MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 1/29/21

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 1/29/21

HOUR 1
CHEVELLE – “peach” // niratias
THE PRETTY RECKLESS feat TOM MORELLO – “and so it went” // death by rock and roll
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “closed out” // shanaska
DIAMANTE – “ghost myself” // ghost myself - single
DIESL – “back home” // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN – “truth” // ghost
ANGRY WATERS – “invasive species" (live) // angry waters live

AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "hiding from myself" // within each lies the other
SLEEP SIGNALS – “fireproof” // fireproof – single
WEEKEND PICNIC – “suffer the silence” // suffer the silence - single
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “my curse” // as daylight dies
DREAMS ASIDE – “deafening silence” // deafening silence - single
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single

HOUR 2
VEIN – “end eternal” // errorzone
EVERY TIME I DIE – “a colossal wreck” // a colossal wreck - single
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT – “reeling in the years” // covers vol 2
CAVE IN – “juggernaut” // until your heart stops
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – “hero of the soviet union” // one of us is the killer
GREG PUCIATO – “do you need me to remind you” // child soilder
KILLER BE KILLED – “deconstructing self destruction” // reluctant hero

POLARIS – “hypermania” // the death of me
STAIJA – “choler” // show yourself
NOPATHY – “steps” // nopathy
LAMB OF GOD – “checkmate” // lamb of god
TRIVIUM – “amongst the shadows and the stones” // what the dead men say
CODE ORANGE – “autumn and carbine” // underneath
CONVERGE – “I won't let you go” // cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 1/22/21

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 1/22/21

HOUR 1
ROYAL BLOOD - "typhoons" // typhoons
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS – “stranger in the mirror” // within each lies the other
THE FAILSAFE – “head under water” // erasing color
SILVERSTEIN feat AARON GILLESPIE – “infinite” // a beautiful place to drown
CHEVELLE – “self destructor” // niratias
DIVIDE THE FALL – “fake love” // dead memories
AMARANTHE - "fearless" // manifest

ARCHITECTS - "dead butterflies" // for those that wish to exist
SAUL - "trial by fire" // rise as equals
TIMES OF GRACE - "where the spirit leads me" // the hymn of a broken man
AVATAR – “get in line” // hail the apocalypse
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanize" // jousthouse
BLACK SATELLITE - "void" // void - single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "standing in the storm" // standing in the storm - single
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE & THOU - "hollywood" // the helm of sorrow
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “trve” // the end
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
PARKWAY DRIVE – “absolute power (live)” // viva the underdogs
HATEBREED – “weight of the false self” // weight of the false self
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY – “forget your name” // a different shade of blue

FIT FOR A KING – “the path” // the path
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
GOJIRA – “another world” // another world – single
DEFTONES – “radiant city” // ohms
POPPY - "bloodmoney" // I disagree
PYRALIS - "daggers" // everything is emptiness
YEAR OF THE KNIFE - "fatal" // ultimate aggression
VEIN - "virus vibrance" // errorzone

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/15/21

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/15/21
MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES OF 2021 part 3 (or albums we hope come out in 2021)

HOUR 1
OF MICE AND MEN - "obsolete" // timeless ep (Feb 26)
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
WEATHER CHECK - "that way" // weather check vol 2
CROSS POLLINATE - "the hum of your reflection" // cross pollinate
THE HU - "shoog shoog" // the gereg
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE feat MARIA BRINK - "contremptress" // reincarnate
MOON TOOTH - "musketeers" // crux

GREG PUCIATO - "absence as a presence" // f*** content
FIRE FIGHT - "better" // identity
FEVER 333 - "walking in my shoes" // made an America
THE PRETTY RECKLESS feat TOM MORELLO - "and so it went" // death by rock and roll
WOLFKAT - "missing out" // missing out - single
DOROTHY - "down to the bottom" // down to the bottom - single
THE LETTER BLACK - "sick charade" // rebuild
ROYAL BLOOD - "where are you now" // how did we get so dark?

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE - "a colossal wreck" // a colossal wreck - single
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
KING BROWN - "strange" // king brown ep
TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT - "riff raff" // covers vol 2 ep
MUTOID MAN - "melt your mind" // war moans
ROYAL THUNDER - "whispering world" // CVI
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "all my arms" // galore

RED FANG - "cut it short" // only ghosts
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
3TEETH - "American landfill" // metawar
REAPING ASMODIEA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/08/21

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/08/21
MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES OF 2021 (or albums we hope will come out in 2021) part 2

HOUR 1
TIMES OF GRACE - "willing" // the hymn of a broken man
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III (new album Sept 18)
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time and space
RAD OWL - "hannah barbera" // madison beast
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "nordeaster" // city of champions
BEARTOOTH - "bad listener" // disease
CHEVELLE - "self destructor" // niratias (Mar 5)

THE PRETTY RECKLESS feat TOM MORELLO - "and so it went" // death by rock and roll (Feb 12)
LEDGER - "not dead yet" // ledger
FIGHT THE FURY - "lose hold of it all" // still breathing
SKILLET - "save me" // victorious
THE PUSH - "controller" // oh, victory
WEEKEND PICNIC - "savages" // savages - single
DREAMS ASIDE - "deafening silence" // deafening silence - single

HOUR 2
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
FLIPP - "half a brain" // flipp
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "counting scars" // alpha bionic
POPPY - "bloodmoney" // i disagree
GOJIRA - "only pain" // magma
MASTODON - "fallen torches" // medium rarities
BARONESS - "throw me an anchor" // gold and grey
ANTHRAX - "earth on hell" // worship music

BAND-MAID - "after life" // unseen world (Jan 13)
JINJER - "ape" // macro
ROB ZOMBIE - "the triumph of king freak" // the lunar injection kool aid eclipse conspiracy (Mar 12)
VEIN - "virus vibrance" // errorzone
ARCH ENEMY - "as the pages burn" // war eternal
DINES x HEAFY - "dear anxiety" // dines x heafy ep (Hopefully more surprise releases from artists like this one!)
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "lookin' out my back door" // skeletons in the closet
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "I'm shipping up to Boston" // holiday at lake bodom

R.I.P. ALEXI LAIHO

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/01/21 - SEVENDUST

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/01/21
MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES OF 2021 part 1
GUESTS :: SEVENDUST

HOUR 1
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "stranger in the mirror" // within each lies the other (MAR 26)
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll (FEB 12)
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single
BUTCHER BABIES - "sleeping with the enemy" // sleeping with the enemy - single
LOVEBITES - "break the wall" // battle against damnation (MAR 10 new EP “glory, glory, to the world”)
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
ERIS - "laniakea" // formation

SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // blood and stone
SEVENDUST - "wish you well" // blood and stone
SEVENDUST - "blood from a stone" // blood and stone
SEVENDUST - "dying to live" // blood and stone
SEVENDUST - "praise" // animosity

HOUR 2
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
COLD KINGDOM - "volatile" // into the black sky
DEAD SARA - "hands up" // hands up - single
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
KYNG - "burn the serum" // burn the serum
WIODW7 - "shadow me" // shadow me - single

SPIRITBOX - "blessed be" // blessed be - single
GEMINI SYNDROME - "reintegration" // reintegration - single
ARCHITECTS - "animals" // for those that wish to exist (FEB 26)
EVERY TIME I DIE - "a colossal wreck" // a colossal wreck - single
JOHNNY BOOTH - "bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
LIGHT THE TORCH - "the bitter end" // revival
CONVERGE - "I won't let you go" // cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack

**A HUGE SPECIAL THANKS to LAJON from SEVENDUST for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about Sevendust's new album "Blood and Stone" out now on Rise Records and also their "Animosity" livestream on Jan 8. You can purchase tickets here! We didn't get time to ask about Lajon's solo album but there is a new single "Chainsmoking" that came out Jan 1!

Midwest Beatdown · Sevendust 2021 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/25/20 - CHRISTMAS SHOW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/25/20
CHRISTMAS SHOW

HOUR 1
AUGUST BURNS RED - "it's the most wonderful time of the year" // winter wilderness
AUGUST BURNS RED - "jingle bells" // sleddin' hill
THE ALMOST - "little drummer boy" // no gift to bring
THE ALMOST - "amazing because it is" // no gift to bring
THE ALMOST - "yule be sorry" // Happy Christmas: a tooth and nail Christmas
QUIETDRIVE - "all I want for Christmas is you" // all I want for Christmas is you - single
KAT PERKINS - "santa baby" // a Kat Perkins Christmas vol 2
KAT PERKINS - "Christmas stockings" // a Kat Perkins Christmas vol 2
KAT PERKINS - "chestnuts roasting on an open fire" // a Kat Perkins Christmas vol 1

AUGUST BURNS RED - "frosty the snowman" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "last Christmas" // winter wilderness
AUGUST BURNS RED - "winter wonderland" // sleddin' hill
ANBERLIN - "Christmas, baby please come home" // lost songs
FLYLEAF - "do you hear what I hear" // all around me ep
SKILLET - "stars" // unleashed
DIAMANTE - "auld lang syne" // auld lang syne - single
LEMMY & DAVE GROHL - "run, rudolph, run" // we wish you a metal Christmas
FLIPP - "the grinch who stole Christmas" // Merry Flippmas

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "carol of the bells" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "home alone theme" // winter wilderness
AUGUST BURNS RED - "rudolph the red nosed reindeer" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "sleddin' hill" // sleddin' hill
TWISTED SISTER - "oh come all ye faithful" // a twisted Christmas
TWISTED SISTER - "I'll be home for Christmas" // a twisted Christmas
TWISTED SISTER - "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" // a twisted Christmas
TWISTED SISTER - "deck the halls" // a twisted Christmas

DEE SNIDER & LZZY HALE - "the magic of Christmas day" // the magic of Christmas day - single
CHILDREN 18:3 - "follow the star" // follow the star - single
SHINEDOWN - "happy x-mas (war is over)" // happy x-mas (war is over) - single
DROPKICK MURPHYS - "Christmas (baby please come home)" // Christmas (baby please come home) - single
AUGUST BURNS RED - "we wish you a merry Christmas" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "sleigh ride" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "what child is this (greensleeves)" // winter wilderness
AUGUST BURNS RED - "oh holy night" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "all I want for Christmas is you" // all I want for Christmas is you - single

First All Christmas Show in 10 years!