MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/18/20 - BEST ALBUMS OF 2020

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/18/20
BEST ALBUMS OF 2020

HOUR 1
AUGUST BURNS RED - "defender" // guardians
STATIC-X - "terminator oscellator" // project regeneration vol 1
STITCHED UP HEART – "warrior" // darkness
TESTAMENT - "symptoms" // titans of creation
SEVENDUST – "blood from a stone" // blood & stone

ORBIT CULTURE - "mirror slave" // nija
TRIVIUM – "amongst the shadows and stones" // what the dead men say
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS – "soulbound" // abyss
AVATAR – "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer

HOUR 2
AVATAR – "colossus" // hunter gatherer
DEFTONES – "ohms" // ohms
LAMB OF GOD – "checkmate" // lamb of god
LAMB OF GOD – "momento mori" // lamb of god

KILLER BE KILLED – "deconstructing self destruction" // reluctant hero
CODE ORANGE – "swallowing the rabbit hole" // underneath
DEFTONES – "error" // ohms
KILLER BE KILLED – "left of center" // reluctant hero
CODE ORANGE – "last ones left" // underneath


Nick's list

1. CODE ORANGE – underneath (Roadrunner)
2. DEFTONES – ohms (Reprise)
3. KILLER BE KILLED – reluctant hero (Nuclear Blast)
4. LAMB OF GOD – lamb of god (Epic)
5. AVATAR – hunter gatherer (eOne)
6. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS – abyss (Napalm)
7. TRIVIUM – what the dead men say (Roadrunner)
8. SEVENDUST – blood & stone (Rise)
9. STITCHED UP HEART – darkness (Century Media)
10. AUGUST BURNS RED – guardians (Fearless)
11. HATEBREED – weight of the false self” (Nuclear Blast)
12. IMONOLITH – state of being (Imonolith Music)
13. STATIC-X – project regeneration vol 1 (Otsego Entertainment)
14. GREG PUCIATO – child solider: creator of god (Federal Prisoner)
15. AMARANTHE – manifest (Nuclear Blast)

Zis' list

1. KILLER BE KILLED – reluctant hero (Nuclear Blast)
2. CODE ORANGE – underneath (Roadrunner)
3. LAMB OF GOD – lamb of god (Epic)
4. DEFTONES – ohms (Reprise)
5. AVATAR – hunter gatherer (eOne)
6. TRIVIUM – what the dead men say (Roadrunner)
7. ORBIT CULTURE - nija (Seek and Strike)
8. TESTAMENT - titans of creation (Nuclear Blast)
9. STATIC-X – project regeneration volume 1 (Otsego Entertainment)
10. AUGUST BURNS RED – guardians (Fearless)

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/11/20 - BEST LOCAL RELEASES OF 2020

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/11/20
BEST LOCAL RELEASES OF 2020

HOUR 1
EVERY TIME I DIE - "a colossal wreck" // a colossal wreck/desperate pleasures - single
COLD KINGDOM - "devil in me" // into the black sky
LAKE AVENUE - "some love" // hell or high expectations
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
WEATHER CHECK - "elevate" // innovate/elevate
CROSS POLLINATE - "the hum of your reflection" // cross pollinate
WITHER THE TIDE - "swallow" // astronomia nova

AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "stranger in the mirror" // within each lies the other
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // dead memories
YOURS TRULY - "together" // self care
DEAD SARA - "hands up" // hands up - single
TONIGHT ALIVE - "listening" // what are you so scared of?
AUGUST BURNS RED - "last Christmas" // winter wonderland
AUGUST BURNS RED - "all I want for Christmas is you" // all I want for Christmas is you - single

HOUR 2
GREG PUCIATO - "down when I'm not" // child solider: creator of God
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
WEEKEND PICNIC - "savages" // savages - single
DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single
DINES X HEAFY - "dear anxiety" // dines x heafy
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single

GEMINI SYNDROME - "reintegration" // reintegration - single
BUTCHER BABIES - "sleeping with the enemy" // sleeping with the enemy - single
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE & THOU - "Hollywood" // the helm of sorrow
CONVERGE - "I won't let you go" // cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack
KNOCKED LOOSE - "and still I wander south" // a different shade of blue
DEMON HUNTER - "storm the gates of hell" // storm the gates of hell

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/04/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/04/20
BEST ALBUMS OF THE 2nd HALF OF 2020 and BEST LIVESTEAMS OF 2020

HOUR 1
ARCHITECTS - "black lungs" // for those that wish to exist
WIDOW7 - "shadow me" // shadow me - single
5. STATIC-X - "otsego placebo" // project regeneration vol 1
5. SEVENDUST - "wish you well" // blood and stone
4. AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
4. ORBIT CULTURE - "the shadowing" // nija

3. DEFTONES - "radiant city" // ohms
3. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss
2. KILLER BE KILLED - "inner calm from outer storms" // relunctant hero
2. AVATAR - "when all but force has failed" // hunter gatherer

HOUR 2
1. DEFTONES - "the spell of mathematics" // ohms
1. KILLER BE KILLED - "filthy vagabond" // reluctant hero
CLUTCH - "evil" // weathermaker vault series vol 1
CODE ORANGE - "down in a hole" (live) // under the skin

FOZZY - "sandpaper" // sin and bones
3TEETH - "american landfill" // metawar
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the coin has a say" // low teens
LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "never again" // covers vol 6 ep

ZIS' LIST

1. KILLER BE KILLED - reluctant hero (Nuclear Blast)
2. AVATAR - hunter gatherer (eOne)
3. DEFTONES - ohms (Reprise)
4. ORBIT CULTURE - nija (Seek and Strike)
5. STATIC-X - project regeneration (Otsego Entertainment)

NICK's LIST

1. DEFTONES - ohms (Reprise)
2. KILLER BE KILLED - relunctant hero (Nuclear Blast)
3. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - abyss (Napalm)
4. AVATAR - hunter gatherer (eOne)
5. SEVENDUST - blood and stone (Rise)


FAVORITE LIVESTREAMS OF 2020

CODE ORANGE - "back inside the glass" + "under the skin" + "last ones left: in fear of the end"








CLUTCH - "live at the doom saloon" series (next installment: Dec 18 - get your tickets here)





LAMB OF GOD - "Lamb of God" and "Ashes of the Wake" livestreams



FOZZY - "capturing judas" with the documentary "Fozzy Across America"



GOJIRA - "Hellfest 2019"

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/27/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/27/20

HOUR 1
CODE ORANGE - "underneath" // underneath
POWER TRIP - "executioner's tax (swing of the axe)" // nightmare logic
IN THIS MOMENT - "the in-between" // mother
POPPY - "I disagree" // I disagree
BODY COUNT - "raining blood / postmortem" // manslaughter
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "over the mountain" // covers vol 5 ep
ZAKK SABBATH - "N.I.B." // vertigo

LACUNA COIL - "enjoy the silence" // karmacode
ANGRY WATERS - "dead flowers" // the tequila incidents
AMARANTHE - "82nd all the way" // manifest (special edition)
HOUSTON - "limelight" // live on fish island
CWN ANNWN - "subdivisons" // metamorphosis
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "anthem" // covers vol 2 ep

HOUR 2
HATEBREED - "dig your way out" // weight of the false self
HATEBREED - "the herd will scatter" // weight of the false self
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
SPIRITBOX - "holy roller" // holy roller - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens
KILLER BE KILLED - "dead limbs" // reluctant hero
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single

CLUTCH feat RANDY BLYTHE - "passive restrants" // weathermaker vault series
LAMB OF GOD - "the death of us" // bill and ted face the music soundtrack
MASTODON - "rufus lives" // bill and ted face the music soundtrack
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
LET IT BREATHE - "bucket of bullheads" // let it breathe
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/20/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/20/20

HOUR 1
KILLER BE KILLED - "dead limbs" // relucant hero
KILLER BE KILLED - "left of center" // relucant hero
GREG PUCIATO - "do you need me to remind you?" // child soilder: creator of God
MASTODON - "fallen torches" // medium rarities
SOULFLY feat GREG PUCIATO - "rise of the fallen" // omen
CONVERGE - "under duress" // the dusk in us
MUTOID MAN - "melt your mind" // war moans
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "one of us is the killer" // one of us is the killer

OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "don't need it / sisyphys" // torch
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
7TH ASCENT - "misery loves company" // misery loves company - single
THROW THE FIGHT – “paper wings” // settle your sins
WEATHER CHECK - "that way" // weather check vol 2
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "all I want for Christmas is you" // all I want for Christmas is you - single
DEAD SARA – “hands up” // hands up - single
ARCHITECTS - "animals" // for those that wish to exist
SPIRITBOX - "blessed be" // blessed be - single
ROB ZOMBIE - "the triumph of king freak" // the lunar injection kool aid eclipse conspiracy
ENEMY X – “almost" // endless circle
DODD – “empty words" // empty words - single
HATEBREED - "cling to life" // weight of the false self

JINJER – “ape” // alive in Melbourne 2020
IRON MAIDEN – “aces high” (live) // nights of the dead - legacy of the beast: live in Mexico City
MOTORHEAD – “ace of spades" (live) // ace of spades: 40th anniversary edition
PERIPERHY – “marigold” (live) // live in London
GOJIRA - "explosia" (live) // les enfants sauvages
MESHUGGAH - "bleed" (live) // the ophidian trek

FOZZY "Capturing Judas" livestream review!

Chris Jericho said it best during the Fozzy “Capturing Judas” livestream “This livestream is the beginning and the end of the Judas tour cycle.”

The beginning was a fantastic 30 minute documentary “Fozzy Across America” starting the day the album Judas was released at a radio station in Ft. Myers, FL talking about doing a 3 state tour in 3 different time zones in less than 24 hours. Next, we got to travel along with the band as they had a 9am show in Ft. Myers, FL then a plane ride to El Paso, TX for a 3pm show, and then back on the plane to get to Las Vegas for an 11:30pm show.

An impressive feat in itself not only that they played a full set in each of these cities but also did some meet and greets and made to each venue on time!

The best part about this doc is that you got to see the personality of each member of the band which led into what you were about to see with the live set from Madison Studios in Atlanta, GA.

Chris Jericho, guitarists Rich Ward and Billy Grey, bassist P.J. Farley and drummer Frank Fontsere spent a good chunk of time in between each song having some great banter back and forth with each other talking about their favorite countries on the Judas tour cycle, opening for Iron Maiden, Nickelback or Three Days Grace at different spots along the tour, and when each member of the band heard the first demo of “Judas” among many other topics.

The roughly 2 hour 15 min livestream flew by as this was you hanging out in the recording studio with Fozzy. This feeling made it stand out from any other livestream out there. 5 guys in a circle hanging out having fun playing some songs. No special lighting, no CO2 or pyro … this was just about the rock.

The band was in spectacular form as they tore thru a 13 song set with a heavy helping from the Judas album, the newer single “Nowhere to Run” and a couple of tracks from the Sin and Bones and Do You Wanna Start a War? albums as well as “Enemy” from the All That Remains album. Since I’ve only seen them in festival settings where they jam 5-6 songs in their 30 minute allotted time, this was a nice to get to experience a few deeper cuts in the set that I haven’t heard live like “One Crazed Anarchist” and “Wolves at Bay”.

I really do hope that they eventually put this out to purchase digitally, on cd and/or vinyl as I feel this is a shining moment in the bands’ history. The background vocal harmonies Chris, Rich, Billy and P.J. have together sound fantastic on the songs in the set. Each member of the band got a chance to shine and this is easily the best Fozzy has ever sounded. “Burn Me Out” and “Nowhere to Run” sound better here than they do on the record and that’s not a knock on the recorded versions. That’s just how great these guys sound live together!

“Capturing Judas” is well worth the price of admission and is one of my favorite livestreams I’ve seen. Catch it now on demand until Nov 29 at http://fozzy.veeps.com/!

Setlist
Sin and Bones
Drinkin’ with Jesus
One Crazed Anarchist
Burn Me Out
Nowhere to Run
Elevator
Do You Wanna Start a War
Lights Go Out
Painless
Wolves at Bay
Enemy
Sandpaper
Judas

Photo of Chris Jericho of Fozzy from Northern Invasion 2017 by Brett Zisler! Review by Nick.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/13/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/13/20

HOUR 1
CLUTCH feat RANDY BLYTHE - "passive restrants" // weathermaker vault series vol 1
DIAMANTE - "I love myself for hating you" // I love myself for hating you - single
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
BARONESS - "tourniquet" // gold & grey
ERIS - "the roche limit" // formation
AC/DC - "shot in the dark" // power up

DEAD SARA - "hands up" // hands up - single
THE PUSH - "controller" // oh, victory
FOZZY - "Judas" // Judas
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
COLD KINGDOM - "desire" // into the black sky
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces

HOUR 2
PERIPHERY - "scarlet" (live) // live in London
KILLER BE KILLED - "inner calm from outer storms" // reluctant hero
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens
MOON TOOTH - "musketeers" // crux
AUGUST BURNS RED - "empire" // leveler
JINJER - "pisces" (live) // alive in Melbourne

LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
RED FANG - "cut it short" // only ghosts
COHEED AND CAMBRIA - "the gutter" // the unheavenly creatures
KING BROWN - "strange" // king brown ep
KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single
IMONOLITH - "instinct" // state of being
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss

FOZZY LIVESTREAM THIS SATURDAY! (11/14/20)

Here's another livestream that we're looking forward to! FOZZY are coming to help you tear your living room apart (at your own risk)! Check out their "Capturing Judas" Livestream this Saturday (11/14/20) at 8pm CST!

Really excited to check out this 30 minute "Fozzy Across America" documentary because we love a good rock documentary and this will be no exception! Watch Fozzy travel across the country performing 3 shows in 3 different time zones in 24 hours. Can't wait to see that.

Then comes the main event. A live set from Madison Studios in Atlanta, GA! You know you're gonna hear "Judas", "Nowhere to Run" and hopefully "Sandpaper"! All for the low, low price of $10!! There's also some other packages still availble.

Get your tickets now!

The best part is if you can't watch at 8pm on Saturday ... you can still buy a ticket and watch the show anytime on demand until November 29th!

Get your ticket and see you in the virtual pit!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/06/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/06/20

HOUR 1
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // dead memories
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore
BUSS - "radar" // low noise/high density
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // double live 45
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
SKYWIND - "lamhaj" // O 2

ALTER BRIDGE - "wouldn't you rather" (live) // walk the sky 2.0
IRON MAIDEN - "aces high" (live) // nights of the dead: legacy of the beast live in Mexico City
BANEHINGE - "lemmings" (live) // live at star central
BIFFY CLYRO - "booooom, blast and ruin" (live) // revolutions live at Wembley
ALICE IN CHAINS - "it ain't like that" (live) // live facelift
AVATAR - "hail the apocalypse" (live) // the king - live in paris
JINJER - "sit stay roll over" (live) // alive in Melbourne 2020

HOUR 2
DISEMBODIED - "anvil chandlier" // diablerie
SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "genocidal humanoidz" // protect the land / genocidal humanoidz - single
FEVER 333 - "bite back" // wrong generation
KILL SWITCH - "rebuild" // what doesn't kill us
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road ep
KILLER BE KILLED - "inner calm from outer storms" // reluctant hero
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single
BUTCHER BABIES - "bottom of the bottle" // bottom of the bottle - single

WEEKEND PICNIC - "savages" // savages - single
DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single
SAUL - "the toll" // rise as equals
AFTER THE BURIAL - "behold the crown" // evergreen
COMMON CHOIR - "lower roads home" // lower roads home - single
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/30/20 - DEVILDRIVER

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/30/20
GUESTS :: DEVILDRIVER

HOUR 1
THE MISFITS - "monster mash" // cuts from the crypt
ROB ZOMBIE - "the triumph of king freak" // the lunar injection kool aid eclipse conspiracy
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // battling gravity
ENEMY X - "crawl" // enemy x
ARCHITECTS - "animals" // for those that wish to exist
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
RAD OWL - "hannah barbera" // madison beast
BUTCHER BABIES - "bottom of the bottle" // bottom of the bottle - single

CODE ORANGE - "down in a hole" (live) // under the skin
CWN ANNWN - "subdivisons" // metamorphosis
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "anthem" // covers vol 2
ZAKK SABBATH - "N.I.B." // vertigo
GHOST - "if you have ghosts" // if you have ghost
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "counting scars" // alpha bionic

HOUR 2
DEVILDRIVER - "end of the line" // the fury of our maker's hand
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons 1
DEVILDRIVER feat SIMON BLADE FAFARA - "you give me a reason to drink" // dealing with demons 1

MOTORHEAD - "overkill" (live in Belfast) // ace of spades (40th anniversary edition)
MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" (live in Belfast) // ace of spades (40th anniversary edition)
ALTER BRIDGE - "addicted to pain" (live) // live at the O2 arena
PUSCIFER - "undertaker" (live) // what is puscifer
PANTERA - "walk" (live) // official live 101 proof
PARKWAY DRIVE - "absolute power" (live) // viva the underdogs

**SPECIAL THANKS to DEZ from DEVILDRIVER for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album "Dealing With Demons 1" out now via Napalm Records! "Dealing With Demons 2" will be out next year.

Midwest Beatdown · Devildriver 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/23/20 - DIVIDE THE FALL

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/23/20
GUESTS :: DIVIDE THE FALL

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "the spell of mathematics" // ohms
SAUL - "here and now" // rise as equals
COREY TAYLOR - "kansas" // CMFT
TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - "riff raff" // covers vol 3
CROSS POLLINATE - "the hum of your reflection" // cross pollinate

CLUTCH - "gimme the keys" // book of bad decisions
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // dead memories
DIVIDE THE FALL - "darker side" // dead memories

HOUR 2
DIVIDE THE FALL - "broken" // dead memories
EXACTLYNO - "scapegoats" // scapegoats - single
LEDGER feat JOHN COOPER - "warrior" // ledger
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
AVADO - "the leech" // viscera
WARROOSTER - "intergalatic performance review" // demo

FEVER 333 - "bite back" // wrong generation
SEVENDUST - "desperation" // blood and stone
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
PERIPHERY - "marigold" (live) // live in London
MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" (live in Belfast) // ace of spades (40th anniversary edition)
CODE ORANGE - "last ones left" // underneath

**SPECIAL THANKS to MATT, JAKE and ETHAN from DIVIDE THE FALL for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown tonight to talk about their new EP "Dead Memories" out now! You can grab a copy here!

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Midwest Beatdown · Divide the Fall interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/16/20 - SAUL and BLACK SATELLITE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/16/20
GUESTS :: SAUL and BLACK SATELLITE

HOUR 1
KILLER BE KILLED - "dream gone bad" // reluctant hero
WEEKEND PICNIC - "savages" // savages - single
SEVENDUST - "blood from a stone" // blood and stone
SAUL - "the toll" // rise as equals
SAUL - "brother" // rise as equals
SAUL - "trial by fire" // rise as equals

SAUL - "king of misery" // rise as equals
SAUL - "looking to fight" // rise as equals
COLD KINGDOM - "volatile" // into the black sky
CLUTCH - "how to shake hands" // book of bad decisions
FIRE FIGHT - "better" // identity

HOUR 2
BLACK SATELLITE - "void" // aftermath
BLACK SATELLITE - "I don't wanna be me" // I don't wanna be me - single
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram

DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE feat HOWARD JONES - "the signal fire" // atonement
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
MESHUGGAH - "do not look down" // koloss
JINJER - "sit stay roll over" (live) // alive in melbourne 2020
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single

**SPECIAL THANKS to BLAKE from SAUL and LARISSA and KYLE from BLACK SATELLITE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week!!

SAUL's new album "Rise As Equals" will be out on Spinefarm on Oct 23! The same night they are having an album release livestream at 6:30pm CST. Tickets are available at https://saulofficial.com/!

BLACK SATELLITE's single "Void" is out now digitally with their new full length "Aftermath" coming out next year!

Midwest Beatdown · Saul / Black Satellite interviews

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/09/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/09/20

HOUR 1
VAN HALEN - "poundcake" // for unlawful carnal knowledge
VAN HALEN - "ain't talkin' 'bout love" // van halen
VAN HALEN - 'hot for teacher" // 1984
DIESL - "back home" // the failsafe
DEFTONES - "the spell of mathematics" // ohms
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
AC/DC - "shot in the dark" // power up

SAUL - "king of misery" // rise as equals
AMARANTHE - "fearless" // manifest
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
COREY TAYLOR - "halfway down" // CMFT
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
GREG PUCIATO - "down when I'm not" // child solider
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1

HOUR 2
KILLER BE KILLED - "dream gone bad" // reluctant hero
DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single
GOJIRA - "another world" // another world - single
WITHER THE TIDE - "swallow" // astronomia nova
BLACK SATELLITE - "void" // aftermath
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single

AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams
NUISANCE - "ashes of empires" // 10 or 10,000
3TEETH - "american landfill" // metawar
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons 1
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
CODE ORANGE - "swallowing the rabbit whole" // underneath
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

R.I.P. EDDIE VAN HALEN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/02/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/02/20

HOUR 1
AMARANTHE - "fearless" // manifest
ERIS - "laniakea" // formation
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
COREY TAYLOR - "halfway down" // CMFT
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // dead memories
DEFTONES - "urantia" // ohms

AMARANTHE - "adrenaline" // manifest
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "across the fields" // galore
WEEKEND PICNIC - "remember October" // remember October - single
GREG PUCIATO - "a pair of questions" // child solider
GREG PUCIATO - "down when I'm not" // child solider
ANGRY WATERS - "invisible species" (live) // angry waters live
BABES IN TOYLAND - "bruise violet" // fontanelle
WOLFKAT - "missing out" // missing out - single

HOUR 2
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "you make loving fun" // covers vol 4 ep
DEVILDRIVER - "you give me a reason to drink" // dealing with demons 1
KING BROWN - "strange" // king brown ep
TYPE O NEGATIVE - "summer breeze" // bloody kisses
EX-REGIME - "love isn't lost" // the path I walk
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "counting scars" // alpha bionic

PANTERA – “revolution is my name (Terry Date mix)” // reinventing the steel (20th anniversary edition)
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
CONVERGE - "under duress" // the dusk in us
JINJER - "sit stay roll over" (live) // alive in melbourne 2020
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
HATEBREED - "weight of the false self" // weight of the false self

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/25/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/25/20

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "radiant city" // ohms
WEEKEND PICNIC - "savages" // savages - single
SKILLET - "sick and empty" // victorious: the aftermath (deluxe)
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020
BEARTOOTH - "afterall" // disease
CROSS POLLINATE - "the hum of your reflection" // cross pollinate
THE MIKE JAMES BAND – “wasted" // the mike james band
THE PUSH - "mommy problems" // I liked it better that way

DEFTONES - "the spell of mathematics" // ohms
SEETHER – “wasteland" // si vis pacem, para bellum
GOJIRA - "another world" // another world - single
ALTER BRIDGE - "wouldn't you rather" // walk the sky
RAD OWL - "aladdin's castle" // madison beast
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo

HOUR 2
DEFTONES - "error" // ohms
BLACK SATELLITE - "void" // aftermath
ERIS - "aret efter" // formation
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
COLD KINGDOM - "desire" // into the black sky
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness

DEFTONES - "urantia" // ohms
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
VEXES - "helion" // ancient geometry
LAMB OF GOD - "black label" // new american gospel
GOJIRA - "flying whales" (live) // les enfants sauvages
MASTODON - "blood and thunder" (live) // medium rarities
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/18/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/18/20

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "genesis" // ohms
DEFTONES – “ohms” // ohms
GREG PUCIATO - "down when I'm not" // child solider
KING BROWN - "strange" // king brown ep
CHELSEA WOLFE - "16 psyche" // hiss spun
CODE ORANGE - "down in a hole" (live) // under the skin
CITY OF THE WEAK - "drag us under" // pulling teeth

POPPY - "I disagree" // I disagree
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
EMERGENT - "home" // home - single
SAUL - "king of misery" // rise as equals
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // fake love - single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "who you are" // unbalance

HOUR 2
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "somebody told me" // somebody told me - single
COREY TAYLOR feat TECH N9NE and KID BOOKIE - "CMFT must be stopped" // CMFT
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
JOHNNY BOOTH - "bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
HATEBREED – “weight of the false self" // weight of the false self

LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
BLEED FROM WITHIN - "into nothing" // fracture
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
MAKE THEM SUFFER - "bones" // how to survive a funeral
IMONOLITH - "hollow" // state of being
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize
MUTOID MAN - "melt your mind" // war moans

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/11/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/11/20

HOUR 1
THE MIKE JAMES BAND – “wasted" // the mike james band
EXACTLYNO – “red line city” // red line city
CROSS POLLINATE – “the hum of your reflection” // cross pollinate
SKILLET - "sick and empty" // victorious: the aftermath (deluxe)
SEETHER – “wasteland" // si vis pacem, para bellum
THROW THE FIGHT – “paper wings” // settle your sins
MARILYN MANSON – “we are chaos” // we are chaos

EAON – “happy” // lesson no. 1
THE PRETTY RECKLESS – “death by rock and roll” // death by rock and roll – single
ERIS – “miru-me” // formation
MASTODON – “fallen torches” // medium rarities
MASTODON – “rufus lives” // bill and ted face the music soundtrack
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "somebody told me" // somebody told me - single

HOUR 2
OCEANS OF SLUMBER – “return to the earth below" // oceans of slumber
HATEBREED – “weight of the false self" // weight of the false self
AFTER THE BURIAL - "behold the crown" // evergreen
KILLER BE KILLED – “deconstructing self destruction” // reluctant hero
JINJER - "pisces" (live session) // pisces live session - single
KATATONIA – “forsaker” // night is the new day

WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
VIA - "appetite" // after you drown
INDEX CASE - "silver" // ocean
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single
VEIN - "virus vibrance" // errorzone
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
EVERY TIME I DIE - "map change" // low teens

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/04/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/04/20

HOUR 1
CROSS POLLINATE - "the hum of your reflection" // cross pollinate
WEATHER CHECK - "that way" // weather check vol 2
KING BROWN - "strange" // king brown ep
EXACTLYNO - "at your door tonight" // red line city
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III

TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "riff raff" // covers vol 3 EP
RAD OWL - "grape mr misty" // madison beast
TW - "masked" // destined to be real
COLD KINGDOM - "volatile" // into the black sky
SAUL - "king of misery" // rise as equals
SALT CREEK - "what you would hear" // if you were there
ATTENTION - "whatever gets you through the night" // everything takes forever

HOUR 2
KILLER BE KILLED - "deconstructing self destruction" // reluctant hero
CODE ORANGE - "down in a hole" // under the skin
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss
ZAKK SABBATH - "fairies wear boots" (live) // live in detroit
JUDAS PRIEST - "painkiller" // painkiller

KILL THE LIGHTS - "watch you fall" // the sinner
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
LET IT BREATHE - "bucket of bullheads" // let it breathe
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/28/20 - UNLEASH THE ARCHERS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/28/20
GUESTS :: UNLEASH THE ARCHERS

HOUR 1
POWER TRIP - "executioner's tax (swing of the axe)" // nightmare logic
SEVENDUST - "blood from a stone" // blood and stone
SAUL - "king of misery" // rise as equals
WEEKEND PICNIC - "believe in me" // believe in me - single
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // fake love - single
DEFTONES - "ohms" // ohms
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "abyss" // abyss
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "legacy" // abyss

HOUR 2
MASTODON - "rufus lives" // bill and ted face the music - soundtrack
LAMB OF GOD - "the death of us" // bill and ted face the music - soundtrack
AUGUST BURNS RED - "bones" // guardians
TRIVUM - "bending the arc to fear" // what the dead men say
DOWN - "lifer" // nola
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk

RAMMSTEIN - "sonne" (live) // paris
PARKWAY DRIVE - "prey" (live) // viva the underdogs
HATEBREED - "I will be heard" (live) // live dominance
PROJECT 86 - "the spy hunter" (live) // xv live
DEFTONES - "bored" (live) // live
GOJIRA - "backbone" (live) // les enfants sauvages
LAMB OF GOD - "set to fail" (live) // wrath tour 2009-2010

**SPECIAL THANKS to BRITTANY from UNLEASH THE ARCHERS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! UNLEASH THE ARCHERS' new fantastic, cinematic album "Abyss" is out now on Naplam Records!

R.I.P. RILEY GALE

Midwest Beatdown · Unleash the Archers 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/21/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/21/20

HOUR 1
WEEKEND PICNIC - "believe in me" // believe in me - single
DIVIDE THE FALL - "fake love" // fake love - single
DEFTONES - "ohms" // ohms
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
BULLY - "not ashamed" // sugaregg

BIFFY CLYRO - "the pink limit" // a celebration of endings
ARROWS AT DAWN - "on the run" // pieces
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "across the fields" // galore
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species (live)" // angry waters live
AMARANTHE feat NOORA LOUHIMO - "strong" // manifest
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5

HOUR 2
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "faster than light" // abyss
ANTHRAX - "got the time" // persistance of time
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
DIESL - "nomanclature" // the failsafe
ALICE IN CHAINS - "it ain't like that (live)" // live facelift
MASTODON - "fallen torches" // medium rarities
DRUIDS - "new breath" // monuments

GREG PUCIATO - "do you need me to remind you" // child solider
PANTERA - "uplift" // reinventing the steel
PANTERA - "5 minutes alone" // far beyond driven
PANTERA - "walk (live)" // official live: 101 proof
HELLYEAH - "333" // welcome home
HELLYEAH - "say when" // blood for blood

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/14/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/14/20

HOUR 1
AMARANTHE feat NOORA LOUHIMO - "strong" // manifest
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single
COLD KINGDOM - "volatile" // into the black sky
ERIS - "laniakea" // formation
RAD OWL - "hannah barbera" // madison beast
COREY TAYLOR - "black eyes blue" // CMFT
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness

AVATAR - "colossus" // hunter gatherer
AVATAR - "scream until you wake" // hunter gatherer
AVATAR - "when all but hope has failed" // hunter gatherer
AVATAR - "for the swarm" (live) // the king - live in Paris

HOUR 2
CLUTCH - "far country" // pitchfork and lost needles
ORBIT CULUTRE - "day of the cloud" // nija
GOJIRA - "another world" // another world - single
ENEMY X - "crawl" // enemy x
ARMORED SAINT - "end of the attention span" // punching the sky

DEVILDRIVER - "nest of vipers" // dealing with demons I
SAUL - "I am him" // aeons
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
ITHACA - "impulse crush" // the language of injury
ROLO TOMASSI - "whispers amongst us" // time will die and love will bury it
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

Audio of Nick and Zis reviewing Avatar's "Hunter Gatherer", Clutch's Live from the Doom Saloon vol 2 livestream and Orbit Culture's "Nija"

Midwest Beatdown · Nick and Zis reviews

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/07/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/07/20

HOUR 1
GOJIRA - "another world" // another world - single
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // blood and stone
DOWN AND ABOVE - "digging in the dirt" // vena cava
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around

AVATAR - "when all but hope has failed" // hunter gatherer
AVATAR - "wormhole" // hunter gatherer
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
MASTODON - "fallen torches" // medium rarities
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "anthem" // covers vol 2
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "reelin' in the years" // covers vol 2

HOUR 2
THE USED feat CALEB SHAMO - "the lottery" // heartwork
NUSIANCE - "ashes of empires" // 10 or 10,000
COREY TAYLOR feat TECH N9NE & KID BOOKIE - "CMFT must be stopped" // CMFT
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time & space

STATIC-X - "bring you down" // project regeneration vol 1
MAKE THEM SUFFER - "bones" // how to survive a funeral
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/31/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/31/20

HOUR 1
COREY TAYLOR - "black eyes blue" // CMFT
MARK MORTON feat NAEEMAH MADDOX - "reveal" // anesthetic
PAUL WESTERBERG - "waiting for somebody" // singles soundtrack
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
LEDGER - "not dead yet" // ledger ep
ALISON MOSSHART - "rise" // rise - single
CLINT LOWERY - "kings" // God bless the renegades

MARILYN MANSON - "we are chaos" // we are chaos
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beds are burning" // alpha bionic
CITY OF THE WEAK - "pardon me" // pardon me - single
COLD KINGDOM - "times like these" // devil in me ep
CLUTCH - "evil" // evil - single
THE INTERRUPTERS - "bad guy" // bad guy - single
DIVIDE THE FALL - "stay" // stay - single
FIRE FIGHT - "youngblood" // identity
KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single

HOUR 2
COREY TAYLOR feat TECH N9NE & KID BOOKIE - "CMFT must be stopped" // CMFT
MASTODON - "fallen torches" // medium rarites
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single
EXACTLYNO - "at your door tonight" // red line city
GREG PUCIATO - "do you need me to remind you?" // child solider
DEE SNIDER - "tomorrow's no concern" (live) // for the love of metal live

AVATAR - "hail the apocalypse" (live) // the king - live in paris
PARKWAY DRIVE - "absolute power" (live) // viva the underdogs
BANEHINGE - "lemmings" (live) // live at star central
DOWN - "lifer" (live) // diary of a mad band
PANTERA - "cowboys from hell" (live) // cowboys from hell: 20th anniversary edition
MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" (live) // ace of spades: 40th anniversary edition
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" (live) // the pursuit of vikings

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/24/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/24/20
LOOKING AT THE REST OF 2020 with ZIS

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins (Aug 7)
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020 (TBA)
BULLY - "where to start" // sugaregg (Aug 21)
AMARANTHE - "viral" // manifest (Oct 2)
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single

BIFFY CLYRO - "modern magic formula" // opposites (Aug 14 - A Celebration of Endings)
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
IN FLAMES - "clayman" // clayman: 20th anniversary reissue (Aug 28)
ZAKK SABBATH - "fairies wear boots" (live) // live in detroit ep (Sept 4 - Vertigo)
MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades (live in Belfast)" // ace of spades: 40th anniversary edition (Oct 30)
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss (Aug 21)
GREG PUCIATO - "do you need me to remind you?" // child solider: creator of God (Oct 23)

HOUR 2
GREG PUCIATO - "fire for water" // child solider: creator of God (Oct 23)
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer (Aug 7)
AVATAR - "colossus" // hunter gatherer (Aug 7)
ORBIT CULTURE - "the shadowing" // nija (Aug 7)
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single (TBA)

DIRTY HONEY - "rollin' 7's" // dirty honey (probably 2021)
STATIC-X - "hollow" // project regeneration vol 1 (out now)
GOJIRA - "explosia" (live) // les enfants sauvages (TBA)
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single (TBA)
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons I (Oct 9)
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

All release dates are subject to change. Especially in 2020.

DIAMANTE's ROCK FIESTA is TONIGHT at 7pm CST - a full production live stream concert featuring Heidi from Butcher Babies, Mixi from Stitched Up Heart and a ton more guests! Go to Diamante's website for all the info!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/17/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20

The show on 7/10/20 did not air due to a power outage that affected all of MSU.

The show will air new and improved on 7/24/20.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20 - BEST OF 2020 SO FAR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20
BEST OF 2020 SO FAR with ZIS

HOUR 1
EXACTLYNO – "where we belong" // red line city
EX-REGIME – "sink or swim" // the path I walk
WITHER THE TIDE – "swallow" // astronomia nova
HM. IMONOLITH - "becoming the enemy" // state of being
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "paramount // guardians
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "defender" // guardians

4. TESTAMENT - "world war III" // titans of creation
4. STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
3. TRIVIUM - "the defiant" // what the dead men say
3. TRIVIUM - "amongst the shadows and the stones" // what the dead men say

HOUR 2
2. LAMB OF GOD feat CHUCK BILLY - "routes" // lamb of god
2. LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
1. CODE ORANGE - "the easy way" // underneath
1. CODE ORANGE - "last ones left" // underneath

AFTER THE BURIAL - "behold the crown" // evergreen
HUNTRESS - "zenith" // starbound beast
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
JINJER - "on the top" // macro
KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
VEIN - "virus vibrance" // errorzone
MAKE THEM SUFFER - "erase me" // how to survive a funeral

ZIS' TOP 5 so far
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "guardians"
4. TESTAMENT - "titans of creation"
3. TRIVIUM - "what the dead men say"
2. LAMB OF GOD - "lamb of god"
1. CODE ORANGE - "underneath"

NICK's TOP 5 so far
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "guardians"
4. STITCHED UP HEART - "darkness"
3. TRIVIUM - "what the dead men say"
2. LAMB OF GOD - "lamb of god"
1. CODE ORANGE - "underneath"

CODE ORANGE's next visual experience UNDER THE SKIN will live stream on July 30th on their Twitch channel. Their vision of what they might do if they did MTV Unplugged in their own way. If it's anything like "Last Ones Left: In Fear of the End", you won't want to miss it.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/03/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/03/20

HOUR 1
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "grace" // epicloud
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
COLD KINGDOM - "desire" // into the black sky
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
ERIS - "aret efter" // formation

SKILLET - "save me" // victorious
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
WEATHER CHECK - "that way" // weather check vol 2
THUNDERPUSSY - "speed queen" // thunderpussy
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
O'BROTHER feat SIMON NEAL - "halogen eye" // you and I
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis

HOUR 2
FEVER 333 - "walking in my shoes" // made an America
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
EX-REGIME - "love isn't lost" // the path I walk
SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // the day I tried to live - single
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
CHELSEA WOLFE - "16 psyche" // hiss spun

ROLO TOMASSI - "contretemps" // time will die and love will bury it
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "abyss" // abyss
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram
MUTOID MAN - "melt your mind" // war moans
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "one of us is the killer" // one of us is the killer
EVERY TIME I DIE - "map change" // low teens

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/26/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/26/20

HOUR 1
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // pulling teeth
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "international" // galore
LARKIN POE - "she's a self made man" // self made man

SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // the day I tried to live - single
CLINT LOWERY - "kings" // God bless the renegades
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
LEDGER - "not dead yet" // ledger ep

HOUR 2
AMARANTHE - "viral" // manifest
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "counting scars" // alpha bionic
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
SAUL - "I am him" // aeons

EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
ITHACA - "impulse crush" // the language of injury
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons I
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/19/20 - LAMB OF GOD

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/19/20
GUESTS :: LAMB OF GOD

HOUR 1
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
THE PUSH - "controller" // oh, victory
BEYOND THE BLACK - "misery" // horizons
RAD OWL - "aladdin's castle" // madison beast
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
WOLF ALICE - "lisbon" // my love is cool
DIVIDE THE FALL - "bring you down" // bring you down - single

DEFTONES feat MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN - "passenger" // white pony
B ! - "higher" // degenerator
SEVENDUST - "inner city blues" // best of chapter one
MOON TOOTH - "trust" // crux
ENEMY X - "almost" // endless circle
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE feat HOWARD JONES - "the signal fire" // atonement

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
LAMB OF GOD - "momento mori" // lamb of god
LAMB OF GOD - "new colossial hate" // lamb of god

LAMB OF GOD feat CHUCK BILLY - "routes" // lamb of god
MARK MORTON feat CHESTER BENNINGTON - "cross off" // anesthetic
MARK MORTON feat NAHEEMAH MADDOX - "reveal" // anesthetic
MARK MORTON feat MYLES KENNEDY - "save defiance" // anesthetic

**VERY SPECIAL THANKS to MARK MORTON from LAMB OF GOD for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! LAMB OF GOD's excellent new self titled album is out now via Epic Records! MARK MORTON's fantastic solo record Anesthetic is out now via WPP Records/Spinefarm Records and the follow up EP Ether is available thru Rise Records!

Midwest Beatdown · Lamb of God 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/12/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/12/20

HOUR 1
DIVIDE THE FALL - "bring you down" // bring you down - single
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "cheshire" // yesteryear
DOWN AND ABOVE - "the things you see in me" // hold your breath for the rising tide
LARKIN POE feat TYLER BRYANT - "back down south" // self made man
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
ROYAL THUNDER - "anchor" // wick
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single

COLD KINGDOM - "devil in me" // into the black sky
SHREDDERS - "cult 45" // dangerous jumps
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" (live) // angry waters live
AGAINST ME - "333" // shape shift with me
BARONESS - "throw me an anchor" // gold & grey
CHILDREN 18:3 - "cover your eyes" // rain's a comin'
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time and space

HOUR 2
BULLY - "where to start" // sugaregg
LIGHT THE TORCH - "the bitter end" // revival
SAUL - "I am him" // aeons
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
CASANATRA - "rusty cage" // black days: a Midwest Movement tribute to Soundgarden
POSEHN feat JILL JANUS & CHUCK BILLY - "take on me" // grandpa metal
BPMD - "we're an American band" // American made

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "abyss" // abyss
ROLO TOMASSI - "whispers amongst us" // time will die and love will bury it
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
KILL THE LIGHTS - "watch you fall" // plagues ep
PERIPHERY - "follow your ghost" // periphery IV: hail stan
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
VEIN - "rebirth protocol" // errozrzone

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/05/20 - EX-REGIME

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/05/20
GUESTS :: EX-REGIME

HOUR 1
MARK MORTON feat NAEEMAH MADDOX - "reveal" // anesthetic
SEVENDUST - "angel's son" // animosity
FIRE FIGHT - "better" // identity
DOOMTREE - "beacon" // no kings
SKINDRED - "doom riff" // union black
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
FEVER 333 - "walking in my shoes" // made an America
NONPOINT - "chaos and earthquakes" // X

EX-REGIME - "the path I walk" // the path I walk
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
EX-REGIME - "love isn't lost" // the path I walk
A PERFECT CIRCLE - "imagine" // emotive

HOUR 2
TRIVIUM - "bleed into me" // what the dead men say
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
THE INTERRUPTERS feat RANCID - "got each other" // fight the good fight
MOON TOOTH - "musketeers" // crux
NUSIANCE - "ashes of empires" // 10 or 10,000
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "a beautiful lie" // jousthouse
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
EAON - "happy" // lesson no. 1

IN FLAMES - "clayman" (re-recorded) // clayman (20th anniversary edition)
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I didn't want to join your stupid cult anyways" // low teens

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOSH and JACOB from EX-REGIME for calling in to talk about their new EP "The Path I Walk" out now! Pick up a copy wherever you get your digital music!

Midwest Beatdown · Ex-Regime interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/29/20 - O'BROTHER

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/29/20
GUESTS :: O'BROTHER

HOUR 1
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
COLD KINGDOM - "volitale" // into the black sky
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single
WEATHER CHECK - "elevate" // innovate/elevate
EXACTLYNO - "where we belong" // red line city
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "across the fields" // galore

EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III
O'BROTHER - "soma" // you and I
O'BROTHER feat SIMON NEAL - "halogen eye" // you and I

HOUR 2
BIFFY CLYRO - "end of" // a celebration of endings
O'BROTHER - "black tide" // you and I
JOHNNY BOOTH - "bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe

LAMB OF GOD feat CHUCK BILLY - "routes" // lamb of god
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
DEE SNIDER - "prove me wrong" // for the love of metal live
THE GHOST INSIDE - "aftermath" // the ghost inside
BLEED FROM WITHIN - "fracture" // fracture
VEIL OF MAYA - "outsider" // outsider - single

**SPECIAL THANKS to MICHAEL from O'BROTHER for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! O'BROTHER's new album "You and I" is out now and available here!

Midwest Beatdown · O'Brother interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/22/20 - JOHNNYROOK

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/22/20
KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE II
GUESTS :: JOHNNYROOK

HOUR 1
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
WITHIN TEMPTATION - "entertain you" // entertain you - single
CITY OF THE WEAK - "drag us under" // pulling teeth
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
BEYOND THE BLACK - "misery" // horizons
DOOMTREE - "five alive" // five alive - single
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time and space

JOHNNYROOK - "lucky you" // lucky you - single
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
FALSE FLOOR - "seize the gravity" // seize the gravity - single

HOUR 2
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
JOHNNYROOK - "hot tubs (don't just walk away)" // from remorse we learn
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5 ep

EX-REGIME - "the path I walk" // the path I walk - single
TRIVIUM - "amongst the shadows and the stones" // what the dead men say
GOJIRA - "explosia" (live) // les enfants sauvages
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons I
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

**SPECIAL THANKS to IAN and ZAC from JOHNNYROOK for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! JOHNNYROOK's latest single "Disneyland Pencil Erasers" is out now as well as the previous new singles "Silhouette" and "Lucky You" all available wherever you get your digital music!

ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR RADIO HEROES FOR MAKING THE SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE A MASSIVE SUCCESS!!

Midwest Beatdown · Johnnyrook 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/15/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/15/20
KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE

HOUR 1
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
BARONESS - "tourniquet" // gold and grey
ERIS - "the roche limit" // formation
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
BOSTON MANOR - "ratking" // glue

COLD KINGDOM - "desire" // into the black sky
AVADO - "death express" // viscera
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
WOLFKAT - "missing out" // missing out - single
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
FEVER 333 - "burn it" // strength in numb333rs

HOUR 2
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
GOJIRA - "of blood and salt" // of blood and salt - single
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
ASKING ALEXANDRIA - "the violence" // like a house on fire
STATIC-X - "all these years" // project regeneration volume 1
MOON TOOTH - "musketeers" // crux

KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
AFTER THE BURIAL - "behold the crown" // evergreen
CODE ORANGE - "last ones left" // underneath
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
POLARIS - "hypermania" // the death of me
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
HATEBREED - "empty promises" // satisfaction is the death of desire

**Please consider helping KMSU make our $25,000 Pledge Drive Goal to keep bringing you the great programming that you hear on KMSU like the Midwest Beatdown. You can pledge at any time to kmsu.org! Any amount is greatly appreciated and helps immensely. The quicker we get to our goal, the more music we can play!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/08/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/08/20

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "diamond eyes" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "royal" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "cmnd ctrl" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "you've seen the butcher" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "beauty school" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "rocket skates" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "sextape" // diamond eyes
DEFTONES - "976-evil" // diamond eyes

WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
WITHER THE TIDE - "wake it up" // astronomia nova
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
THROW THE FIGHT - "misery" // settle your sins
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" (live) // angry waters live

HOUR 2
WITHIN TEMPTATION - "entertain you" // entertain you - single
BEYOND THE BLACK feat ELIZE RYD - "wounded healer" // horizons
AMARANTHE - "fury" // maximalism
DRUIDS - "new breath" // monument
TORCHE - "slide" // admission
O'BROTHER feat SIMON NEAL - "hologen eye" // you and I
SAUL - "trial by fire" // trial by fire - single
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse

MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" // ace of spades
MOTORHEAD - "overkill" // overkill (40th anniversary edition)
GOD AWFUL BASTARDS - "blood dries black" // demotivational speaker
TREASONS - "sense of pride" // black hearts, broken bones
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
IRIST - "eons" // order of the mind
BPMD - "toys in the attic" // American made
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time and space

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/01/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/01/20

HOUR 1
COLD KINGDOM - "times like these" // devil in me - single ep
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
THROW THE FIGHT - "misery" // settle your sins
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore
THE PUSH - "monster" // I liked it better that way
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // double live 45
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single

BULLY - "about a girl" // about a girl 7"
POLICA - "very cruel" // shulamith
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "no love" // be good
RAD OWL - "aladdin's castle" // madison beast
EXACTLYNO - "where we belong" // red line city
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "new colossal hate" // lamb of god
TRIVIUM - "amongst the shadows and the stones" // what the dead men say
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
NIGHTWISH - "noise" // human II nature
KATATONIA - "behind the blood" // city burials

MAKE THEM SUFFER - "erase me" // how to survive a funeral
BLEED FROM WITHIN feat MATT HEAFY - "night crossing" // fracture
KILL SWITCH - "rebuild" // what doesn't kill us
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
ALIGN - "worth three scene points" // some breaking news
INDEX CASE - "why dreams bleed" // glass
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "to the great beyond" // atonement II b-sides for charity
BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/24/20 - TRIVIUM

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/24/20
GUESTS :: TRIVIUM

HOUR 1
BOSTON MANOR – “ratking” // glue
IN THIS MOMENT feat JOE COTELA – “hunting ground” // mother
DOOMTREE – “five alive” // five alive – single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “fight” // unbalance
TRIVIUM – “catastrophist” // what the dead men say

TRIVIUM – “what the dead men say” // what the dead men say
TRIVIUM – “amongst the shadows and the stones” // what the dead men say
TRIVIUM – “bleed into me” // what the dead men say
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god

HOUR 2
ELLEFSON – “simple truth” // simple truth - single
ALESTORM – “treasure chest party quest” // curse of the crystal coconut
POSEHN – “grandpa metal” // grandpa metal
LOVEBITES – “golden destination” // electric
COMMON CHOIR – “dive bar knight life II” // gravemind
IMONOLITH feat JOHANNES ECKERSTROM – “becoming the enemy” // state of being

REFLECTIONS – “samsara” // willow
BY THE THOUSANDS – “cold spots” // dead matter
MAKE THEM SUFFER – “erase me” // how to survive a funeral
BLEED FROM WITHIN – “into nothing” // fracture
CODE ORANGE – “swallowing the rabbit whole” // underneath
TESTAMENT – “the healers” // titans of creation
REAPING ASMODIEA – “of talons and teeth” // impuritize

**SPECIAL THANKS to PAOLO from TRIVIUM for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! TRIVIUM's crushing new album "What the Dead Men Say" is out now via Roadrunner Records! As of now, TRIVIUM will be at The Armory in Minneapolis for an all ages show with LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH and IN FLAMES on Oct 30!

Midwest Beatdown · Trivium 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/17/20 - EXACTLYNO

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/17/20
GUESTS :: EXACTLYNO

HOUR 1
ALISON MOSSHART - "rise" // rise - single
FLIPP - "underground" // underground - single
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
EXACTLYNO - "black friday" // exactlyno
EXACTLYNO - "don't wake up" // red line city

EXACTLYNO - "where we belong" // red line city
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
CRASH CUDDLE - "dead harmonics" // klaxon
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
WEATHER CHECK - "recovery" // recovery - single

HOUR 2
NIGHTWISH - "noise" // human II nature
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
BEYOND THE BLACK - "misery" // horizons
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
KILL THE LIGHTS - "watch you fall" // plagues - ep

SUN & FLESH - "dig in deep" // dig in deep - single
IRIST - "eons" // order of the mind
BPMD - "toys in the attic" // American made
ALLEGAEON - "roundabout" // roundabout - single
THROWDOWN - "becoming" // take cover
TRIVUM - "amongst the shadows and the stones" // what the dead men say

**SPECIAL THANKS to TED AND NICK from EXACTLYNO for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! Their new album "Red Line City" is out today! Purchase the album either thru their website or thru their bandcamp site!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/10/20 - RED

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/10/20
GUESTS :: RED

HOUR 1
THE INTERRUPTERS feat RANCID - "got each other" // fight the good fight
MOON TOOTH - "musketeers" // crux
COLD KINGDOM - "devil in me" // into the black sky
DOWN AND ABOVE – “sunshine after rain" // hold your breath for the rising tide
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “cheshire" // yesteryear
THE FAILSAFE – “head under water” // erasing color
RED – “death of me” // innocence and instinct

RED – “all for you” // declaration
RED – “sever” // declaration
RED – “float” // declaration
PENDULUM feat IN FLAMES – “self vs self” // immersion

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
RAD OWL - "hannah barbera" // madison beast
SAUL - "brother" // aeons
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
SLIPKNOT - "nero forte" // we are not your kind
GOJIRA - "explosia" // l'enfant sauvage

AUGUST BURNS RED – “paramount” // guardians
EMERGENT – “home” // home - single
WITHER THE TIDE – “swallow” // astronomia nova
KORN – “cold” // the nothing
AMARANTHE feat ANGELA GASSOW – “do or die” // do or die - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the coin has a say" // low teens
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single

**SPECIAL THANKS to ANTHONY from RED for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! RED's fantastic new album Declaration is out now thru RED Entertainment / The Fuel Group!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/03/20 - THROW THE FIGHT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/03/20
GUESTS :: THROW THE FIGHT

HOUR 1
RED - "all for you" // declaration
SKILLET - "save me" // victorious
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "crazy pills" // brain pain
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
THROW THE FIGHT - "wolves in the dark" // wolves in the dark - single

THROW THE FIGHT - "my disaster" // my disaster - single
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // battling gravity
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020
BOSTON MANOR - "ratking" // glue
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" (live) // angry waters live

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "lighthouse" // guardians
BARONESS - "tourniquet" // gold and grey
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
COLD KINGDOM - "volatile" // into the black sky
ERIS - "aret efter" // formation
POLARIS - "hypermania" // the death of me

TESTAMENT - "the healers" // titans of creation
ENEMY X - "high" // endless circle
ECHOES OF RECKONING - "the permanent decay" // the permanent decay - single
BEYOND THE BLACK - "golden pariahs" // horizons
TRIVIUM - "what the dead men say" // what the dead men say
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
ALESTORM - "treasure chest party quest" // curse of the crystal coconut

**SPECIAL THANKS to RYAN from THROW THE FIGHT for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! THROW THE FIGHT's new single "Paper Wings" is out now and their new album Settle Your Sins will be out this summer thru Bullet Tooth Records!