rocking “Master of Puppets”, “Enter Sandman” and “Seek and Destroy” complete with guitar solos on the cello! Apocalyptica perfectly opened the night of what was to come.

I’ve only previously seen LINDSEY STIRLING do her fantastic Christmas show so I wasn’t too sure how Lindsey was going to do in a rock show setting. Any doubts that I might have had were quickly wiped away during the opening number “The Phoenix”. Dare I say it got heavier for the second number “Underground”? All of this is thanks to shredder Jason Richardson joining Lindsey’s band for this tour. Lindsey already had a tight band backing her but with Jason added in there, it takes her show to a heavier level. This might have been of some shock to old school Lindsey fans as it sounds vastly different than her records. However, this crowd ate it up playing perfectly to a hard rock crowd! Lindsey got a good laugh out of the crowd when she brought out “The Wheel” to pick the evening’s random song. “Carol of the Bells” was one of the 6 songs that could be played and Lindsey said “Hey, Carol of the Bells slaps!” Personally, I would have loved to hear this band tackle the Christmas classic but the wheel decided on “Til the Light Goes Out” which did not disappoint. Lindsey’s fantastic dancing while playing the violin is amazing enough but paired with her stellar dancers and this heavier band. Chef’s kiss! Lindsey, please release a live album with this band!

HALESTORM came out swinging with “Fallen Star” the lead track off their new album “Everest”, a heavy number that perfectly sets off not only the new album but also tonight’s live show. Halestorm kept the gas pedal down with “I Miss the Misery” and “Love Bites (So Do I)” before slowing it down for a minute with their latest single “Darkness Always Wins” which rocked a little harder live. “Like a Woman Can” went over big with the crowd, the bluesy rocker for the ladies in the crowd. Lzzy sat at a beautiful grand piano emblazed with the Halestorm logo and gave the crowd an encore rendition of her karaoke performance from the previous night inside Treasure Island of the classic “I Will Always Love You” and nailed it! The band came back out for a stunning version of the Everest closer “How Will You Remember Me?” dedicated to Ozzy! The band took the crowd in to overdrive with the unhinged “Watch Out!”. The opening of “Familiar Taste of Poison” was given a nice classic rock overhaul complete with Lzzy drinking from a chalice (maybe a nod to Ozzy as well) which led in to a killer version of “Rain Your Blood on Me” also from the new album. “Everest” sounded just as much of a mountain climbing journey closing out the main set as it does on record, completing the night with an impressive 9 of the 12 songs from the new record. Arejay’s drum solo brought the hand from the back of the Everest record to life and gave the crew a chance to torment Arejay at the same time.

The encore brought Lindsey Stirling back out to perform the new version of “Shatter Me” with Halestorm as the backing band. The track was just released earlier in the day on a deluxe edition of Lindsey’s “Shatter Me” album. The track takes on a heavier vibe adding the guys from Halestorm and brought it to an even more epic level with Lindsey joining Halestorm in front of all those Marshall amps sharing the stage together.

This was an epic evening of magical proportions. Halestorm and Lindsey Stirling came with a co-headlining run that showcased each of their strengths perfectly while trying out something new. If they do a second leg of this tour, do not miss it! This was a perfect billing bringing each other’s fans together to make a memorable evening for every fan!

SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PICTURES FROM HALESTORM, LINDSEY STIRLING and APOCALYPTICA HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/26/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/26/25

HOUR 1
HALESTORM - "fallen star" // Everest
TURNSTILE - "sunshower" // never enough
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough
SPEED - "don't need" // only one mode
FLESHWATER – “green street” // 2000: in search of the endless sky
THORNHILL - "mercia" // mercia - single
SLEEP TOKEN - "caramel" // even in arcadia
SILENT PLANET - "antimatter" // superbloom
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t

TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "gentle howls" // night songs
TWO HARBORS - "what you're on about" // can't shake this dream
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “mi Corazón” // the same old wasted wonderful world
MADAM DRIVER - "crossroads" // negative ghostrider
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design
ALTER BRIDGE - "silent divide" // alter bridge
SHINEDOWN - "killing fields" // killing fields - single

HOUR 2
DYING WISH - "a curse upon iron" // flesh stays together
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "for I am death" // for I am death - single
THE PRETTY WILD – “paradox” // zero.point.genesis
GORE. - "wrath" // if you do not fear me
AMIRA ELFEKY – “hold onto me” // hold onto me - single
SUMO CYCO – “boring” // neon void
FIRSUN - "speak" // speak - single

DAEDRIC - "night mother" // as the light left
THE HIVES - "roll out the red carpet" // the hives forever, forever the hives
BETTER LOVERS – “don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single
KITTIE – “Charlotte XXV" // spit XXV
BIOHAZARD – “death of me” // divided we fall
ORBIT CULTURE - "nerve" // death above life
REAPING ASMODEIA - "sanctuary of poison" // sanctuary of poison - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/19/25 - DED

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/19/25
GUESTS :: DED

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK feat PATRICK STUMP– “particle physics” // the same old wasted wonderful world
FLESHWATER – “last escape” // 2000: in search of the endless sky
DIVIDE THE FALL – “break free” // break free – single
AMIRA ELFEKY – “hold onto me” // hold onto me - single
BUNNY BLOOD - "was it me?" // punktober compilation
RAD OWL – “growl” // rage gracefully
SUMO CYCO – “boring” // neon void

NINE INCH NAILS – “shadow over me" // tron: ares soundtrack
LAMB OF GOD – “omens” // omens
HARMS WAY – “other world” // other world - single
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER CONSPIRACY – “corncob messiah” // city pages 2023 band of the year
DEMON HUNTER – “ouroboros” // there was a light here
DRAIN – “scared of everything and nothing” // drain…is your friend
KITTIE – “Charlotte XXV" // spit XXV
BETTER LOVERS – “don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single

HOUR 2
THE PRETTY WILD – “paradox” // zero.point.genesis
WE CAME AS ROMANS, CURRENTS & AFTER THE BURIAL - "bad luck" // bad luck - single
DED – “purpose: be myself” // resent
DED – “eraser” // resent

DED feat CHAD GREY – “you want honest?” // resent
ROMAN CANDLE – “fire in the night sky forever” // fire in the night sky forever - single
BIOHAZARD – “death of me” // divided we fall
SOULKEEPER – “reality bytes" // join us in creating excellence
SOULKEEPER - "smile because it happened" // join us in creating excellence
AFTER THE BURIAL – “hum from the hollow” // hum from the hollow - single
SABATON – “Templars” // legends
DEFTONES – “cut hands” // private music

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOE from DED for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! DED is back and heavy with their new album "Resent" out now via UNFD! DED returns to the Myth in Maplewood on Oct 17 with IN THIS MOMENT, DAYSEEKER and THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT!

Midwest Beatdown · Ded 2025 interview