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