MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/23/16 - BEST OF 2016

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/23/16
BEST OF 2016

HOUR 1 - LOCAL
EMERGENT – “home” // home - single
FLIPP – “mr. Grinch” // merry flippmas
12. TECHNICIAN – “crimson chord” // crimson
11. AVERAGE MAMMALS – “steal me swiftly” // petrichor
10. SIMS – “what they don’t know” // more than ever
9. ANTISTAR – “vixen” // antistar
8. AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “drowning under everything” // tango umbrella

7. GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “march of the dolls” // the ghost parade
6. ATMOSPHERE – “ringo” // fishing blues
5. INDEX CASE – “silver” // ocean
4. POLICA – “top coat” // united crushers
3. GOODNIGHT RITUAL – “say you will” // fu kung
2. BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost
1. AFTER THE BURIAL – “lost in the static” // dig deep

HOUR 2 - NATIONAL
AUGUST BURNS RED – “what child is this (greensleeves)” // what child is this - single
10. HIGHLY SUSPECT – “postres” // the boy who died wolf (13 points)
9. METALLICA – “hardwired” // hardwired...to self destruct (14 points)
7. AFTER THE BURIAL – “collapse” // dig deep (15 points)
7. STITCHED UP HEART – “monster” // never alone (15 points)
6. DOROTHY – “raise hell” // rockisdead (16 points)
4. KORN – “rotting in vein” // the serenity of suffering (18 points)
4. GOJIRA – “stranded” // magma (18 points)

3. PERIPHERY – “magnolia” // periphery III: select difficulty (19 points)
2. CHEVELLE – “joyride (omen)” // the north corridor (28 points)
1. THRICE – “blood on the sand” // to be everywhere is to be nowhere (38 points)
1. THIRCE - "black honey" // to be everywhere is to be nowhere (38 points)
LEMMY & DAVE GROHL - "run, rudolph, run" // we wish you a metal Christmas
KAT PERKINS - "santa baby" // a kat perkins Christmas vol II
AUGUST BURNS RED - "rudolph the red nosed reindeer" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "frosty the snowman" // sleddin' hill

**SPECIAL THANKS to ZIS, LINDSEY, DOUG, TIM from ARROWS AT DAWN, CLARK from The Mayberry Riot and Bring the Sun, ADDISON from SIN CITY ESCAPE, TRENT (ex 3 Pill Morning) and my wife for helping me out with the top 10 list this year!

NICK's TOP 25 (because I couldn't pick 10)
1. AFTER THE BURIAL – “dig deep” (Sumerian)
2. EVERY TIME I DIE – “low teens” (Epitaph)
3. GOJIRA – “magma” (Roadrunner)
4. AMARANTHE – “maximalism” (Spinefarm)
5. THRICE – “to be everywhere is to be nowhere” (Vagrant)
6. STITCHED UP HEART – “never alone” (Another Century)
7. BIFFY CLYRO – “ellipsis” (Warner Bros)
8. PERIPHERY – “III : select difficulty” (Sumerian)
9. KYNG – “breathe in the water” (Razor and Tie)
10. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “incarnate” (Roadrunner)
11. MESHUGGAH – “the violent sleep of reason” (Nuclear Blast)
12. AGAINST ME – “shape shift with me” (Total Treble)
13. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – “dissociation” (Party Smasher)
14. POLICA – “united crushers” (Mom+Pop)
15. PHANTOGRAM – “three” (Republic) (originally scheduled for SEP 16)
16. RED FANG – “only ghosts” (Relapse)
17. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – “transcendence” (Inside Out / Century Media)
18. ATMOSPHERE – “fishing blues” (Rhymesayers)
19. DEFTONES – “gore” (Reprise)
20. HATEBREED – “the concrete confessional” (Nuclear Blast)
21. HELLYEAH – “unden!able” (Eleven Seven)
22. LACUNA COIL – “delirium” (Century Media)
23. ANTHRAX – “for all kings” (Megaforce)
24. NORMA JEAN – “polar similar” (SolidState)
25. WALLS OF JERICHO – “no one can save you from yourself” (Napalm)

ALBUMS THAT I PLAYED A LOT THAT ANNOYED MY WIFE THE LEAST
1. PVRIS - "white noise"
2. THRICE - "to be everywhere is to be nowhere"
3. BLINK 182 - "california"
4. AARON GILLESPIE - "out of the badlands"
5. ATMOSPHERE - "fishing blues"

ZIS' TOP 10
1. GOJIRA - "magma"
2. PERIPHERY - "periphery III: select difficulty"
3. AVATAR - "feathers and flesh"
4. THRICE - "to be everywhere is to be nowhere"
5. DOROTHY - "rockisdead"
6. METALLICA - "hardwired...to self destruct"
7. CHEVELLE - "the north corridor"
8. STITCHED UP HEART - "never alone"
9. MESHUGGAH - "the violent sleep of reason"
10. KYNG - "breathe in the water"

LINDSEY's TOP 5
1. DOROTHY - "rockisdead"
2. METALLICA - "hardwired...to self destruct"
3. THRICE - "to be everywhere is to be nowhere"
4. STITCHED UP HEART - "never alone"
5. STEEL PANTHER - "live from lexxi's mom's garage"

DOUG's TOP 5
1. VOLBEAT - "seal the deal and let's boogie"
2. A DAY TO REMEMBER - "bad vibrations"
3. UPON A BURNING BODY - "straight out the barrio"
4. CHEVELLE - "the north corridor"
5. KORN - "the serenity of suffering"

TIM (ARROWS AT DAWN)'s TOP 5
1. CHEVELLE - "the north corridor"
2. THRICE - "to be everywhere is to be nowhere"
3. AGAINST ME! - "shape shift with me"
4. HIGHLY SUSPECT - "the boy who died wolf"
5. BIFFY CLYRO - "ellipsis"

CLARK (The Mayberry Riot / Bring the Sun)'s TOP 5
1. WEEZER - "weezer (the white album)"
2. DEFTONES - "gore"
3. THRICE - "to be everywhere is to be nowhere"
4. CHEVELLE - "the north corridor"
5. HIGHLY SUSPECT - "the boy who died wolf"

TRENT (ex 3 Pill Morning)'s TOP 5
1. ARCHITECTS - "all our gods have abandoned us"
2. KORN - "the serenity of suffering"
3. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "the stage"
4. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "transcendence"
5. MEMPHIS MAY FIRE - "this light I hold"

ADDISON (Sin City Escape)'s TOP 8
1. ALTER BRIDGE - "the last hero"
2. WOVENWAR - "honor is dead"
3. MEMPHIS MAY FIRE - "this light I hold"
4. PERIPHERY - "periphery III: select difficulty"
5. LETTERS FROM THE FIRE - "worth the pain"
6. AFTER THE BURIAL - "dig deep"
7. HELLYEAH - "unden!able"
8. KORN - "the serenity of suffering"