MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/16/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/16/16

HOUR 1
P.O.S - "lanes" // chill, dummy
P.O.S - "wearing a bear" // chill, dummy
EMERGENT - "out of the grey" // emergent
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // censor this - single
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
KAT PERKINS - "santa baby" // a kat perkins Christmas II

BAD COP BAD COP - "get rad" // get rad - single
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "start walking" // home
POLAR BEAR CLUB - "living saints" // chasing hamburg
RED FANG - "cut it short" // only ghosts
BIFFY CLYRO - "animal style" // ellipsis
STITCHED UP HEART - "it's so easy" // never alone
SOUNDGARDEN - "rhinosaur" // down on the upside
DOROTHY - "after midnight" // rockisdead

HOUR 2
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens
THE CHARM THE FURY - "virtue of leadership" // a shade of my former self
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "left unsaid" // life
AMARANTHE - "boomerang" // maximalism
CLUTCH - "electric worry" // from beale street to oblivion
AFTER THE BURIAL - "collapse" // dig deep

REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth
TESTAMENT - "stronghold" // brotherhood of the snake
ALICE IN CHAINS - "it ain't like that" // facelift
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella
HALESTORM - "still of the night" // reanimate 3.0 - the covers ep
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
FLIPP - "jingle bells" // merry flippmas

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/09/16 - IN FLAMES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/09/16
GUESTS :: IN FLAMES

HOUR 1
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted” // never look back
SPOKEN – “illusion” // illusion
ARSON RIVER – “chemicals” // any given day
KAT PERKINS – “Christmas stockings” // a kat perkins Christmas vol II
AVERAGE MAMMALS – “steal me swiftly" // petrichor
LAKE AVENUE – “passing through” // you can’t take it with you
POLICA – “top coat" // united crushers
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost

CITY OF THE WEAK – “censor this” // censor this - single
AMARANTHE – “maximize" // maximalism
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "give in to me" // worth the pain
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // white flag - single
HALESTORM – “still of the night” // reanimate 3.0 the covers ep
THE GOODBARS - "I'm alive" // the goodbars
B ! - "dead" // degenerator

HOUR 2
PENDULUM feat IN FLAMES - "self vs self" // immersion
IN FLAMES – “the truth” // battles
IN FLAMES – “the end” // battles
IN FLAMES – “through my eyes” // battles

NORMA JEAN – “the close and discontent" // polar similar
FOR TODAY – “fearless" // immortal
EMBRACE THE ENDING – “ghost” // inception of strength
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard
KATATONIA – “forsaker” // night is the new day
ROYAL'Z - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
LAMB OF GOD - "culling" // the duke

**SPECIAL THANKS to BJORN from IN FLAMES for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! IN FLAMES’ new album “Battles” is out now via Eleven Seven!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/02/16 - KYNG

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/02/16
GUESTS :: KYNG

HOUR 1
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "left unsaid" // life
SKYWIND - "drug store" // sleeping giants
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "fan those flames" // fu kung
KAT PERKINS - "santa baby" // a kat perkins christmas vol II
FORVERATLAST - "shoreline" // ghosts again
SIMS - "what they don't know" // more than ever
DOROTHY - "kiss it" // rockisdead

FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single
STEEL PANTHER - "I want it that way" // I want it that way - single
IN FLAMES - "the truth" // battles
HELLYEAH - "X" // unden!able
SOURCE - "forgiveness" // return to nothing
TRIVIUM - "requiem" // ember to inferno: ab initio
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "don't need it / sisyphys" // torch
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script

HOUR 2
KYNG – “pristine warning” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “breathe in the water” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “the beginning of what was” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “the battle of the saint / lines” // breathe in the water

KYNG – “hide from you” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “show me your love” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “follow blindly” // breathe in the water
KYNG – “burn the serum” // burn the serum
KYNG – “falling down” // trampled sun
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh

**SPECIAL THANKS to EDDIE from KYNG for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! KYNG’s phenomenal new album “Breathe in the Water” is out now via Razor and Tie!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/25/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/25/16

HOUR 1
FLIPP – “oh yeah" // volume
FLIPP – “i wish i was a planet" // flipp
KAT PERKINS – “santa baby" // a kat perkins Christmas vol II
ERIC FAIRCHILD - "wrong side" // now and forever
ICON FOR HIRE – “you can’t kill us” // you can’t kill us
ATMOSPHERE feat AESOP ROCK – “chasing new York” // fishing blues
BROTHER ALI – “looking at me sideways” // the undisputed truth
AGAINST ME – “Rebecca" // shape shift with me

SECRETLY DROWNING - "the flame" // the flame - single
TONIGHT ALIVE - "how does it feel" // limitless
BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted” // never look back
SPOKEN – “beyond the stars” // breathe again
ARSON RIVER – “chemicals” // any given day
KYNG - "hide from you" // breathe in the water
EVERY TIME I DIE - "map change" // low teens

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED – “what child is this (greensleeves)” // what child is this - single
WOVENWAR – “lines in the sand” // honor is dead
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
IN FLAMES – "the end" // battles
HELLYEAH – "scratch a lie" // unden!able
EMBRACE THE ENDING – “ghost" // inception of strength

ONI – “barn burner” // ironshore
CHILDREN OF BODOM – “are you dead yet" // are you dead yet
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "march of the dolls" // the ghost parade
NORMA JEAN – “forever hurtling towards andromeda" // polar similar
ROYAL’Z – “na na princess” // an end to anchor
BY THE THOUSANDS - "revenant" // connect
LAMB OF GOD - "culling" // the duke - ep
SERPENTINE DOMINION - "the vengeance in me" // serpentine dominion
TORCHE - "walk it off" // harmonicraft

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/18/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/18/16
HOUR 1
BUSS - "radar" // low density high fidelity
MANIC EUPHORIA - "catching venus" // by orchids playing
BURNING BOTH ENDS - "every reason" // acoustic live on the Midwest Beatdown
FLIPP - "half a brain" // flipp
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // double live 45
B ! - "higher" // degenerator
POLICA - "berlin" // united crushers

DESSA - "seamstress" // a badly broken code
KOO KOO KANGA ROO feat P.O.S - "shake it well" // whoopty whoop
ICON FOR HIRE - "you can't kill us" // you can't kill us
JOHNNYROOK - "wrong thing" // between love and loss
SCARLET HAZE - "give me a reason" // acoustic live on the Midwest Beatdown
HAIL ARCHER - "stormbringer" // leave your body behind
LA MADNESS - "how bad" // love for losers

HOUR 2
DESTROPHY - "innocence" // the way of your world
KILL SWITCH - "root of evil" // what doesn't kill us
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "the end...tis rising in squares" // the process of assimilation
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
CASANATRA - "rusty cage" // black days: a midwest movement tribute to soundgarden
ALIGN - "B.A.M." // some breaking news
IN FLAMES - "underneath my skin" // battles

DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "disbelief" // tellus hodiernus caducus
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road
ENCROACH - "this holds true" // anamnesis/encroach split
MERCY'S OWN - "this kiss goodnight" // self inflicted
BUILD OR BURN - "you let me down" // brevity is key
NUSIANCE - "migrate" // migrate - single
METALLICA - "spit out the bone" // hardwired...to self destruct

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/11/16 - 16th ANNIVERSARY SHOW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/11/16
16th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
GUESTS :: TIM from ARROWS AT DAWN

HOUR 1
DROPPING DAYLIGHT - "tell me" // brace yourself
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "the senses" // life under the influence
VIA - "closets" // acoustic live on the Midwest Beatdown
ARROWS AT DAWN - "who you are" // pieces
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska

ARROWS AT DAWN - "something more" // out of touch
HOUSTON - "cover" // overhead
QUIETDRIVE - "rise from the ashes" // when all that's left is you
ARROWS AT DAWN - "dead in the water" // no place to hide
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // censor this - single
7TH ASCENT - "misery loves company" // misery loves company - single

HOUR 2
SKYWIND - "lamhaj" // O 2
STAIJA - "CWR" // midwest movement sampler
DOWN AND ABOVE - "the highwayman" // hold your breathe for the rising tide
MINDRITE - "hunger and fear" // the xenocide

ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
SMAKDAB - "redeem" // perfect time
K - "frontline" // prelude
DISEMBODIED - "anvil chandelier" // diablerie
DEVILINSIDE - "kiss the cynic" // volume one
MARTYR AD - "bring out your dead" // on earth as it is in hell
DODD - "empty words" // xxx-mas ball

SPECIAL THANKS to TIM from ARROWS AT DAWN for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! Catch ARROWS AT DAWN live Friday (Nov 18) at Whiskey Junction in Minneapolis with VIA, SILVERTUNG and VAJRA (18+ show)!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/04/16 - SIMS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/04/16
FALL PLEDGE DRIVE part 2
GUESTS :: SIMS

HOUR 1
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "thrill of the kill" // the ghost parade
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "last tomorrow" // new asylum
IN FLAMES - "the truth" // battles
HELLYEAH - "X" // unden!able
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // censor this - single

DOWN AND ABOVE - "joga" // anodyne
SIMS - "a bad flying bird" // more than ever
P.O.S - "wearing a bear" // wearing a bear - single
SIMS - "what they don't know" // more than ever
SIMS - "gosper island" // more than ever
PAPER TIGER feat DESSA - "and the camera" // made like us

HOUR 2
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "fort dodge police" // the eagle's revenge
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson
PANTERA - "a new level" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
DEVILINSIDE - "kiss the cynic" // volume one

SUPERJOINT – “caught up in the gears of application” // caught up in the gears of application
AMARANTHE - "maximize" // maximalism
BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
ALIGN - "worth 3 scene points" // some breaking news
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "reach and touch" // trepanation

**SPECIAL THANKS to SIMS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about his new album “More Than Ever” out now on Doomtree Records! SIMS will be live at First Avenue in Minneapolis on JAN 6 with WebsterX, AIR CREDITS (The Hood Internet x ShowYouSuck), and NAZEEM & SPENCER JOLES. As an added bonus, advanced ticket purchasers will receive an unreleased Sims song prior to the show!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/28/16 - TESTAMENT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/28/16
FALL PLEDGE DRIVE
GUESTS :: TESTAMENT

HOUR 1
THE MISFITS – “monster mash” // cuts from the crypt
LAMB OF GOD – “the duke” // the duke
STITCHED UP HEART – “monster” // never alone
ARROWS AT DAWN – “on the run” // pieces
BIFFY CLYRO – “glitter and trauma” (live) // revolutions – live at Wembley
BRING THE SUN – “death pigeon” // ghost
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “das arbeltslied” // torch
REDOVERLUNAR – “theo’s revenge” // theo’s revenge
REMOVER – “so well” // breakdown barrier
TEN DARK YEARS – “a perfekt ten” // skin deep
SUNSET BLACK – “thereafter” // demo
CROWBAR – “falling while rising” // the serpent only lies

HOUR 2
TESTAMENT – “brotherhood of the snake” // brotherhood of the snake
TESTAMENT – “stronghold” // brotherhood of the snake
ENEMY X – “sacrificial burning” // the ends of the earth

SERPENTINE DOMINON – “the vengeance in me” // serpentine dominion
PANTERA – “the great southern trendkill” (2016 mix) // the great southern trendkill (20th anniversary edition)
AFTER THE BURIAL – “mire” // dig deep
REAPING ASMODIEA – “indwelling” // indwelling – single
ROYAL’Z – “na na princess” // an end to anchor
GHOST – “if you have ghost” // if you have ghosts
TYPE O NEGATIVE – “summer breeze” // bloody kisses

**SPECIAL THANKS to CHUCK BILLY from TESTAMENT for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album “Brotherhood of the Snake” out now on Nuclear Blast!!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/21/16 - TESSERACT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/21/16
GUESTS :: TESSERACT

HOUR 1
AMARANTHE – “maximize" // maximalism
CLUTCH – “a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
VIA – “closets” // sanitize this
REVILWEN - "those who control" // the script
UTOPIAN SLEEP – “October” // less than human
THE SLAIN – “creature of the moat" // the vampire bat
TOWER - "elegy" // tower
HELMET - "bad news" // dead to the world

AMARANTHE – “boomerang" // maximalism
COLD KINGDOM – “let it burn” // the moon and the fool
3 PILL MORNING - "the hunted" // never look back
DOROTHY – “kiss it" // rockisdead
HALESTORM – “mayhem" // into the wild life
BRING THE SUN – “truth" // ghost
FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single

HOUR 2
AMARANTHE – “21" // maximalism
INDEX CASE – “silver” // ocean
TESSERACT – “cages” // errai
TESSERACT – “distopia" // polaris
INVIDIA - "making my amends" // making my amends - single

AMARANTHE – “on the rocks" // maximalism
RED FANG - "not for you" // only ghosts
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “march of the dolls” // the ghost parade
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
MESHUGGAH – “nostrum" // the violent sleep of reason
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road

**SPECIAL THANKS to JAMES from TESSERACT for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! TESSERACT’s new EP “Errai” is out now via KScope! If you like Periphery, Dream Theater and/or Tool check out Tesseract!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/14/16 - SIN CITY ESCAPE & WOVENWAR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/14/16
GUESTS :: SIN CITY ESCAPE & WOVENWAR

HOUR 1
FLIPP - "whole world's sick" // volume
KAT PERKINS - "marry me" // kat perkins
PHANTOGRAM - "you're mine" // three
ICON FOR HIRE - "pulse" // you can't kill us
STITCHED UP HEART - "catch me when I fall" // never alone
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // censor this - single
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // sin city escape

SIN CITY ESCAPE - "still here" // sin city escape
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "running to you" // sin city escape
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "last tomorrow" // new asylum
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // antistar
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground

HOUR 2
CLUTCH - "x-ray visions" // psychic warfare
KYNG - "bipolar schemes" // breathe in the water
GOJIRA - "of blood and salt" // of blood and salt - single
TESSERACT - "cages" // errai
WOVENWAR - "moving up" // wovenwar

WOVENWAR - "censorship" // honor is dead
WOVENWAR - "lines in the sand" // honor is dead
ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
RED FANG - "not for you" // only ghosts
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens

**SPECIAL THANKS to ADDISON, BROOKS and KYLE from SIN CITY ESCAPE and JOSH from WOVENWAR for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! SIN CITY ESCAPE’s new full length album will be out in 2017. WOVENWAR’s new album “Honor is Dead” will be out on Oct 21 on Metal Blade Records!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/07/16 - LETTERS FROM THE FIRE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/07/16
GUESTS :: LETTERS FROM THE FIRE

HOUR 1
CITY OF THE WEAK – “censor this” // censor this – single
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “march of the dolls” // the ghost parade
UTOPIAN SLEEP – “October” // less than human
THE SLAIN – “the vampire bat” // the vampire bat
PHANTOGRAM – “same old blues” // three
AMARANTHE – “that song” // maximalism
THROW THE FIGHT – “drown with me” // transmissions
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost

LETTERS FROM THE FIRE – “give in to me” // worth the pain
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE – “perfect life” // worth the pain
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE – “one foot in the grave” // worth the pain
SIMS – “onehundred” // more than ever

HOUR 2
KYNG – “bipolar schemes” // breathe in the water
WARROOSTER – “hyperdrive” // demo
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “closed out” // shanaska
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – “clap like ozzy” // world gone mad
NUSIANCE – “migrate” // migrate - single
RED FANG – “cut it short” // only ghosts

GOJIRA – “stranded” // magma
TESSERACT – “cages” // errai
CANDIRIA – “mereya” // while they were sleeping
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – “honeysuckle” // dissociation
MESHUGGAH – “by the ton” // the violent sleep of reason
SERPENTINE DOMINION – “the vengeance in me” // serpentine dominion
REAPING ASMODEIA – “indwelling” // indwelling – single

**SPECIAL THANKS to MIKE from LETTERS FROM THE FIRE for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! LETTERS FROM THE FIRE’s new album “Worth the Pain” is out now on Sand Hill Records!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/30/16 - GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/30/16
GUESTS :: GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

HOUR 1
CROBOT - "not for sale" // welcome to fat city
P.O.S - "infatuation with a ghost" // audition (10 year anniversary vinyl)
BAD SEED RISING - "I can feel you" // awake in color
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "march of the dolls" // the ghost parade
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beauty under glass" // the ghost parade
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // white flag - single

GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "until we dream" // the ghost parade
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "lost cause" // human torch ep
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "thrill of the kill" // the ghost parade
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar

HOUR 2
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking
BUTCHER BABIES - "axewound" // goliath
REVILWEN - "one more yesterday" // the script
OPETH - "sorceress" // sorceress
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
KYNG - "pristine warning" // breathe in the water

MESHUGGAH - "by the ton" // the violent sleep of reason
NORMA JEAN - "forever hurtling towards andromeda" // polar similar
CROWBAR - "falling while rising" // the serpent only lies
THE AGONIST - "the moment" // five
TESTAMENT - "brotherhood of the snake" // brotherhood of the snake
ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "lookin out my back door" // skeletons in my closet

**SPECIAL THANKS to LINDY from GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album "The Ghost Parade" coming out Oct 7 on Pavement Entertainment!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/23/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/23/16

HOUR 1
AGAINST ME - "12:03" // shape shift with me
THRICE - "black honey" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd
ATTENTION - "whatever gets you through the night" // everything takes forever
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "steal me swiftly" // petrichor
COLD KINGDOM - "surrender" // the moon and the fool
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
AMARANTHE - "that song" // maximalism

AGAINST ME - "all this (and more)" // shape shift with me
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
SIMS - "onehundred" // more than ever
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "give in to me" // worth the pain
CHILDREN 18:3 - "afterall..." // come in
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "pull me in" // shanaska
ERIC FAIRCHILD - "wrong side" // now and forever
PAY ATTENTION - "stuck in the mud" // demo

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE - "1977" // low teens
IN FLAMES - "the end" // battles
HELLYEAH - "X" // unden!able
SOURCE - "forgiveness" // return to nothing
ROYAL'Z - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
HATEBREED - "looking down the barrel of today" // the concrete confessional
REFLECTIONS - "autumnus" // the color clear

TESSERACT - "cages" // errai
GOJIRA - "stranded" // magma
AFTER THE BURIAL - "collapse" // dig deep
RED FANG - "flies" // only ghosts
REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens
WHITECHAPEL - "elitest ones" // mark of the blade
WOVENWAR - "censorship" // honor is dead
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/16/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/16/16

HOUR 1
EVERY TIME I DIE - "it remembers" // low teens
AGAINST ME – “haunting, haunted, haunts" // shape shift with me
PHANTOGRAM – “you don’t get me high anymore” // three
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “tidal wave” // tidal wave
COLD KINGDOM – “crash poet” // the moon and the fool
EMERGENT – “out of the grey” // emergent
TEPETRICY – “hole digger” // hole digger - single

KYNG – “pristine warning” // breathe in the water
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
FLIPP - "whole world's sick" // volume
ALTER BRIDGE – “addicted to pain” // fortress
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted" // never look back
BAD SEED RISING – “I can feel you” // awake in color
TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson

HOUR 2
WOVENWAR – “censorship” // honor is dead
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – “failure” // transcendence
ANTISTAR – “vixen” // antistar
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL – “chasing the atrophy" // new asylum
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “beauty under glass” // the ghost parade
TRIVIUM – “dead and gone” // silence in the snow
HUNTRESS – “flesh” // static

EVERY TIME I DIE - "just as real but not as brightly lit" // low teens
REFLECTIONS – “my cancer" // exi(s)t
BY THE THOUSANDS – “theopany" // by the thousands - ep
SOULKEEPER – “sentiment" // get well soon
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard
MESHUGGAH – “born in dissonance” // the violent sleep of reason

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/09/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/09/16

HOUR 1
KYNG - "pristine warning" // breathe in the water
SPOKEN - "beyond the stars" // breathe again
SIMS - "onehundred" // more than ever
THRICE - "blood on the sand" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
IN FLAMES - "the end" // battles
THE GHOST EASE - "pareidolia" // raw
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "steal me swiftly" // petrichor

ZAKK WYLDE feat Corey Taylor - "sleeping dogs" // book of shadows II
P.O.S - "wearing a bear" // wearing a bear - single
CHILDREN 18:3 - "watch over me" // come in
A DAY TO REMEMBER - "naviety" // bad vibrations
JACK WHITE - "hotel yorba" // acoustic in idaho
JACK WHITE & THE MUPPETS - "you are the sunshine of my life" // you are the sunshine of my life - single
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "give in to me" // worth the pain
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd

HOUR 2
CROWBAR - "falling while rising" // the serpent only lies
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "truth" // transcendence
BULLY - "too tough" // feels like
BUTCHER BABIES - "never go back" // take it like a man
CLUTCH - "a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
36 CRAZYFISTS - "renegades" // renegades - single

TESTAMENT - "brotherhood of the snake" // brotherhood of the snake
ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
GREEN DEATH - "lord of the dead" // manufacturing evil
HATEBREED - "A.D." // the concrete confessional
NORMA JEAN - "forever hurtling towards andromeda" // polar similar
THE AGONIST - "the chain" // five
ROYAL'Z - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "limerent death" // dissociation

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/04/16 - LIVE FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/04/16
LIVE FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR

HOUR 1
PEARL JAM - "breathe" // singles - soundtrack
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis
ATMOSPHERE feat deM atlaS - "finer things" // finer things - single
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
WOLF ALICE - "lisbon" // my love is cool

BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "give in to me" // worth the pain
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
CLUTCH - "a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
AGAINST ME - "333" // shape shift with me
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

HOUR 2
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - "tidal wave" // tidal wave
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
DOROTHY - "get up" // get up - single
STITCHED UP HEART - "monster" // never alone
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
BIG GRAMS - "lights on" // big grams
AFTER THE BURIAL - "lost in the static" // dig deep

**SPECIAL THANKS to GULLY and KAREN at KMSU for setting this up and everyone at AMPERS for letting us invade their space at the Minnesota State Fair this year to let us play music that we believe in!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/02/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/02/16

HOUR 1
DESSA - "quinine" // quinine - single
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
A DAY TO REMEMBER – “naivety” // bad vibrations
FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single
AGAINST ME - "haunting, haunted, haunts" // shape shift with me
ICON FOR HIRE – “pulse" // you can't kill us
STITCHED UP HEART – “catch me when I fall" // never alone

SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // white flag - single
JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY - "thrash" // songs from the garage
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // the beauty in disaster
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
CHEVELLE – “joyride (omen)" // the north corridor
COLD KINGDOM – “the light" // the moon and the fool
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beauty under glass" // the ghost parade

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE – “C++ (love will kill you)” // low teens
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – “offer your light" // transcendence
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single
IN FLAMES - "the truth" // battles
CANDIRIA - "mereya" // while they were sleeping
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
NORMA JEAN - "forever hurtling towards andromeda" // polar similar
NORMA JEAN - "the close and discontent" // polar similar
METALLICA - "hardwired" // hardwired ... to self destruct

SERPENTINE DOMINION - "the vengeance in me" // serpentine dominion
MESHUGGAH - "born in dissonance" // the violent sleep of reason
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // indwelling - single
OPETH – “sorceress” // sorceress
GOJIRA – “stranded” // magma
KORN - "rotting in vain" // the serenity of suffering
YOUR MEMORIAL - "turn it all around" // seasons
PSYCHOSTICK - "abcdeath" // we couldn't think of a title

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/26/16 - ATMOSPHERE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/26/16

GUESTS :: ATMOSPHERE

HOUR 1
AGAINST ME - "haunting, haunted, haunts" // shape shift with me
BAYSIDE - "pretty vacant" // vacancy
P.O.S - "infatuation with a ghost" // audition (10 year anniversary edition)
ATMOSPHERE - "sunshine" // sad clown bad summer
ATMOSPHERE - "ringo" // fishing blues
ATMOSPHERE - "windows" feat Prof // windows - single

ATMOSPHERE - "chasing New York" feat Aesop Rock // fishing blues
ATMOSPHERE - "finer things" feat deM atlaS // finer things - single
ATMOSPHERE - "won't look back" feat Kim Manning // fishing blues
ATMOSPHERE - "when the lights go out" feat Doom and Kool Keith // fishing blues
ATMOSPHERE - "say shhh" // seven's travels

HOUR 2
IN FLAMES - "the truth" // battles
IN FLAMES - "the end" // battles
GEMINI SYNDROME - "eternity" // memento mori
9ELECTRIC - "lies" // the damaged ones
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // antistar
SAUL - "the toll" // the toll - single
INDEX CASE - "silver" // ocean

ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
DELAIN - "fire with fire" // moonbathers
MESHUGGAH - "born in dissonance" // the violent sleep of reason
BY THE THOUSANDS - "revenant" // connect
REFLECTIONS - "actias luna" // the color clear
CANDIRIA - "mereya" // while they were sleeping

**SPECIAL THANKS to SLUG from ATMOSPHERE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! ATMOSPHERE's new album "Fishing Blues" is out now on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/19/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/19/16

HOUR 1
COLD KINGDOM - "surrender" // the moon and the fool
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
NUSIANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
DEEPHAVEN - "sundowner" // deephaven
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
BAYSIDE - "pretty vacant" // vacancy
AARON GILLESPIE - "southern weather" // out of the badlands

THRICE - "black honey" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY - "raising teenage girls" // songs from the garage
CLUTCH - "a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd
BRUISE VIOLET - "maybe you're the problem" // survival of the prettiest
AEOUS - "us against the world" // the light you've always had

HOUR 2
GEMINI SYNDROME - "remember we die" // memento mori
9ELECTRIC - "lies" // the damaged ones
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
METAL ALLEGIANCE feat ALISSA WHITE GLUZ - "life in the fast lane" // fallen heroes
PERIPHERY - "marigold" // periphery III: select difficulty
BARONESS - "desperation burns" // purple
GOOD TIGER - "where are the birds" // a head full of moonlight

ROYAL'Z - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
THE AGONIST - "the chain" // five
DELAIN - "fire with fire" // moonbathers
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "limerent death" // dissociation
SERPENTINE DOMINON - "the vengence in me" // serpentine dominon
WHITECHAPEL - "elitist ones" // mark of the blade
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the coin has a say" // low teens

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/12/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/12/16

HOUR 1
ATMOSPHERE – “chasing new york” (feat Aseop Rock) // fishing blues
P.O.S – “wearing a bear” // wearing a bear – single
LACEY STURM – “impossible” // life screams
COLD KINGDOM – “let it burn” // the moon and the fool
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “galvanized” // jousthouse
ATMOSPHERE – “still be here” // fishing blues
AVERAGE MAMMALS – “steal me swiftly” // petrichor

BARONESS – “shock me” // purple
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “beauty under glass” // beauty under glass – single
MY ZERO – “can’t lose control” // can’t lose control – single
BIFFY CLYRO – “animal style” // ellipsis
ATMOSPHERE – “the shhh that we’ve been through” // fishing blues
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted” // never look back
AMARANTHE – “digital world” // massive addictive
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “tidal wave” // tidal wave

HOUR 2
DEFTONES – “phantom bride” // gore
DEFTONES – “swerve city” // koi no yokan
DEFTONES – “you’ve seen the butcher” // diamond eyes
DEFTONES – “bloody cape” // deftones
DEFTONES – “elite” // white pony
DEFTONES – “around the fur” // around the fur
DEFTONES – “engine number 9” // adrenaline
DEFTONES – “teething” // the crow: city of angels soundtrack

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – “limerent death” // dissociation
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA – “psycho” // kill the precedence
PERIPHERY – “marigold” // periphery III: select difficulty
OPETH – “sorceress” // sorceress
WARROOSTER – “communion” // Bilderberg workshop
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard
HATEBREED – “looking down the barrel of today” // the concrete confessional

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/05/16 - KAT PERKINS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/05/16
GUESTS :: KAT PERKINS

HOUR 1
KAT PERKINS – “marry me” // kat perkins
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // kat perkins
KAT PERKINS – “take this heart and leave” // kat perkins
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “tidal wave” // tidal wave
P.O.S. – “wearing a bear” // wearing a bear – single
INDEX CASE – “silver” // ocean

THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “closed out” // shanaska
BRING THE SUN – “death pigeon” // ghost
ROMANTIC REBEL – “too far” // too far – single
VAUDEVILLE – “where darkness lies” // masquerade part I
KICK – “electric love” // away from the world
SCARLET CANARY – “fade” // fade - single
CITY OF THE WEAK – “white fire alarm” // white fire alarm

HOUR 2
SAUL – “bolide” // bolide – single
ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “we all die alone” // alien architect
ASHES FROM STONE – “riddles and riots” // riddles and riots
SCREAMING FOR SILENCE – “the king is crowned” // screaming for silence
SHALLOW SIDE – “rebel” // one
AS FOR YOU – “let me be” // let me be – single
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA – “psycho” // kill the precedence

RED FANG – “flies” // only ghosts
SIN CITY ESCAPE – “white flag” // white flag – single
NONPOINT – “foaming at the mouth” // the poison red
18TH & ADDISON – “war” // makeshift monster
GEMINI SYNDROME – “remember we die” // memento mori
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE – “give in to me” // worth the pain
WARROOSTER – “hyperdrive” // demo
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard

**SPECIAL THANKS to KAT PERKINS for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! Kat's self titled album is out now and look for her new Christmas ep this winter!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/29/16 - WARPED TOUR 2016 WRAP UP

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/29/16
WARPED TOUR 2016 WRAP UP
GUESTS :: STATE CHAMPS, BAD SEED RISING, TONIGHT ALIVE, REEL BIG FISH, EVERY TIME I DIE, WHITECHAPEL

HOUR 1
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted” // never look back
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // kat perkins
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “pull me in” // shanaska
STATE CHAMPS – “secrets” // around the world and back
STATE CHAMPS – “all you are is history” // around the world and back
BAD SEED RISING – “I can feel you” // I can feel you – single

CROBOT – “fly on the wall” // something supernatural
SEVENDUST – “chop” // kill the flaw
THROW THE FIGHT – “drown with me” // transmissons
TONIGHT ALIVE – “listening” // what are you so scared of?
TONIGHT ALIVE – “how does it feel?” // limitless

HOUR 2
REEL BIG FISH – “sell out” // a best of us for the rest of us
REEL BIG FISH – “beer” // a best of us for the rest of us
WARROOSTER – “save the date” // Bilderberg workshop
BOBAFLEX – “forgiven” // anything that moves
ENEMY X – “sacrificial burning” // the ends of the earth

EVERY TIME I DIE – “floater” // hot damn
EVERY TIME I DIE – “the coin has a say” // low teens
EVERY TIME I DIE – “glitches” // low teens
WHITECHAPEL – “elitist ones” // mark of the blade

**SPECIAL THANKS to TYLER from STATE CHAMPS, BAD SEED RISING, JENNA and WHAKAIO from TONIGHT ALIVE, JOHNNY and BRIAN from REEL BIG FISH, KEITH from EVERY TIME I DIE and BEN from WHITECHAPEL all for stopping by the press tent at Warped Tour to hang out with the Midwest Beatdown!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/22/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/22/16

HOUR 1
AGAINST ME – “333” // shape shift with me
DOWN AND ABOVE – “completely” // vena cava
GOING TO THE SUN – “new year” // going to the sun
THE USUAL THINGS – “staring down the morning” // home sweet alone
KAT PERKINS – “marry me” // kat perkins
DOOMTREE – “spill me up” // spill me up – single
PROF – “farout” // liability

BAD SEED RISING – “I can feel you” // I can feel you - single
TONIGHT ALIVE – “how does it feel” // limitless
REEL BIG FISH – “thank you for not moshing” // greatest hit
NEW FOUND GLORY – “my friends over you” // sticks and stones
STATE CHAMPS – “all you are is history” // around the world and back
THE INTERRUPTERS – “loyal” // say it out loud
THE STORY SO FAR – “solo” // warped tour 2016 compilation
YOUNG GUNS – “bones” // bones
FOUR YEAR STRONG – “we all float down here” // four year strong

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE – “the coin has a say” // low teens
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “reincarnate” // reincarnate
VEIL OF MAYA – “punisher” // eclipse
WHITECHAPEL – “the night remains” // whitechapel
AFTER THE BURIAL – “a wolf amongst ravens” // wolves within
AFTER THE BURIAL – “laurentian ghosts” // dig deep
REAPING ASMODEIA – “indwelling” // indwelling – single

ENEMY X – “refuse to fall” // refuse to fall - single
BOBAFLEX – “dry your eyes” // anything that moves
ROMANTIC REBEL – “too far” // too far - single
GEMINI SYNDROME – “remember we die” // memento mori
STITCHED UP HEART – “monster” // never alone
9ELECTRIC – “lies” // the damaged ones
ZAKK WYLDE – “sleeping dogs” feat Corey Taylor // book of shadows II
GHOST – “if you have ghosts” // if you have ghost

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/15/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/15/16

HOUR 1
THE INTERRUPTERS – “take back the power” // the interrupters
ATMOSPHERE – “ringo” // fishing blues
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE – “give in to me” // worth the pain
STATE CHAMPS – “secrets” // around the world and back
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // kat perkins
ACCEPTANCE – “permanent” // phantoms
GOING TO THE SUN – “never get over you” // going to the sun

AVERAGE MAMMALS – “steal me swiftly” // petrichor
NIGHT VERSES – “connecting hexes” // into the vanishing light
LETLIVE – “elephant” // if I’m the devil…
BIFFY CLYRO – “animal style” // ellipsis
PHANTOGRAM – “you don’t get me high anymore” // three
ICON FOR HIRE – “pulse” // you can’t kill us
NEW FOUND GLORY – “stubborn” // resurrection

HOUR 2
9ELECTRIC – “lies” // the damaged ones
BABES IN TOYLAND – “bruise violet” // fontanelle
ROYAL’Z – “na na princess” // an anchor to end
EVERY TIME I DIE – “the coin has a say” // low teens
NONPOINT – “foaming at the mouth” // the poison red
CITY OF THE WEAK – “spit it out” // disclosure
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard
WARROOSTER – “hyperdrive” // demo

PARKWAY DRIVE (feat Jenna from Tonight Alive) – “a deathless song” // ire (deluxe edition)
VEIL OF MAYA – “mikasa” // matriarch
AFTER THE BURIAL – “mire” // dig deep
DEVIN TOWNSEND – “grace” // epicloud
INDEX CASE – “silver” // ocean
THE INTERRUPTERS – “loyal” // say it out loud

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/08/16 - SPOTLIGHT: BIFFY CLYRO

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/08/16
SPOTLIGHT :: BIFFY CLYRO with TIM from ARROWS AT DAWN

HOUR 1
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
ARROWS AT DAWN – “on the run” // pieces
BIFFY CLYRO – “friends and enemies” // ellipsis
BIFFY CLYRO – “booooom, blast and ruin” // only revolutions
BIFFY CLYRO – “57” // blackened sky
BIFFY CLYRO – “little hospitals” // opposites

BIFFY CLYRO – “animal style” // ellipsis
BIFFY CLYRO – “bubbles” // only revolutions
BIFFY CLYRO – “the ideal height” // the vertigo of bliss
BIFFY CLYRO – “Saturday superhouse” // puzzle
BIFFY CLYRO – “paperfriend” // many of horror – ep

HOUR 2
BIFFY CLYRO – “glitter and trauma” // revolutions – live at wembley
BIFFY CLYRO – “opposites” // opposite – live in Glasgow
BIFFY CLYRO – “a girl and his cat” // opposites
BIFFY CLYRO – “victory over the sun” // opposites
BIFFY CLYRO – “that golden rule” // only revolutions
BIFFY CLYRO – “know your quarry” // only revolutions

BIFFY CLYRO – “sky demon” // only revolutions
BIFFY CLYRO – “wolves of winter” // ellipsis
BIFFY CLYRO – “flammable” // ellipsis
BIFFY CLYRO – “re-arrange” // ellipsis
BIFFY CLYRO – “living is a problem” // puzzle
BIFFY CLYRO – “questions and answers” // the vertigo of bliss

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/01/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/01/16
BEST OF 2016 so far...

HOUR 1
FLIPP - "I wish I was a planet" // flipp
FLIPP - "oh yeah" // blow it out your ass
FLIPP - "hairdo" // volume
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
DEFTONES - "prayers/triangles" // gore
POLICA - "berlin" // united crushers
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
THRICE - "blood on the sand" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere

LETLIVE - "elephant" // if i'm the devil...
DOROTHY - "kiss it" // rockisdead
STITCHED UP HEART - "finally free" // never alone
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
BABYMETAL - "karate" // metal resistance
INDEX CASE - "silver" // ocean

HOUR 2
ROYALZ - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
AFTER THE BURIAL - "lost in the static" // dig deep
GOJIRA - "stranded" // magma
HELLYEAH - "X" // unden!able
ANTHRAX - "suzerain" // for all kings
LACUNA COIL - "broken things" // delirium
TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "strength of the mind" // incarnate
WALLS OF JERICHO - "relentless" // no one can save you from yourself
TREASONS - "sense of pride" // black hearts, broken bones
HATEBREED - "looking down the barrel of today" // the concrete confessional
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the coin has a say" // low teens
DUNSMUIR - "our only master" // dunsmuir
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/24/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/24/16

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "the future freaks me out" // i am the movie
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "capital h" // i am the movie
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "a-ok" // i am the movie
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "steal me swiftly" // petrichor
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
GOING TO THE SUN - "new year" // going to the sun
ATMOSPHERE - "ringo" // fishing blues

KAT PERKINS - "drive" // kat perkins
ARROWS AT DAWN - "on the run" // pieces
CHILDREN 18:3 - "watch over me" // come in
3 PILL MORNING - "electric chair" // never look back
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
NEW FOUND GLORY - "dig my own grave" // tip of the iceberg
REEL BIG FISH - "beer" // greatest hit and more
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "it must really suck to be four year strong" // enemy of the world

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the coin has a say" // low teens
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "give in to me" // give in to me - single
DOROTHY - "raise hell" // rockisdead
18th & ADDISON - "war" // makeshift monster
FLIPP - "half a brain" // flipp
FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single
STITCHED UP HEART - "catch me when I fall" // never alone
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella

SOIL - "halo" // scars
BY THE THOUSANDS - "revanant" // connect
IMMORALIS - "the unwanted" // connected visions
GOJIRA - "only pain" // magma
BABYMETAL - "awadama fever" // metal resistance
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // indwelling - single
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/17/16 - STITCHED UP HEART

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/17/16
GUESTS :: STITCHED UP HEART

HOUR 1
DOOMTREE - "spill me up" // spill me up - single
PHANTOGRAM - "bad dreams" // voices
THRICE - "blood on the sand" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "pull me in" // shanaska
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "fell in love without you" // even if it kills me

STITCHED UP HEART - "finally free" // never alone
STITCHED UP HEART - "event horizon" // never alone
STITCHED UP HEART - "monster" // never alone
STITCHED UP HEART - "i can't breathe" // never alone

HOUR 2
CLUTCH - "a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
ZAKK WYLDE feat COREY TAYLOR - "sleeping dogs" // book of shadows II
KYNG - "burn the serum" // burn the serum
FLIPP - "whole world's sick" // volume
CROBOT - "fly on the wall" // something supernatural
ROMANTIC REBEL - "too far" // too far - single
INDEX CASE - "ocean" // silver

BARONESS - "take my bones away" // yellow and green
DUNSMUIR - "our only master" // dunsmuir
GOJIRA - "the shooting star" // magma
ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
AEOUS - "monster" // the light you've always had
FOUR LETTER LIE - "inversion" // like structures

**SPECIAL THANKS to MIXI from STITCHED UP HEART for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown! STITCHED UP HEART’s excellent new album “Never Alone” is out now via Another Century! STITCHED UP HEART will be back in the area on July 13 at the Warehouse in La Crosse, WI for an all ages show! Do not sleep on seeing this band live!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/10/16 - LACUNA COIL

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/10/16
GUESTS :: LACUNA COIL

HOUR 1
LETLIVE - "elephant" // if I'm the devil
AGAINST ME - "unconditional love" // transgender dysphoria blues
FLIPP - "la de da" // blow it out your ass
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beauty under glass" // beauty under glass - single
VIA - "red room" // sanitize this
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
DEEPHAVEN - "sundowner" // deephaven

AVERAGE MAMMALS - "the senses" // life under the influence
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "delirium" // my dinosaur life
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
3 PILL MORNING - "electric chair" // never look back
WARROOSTER - "communion" // bilderberg workshop
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
A DAY TO REMEMBER - "bad vibrations" // bad vibrations

HOUR 2
MACHINE HEAD - "is anybody out there" // is anybody out there - single
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella
LACUNA COIL - "the house of shame" // delirium
LACUNA COIL - "broken things" // delirium

LACUNA COIL - "you love me cause i hate you" // delirium
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single
AFTER THE BURIAL - "lost in the static" // dig deep
EVERY TIME I DIE - "ebolorama" // hot damn
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "reincarnate" // reincarnate
VEIL OF MAYA - "mikasa" // matriarch
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are forever and shall be

**SPECIAL THANKS to ANDREA from LACUNA COIL for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! LACUNA COIL's excellent new album "Delirium" is out now via Century Media!

NORTHERN INVASION 2016 INTERVIEW AUDIO

All of the interviews from NORTHERN INVASION with AVATAR, BUTCHER BABIES, CITY OF THE WEAK, CLUTCH, LACEY STURM and TRIVIUM in one convenient spot!



Hit the jump and check out Brett Zisler's phenomenal photos from Northern Invasion!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/03/16 - LACEY STURM, CITY OF THE WEAK, BUTCHER BABIES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/03/16
NORTHERN INVASION RECAP PART 2
GUESTS :: LACEY STURM, CITY OF THE WEAK, BUTCHER BABIES

HOUR 1
THRICE - "the long defeat" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "my favorite accident" // i am the movie
STITCHED UP HEART - "monster" // never alone
LACEY STURM - "i'm not laughing" // life screams
LACEY STURM - "rot" // life screams
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost

THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
VOLBEAT - "the devil's bleeding crown" // seal the deal and let's boogie
CITY OF THE WEAK - "spit it out" // disclosure
CITY OF THE WEAK - "just another eulogy" // disclosure
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground

HOUR 2
HELLYEAH - "scratch a lie" // unden!able
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single
BUTCHER BABIES - "never go back" // take it like a man
BUTCHER BABIES - "monster's ball" // take it like a man
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster
NUSIANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence

BOBAFLEX - "I'm glad you're dead" // charlatan's web
ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "don't need it / sisyphus" // torch
KATATONIA - "serein" // the fall of hearts
STAIJA - "hemmorhage" // a new energy
TREASONS - "sense of pride" // black hearts, broken bones
HATEBREED - "A.D." // the concrete confessional
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh

**SPECIAL THANKS to LACEY STURM, STEF, JACKSON, BRENT and CODY from CITY OF THE WEAK and HEIDI and CARLA from BUTCHER BABIES for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week from NORTHERN INVASION!

LACEY STURM’s new album “Life Screams” is out now via Followspot / The Fuel Group.

CITY OF THE WEAK’s latest album “Disclosure” is out now and the band is in the studio working on the follow up.

BUTCHER BABIES’ new album “Take It Like a Man” is out now via Century Media.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/27/16 - AVATAR, CLUTCH, TRIVIUM

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/27/16
NORTHERN INVASION RE-CAP PART 1
GUESTS :: AVATAR, CLUTCH, TRIVIUM

HOUR 1
THRICE - "black honey" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis
FLIPP - "I wish I was a planet" // flipp
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh

AVATAR - "tooth, beak and claw" // feathers and flesh
LACUNA COIL - "blood, tears, dust" // delirium
STITCHED UP HEART - "monster" // never alone
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
CLUTCH - "noble savage" // psychic warfare
CLUTCH - "sucker for the witch" // psychic warfare

HOUR 2
CLUTCH - "behold the colossus" // psychic warfare
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd
UNLOCKING THE TRUTH - "monster" // monster - single
HELLYEAH - "X" // unden!able
TRIVIUM - "dead and gone" // silence in the snow

TRIVIUM - "the ghost that's haunting you" // silence in the snow
TRIVIUM - "rise above the tides" // silence in the snow
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
GREEN DEATH - "lord of the dead" // manufacturing evil
INDEX CASE - "silver" // ocean
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "seek advice elsewhere" // home

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOHANNES and JOHN from AVATAR, DAN from CLUTCH and COREY from TRIVIUM for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week from NORTHERN INVASION!

AVATAR’s new album “Feathers and Flesh” is out now via eOne.

CLUTCH’s new album “Psychic Warfare” is out now via Weathermaker Music.

TRIVIUM’s new album “Silence in the Snow” is out now via Roadrunner.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/20/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/20/16

HOUR 1
INDEX CASE – “silver” // ocean
LACUNA COIL – “broken things” // delirium
STITCHED UP HEART – “monster” // never alone
BABES IN TOYLAND – “he’s my thing” // painkillers
BRUISE VIOLET – “maybe you’re the problem” // survival of the prettiest
TECHINICAN – “crimson chord” // crimson
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost

3 PILL MORNING – “electric chair” // never look back
VAUDEVILLE – “where darkness lies” // masquerade part I
TONIGHT ALIVE – “how does it feel” // limitless
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // kat perkins
FLIPP – “oh yea” // volume
VIA – “closets” // sanitize this
GOODNIGHT RITUAL – “say you will” // fu kung

HOUR 2
GOJIRA – “silvera” // magma
DEFTONES – “rubicon” // gore
WOLF ALICE – “lisbon” // my love is cool
EARTHISDE – “crater” // a dream in static
ROMANTIC REBEL – “too far” // too far – single
SAUL – “the toll” // the toll – single
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA – “psycho” // kill the precedence

KATATONIA – “serein” // the fall of hearts
THE DEAD WEATHER – “rough detective” // dodge and burn
THE END – “throwing stones” // elementary
BY THE THOUSANDS – “theophany” // by the thousands
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “drowning under everything” // tango umbrella
HATEBREED – “looking down the barrel of today” // the concrete confessional
WALLS OF JERICHO – “no one can save you from yourself” // no one can save you from yourself

**SPECIAL THANKS to INDEX CASE and BRAD from STATUSFEAR MEDIA for hooking us up with a premiere of a new INDEX CASE track from their new EP "Ocean" which releases May 21!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/13/16 - NORTHERN INVASION PREVIEW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/13/16
NORTHERN INVASION 2016 PREVIEW

HOUR 1
VAUDEVILLE - "witness to distance" // masquerade part II
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh
AVATAR - "one more hill" // feathers and flesh
P.O.D. - "southtown" // the fundamental elementals of southtown
A DAY TO REMEMBER - "the downfall of us all" // homesick
BABYMETAL - "karate" // metal resistance
PARKWAY DRIVE - "vice grip" // ire
CHEVELLE - "jars" // sci-fi crimes

CLUTCH - "noble savage" // psychic warfare
LAMB OF GOD - "ruin" // as the palaces burn
ROB ZOMBIE - "american witch" // educated horses
LACUNA COIL - "broken things" // delirium
LETLIVE - "reluctantly dead" // if I'm the devil
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground

HOUR 2
CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm
SEVENDUST - "chop" // kill the flaw
LACEY STURM - "impossible" // life screams
TRIVIUM - "in waves" // in waves
SAINT ASONIA - "better place" // saint asonia
SEETHER - "remedy" // karma and effect
HELLYEAH - "demons in the dirt" // blood for blood

BEARTOOTH - "aggressive" // aggressive
BRING ME THE HORIZON - "throne" // that's the spirit
BUTCHER BABIES - "igniter" // take it like a man
GHOST - "secular haze" // infestissunam
KORN - "twist / chi" // life is peachy
DEVILDRIVER - "daybreak" // trust no one
HATEBREED - "something's off" // the concrete confessional

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/06/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/06/16

HOUR 1
SAUL – “the toll” // the toll – single
SAUL – “bolide” // bolide – single
ENEMY X – “refuse to fall” // refuse to fall – single
BOBAFLEX – “a spider in the dark” // anything that moves
WARROOSTER – “save the date” // Bilderberg workshop
ROYAL BLISS – “monster” // waiting out the storm
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “pull me in” // shanaska

STITCHED UP HEART – “monster” // never alone
ALIVE IN BARCELONA – “back to life” // back to life – single
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost
LOLA BLACK – “sorrow and sin” // sorrow and sin – single
A DAY TO REMEMBER – “paranoia” // paranoia – single
CLUTCH – “a quick death in texas” // psychic warfare
BRING ME THE HORIZON – “happy song” // that’s the spirit
SKYWIND – “new year evolution” // O 2

HOUR 2
B ! – “dead” // degenerator
BANEHINGE – “if I can” // psycles
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “beauty under glass” // beauty under glass – single
VIA – “red room” // sanitize this
THRICE – “blood on the sand” // to be everywhere, is to be nowhere
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “drowning under everything” // tango umbrella
GOJIRA – “stranded” // magma

HATEBREED – “staring down the barrel of today” // the concrete confessional
GREEN DEATH – “lord of the dead” // manufacturing evil
BLUE FELIX – “hate inside” // hate inside – single
MY ZERO – “can’t lose control” // can’t lose control – single
BY THE THOUSANDS – “revenant” // connect
WALLS OF JERICHO – “no one can save you from yourself” // no one can save you from yourself
TREASONS – “sense of pride” // black hearts, broken bones
PSYCHOSTICK – “abcdeath” // we couldn’t think of a title

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/29/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/29/16

HOUR 1
ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
VAUDEVILLE - "where darkness lies" // masquerade part 1
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // antistar
CITY OF THE WEAK - "spit it out" // disclosure
LACUNA COIL - "the house of shame" // delirium
LACUNA COIL - "delirium" // delirium

CILVER - "I'm America" // not the end of the world
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will" // fu kung
ZAKK WYLDE feat Corey Taylor - "sleeping dogs" // book of shadows II
DIVIDING EDEN - "hey ya (losing ground)" // here comes the water
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis
VOLBEAT - "the devil's bleeding crown" // seal the deal and let's boogie

HOUR 2
BEARTOOTH - "aggressive" // aggressive
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh
BABYMETAL - "karate" // metal resistance
LAMB OF GOD - "still echoes" // VII: sturm und drang
GOJIRA - "stranded" // magma
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella
DEVIL YOU KNOW - "how the end shall be" // they bleed red

36 CRAZYFISTS - "renegades" // renegades - single
HATEBREED - "A.D." // the concrete confessional
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // indwelling - single
LETLIVE - "the sick, sick, 6.8 billion" // fake history
NIGHT VERSES - "time erases time" // lift your existence
PERIPHERY - "facepalm mute" // periphery II
35 INCH MUDDER - "when doves cry" // when doves cry - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/22/16 - SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/22/16
SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE 2016

HOUR 1
PRINCE – “let’s go crazy” // purple rain
PRINCE – “take me with u” // purple rain
PRINCE – “how come u don’t call me anymore” // the hits/the b-sides
PRINCE – “she’s always in my hair” // the hits/the b-sides
DEFTONES – “digital bath” (acoustic) // b-sides and rarities

DOWN AND ABOVE – “joga” // anodyne
THE REPLACEMENTS – “can’t hardly wait” // don’t you know who I think I was?
SUNSET BLACK – “slumber” // demo
BULLY – “I remember” // feels like
BRING THE SUN – “death pigeon” // ghost
SKYWIND – “lamhaj” // O 2

HOUR 2
GOJIRA – “stranded” // magma
LACEY STURM – “impossible” // life screams
AVATAR – “the eagle has landed” // feathers and flesh
BUTCHER BABIES – “axe wound” // goliath
AFTER THE BURIAL – “lost in the static” // dig deep

KILL SWITCH – “rebuild” // what doesn’t kill us
DISEMBODIED – “anvil chandelier” // diablerie
DEVILINSIDE – “kiss the cynic” // volume one
THIRCE – “blood on the sand” // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
PRINCE – “purple rain” // purple rain

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/15/16 - WALLS OF JERICHO

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/15/16
GUESTS :: WALLS OF JERICHO

HOUR 1
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
VIA - "red room" // sanitize this
VAUDEVILLE - "witness to distance" // masquerade pt 2
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // white flag - single
ROMANTIC REBEL - "too far" // too far - single
BOBAFLEX - "a spider in the dark" // anything that moves

TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson
POLICA - "berlin" // united crushers
UNDEROATH - "you're so ever inviting" // define the great line
THE GHOST EASE - "pareidolia" // raw
CLUTCH - "a quick death in texas" // psychic warfare
TRIVIUM - "the ghost that's haunting you" // silence in the snow
BABYMETAL - "awadama fever" // metal resistance

HOUR 2
36 CRAZYFISTS - "renegades" // renegades - single
DEFTONES - "rubicon" // gore
WALLS OF JERICHO - "a trigger full of promises" // with devils amongst us all
WALLS OF JERICHO - "relentless" // no one can save you from yourself
WALLS OF JERICHO - "no one can save you from yourself" // no one can save you from yourself

WALLS OF JERICHO - "reign supreme" // no one can save you from yourself
HATEBREED - "A.D." // the concrete confessional
TREASONS - "sense of pride" // black hearts, broken bones
REFLECTIONS - "actias luna" // the color clear
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "antidote" // tango umbrella
REAPING ASMODIEA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth

**SPECIAL THANKS to CANDACE from WALLS OF JERICHO for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! WALLS OF JERICHO's crushing new album "No One Can Save You From Yourself" is out now on Napalm Records!



ANTISTAR interview audio from 4-8-16



KILLSWITCH ENGAGE interview audio from 4-1-16

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DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE ROAD TO NORTHERN INVASION II!

APRIL 29 at MILL CITY NIGHTS in MINNEAPOLIS

SIN CITY ESCAPE

VIA

ANTISTAR

VAUDEVILLE

ASHES FROM STONE

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/08/16 - ANTISTAR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/08/16
GUESTS :: ANTISTAR

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "rubicon" // gore
COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "the moment you arrived (big boy pants)" // fu kung
HARAKIRI - "c'est la vie" // harakiri
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
VOLBEAT - "the devil's bleeding crown" // seal the deal and let's boogie
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis

THRICE - "blood on the sand" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh

HOUR 2
DEFTONES - "xenon" // gore
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // antistar
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beauty under glass" // beauty under glass - single

ANTISTAR - "stahlhym" // antistar
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single
GREEN DEATH - "lord of the dead" // manufacturing evil
TREASONS - "sense of pride" // black hearts, broken bones
OTEP - "in cold blood" // generation doom
KATATONIA - "old heart falls" // the fall of hearts
RANCID - "ruby soho" // ...and out come the wolves

**SPECIAL THANKS to SHAWN and REID from ANTISTAR for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! ANTISTAR’s self titled debut is out now!!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/01/16 - KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/01/16
GUESTS :: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

HOUR 1
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
THRICE - "blood on the sand" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere
COLD KINGDOM - "the light" // the moon and the fool
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
THROW THE FIGHT - "don't let me down" // transmissions
GOING TO THE SUN - "new year" // going to the sun
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground

UNDEROATH - "a boy brushed red living in black and white" // they're only chasing safety
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "strength of the mind" // incarnate
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "triumph through tragedy" // incarnate
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "hate by design" // incarnate

HOUR 2
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "until we dream" // everything is red
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // antistar
A DAY TO REMEMBER - "paranoia" // paranoia - single
CITY OF THE WEAK - "spit it out" // disclosure
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh
AUGUST BURNS RED - "identity" // found in far away places
YOUR MEMORIAL - "forever united" // forever united - single

BY THE THOUSANDS - "revenant" // connect
AFTER THE BURIAL - "mire" // dig deep
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence
REAPING ASMODIEA - "indwelling" // indwelling - single
INDEX CASE - "silent side of you" // index case
CWN ANNWN - "stay forever" // metamorphosis
KYNG - "burn the serum" // burn the serum

**SPECIAL THANKS to ADAM D from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s phenomenal new album “Incarnate” is out now via Roadrunner Records!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/25/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/25/16

HOUR 1
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "strength of the mind" // incarnate
36 CRAZYFISTS - "also am I" // time and trauma
TIMES OF GRACE - "willing" // the hymn of a broken man
JOHNNYROOK - "down the aisle" // between love and loss
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around
TONIGHT ALIVE - "how does it feel?" // limitless
CRASH CUDDLE - "owning the bull" // crash cuddle

AVATAR - "house of eternal hunt" // feathers and flesh
AVATAR - "the eagle has landed" // feathers and flesh
ROMANTIC REBEL - "too far" // too far - single
BLAMESHIFT - "tell me it's alright" // tell me it's alright - single
STITCHED UP HEART - "finally free" // finally free - single
DOLL SKIN - "wring me out" // in your face
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop

HOUR 2
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "drowning under everything" // tango umbrella
ANTHRAX - "suzerain" // for all kings
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "white flag" // white flag - single
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "the moment you arrived (big boy pants)" // fu kung
EMERGENT - "erode" // emergent

WALLS OF JERICHO - "no one can save you from yourself" // no one can save you from yourself
HOUSEHOLD - "undertow" // time spent
TREASONS - "wolves are circling" // demo
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "seek advice elsewhere" // home
BABES IN TOYLAND - "bruise violet" // fontanelle
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "hero of the soviet union" // one of us is the killer
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
LETLIVE - "empty elvis" // the blackest beautiful
BABYMETAL - "karate" // karate - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/18/16 - SPOKEN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/18/16
GUESTS :: SPOKEN

HOUR 1
P.O.S. - "sleepdrone/superposition" // sleepdrone/superposition – single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "TKO" // panic stations
SPOKEN - "poison in the air" // breathe again

SPOKEN - "take my breathe away" // breathe again
SPOKEN - "beyond the stars" // breathe again
SPOKEN - "falling apart" // breathe again

HOUR 2
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "antidote" // tango umbrella
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "pull me in" // shanaska
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
ICON FOR HIRE - "you were wrong" // you can't kill us
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control – single
NUSIANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence

A DAY TO REMEMBER - "paranoia" // paranoia – single
UNEARTH - "giles" // III: in the eyes of fire
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "triumph through tragedy" // incarnate
WALLS OF JERICHO - "illusion of safety" // no one can save you from yourself
WALLS OF JERICHO - "cutbird" // no one can save you from yourself
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "down and depraved" // tango umbrella

**SPECIAL THANKS to MATT, SCOOP and ISIAIAH from SPOKEN for stopping by the studio for the Midwest Beatdown this week! SPOKEN’s new album “Breathe Again” is out now on Artery Recordings. SPOKEN will be at Bash on the Farm in Forest City, IA on July 24!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/11/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/11/16

HOUR 1
GOODNIGHT RITUAL – “the minute you arrived (big boy pants)” // fu kung
ALL THE WAY RIDER – “I always” // Floyd
P.O.S. – "weird friends" // we don't even live here
POLICA - "berlin" // united crushers
BRUISE VIOLET - "maybe you're the problem" // survival of the prettiest
LA MADNESS – “how bad” // love for losers
ROMANTIC REBEL – “too far” // too far – single

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “the great deceit" // incarnate
3 PILL MORNING – “bottom of the barrel” // bottom of the barrel - single
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
SPOKEN – “beyond the stars” // breathe again
VIA - "closets" // live acoustic in studio performance
SCREAMING FOR SILENCE - "varsity blues" // screaming for silence
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse

HOUR 2
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “suffer elegantly” // tango umbrella
SLAYER – “repentless” // repentless
TESTAMENT – “more than meets the eye” // the formation of damnation
MEGADETH – “dystopia" // dystopia
CHILDREN OF BODOM – “i worship chaos" // i worship chaos
ANTISTAR – “the pluto encounter” // antistar
HOUSEHOLD – “undertow” // time spent
TREASONS – “wolves are circling” // demo

TECHNICIAN – “megaman" // crimson
TORCHE - "blasted" // restarter
CLUTCH - "noble savage" // psychic warfare
AVATAR - "death of sound" // hail the apocalypse
AFTER THE BURIAL - "mire" // dig deep
ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
36 CRAZYFISTS – “also am I” // time and trauma
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “triumph through tragedy” // incarnate

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/04/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/04/16

HOUR 1
ROMANTIC REBEL - "too far" // too far - single
FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single
COLD KINGDOM - "surrender" // the moon and the fool
EMERGENT - "the fall" // emergent
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
POLICA - "top coat" // united crushers
PVRIS - "you and I" // white noise (deluxe edition)
P.O.S. & MIKE MICTLAN - "get down" // we don't even live here

SKYWIND - "lamhaj" // O 2
B ! - "higher" // degenerator
BANEHINGE - "these eyes" // psycles
CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm
BRING ME THE HORIZON - "shadow moses" // sempiternal
SEVENDUST - "slave the prey" // kill the flaw
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces

HOUR 2
AFTER THE BURIAL - "laurentian ghosts" // dig deep
TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson
BOBAFLEX - "a spider in the dark" // anything that moves
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "hate by design" // incarnate
ANTHRAX - "monster at the end" // for all kings
DEFTONES - "prayers/triangles" // gore
EARTHSIDE feat BJORN STRID - "crater" // a dream in static

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "perfectionist" // tango umbrella
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
DOLL SKIN - "wring me out" // in your face
BABYMETAL - "karate" // karate - single
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
WALLS OF JERICHO - "relentless" // no one can save you from yourself
GOJIRA - "vacuity" // the way of all flesh

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/26/16 - VIA, SCREAMING FOR SILENCE, WARROOSTER

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/26/16
GUESTS :: VIA, SCREAMING FOR SILENCE, WARROOSTER

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
VIA - "the color snow" (acoustic live in studio)
VIA - "closets" (acoustic live in studio)
VIA - "red room" // sanitize this

ASHES FROM STONE - "riddles and riots" // riddles and riots
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
SCREAMING FOR SILENCE - "the king is crowned" // screaming for silence
SCREAMING FOR SILENCE - "varsity blues" // screaming for silence

HOUR 2
WALLS OF JERICHO - "relentless" // no one can save you from yourself
YOUR MEMORIAL - "forever united" // forever united - single
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // Bilderberg workshop
POLICA - "someway" // united crushers

THE SHIFT - "want you to want" // want you to want - single
FURY THINGS - "some things" // VHS
ANTHRAX - "suzerain" // for all kings
WARROOSTER - "communion" // Bilderberg workshop

**SPECIAL THANKS to VIA (also for an incredible acoustic performance), SCREAMING FOR SILENCE and MARKY B from WARROOSTER for stopping up to the studio for an extra special Midwest Beatdown this week! VIA's latest album "Sanitize This" is out now on Pavement Entertainment! SCREAMING FOR SILENCE's self titled album is out now! WARROOSTER's "Bilderberg Workshop" is out now! Support all 3 bands when they are in your town next, they do not disappoint!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/19/16

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/19/16

HOUR 1
AFTER THE BURIAL – “collapse“ // dig deep
AFTER THE BURIAL – “lost in the static” // dig deep
THROW THE FIGHT – “not so Hollywood” // what doesn’t kill us
VAUDEVILLE – “where darkness lies” // masquerade pt I
BRING THE SUN – “death pigeon” // ghost
POLICA – “lime habit” // united crushers
AVERAGE MAMMALS – “the senses” // life under the influence

BLAMESHIFT – “tell me it’s alright” // tell me it’s alright – single
COLD KINGDOM – “let it burn” // the moon and the fool
EMERGENT – “dead letters” // emergent
THE ODD LIFE – “empty bottles” // empty bottles - ep
SPOKEN – “beyond the stars” // breathe again
CHILDREN 18:3 – “afterall” // come in
DIVIDING EDEN – “hey ya (losing gravity)” // here comes the water

HOUR 2
ANTHRAX – “breathing lightning” // for all kings
HOUSEHOLD – “undertow” // time spent
TREASONS – “wolves are circling” // demo
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “don’t need it / Sisyphus” // torch
NUSIANCE – “priapism” // kill the silence
MY ZERO – “can’t lose control” // can’t lose control - single
LET IT BREATHE – “second hit” // river wizard
DROWNING POOL – “push” // hellelujah

BY THE THOUSANDS – “revenant” // connect / statusfear media metal sampler 2016
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “hate by design” // incarnate
THE GOODBARS – “I’m alive” // the goodbars
CWN ANNWN – “stay forever” // metamorphosis
DELAIN – “suckerpunch” // lunar prelude
UNDEROATH – “in regards to myself” // define the great line
CRASH CUDDLE – “owning the bull” // crash cuddle - ep

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/12/16 - BRING THE SUN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/12/16
GUESTS :: BRING THE SUN

HOUR 1
MC CHRIS – “nrrrrd girl” // mc chris is dead
DEFTONES – “prayers / triangles” // gore
DOROTHY – “get up” // get up – single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “closed out” // shanaska
AVADO – “death express” // viscera

BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost
BRING THE SUN – “consequences” // ghost
BRING THE SUN – “death pigeon” // ghost
ANGRY WATERS – “invasive species” // hold the high ground
DISKORD – “dead to me” // limberdink road

HOUR 2
LACEY STURM – “I’m not laughing” // life screams
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // dkat perkins
WOLF ALICE – “Lisbon” // my love is cool
COURTNEY BARNETT – “pedestrian at best” // sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit
BULLY – “I remember” // feels like
BIFFY CLYRO – “sounds like balloons” // opposites
PROF – “bar breaker” // liability
I THE MIGHTY – “adrift” // connector

GLASSJAW – “cosmopolitan bloodloss” // worship and tribute
AFTER THE BURIAL – “collapse” // dig deep
VEIL OF MAYA – “mikasa” // matriarch
SOULKEEPER – “sentiment” // get well soon / statusfear media metal sampler 2016
CONVEYER – “haven” // when given time to grow
REFLECTIONS – “actias luna” // the color clear
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “let all the world believe” // tango umbrella

**SPECIAL THANKS to KAT from BRING THE SUN for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album “Ghost” and their CD release party at the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato on Saturday (Feb 13) with Angry Waters and The Mayberry Riot!