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