MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/28/20
HOUR 1
DOOMTREE – “five alive” // five alive – single
AGAINST ME – “333” // shape shift with me
BARONESS – “borderlines” // gold and grey
EAON – “happy” // lesson no 1
COLD KINGDOM – “desire” // into the black sky
CITY OF THE WEAK – “drag us under” // pulling teeth
REFUSED – “new noise” // the shape of punk to come
SUPERLUNG – “time is of the essence” // demo
FRAMING HANLEY – “puzzle pieces” // envy
DOWN AND ABOVE – “anodyne” // anodyne
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “Cheshire” // yesteryear
DROPPING DAYLIGHT – “brace yourself” // brace yourself
SILVERSTEIN feat AARON GILLESPIE – “infinite” // a beautiful place to drown
THE PUSH – “mommy problems” // I liked it better that way
HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED – “bones” // guardian
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “the signal fire” // atonement
LIGHT THE TORCH – “the great divide” // revival
SAUL – “trial by fire” // trial by fire - single
BUTCHER BABIES – “Lilith” // Lilith
ALL THAT REMAINS – “this calling” // the fall of ideals
HELLYEAH – “333” // welcome home
COMMON CHOIR – “dive bar knight life II” // gravemind
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
INTRONAUT - "check your misfortune" // fluid existential inversions
TRIVIUM – “catastrophist” // what the dead men say
LOVEBITES – “when destinies align” // electric pentagram
3TEETH – “American landfill” // metawar
POSEHN – “grandpa metal” // grandpa metal
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/21/20
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/21/20
HOUR 1
BIFFY CLYRO - "instant history" // instant history - single
DESSA - "5 out of 6" // chime
DIVIDE THE FALL - "stay" // stay - single
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
STANDING ALLIANCE - "erased" // revisions
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
LARKIN POE - "wanted woman / ac/dc" // peach
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
ATMOSPHERE - "push play" // whenever
PENDULUM feat IN FLAMES - "self vs self" // immersion
FIRE FIGHT - "identity" // identity
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
SKYWIND - "slo motion" // escape plan v2 2019
HOUR 2
INTRONAUT - "check your misfortune" // fluid existential inversions
ERIS - "the roche limit" // formation
TORCHE - "admission" // admission
RED FANG - "blood like cream" // whales and leeches
BARONESS - "throw me an anchor" // gold and grey
CHELSEA WOLFE - "16 psyche" // hiss spun
CODE ORANGE - "swallowing the rabbit whole" // underneath
PARKWAY DRIVE - "prey" // reverence
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
JOHNNY BOOTH - "bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
CONVERGE - "I can tell you about pain" // the dusk in us
HOUR 1
BIFFY CLYRO - "instant history" // instant history - single
DESSA - "5 out of 6" // chime
DIVIDE THE FALL - "stay" // stay - single
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
STANDING ALLIANCE - "erased" // revisions
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
LARKIN POE - "wanted woman / ac/dc" // peach
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
ATMOSPHERE - "push play" // whenever
PENDULUM feat IN FLAMES - "self vs self" // immersion
FIRE FIGHT - "identity" // identity
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
SKYWIND - "slo motion" // escape plan v2 2019
HOUR 2
INTRONAUT - "check your misfortune" // fluid existential inversions
ERIS - "the roche limit" // formation
TORCHE - "admission" // admission
RED FANG - "blood like cream" // whales and leeches
BARONESS - "throw me an anchor" // gold and grey
CHELSEA WOLFE - "16 psyche" // hiss spun
CODE ORANGE - "swallowing the rabbit whole" // underneath
PARKWAY DRIVE - "prey" // reverence
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
JOHNNY BOOTH - "bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
CONVERGE - "I can tell you about pain" // the dusk in us
Sunday, February 16, 2020
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/14/20
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/14/20
HOUR 1
DEFTONES – “digital bath” // white pony
DEFTONES - "sextape ” // diamond eyes
GOJIRA – “vacuity” // the way of all flesh
POPPY – “I disagree” // I disagree
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “fell in love without you” // even if it kills me
HEROES OF HEARTACHE - "tonight” // tonight - single
AVERAGE MAMMALS – “nothing” // nothing – single
EXACTLYNO – “chika boom boom boom” // exactlyno
WEATHER CHECK – “that way” // weather check vol 2
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – “sleep now in the fire” // the battle of Los Angeles
CITY OF THE WEAK – “censor this” // pulling teeth
NEW FOUND GLORY – “all downhill from here” // catalyst
DOLL SKIN – “shut up (you missed me)” // manic pixie dream girl
WOLFKAT – “missing out” // missing out - single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “pull me in” // shanaska
ANGRY WATERS – “dead flowers” // the tequila incidents
HOUR 2
BRIAN POSEHN – “grandpa metal” // grandpa metal
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god
MEGADETH – “peace sells” // peace sells...but who's buying
TRIVIUM – “betrayer” // the sin and the sentence
IN FLAMES – “I am above” // I, the mask
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “beds are burning” // alpha bionic
STATIC-X – “hollow” // project regeneration volume 1
MACHINE HEAD – “circle the drain” // circle the drain - single
COMMON CHOIR – “dive bar knight life” // gravemind
SEPULTURA – “raging void” // quadra
LOVEBITES – “when destinies align” // electric pentagram
HATEBREED – “when the blade drops” // when the blade drops - single
AMARANTHE feat ANGELA GLASSOW – “do or die” // do or die - single
HOUR 1
DEFTONES – “digital bath” // white pony
DEFTONES - "sextape ” // diamond eyes
GOJIRA – “vacuity” // the way of all flesh
POPPY – “I disagree” // I disagree
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “fell in love without you” // even if it kills me
HEROES OF HEARTACHE - "tonight” // tonight - single
AVERAGE MAMMALS – “nothing” // nothing – single
EXACTLYNO – “chika boom boom boom” // exactlyno
WEATHER CHECK – “that way” // weather check vol 2
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – “sleep now in the fire” // the battle of Los Angeles
CITY OF THE WEAK – “censor this” // pulling teeth
NEW FOUND GLORY – “all downhill from here” // catalyst
DOLL SKIN – “shut up (you missed me)” // manic pixie dream girl
WOLFKAT – “missing out” // missing out - single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “pull me in” // shanaska
ANGRY WATERS – “dead flowers” // the tequila incidents
HOUR 2
BRIAN POSEHN – “grandpa metal” // grandpa metal
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god
MEGADETH – “peace sells” // peace sells...but who's buying
TRIVIUM – “betrayer” // the sin and the sentence
IN FLAMES – “I am above” // I, the mask
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “beds are burning” // alpha bionic
STATIC-X – “hollow” // project regeneration volume 1
MACHINE HEAD – “circle the drain” // circle the drain - single
COMMON CHOIR – “dive bar knight life” // gravemind
SEPULTURA – “raging void” // quadra
LOVEBITES – “when destinies align” // electric pentagram
HATEBREED – “when the blade drops” // when the blade drops - single
AMARANTHE feat ANGELA GLASSOW – “do or die” // do or die - single
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Korn proves once again they are Here To Stay
REVIEW: KORN & BREAKING BENJAMIN
XCEL ENERGY CENTER in ST. PAUL, MN
2/7/2020
Review and photos by Brett Zisler
A frigid cold night during February in St. Paul, Minnesota wasn’t going to deter thousands of Korn fans from making their way in to the Xcel Energy Center on a Friday night. Almost 26 years later after the their self-titled album and fresh off the release of their new album “The Nothing,” rock titans, Korn, have embarked on a nation wide tour with Breaking Benjamin. And once again, Korn proved they are here to stay. (get it???)
What else is there that can’t already be said about the band that paved the way for a new generation of music and still finds themselves bringing their fans out in droves? The energy level in the Xcel Energy center went from zero to 100 in the span of time it took for the lights to dim and the curtain to illuminate before Korn made their way to the stage. As soon as the crowd heard the first notes of “Here to Stay, “ the crowd knew it was go time. Jonathan Davis stood front and center with his legendary mic stand as he bellowed out the chorus to the crowd as the echoed back the lyrics. James “Munky” Schaeffer & Brian “Head” Welch moved towards the front of the stage leading the intro to one of the biggest hits of the 1990’s “Blind” as it echoed through the halls of the Xcel Energy Center. The impact that song has on their live show is something that will never get old to me.
Korn weaved their way through new material such as “Cold”, “Can You Hear Me?” and “You’ll Never Find Me” and they followed them up with the classic fan favorites, “Got the Life,” “Freak on a Leash” and the bagpipe heavy “Shoots and Ladders.” One thing came to mind as the closed the show with their hit off the Issues album “Falling Away From Me.” This band really has lasted the test of time. From their early days in Bakersfield, Ca. and then onto when hardly anything heavy with a guitar was getting airplay on MTV and somehow morphing that into winning TRL over boy bands for the most requested video in America. It’s no secret Korn has seen their share of hard times, but the best part is that they are still here, and by the turnout in St. Paul, many are glad they still are.
Also on the bill for the night was the ever so popular Breaking Benjamin. Having the privilege of seeing them numerous times off their most recent album Ember its always amazing to me how this band can win crowds over. It’s almost like a wave rolling into shore as the momentum builds as they plow their way through hits like “Diary of Jane” “Until the End” and the heavy crowd favorite “Breath”.
The energy level keeps getting larger and larger as the set goes on. The feeling that Breaking Benjamin gives you as they completed their set with “So Cold” and “I Will Not Bow” is that they still have a long and lustrous career ahead, even after having a history of over 20 years.
SEE MORE OF BRETT's KORN PHOTOS HERE!
SEE MORE OF BRETT's BREAKING BENJAMIN PHOTOS HERE!
XCEL ENERGY CENTER in ST. PAUL, MN
2/7/2020
Review and photos by Brett Zisler
A frigid cold night during February in St. Paul, Minnesota wasn’t going to deter thousands of Korn fans from making their way in to the Xcel Energy Center on a Friday night. Almost 26 years later after the their self-titled album and fresh off the release of their new album “The Nothing,” rock titans, Korn, have embarked on a nation wide tour with Breaking Benjamin. And once again, Korn proved they are here to stay. (get it???)
Korn weaved their way through new material such as “Cold”, “Can You Hear Me?” and “You’ll Never Find Me” and they followed them up with the classic fan favorites, “Got the Life,” “Freak on a Leash” and the bagpipe heavy “Shoots and Ladders.” One thing came to mind as the closed the show with their hit off the Issues album “Falling Away From Me.” This band really has lasted the test of time. From their early days in Bakersfield, Ca. and then onto when hardly anything heavy with a guitar was getting airplay on MTV and somehow morphing that into winning TRL over boy bands for the most requested video in America. It’s no secret Korn has seen their share of hard times, but the best part is that they are still here, and by the turnout in St. Paul, many are glad they still are.
Also on the bill for the night was the ever so popular Breaking Benjamin. Having the privilege of seeing them numerous times off their most recent album Ember its always amazing to me how this band can win crowds over. It’s almost like a wave rolling into shore as the momentum builds as they plow their way through hits like “Diary of Jane” “Until the End” and the heavy crowd favorite “Breath”.
The energy level keeps getting larger and larger as the set goes on. The feeling that Breaking Benjamin gives you as they completed their set with “So Cold” and “I Will Not Bow” is that they still have a long and lustrous career ahead, even after having a history of over 20 years.
SEE MORE OF BRETT's KORN PHOTOS HERE!
SEE MORE OF BRETT's BREAKING BENJAMIN PHOTOS HERE!
Saturday, February 8, 2020
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/07/20 - IMONOLITH
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/07/20
GUESTS :: IMONOLITH
HOUR 1
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god
AUGUST BURNS RED – “defender” // guardians
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “no world for tomorrow” // no world for tomorrow
FALSE FLOOR – “equals” // equals – single
RED – “sever” // declaration
EAON – “happy” // lesson no 1
COLD KINGDOM – “volatile" // into the black sky
THE HU – “shoog shoog” // the gereg
SKYWIND - "sleeping with the devil" // dreaming of the angel
FIRE FIGHT - "better" // identity
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
DIVIDE THE FALL - "I won't fade away" // I won't fade away - single
THE FAILSAFE - "erasing color" // erasing color
STANDING ALLIANCE - "revisions" // revisions
HOUR 2
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
BRIAN POSEHN feat JILL JANUS, CHUCK BILLY, STEVE "ZETRO" SOUZA - "take on me" // grandpa metal
HIGHER POWER - "shedding skin" // 27 miles underwater
IMONOLITH – “hollow” // state of being
IMONOLITH – “instinct” // state of being
IMONOLITH – “dig” // state of being
ENEMY X - "high" // endless circle
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “the violence” // the violence - single
SOULFLY feat GREG PUCIATO – “rise of the fallen” // omen
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space
TESTAMENT – “night of the witch” // titans of creation
**SPECIAL THANKS to RYAN from IMONOLITH for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album "State of Being" releasing on March 27 thru their own Imonolith Music! You can pre-order your copy from their website right now!
GUESTS :: IMONOLITH
HOUR 1
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god
AUGUST BURNS RED – “defender” // guardians
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “no world for tomorrow” // no world for tomorrow
FALSE FLOOR – “equals” // equals – single
RED – “sever” // declaration
EAON – “happy” // lesson no 1
COLD KINGDOM – “volatile" // into the black sky
THE HU – “shoog shoog” // the gereg
SKYWIND - "sleeping with the devil" // dreaming of the angel
FIRE FIGHT - "better" // identity
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
DIVIDE THE FALL - "I won't fade away" // I won't fade away - single
THE FAILSAFE - "erasing color" // erasing color
STANDING ALLIANCE - "revisions" // revisions
HOUR 2
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
BRIAN POSEHN feat JILL JANUS, CHUCK BILLY, STEVE "ZETRO" SOUZA - "take on me" // grandpa metal
HIGHER POWER - "shedding skin" // 27 miles underwater
IMONOLITH – “hollow” // state of being
IMONOLITH – “instinct” // state of being
IMONOLITH – “dig” // state of being
ENEMY X - "high" // endless circle
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “the violence” // the violence - single
SOULFLY feat GREG PUCIATO – “rise of the fallen” // omen
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space
TESTAMENT – “night of the witch” // titans of creation
**SPECIAL THANKS to RYAN from IMONOLITH for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new album "State of Being" releasing on March 27 thru their own Imonolith Music! You can pre-order your copy from their website right now!
Friday, February 7, 2020
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/31/20
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/31/20
HOUR 1
EMERGENT - "rivers of silence" // rivers of silence - single
EMERGENT - "between the waves" // between the waves - single
THROW THE FIGHT - "my disaster" // my disaster - single
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
SALT CREEK - "what you would hear" // if you were there
WEATHER CHECK - "strength in numbers" // weather check
EXACTLYNO - "black friday" // exactlyno
DESSA - "seamstress" // a badly broken code
DIAMANTE - "obvious" // obvious - single
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
CHILDREN 18:3 - "LCM" // children 18:3
HOUR 2
KORN - "you'll never find me" // the nothing
BREAKING BENJAMIN - "red cold river" // ember
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
KATATONIA - "lacquer" // city burials
INTRONAUT - "cubensis" // fluid existential inversions
IMONOLITH - "instinct" // state of being
TESTAMENT - "night of the witch" // titans of creation
DRUIDS - "new breath" // monuments
DELAIN - "creatures" // apocalypse and chill
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - "thundersmith" // evolution
SEPULTURA - "raging void" // quadra
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t
BY THE THOUSANDS - "resurgence" // visions of inner depth
HOUR 1
EMERGENT - "rivers of silence" // rivers of silence - single
EMERGENT - "between the waves" // between the waves - single
THROW THE FIGHT - "my disaster" // my disaster - single
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
SALT CREEK - "what you would hear" // if you were there
WEATHER CHECK - "strength in numbers" // weather check
EXACTLYNO - "black friday" // exactlyno
DESSA - "seamstress" // a badly broken code
DIAMANTE - "obvious" // obvious - single
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
CHILDREN 18:3 - "LCM" // children 18:3
HOUR 2
KORN - "you'll never find me" // the nothing
BREAKING BENJAMIN - "red cold river" // ember
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
KATATONIA - "lacquer" // city burials
INTRONAUT - "cubensis" // fluid existential inversions
IMONOLITH - "instinct" // state of being
TESTAMENT - "night of the witch" // titans of creation
DRUIDS - "new breath" // monuments
DELAIN - "creatures" // apocalypse and chill
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - "thundersmith" // evolution
SEPULTURA - "raging void" // quadra
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t
BY THE THOUSANDS - "resurgence" // visions of inner depth
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