MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/05/25 - NEW MEDICINE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/05/25
GUESTS :: NEW MEDICINE

HOUR 1
FLESHWATER – “green street" // 2000: in search of the endless sky
MADAM DRIVER – “through the trees” // negative ghostrider
SLDG – “out of here” // of my own design
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “rabbit hole” // full circle
WALLY JOSEPH – “left of faithful” // to the dogs
THE INTERRUPTERS – “bad guy” // bad guy - single
NEW MEDICINE – “race you to the bottom” // race you to the bottom

NEW MEDICINE – “die trying” // die trying: the double album
NEW MEDICINE – “s.o.s.” // die trying: the double album
NEW MEDICINE feat ADELITAS WAY – “own it” // die trying: the double album
NEW MEDICINE – “miracle” // die trying: the double album

HOUR 2
ALTER BRIDGE – “silent divide” // alter bridge
POPPY, AMY LEE, COURTNEY LaPLANTE – “end of you” // end of you - single
FIRSUN – “speak” // speak - single
THE PRETTY RECKLESS – “for I am death” // for I am death - single
DED – “purpose: be myself” // resent
GORE. – “wrath” // if you do not fear me…
SLIPKNOT – “(sic)” // slipknot

ORBIT CULTURE – “nerve” // death above life
TURNSTILE – “sole” // never enough
DYING WISH – “revenge in carnage” // flesh stays together
SOULKEEPER – “go ask alice” // join us in creating excellence
EVERNOIR – “spiral” // hateful lullabies
TRIVIUM – “bury me with my screams” // struck dead
SHADOWS FALL - "destroyer of senses" // the art of balance

**SPECIAL THANKS to JAKE from NEW MEDICINE for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! NEW MEDICINE's new double album "Die Trying" is out now! NEW MEDICINE will be at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Oct 17 with ADELITA'S WAY and BRKN LOVE for a special 18+ show you do not want to miss!

Midwest Beatdown · New Medicine 2025 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/29/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/29/25

HOUR 1
DEFTONES – “cut hands” // private music
DEFTONES – “the spell of mathematics” // ohms
DEFTONES – “xenon“ // gore
DEFTONES – “swerve city“ // koi no yokan
TOO LATE, BUT STILL – “you’ve seen the butcher” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
DEFTONES – “976-evil“ // diamond eyes
DEFTONES feat SERJ TANKIAN – “mein“ // Saturday night wrist

DEFTONES – “hexagram“ // deftones
DEFTONES – “elite“ // white pony
KILLING STARES – “teenager” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
DEFTONES feat MAX CAVALERA – “headup“ // around the fur
JOHNNYROOK – “around the fur” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
CAREFUL GAZE – “be quiet and drive (far away)” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
DEFTONES – “bored“ // adrenaline

HOUR 2
THE HIVES – “roll out the red carpet" // the hives forever, forever the hives
NEW MEDICINE – “die trying" // die trying: the double album
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – “for you” // flowers
PINKSHIFT – “anita ride" // earthkeeper
FIRSUN - "speak" // speak - single
DEMON HUNTER - "sorrow light the way" // there was a light here
THE WARNING - "automatic sun" (live) // live from Auditorio Nacional CDMX
THIRCE - "albatross" // horizons/west

WEEKEND PICNIC - "I will remain" // I will remain - single
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design
AVATAR - "in the airwaves" // don't go in the forest
BY THE THOUSANDS - "the flood" // the descent
BETTER LOVERS – “love as an act of rebellion" // highly irresponsible
JOHNNY BOOTH – “storyteller" // storyteller - single
TESTAMENT – “infanticide a.i.” // para bellum
HATEBREED - "make the demons obey" // make the demons obey - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/22/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/22/25

HOUR 1
MASTODON - "curl of the burl" // the hunter
MASTODON - "Halloween" // once more round the sun
MADAM DRIVER - "crossroads" // negative ghostrider
MOLS - "not impressed" // not impressed - single
DEFTONES - "infinite source" // private music
ANXIETY SOCIETY feat JOSIE - "hands of the painter" // hands of the painter - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle

LINKIN PARK - "IGYEIH" // from zero
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species (live)" // angry waters live
CHEVELLE - "wolves (love and light)" // bright as blasphemy
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "for I am death" // for I am death - single
SUMO CYCO - "asteroid" // neon void
FLESHWATER – “last escape” // 2000: in search of the endless sky
MASTODON - "clandestiny" // emperor of sand

HOUR 2
MASTODON - "colony of birchmen" // blood mountain
DEFTONES - "ecdysis" // private music
FIRSUN - "oh preacher" // oh preacher - single
GORE. - "wrath" // if you do not fear me
WE CAME AS ROMANS - "bad luck" // all is beautiful...because we are doomed
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough
THE THIRSTY GIANTS - "the shape of thirst to come" // thirst a.d.
BIOHAZARD - "eyes on six" // divided we fall

TESTAMENT - "infanticide a.i." // para bellum
BETTER BROKEN - "queensbury" // tundra
DRAIN - "who's having fun?" // drain...is your friend
REAPING ASMODEIA - "sanctuary of poison" // sanctuary of poison - single
CYMOTHOA feat NATE GALBRAITH - "chuggernaut" // make noise loud again...but with vocals
MASTODON - "sleeping giant" // blood mountain
MASTODON - "toe to toes" // cold dark sun

R.I.P. BRENT HINDS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/15/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/15/25

HOUR 1
ANXIETY SOCIETY feat JOSIE - "hands of the painter" // hands of the painter - single
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design
NINE INCH NAILS - "as alive as you need me to be" // tron: ares - soundtrack
COHEED AND CAMBRIA - "play the poet" // vaxis III: the father of make believe
TWO HARBORS - "that's not me" // can't shake this dream
MADAM DRIVER - "crossroads" // negative ghostrider
MOLS - "not impressed" // not impressed - single
CHEVELLE - "karma goddess" // bright as blasphemy

DEFTONES - "milk of the Madonna" // private music
NEW MEDICINE - "life like this" // die trying: the double album
HALESTORM – “fallen star" // Everest
JOHNNYROOK - "Disneyland pencil erasers" (2025) // the more things change (2025)
THE MONTOYA MACHINE - "we saved a place for you" // we saved a place for you - single
BABYMETAL & SPIRITBOX - "my queen" // metal forth
FLESHWATER – “last escape” // 2000: in search of the endless sky

HOUR 2
SUMO CYCO - "asteroid" // neon void
CAREFUL GAZE - "be quiet and drive (far away)" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
KILLING STARES - "teenager" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "you've seen the butcher" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
DRAIN - "who's having fun?" // drain...is your friend
GIDEON - "til the wheels fall off" // til the wheels fall off - single
TRIVIUM - "bury me with my screams" // struck dead ep

AVATAR - "in the airwaves" // in the airwaves - single
ALIEN WEAPONRY feat RANDY BLYTHE - "taniwah" // te ra
SPIRITWORLD - "oblivion" // helldorado
BIOHAZARD - "forsaken" // divided we fall
EVERNORTH - "prevailer" // silver tongue
GORE. - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
SLDG - "1000 yard stare" // predicaments

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/08/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/08/25

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "milk of the Madonna" // private music
WEEKEND PICNIC – “running out of time" // running out of time - single
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT – “bearer of bad news” // where dreams go to die
SHADOW LAKE – “meant to be” // meant to be - single
ARCHITECTS – “whiplash" // the sky, the earth and all between
BIFFY CLYRO - "hunting season" // futique
FIRSUN - "oh preacher" // oh preacher - single
FLESHWATER – “jetpack” // 2000: in search of the endless sky

HALESTORM – “Everest" // Everest
BABYMETAL & ELECTRIC CALLBOY - "ratatata" // metal forth
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
THE OFFSPRING - "OK but this is the last time" // supercharged
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "rabbit hole" // full circle
THORNHILL - "tongues" // bodies
RAD OWL - "growl" // rage gracefully

HOUR 2
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
TRIVIUM - "bury me with my screams" // struck dead ep
JINJER - "tantrum" // duel
DEADLANDS - "die in paradise" // seven
AFTER THE BURIAL - "hum from the hollow" // hum from the hollow - single
3TEETH - "civil war" // civil war - single

THE CHALLENGER DISASTER CONSPIRACY – “corncob messiah” // city pages 2023 band of the year
SOULKEEPER – “join us in creating excellence” // join us in creating excellence
DYING WISH – “I’ll know you’re not around” // flesh stays together
FIT FOR A KING feat CHRIS MOTIONLESS – “witness the end” // lonely god
REAPING ASMODEIA – “sanctuary of poison” // sanctuary of poison - single
ORBIT CULTURE – “hydra” // death above life
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh

SHINEDOWN brings the heat to the Target Center!

CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY :: SHINEDOWN, BUSH, MORGAN WADE
Target Center, Mpls
July 28, 2025
Photos by Brett Zisler

SHINEDOWN made their long awaited return to Minnesota last Monday at the Target Center in Minneapolis bringing their "Dance, Kid, Dance" Tour to town! SHINEDOWN brought BUSH and MORGAN WADE along on this leg of the tour along with all the pyro they could fit in the Target Center. SHINEDOWN impressed the crowd for their entire 2 hour set which brought the newest songs "Dance, Kid, Dance" and "Three Six Five" fitting in perfectly with classics like "Devour", "Enemies" and "Sound of Madness"! SHINEDOWN even threw in a cover of Prince's "Purple Rain" for good measure!

BUSH got the crowd fired up and ready to go playing a few of the new songs from their recently released album "I Bet Lonliness" along side the classics from "Sixteen Stone".

MORGAN WADE started off the night bringing a different vibe and made some new fans!

SEE MORE of BRETT's PICTURES from SHINEDOWN, BUSH and MORGAN WADE HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/01/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/01/25

HOUR 1
FLESHWATER - "jetpack" // 2000: in search of the endless sky
GLIXEN - "all tied up" // quiet pleasures
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "broken bones and mountains" // drawing little pictures
SPEED OF LIGHT - "pain on a chain" // pain on a chain - single
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider
CASANATRA - "blonde train run" // blonde train run - single
SUMO CYCO - "shivers" // neon void

FIRSUN - "oh preacher" // oh preacher - single
BIFFY CLYRO - "hunting season" // futique
THRICE - "gnash" // horizons/west
DIRTY HONEY - "the wire" (live) // mayhem and revelry live
JOHNNYROOK - "happy birthday" (2025) // the more things change (2025)
KILLING STARES - "teenager" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
NINE INCH NAILS - "as alive as you want me to be" // tron: ares soundtrack
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design

HOUR 2
DYING WISH - "I'll know you're not around" // flesh stays together
FIT FOR A KING feat CHRIS MOTIONLESS - "witness the end" // lonely god
GHOST - "lachryma" // skeleta
PLAGUE OF STARS - "vain" // extinction
DEMON HUNTER - "sorrow light the way" // there was a light here
AMON AMARTH - "we rule the waves" // we rule the waves - single
PANTERA - "a new level" // vulgar display of power

ORBIT CULTURE - "hydra" // death above life
FOX LAKE - "pure adrenaline" // new world heat
KENOSIS - "dokunuma" // genkenosis
AVATAR - "in the airwaves" // in the airwaves - single
HATEBREED - "make the demons obey" // make the demons obey - single
SOULKEEPER - "join us in creating excellence" // join us in creating excellence
REAPING ASMODEIA - "sanctuary of poison" // sanctuary of poison - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/25/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/25/25

HOUR 1
OZZY OSBOURNE - "I don't want to change the world" // no more tears
OZZY OSBOURNE - "I don't know" // blizzard of ozz
OZZY OSBOURNE - "road to nowhere" // no more tears
BLACK SABBATH - "into the void" // master of reality
SHINEDOWN - "killing fields" // killing fields - single
BUSH - "more than machines" // the art of survival
SCOWL - "fantasy" // are we all angels

EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
SILVERTUNG - "caustic" // caustic - single
THE MONTOYA MACHINE - "we saved a place for you" // we saved a place for you - single
WEEKEND PICNIC - "empty bottles" // empty bottles - single
SHADOW LAKE - "meant to be" // meant to be - single
SEVENDUST - "seasons" (acoustic) // southside doublewide acoustic live
THRICE - "gnash" // horizons/west

HOUR 2
THE VIOLENT HOUR feat BRANDON YEAGLEY - "Portland, Oregon" // the violent hour ep
AVATAR - "in the airwaves" // in the airwaves - single
GHOST - "lachryma" // skeleta
PLAGUE OF STARS - "false reality" // extinction
HATEBREED - "make the demons obey" // make the demons obey - single
DRAIN - "stealing happiness from tomorrow" // drain...is your friend
EVERNORTH - "prevailer" // silver tongue

AFTER THE BURIAL - "hum from the hollow" // hum from the hollow - single
CURRENTS - "it only gets darker" // it only gets darker - single
BLACK SABBATH - "fairies wear boots" // paranoid
OZZY OSBOURNE - "no more tears" // no more tears
OZZY OSBOURNE - "see you on the other side" // ozzmosis

REST IN PEACE OZZY OSBOURNE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/18/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/18/25

HOUR 1
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
ALIGN - "oscilloscope" // oscilloscope - single
TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "you've seen the butcher" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "bearer of bad news" // where dreams go to die
THE MONTOYA MACHINE - "we saved a place for you" // we saved a place for you - single
VIA - "the reincarnate" // the day of purification
THE FAILSAFE - "dying to exist" // dying to exist - single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "she is afraid" // the same old wasted wonderful world

WEEZER - "my name is Jonas" // weezer
DEFTONES - "my mind is a mountain" // private music
THE WARNING - "six feet deep" // keep me fed
SKILLET - "unpopular" // revolution
SHINEDOWN - "killing fields" // killing fields - single
JOHNNYROOK – “missing you for days” (2025) // the more things change (2025)
NINE INCH NAILS - "as alive as you need me to be" // tron:ares - soundtrack

HOUR 2
SUMO CYCO - "shivers" // neon void
MAMMOTH - "the spell" // the end
MYLES KENNEDY - "saving face" // the art of letting go
DEMON HUNTER - "sorrow light the way" // sorrow light the way - single
SILVERSTEIN - "skin and bones" // antibloom
SCOWL - "not hell, not heaven" // are we all angels
DRAIN - "stealing happiness from tomorrow" // drain...is your friend

CURRENTS - "it only gets darker" // it only gets darker - single
AFTER THE BURIAL - "hum from the hollow" // hum from the hollow - single
JOHNNY BOOTH - "get well soon" // get well soon - single
AMON AMARTH - "we rule the waves" // we rule the waves - single
SILENT PLANET - "antimatter" // superbloom
REFLECTIONS - "deva" // deva - single
LAMB OF GOD – “children of the grave” // children of the grave – single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/11/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/11/25

HOUR 1
JOHNNYROOK – “missing you for days” (2025) // the more things change (2025)
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads” // negative ghostrider
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “complicated“ // full circle
RAD OWL – “double play” // Rad Owl / Quit split 7”
FIRSUN – “if we want it” // if we want it – single
THE FAILSAFE – “wolves” // wolves - single
ROYALE LYNN – “wtch" // black magic
DIVIDE THE FALL – “beyond the surface” // beyond the surface – single

DREAMS ASIDE – “square one” // square one - single
THROW THE FIGHT – “obey” // strangeworld
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “you want it” // you want it - single
CALIBER 39 – “these apologies” // oblivion
TWO HARBORS – “that’s not me” // can’t shake this dream
THE THIRSTY GIANTS – “the shape of thirst to come” // thirst a.d.
DEFTONES - "my mind is a mountain" // private music
AFTER THE BURIAL - "hum from the hollow" // hum from the hollow - single

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD – “children of the grave” // children of the grave – single
EVERNORTH – “prevailer” // silver tongue
PERIPHERY – “feed the ground" // clear
SPIRITBOX – “fata morgana” // tsunami sea
SLDG – “crickets” // of my own design
BIOHAZARD – “forsaken" // forsaken - single
ORTHODOX feat BRANN DAILOR – “one less body” // a door left open

SHADOW LAKE – “meant to be” // meant to be – single
PLAGUE OF STARS – “false reality” // extinction
EVERNOIR – “you tried” // hateful lullabies
WE CAME AS ROMANS – “bad luck” // all is beautiful…because we’re doomed
TURNSTILE – “birds” // never enough
CYMOTHOA – “chuggernaut” // make noise loud again
ORBIT CULTURE – “death above life” // death above life

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/04/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/04/25

HOUR 1
FLIPP - "la de da" // blow it out your ass
INCUBUS – “blood on the ground” // morning view
ANGRY WATERS - "dead flowers" // the tequila incidents
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider
ALIGN – “neo-noir” // neo-noir - single
TOO LATE, BUT STILL – “you’ve seen the butcher” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
EXACTLYNO – “where we belong" // red line city

BLACK SABBATH – “black sabbath” // black sabbath
PRIMUS & OZZY – “N.I.B.” // nativity in black II
ZAKK SABBATH – “fairies wear boots” // doomed forever/forever doomed
ANTHRAX – “Sabbath bloody Sabbath” // anthrology: no hit wonders
CLUTCH - "lord of this world (live)" // the p.a. tapes - live in Seattle

HOUR 2
BABYMETAL & ELECTRIC CALLBOY - "ratatata" // metal forth
BLOODYWOOD - "tadka" // nu delhi
JINJER - "duel" // duel
PARKWAY DRIVE - "sacred" // sacred - single
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "forever aligned" // this consequence
BEARTOOTH - "bad listener" // disease
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - "for you" // for you - single

DEADLANDS – “die in paradise” // seven ep
THE PRETTY WILD – “omens” // omens - single
EVERNORTH – “prevailer” // silver tongue
DRAIN – “night like these” // drain…is your friend
DYING WISH – “watch my promise die” // symptoms of survival
SCOWL – “fleshed out” // are we all angels
GIDEON – “till the wheels fall off” // till the wheels fall off - single
LORNA SHORE – “unbreakable” // I feel the everblack festering within me
HATEBREED - "as diehard as they come" // supremacy

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/27/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/27/25

HOUR 1
RAD OWL – “double play” // Rad Owl / Quit split 7”
QUIT - "picks (live)" // Rad Owl / Quit split 7”
KING FRIDAY – “favorite color" // married alive
LOSS LEADER – “midwestern skies" // midwestern skies - single
WEEKEND PICNIC – “empty bottles” // empty bottles - single
JOHNNYROOK – “feel it all again” (2025) // the more things change
SHADOW LAKE – “meant to be" // meant to be - single

ROYALE LYNN – “e.v.i.l." // black magic
SYMO CYCO – “villains” // villains - single
THRICE – “in exile" // beggars
FIRSUN – “if we want it” // if we want it - single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “she is afraid” // the same old wasted wonderful world
NEW MEDICINE – “race you to the bottom" // race you to the bottom
KILLING STARES – “teenager” // for the song you saved – a tribute to Deftones
FLESHWATER – “linda claire" // we're not here to be loved

HOUR 2
EVERNORTH – “prevailer" // silver tongue
DEADLANDS – “wither" // seven - ep
GORE. – “sepsis” // sepsis – single
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS – “set in flow” // set in flow - single
THE VIOLENT HOUR – “sick ones” // the violent hour
DRAIN – “night like these” // drain…is your friend
BIOHAZARD – “forsaken” // forsaken – single
LOATHE – “gifted every strength” // gifted every strength - single

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “aftermath" // this consequence
PARKWAY DRIVE – “vice grip" // ire
BEARTOOTH – “sunshine!" // the surface
FOX LAKE feat AVOID - "freestyle" // new world heat
CHAINED SAINT – “1000 tons” // 1000 tons - single
LORNA SHORE - "unbreakable" // I feel the everblack festering within me
REAPING ASMODEIA - "shattered leviathan" // shattered leviathan - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/20/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/20/25

HOUR 1
JOHNNYROOK – “feel it all again” (2025) // the more things change
JOHNNYROOK – “around the fur" // for the song you saved - a tribute to deftones
WEEKEND PICNIC – “empty bottles” // empty bottles - single
TOO LATE, BUT STILL – “you've seen the butcher" // for the song you saved - a tribute to deftones
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “she is afraid” // the same old wasted wonderful world
BIFFY CLYRO – “a little love” // a little love - single
TWO HARBORS – “what you’re on about” // can’t shake this dream
KILLING STARES - "teenager" // for the song you saved - a tribute to deftones

FIRSUN - "if we want it" // if we want it - single
PLUSH - "why" // why - single
RAD OWL – “growl” // rage gracefully
SUMO CYCO - "villains" // villains - single
DEFTONES - "elite" // white pony
CAREFUL GAZE - "be quiet and drive (far away)" // for the song you saved - a tribute to deftones
THE PRETTY WILD – “button eyes” // button eyes - single

HOUR 2
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "set in flow" // set in flow - single
TRIVIUM – “kirisute gomen" // shogun
JINJER – “kafka" // duel
BLOODYWOOD feat BABYMETAL – “bakhauf" // nu delhi
BABYMETAL feat POPPY – “from me to u" // metal forth
DYING WISH - "I brought you my soul (your world brought me despair)" // I brought you my soul - single
SCOWL – “not hell, not heaven" // are we all angels

GORE. – “sepsis” // sepsis – single
BIOHAZARD – “forsaken” // forsaken - single
GIDEON – “till the wheels fall off” // till the wheels fall off - single
ORBIT CULTURE – “death above life” // death above life
CHAINED SAINT - "1000 tons" // 1000 tons - single
HATEBREED - "as diehard as they come" // supremacy
ENTHEOS – “absolute zero" // time will take us all

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/13/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/13/25

HOUR 1
BIFFY CLYRO – “a little love” // a little love - single
CYMOTHOA – “chuggernaut" // make noise loud again
MVRROW - "red lights" // red light - single
SPEED - "don't need" // only one mode
TURNSTILE – “sole” // never enough
THE WARNING – “automatic sun” // keep me fed
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “the stars” // the stars – single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “rabbit hole” // full circle

ALIGN - "carrying" // some breaking news
TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "live more tilapia" // rewrite the story
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
SHINEDOWN – “dance, kid, dance” // dance, kid, dance – single
HALESTORM – “Everest” // Everest – single
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads” // negative ghostrider
DEFTONES – “swerve city" // koi no yokan
SEVENDUST - "splinter" // cold day memory

HOUR 2
ORBIT CULTURE – “death above life” // death above life
GIDEON - "till the wheels fall off" // till the wheels fall off - single
SLDG – “crickets” // of my own design
KNOSIS - "dokunuma" // genknosis
PARKWAY DRIVE – “sacred” // sacred - single
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – “for you” // for you - single
BEARTOOTH – “bad listener” // disease

THE PRETTY WILD - "omens" // omens - single
DEADLANDS – “limbo” // seven
FIT FOR A KING – “lonely god” // lonely god
ORTHODOX feat BRANN DAILOR – “one less body” // a door left open
FOX LAKE – “pure adrenaline” // new world heat
FUGITIVE – “spheres of virulence” // spheres of virulence – single
GHOST – “lachryma” // skeletal
DEMON HUNTER - "storm the gates of hell" // storm the gates of hell
VEIN - "rebirth protocol" // errorzone

PIERCE THE VEIL & SLEEPING WITH SIRENS definately heard The Armory!

CONCERT PHOTOS :: PIERCE THE VEIL & SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
The Armory in Minneapolis, MN
June 6, 2025
Photos by Brett Zisler

PIERCE THE VEIL and SLEEPING WITH SIRENS brought their "I Can't Hear You" Summer Tour to a VERY SOLD OUT The Armory in Minneapolis for an unforgettable night! Brett brings you these gems so you can either relive the show OR get FOMO from not being there.

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS

SEE MORE of BRETT's PHOTOS of PIERCE THE VEIL and SLEEPING WITH SIRENS HERE!

STATIC-X & GWAR brought the MACHINES vs MONSTERS to a duel at The Fillmore!

CONCERT PHOTOS :: STATIC-X, GWAR, DOPE, A KILLER'S CONFESSION
The Fillmore in Minneapolis, MN
May 30, 2025
Photos by Brett Zisler

STATIC-X and GWAR brought their MACHINES vs MONSTERS TOUR to The Fillmore in Minnneapolis on a packed Friday night. Both bands brought their A game and Brett brought back these fantastic pictures and more!

SEE MORE OF BRETT's PHOTOS OF STATIC-X, GWAR, DOPE and A KILLER'S CONFESSION HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/06/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/06/25

HOUR 1
TURNSTILE – “slowdive" // never enough
CASANATRA – “blonde train run" // blonde train run - single
SOULKEEPER – “three parts disdain" // holy design
PLAGUE OF STARS – “vain" // extinction
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “play the poet” // vaxis III: the father of make believe
MASTODON – “blood and thunder” // leviathan
PERIPHERY – “facepalm mute“ // periphery II

TURNSTILE - "sole" // never enough
RAD OWL – “always eyes" // rage gracefully
FLESHWATER – “whoohoo" // we're not here to be loved
JOHNNYROOK - "feel it all again" // the more things change
WEEKEND PICNIC - "empty bottles" // empty bottles - single
A DAY TO REMEMBER – “the downfall of us all" // homesick
GREYWIND - "I.K.A.M.F." // I.K.A.M.F. - single
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "I believe" // this consequence

HOUR 2
SLDG – “crickets" // of my own design
KATATONIA – “thrice" // nightmares as extensions of the waking state
ORTHODOX feat BRANN DAILOR – “one less body" // a door left open
CYMOTHOA – “choosy moms choose riffs" // make noise loud again
BABYMETAL feat POPPY – “from me to u" // metal forth
JINJER – “duel" // duel
BLOODYWOOD – “tadka" // nu delhi

FIT FOR A KING – “lonely god” // lonely god
BY THE THOUSANDS - "the flood" // the descent
EVERNORTH – “venture through ruins" // venture through ruins - single
AVATAR – “captain goat” // captain goat – single
ARCHITECTS feat HOUSE OF PROTECTION - "brain dead" // the sky, the earth and all between
HOUSE OF PROTECTION - "godspeed" // outrun you all
SCOWL - "fleshed out" // are we all angels
SABATON - "hordes of khan" // hordes of khan - single
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/30/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/30/25

HOUR 1
CAKE – “the distance" // fashion nugget
THE THIRSTY GIANTS – “the shape of thirst to come” // thirst a.d.
EVERNOIR – “you tried” // hateful lullibies
MVRROW – “hope” // fever dream
STATIC-X – “z0mbie” // project regeneration vol 2
GWAR – “sick of you” // scumdogs of the universe
DIVIDE THE FALL – “beyond the surface" // beyond the surface - single
A PERFECT CIRCLE – “the outsider” // thirteenth step

PRIMUS – “my name is mud” // pork soda
PUSCIFER – “the underwhelming” // live at Arcosanti
REVILWEN – “those who control" // follow the money
WEEKEND PICNIC – “empty bottles" // empty bottles - single
HOUSE OF PROTECTION – “Godspeed” // outrun you all
HALESTORM - "Everest" // Everest
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY - "living the meme" // living the meme

HOUR 2
AVATAR – “captain goat” // captain goat – single
ALIEN WEAPONRY feat RANDY BLYTHE – “taniwah" // te ra
SPIRITWORLD – “oblivion" // helldorado
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "bearer of bad news" // where dreams go to die
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “searching for tomorrow” // vaxis III: the father of make believe
MASTODON – “fallen torches” // medium rarities
PERIPHERY – “wildfire” // periphery IV: djent is not a genre

KATATONIA - "temporal" // nightmares as extensions of the waking state
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough
DYING WISH - "I brought you my soul (your world brought me despair)" // I brought you my soul - single
HARMS WAY - "other world" // other world ep
FOX LAKE - "pure adrenaline" // new world heat
KNOCKED LOOSE feat POPPY - "suffocate" // you won't go before you're supposed to
HATEBREED - "tear it down" // the rise of brutality

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/23/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/23/25

HOUR 1
HOUSE OF PROTECTION – “Godspeed" // outrun you all
BARONESS – “a horse called Golgotha" // blue album
COLD – “back home" // a different kind of pain
CALIBER 39 – “these apologies” // oblivion
TWO HARBORS – “what you're on about” // can’t shake this dream
CAKE – “never there" // prolonging the magic
CASANATRA - "I do not care" // death ride

ELECTRIC CALLBOY - "revery" // revery - single
AMARANTHE - "splinter in my soul" // amaranthe (special edition)
ANGRY WATERS - "the heist" // the ghosts we chase
A PERFECT CIRCLE - "Magdalena" // mer de noms
JERRY CANTRELL – “vilified" // I want blood
EVERNOIR – “spiral” // hateful lullabies
MVRROW – “red lights” // red lights – single

HOUR 2
FOX LAKE - "pure adrenaline" // new world heat
VIA – “appetite” // after you drown
THE FAILSAFE – “wolves” // wolves - single
THE HAUNTED - "in fire reborn" // songs of last resort
DEADLANDS – “limbo” // seven
THE THIRSTY GIANTS – “the shape of thirst to come” // thirst a.d.
SCOWL – “fantasy” // are we all angels
GWAR – “if you want blood (you got it)” // the blood of gods
STATIC-X – “get to the gone” // machine

CYMOTHOA feat NATE GALBRATH - "chuggernaut" // make noise loud again but with vocals
SLDG – “out of here” // of my own design
SOULKEEPER – “heavy glow” // holy design
ORTHODOX – “sacred place” // a door left open
EVERNORTH – “venture through ruins” // venture through ruins - single
PLAGUE OF STARS – “false reality” // extinction
FUGITIVE – “spheres of virulence” // spheres of virulence - single
VEIN.FM - "rebirth protocol" // errorzone

NEKROGOBLIKON BRINGS THE DARKNESS TO MINNEAPOLIS

CONCERT REVIEW :: NEKROGOBLIKON
Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
May 18, 2025
Photos and Review by Brett Zisler

You just never know what to expect when the extremely internet famous podcast host, author and frontman, John Goblikon, and metal titans, Nekrogoblikon, make their way into your town. This past Sunday night, Minneapolis fans were treated to an onslaught to their ears and eyes Nekrogoblikon headlined the Varsity Theater.

With an inflatable replica of John Goblikon’s head center stage, Nekrogoblikon opened their 13-song set with their always popular song “Darkness” whipping the crowd into a frenzy. Dickey Allen & John Goblikon leading the charge commanded the stage as guitarists Alex Alereza and Joe Nelson provided the footprint of riffs for the night. It’s been amazing to see the rise of this band over the past few years. Fresh off their performance at Milwaukee Metal Fest, Nekrogoblikon proved they are most than just a band with Goblin and his stunning good looks.

Nekrogoblikon weaved their way through fan favorites “Dressed as Goblins” “Fiend” and “Show me Your Goblin.” John even entertained the crowd in between songs with his quick wit and impressive knowledge of Minnesota Twins baseball, maybe more than some fans…….

With the night coming to a close, Nekrogoblikon started their encore out with “The Magic Spider” complete with beautiful choreography by the band members. To watch the crowd sing along to every word and then only to go crazy as John announced “This Is It,” you can see why the popularity of this band has grown so much. While they entertain you visually, this band is no joke with it comes to their music. The future is green and bright for Nekrogoblikon!

SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PHOTOS FROM NEKROGOBLIKON HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/16/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/16/25

HOUR 1
DEADLANDS – “limbo” // seven
FLIPP – “half a brain” // flipp (20th anniversary platinum edition)
TWO HARBORS – “that’s not me” // can’t shake this dream
NOTHING MORE – “house on sand” // carnal
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “the stars” // the stars - single
ARROWS AT DAWN - "save love" // save love - single
SLEEP TOKEN – “dangerous” // even in arcadia

CALIBER 39 - "end of time" // oblivion
JOHNNYROOK - "feel it all again" // the more things change
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle
LOATHE - "gifted every strength" // gifted every strength - single
RAD OWL - "growl" // rage gracefully
GORE. - "Babylon" // a bud that never blooms
NEW MEDICINE - "life like this" // life like this - single

HOUR 2
FUGITIVE – “spheres of virulence” // spheres of virulence - single
EVERNOIR – “you tried” // hateful lullabies
SPEED – “don’t need” // only one mode
NEKROGOBLIKON – “show me your goblin” // show me your goblin - single
MINISTRY – “burning inside” // the mind is a terrible thing to taste
BARONESS – “isak” // red album
TETRARCH – “best of luck” // the ugly side of me

ORTHODOX – “sacred place” // a door left open
PARKWAY DRIVE – “sacred” // sacred - single
DYING WISH – “I brought you my soul (your world brought me despair)” // I brought you my soul - single
HARM’S WAY – “other worlds” // other worlds - single
ORBIT CULTURE – “the tales of war” // the tales of war
VENDED – “paint the skin” // vended
SABATON – “Templar” // templar - single
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/09/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/09/25

HOUR 1
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “the stars" // the stars - single
MADAM DRIVER – “through the trees" // negative ghostrider
TONY WILLIAMS – “masked" // destined to be real
SELF-EVIDENT – “everything all at once" // endings
ALIGN – “the quest for townies" // blue book value
SEETHER – “walls come down" // the surface seems so far
P.O.D. – “rock the party" // the fundamental elements of southtown
NONPOINT – “ruthless" // ruthless ep

TWO HARBORS – “that's not me" // can't shake this dream
WEEKEND PICNIC – “empty bottles” // empty bottles - single
TURNSTILE – “seein’ stars / birds” // never enough
MAMMOTH – “the end” // the end – single
MYLES KENNEDY – “say what you will" // the art of letting go
BLACK MAP – “hex (come get it)” // hex
ICE NINE KILLS & REEL BIG FISH – “walking on sunshine" // American psycho comic book soundtrack

HOUR 2
SLEEP TOKEN - "dangerous" // even in arcadia
TETRARCH - "best of luck" // the ugly side of me
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
LOATHE - "gifted every strength" // gifted every strength - single
PARKWAY DRIVE - "sacred" // sacred - single
JOHNNY BOOTH - "get well soon" // get well soon - single
BLACK SATELLITE - "downfall" // downfall - single

HARMS WAY - "other world" // other world ep
EMPLOYED TO SERVE feat JESSE LEACH - "who's side are you on?" // fallen star
ORBIT CULTURE - "the tales of war" // the tales of war - single
BABYMETAL feat POPPY - "from me to u" // metal forth
JINJER - "duel" // duel
BLOODYWOOD - "tadka" // nu delhi
YEAR OF THE KNIFE - "wish" // no love lost

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/02/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/02/25

HOUR 1
LOATHE - "gifted every strength" // gifted every strength - single
SHINEDOWN - "dance, kid, dance" // dance, kid, dance - single
TONY WILLIAMS – “masked" // destined to be real
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads" // negative ghostrider
MAMMOTH - "the end" // the end - single
TURNSTILE - "seein' stars" // never enough
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough

WEEKEND PICNIC - "empty bottles" // empty bottles - single
JOHNNYROOK - "happy birthday" // the more things change
HALESTORM – “mayhem" // into the wild life
SEETHER – “illusion" // the surface seems so far
P.O.D. – “southtown" // the fundamental elements of southtown
NONPOINT – “underdog" // underdog - single
FIT FOR A KING - "no tomorrow" // no tomorrow - single

HOUR 2
SLDG – “out of here" // of my own design
THORNHILL – “tongues" // bodies
DEFTONES - "swerve city" // koi no yokan
ICE NINE KILLS – “rainy day" // the silver scream 2: welcome to horrorwood
BY THE THOUSANDS - "the flood" // the descent
DRUID - "overrated" // druid II
SABATON - "templar" // templar - single
JOHNNY BOOTH - "get well soon" // get well soon - single

GHOST – “lachryma” // skeleta
EMPLOYED TO SERVE – “breaks me down" // fallen star
MACHINE HEAD – “these scars won't define us" // atonement
IN FLAMES – “meet your maker" // foregone
LACUNA COIL – “oxygen" // sleepless empire
UNEARTH – “the wretched; the ruinous" // the wretched; the ruinous
REAPING ASMODEIA – “shattered leviathan" // shattered leviathan - single

SHINEDOWN kicks off "Dance, Kid, Dance" tour with an unforgettable evening in Des Moines!

CONCERT REVIEW :: SHINEDOWN, BEARTOOTH
WELLS FARGO ARENA - DES MOINES, IA
4/25/25
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick

SHINEDOWN kicked off their Dance, Kid, Dance tour at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA this past Friday night. Well over 10,000 excited fans filled the arena for the first night of the tour with lots of them showing up hours in advance of doors to get their spot on the floor with this new stage design.

We got to talk with Brent and Eric from Shinedown before their set and they were excited about this new stage design and there was not a bad seat in the house because of it. We caught different parts of the set from different parts of the arena and everyone had a great view with everything that did go on. Massive props to Shinedown for creating a set up with so many stairs which let them run pretty much thru 2/3 of the floor length in the arena. They made sure everyone in that arena had a moment where they felt close to the action.

SHINEDOWN brought everything you would ever want in an arena show. They made sure you were going to have fun and sing along all night long. You don’t know how much you miss feeling the heat from the flames until you have them again and in this case, coming from multiple angles. SHINEDOWN made sure you were staying on the edge of your seat if you weren’t standing with the pyro. Opening the show with “Dance, Kid, Dance”, SHINEDOWN were firing on all cylendars right out of the gate, even cranking up the PA to be louder during the song. “Asking For It” and “Cut the Cord’ made early appearances in set all with massive crowd participation. “Devil” and “Enemies” brought all the heat live and worked really well with the new single “Three, Six, Five” in between them with all being a sentimental almost ballad showcasing SHINEDOWN doing what they do best weaving great songwriting no matter how heavy or not, musically and/or emotionally the song is.

I’ll admit, I don’t know the SHINEDOWN catalog as in and out as most fans – I’m still learning. My favorite part of the show was when they used the “B stage” in the middle of the arena to do a deep cuts set bringing out “Call Me” from The Sound of Madness, “Burning Bright” from Leave a Whisper, “Thick as Theieves” from Threat to Survival and “Breaking Inside” from The Sound of Madness in an intimate moment where the whole arena had a great view of the band. Even though I wasn’t super familiar with the three later songs, that moment of everything stripped down to just those four guys on a small stage together with an anything goes vibe. This led to some funny moments in between songs as no one was sure if Zach was going to make the show as he was passing kidney stones at the hospital before the show. Zach, at least during the show, looked like he was having the time of his life up there and let the crowd know he wasn’t going to miss the show. Some of the songs in this portion of the set were changed out the next night in Omaha, leading to an exciting portion if you are attending more than one show on this tour. Even if you’re watching the set lists, you won’t know what might be played for those four songs.

Something about the night made “A Symptom of Being Human”, “Simple Man” and “Monsters” hit different tonight than in past visits. “A Symptom of Being Human” is a powerful spot in the set to begin with but it was even more magical Friday night. The crowd at certain points were louder than the PA during “Simple Man” and the closer “Second Chance” giving both songs extra love from the crowd back to the band and back out to the crowd again. I’m pretty sure the whole arena shook during Barry’s opening bass drum hits on “The Sound of Madness”.

BEARTOOTH steamrolled through a 45 min set and understood the assignment right out of the gate – get that crowd rowdy and ready for Shinedown. They stuck to the hits for their set, all the songs you would know that you hear on the radio were all there. Caleb ran around the stage the entire set and brought all the good vibes with him. The only missing song was “Bad Listener” but you couldn’t argue with the set they had picked. Lots of crowd participation. Another fantastic set from BEARTOOTH.

SHINEDOWN delievered exactly what you would hope from a live arena show. The fire, the pyro, the unpredictibility, the hits, the deep cuts, the sing alongs! This was a Friday night that no one in that arena will forget any time soon. SHINEDOWN and BEARTOOTH come back together on tour with new albums soon!

SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PHOTOS FROM SHINEDOWN and BEARTOOTH HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/25/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/25/25

HOUR 1
SLEEP TOKEN - "Damocles" // even in arcadia
SHINEDOWN – “dance, kid, dance" // dance, kid, dance - single
RAD OWL - "growl" // rage gracefully
CHARLIE DOESN’T SURF – “the current won't play this song" // utah
BULLETS & BUTTERFLIES – “rabbit hole" // full circle
CASANATRA – “I do not care" // death ride
REFUSED - "new noise" // the shape of punk to come

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - "for you" // for you - single
WEEKEND PICNIC - "echo chamber" // echo chamber - single
JOHNNYROOK - "if you're dying, I'm dying" // if you're dying, I'm dying - single
WE CAME AS ROMANS - "bad luck" // bad luck - single
AFTER THE BURIAL - "nothing gold" // embrace the infinity ep
CURRENTS - "remember me" // the death we seek
JOHNNY BOOTH - "crowd control" // crowd control - single

HOUR 2
MACHINE HEAD – “these scars won't define us" // unatoned
IN FLAMES – “end the transmission" // foregone
LACUNA COIL – “oxygen" // sleepless empire
UNEARTH – “eradicator" // the wretched; the ruinous
CYMOTHOA feat NATE - "chuggernaut" // make noise loud again but with vocals
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "discordant nation" // this consequence
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "bearer of bad news" // where dreams go to die
THE VIOLENT HOUR feat JOHN 5 – “sick ones” // sick ones - single

EMPLOYED TO SERVE feat WILL RAMOS – “atonement" // fallen star
KATATONIA – “lilac” // nightmares as extensions of the waking state
GHOST – “lachryma” // skeleta
SLDG – “1000 yard stare" // predicaments
ARCH ENEMY – “a million suns" // blood dynasty
NEKROGOBLIKON – “show me your goblin” // show me your goblin – single
REAPING ASMODEIA – “shattered leviathan" // shattered leviathan - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/18/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/18/25

HOUR 1
THE VIOLENT HOUR feat JOHN 5 – “sick ones” // sick ones - single
MVRROW – “red lights” // red lights - single
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads” // negative ghostrider
VIA – “closets” // sanitize this
SHINEDOWN – “dance, kid, dance” // dance, kid, dance – single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “complicated” // full circle
CASANATRA – “blonde train run” // blonde train run - single

SOCIAL DISTORTION – “I was wrong” // greatest hits
TURNSTILE – “never enough” // never enough
CHARLIE DOESN’T SURF – “the current won’t play this song” // Utah
DIRTY HONEY – “the wire (live)” // mayhem and revelry live
CHILDREN 18:3 – “even sleeping” // children 18:3
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
THORNHILL – “tongues” // bodies
THE OFFSPRING - "make it all right" // supercharged
BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers

HOUR 2
MARK MORTON feat MATT JAMES – “without the pain” // without the pain
MARK MORTON feat TROY SANDERS – “nocturnal sun” // without the pain
DEMON HUNTER – “storm the gates of hell” // storm the gates of hell
ARCHITECTS feat HOUSE OF PROTECTION – “brain dead” // the sky, the earth and all between
TRIVIUM – “in waves” // in waves
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – “4 words (to choke upon)” // the poison
AUGUST BURNS RED – “your little suburbia is in ruins” // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition)

SOULKEEPER – “time out of mind” // holy design
GIDEON – “take off” // more power. more pain.
LOATHE – “new faces in the dark” // I let it in and it took everything
SPIRITBOX – “fata morgana” // tsunami sea
DYING WISH – “I gave you my soul (your world gave me despair)” // I gave you my soul - single
HATEBREED – “spitting venom” // supremacy
KNOCKED LOOSE – “the calm that keeps you awake” // you won’t go before you’re supposed to
KUBLAI KHAN TX – “low tech” // exhibition of prowess
YOUR MEMORIAL – “turn it all around” // seasons
VEIN - "rebirth protocol" // errorzone

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/11/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/11/25

HOUR 1
SELF-EVIDENT - "hotel santabear...invisble bear" // angular
SELF-EVIDENT - "everything all at once" // endings
SELF-EVIDENT - "our condition" // we built a fortress on short notice
SELF-EVIDENT - "fraid" // self-evident
TURNSTILE – “never enough” // never enough
WEEKEND PICNIC – “echo chamber” // echo chamber - single
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT – “bearer of bad news” // where dreams go to die
SCOWL – “are we all angels” // are we all angels
ANXIETY SOCIETY - "sole rejection" // sole rejection - single

THORNHILL – “tongues" // bodies
CALIBER 39 - "end of time" // end of time - single
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY - "living the meme" // living the meme
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
SLEEP TOKEN – “caramel” // even in arcadia
ANGRY WATERS - "the heist" // the ghosts we chase
UNDEROATH – “shame” // the place after this one

HOUR 2
KATATONIA – “lilac” // nightmares as extensions of the waking state
VENDED – “paint the skin” // vended
EVERNOIR – “you tried” // hateful lullabies
VIA – “the reincarnate" // the day of purification
HOUSE OF PROTECTION – “fire” // outrun you all
BABYMETAL feat POPPY – “from me to u” // metal forth
CORSAIR - "battle eternal" // the golden heart
GHOST - "lachryma" // skeletal

LAMB OF GOD feat KUBLAI KHAN TX and MALEVOLENCE – “another nail for your coffin" // ashes of the wake (20th anniversary edition)
BODY COUNT feat HOWARD JONES - "live forever" // merciless
HARM’S WAY – “devour" // common suffering
TRIVIUM – “ascendency” // ascendency
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – “all these things I hate (revolve around me)" // the poison
AUGUST BURNS RED feat JOSH McMANNESS – “barbarian" // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition)
NEKROGOBLIKON - "show me your goblin" // show me your goblin - single

Rest in Peace Tom Berg

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/04/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/04/25
KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE

HOUR 1
SCOWL - "special" // are we all angels (vinyl)
SCOWL - "b.a.b.e." // are we all angels (vinyl)
SLEEP TOKEN - "caramel" // even in arcadia
HOUSTON - "dntUwry" // the biggest shove in space (vinyl)
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle
LARKIN POE - "pearls" // bloom

DOWN AND ABOVE - "proud (a promise kept)" // hold your breath for a rising tide (vinyl)
BROOKS AND DUNN & HALESTORM - "boot scootin' boogie" // reboot II
THE THIRSY GIANTS - "the shape of thirst to come" // thirst a.d.
PEARL JAM - "state of love and trust" // singles - soundtrack (vinyl)
HOUSE OF PROTECTION - "fire" // outrun you all
RAD OWL - "always eyes" // rage gracefully (vinyl)
AMIRA ELFEKY - "will you love me when I'm dead" // surrender ep

HOUR 2
PAUL WESTERBERG - "dyslexic heart" // singles - soundtrack (vinyl)
MVRROW - "hope" // fever dream
FLESHWATER - "baldpate driver" // we're not here to be loved (vinyl)
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider
THE WARNING - "automatic sun" // keep me fed (vinyl)
ARCHITECTS feat HOUSE OF PROTECTION - "braindead" // the sky, the earth and all between

SPIRITBOX - "deep end" // tsunami sea (vinyl)
TETRARCH - "cold" // the ugly side of me
ALICE IN CHAINS - "would?" // singles - soundtrack (vinyl)
BABYMETAL & POPPY - "from me to u" // metal forth
DYING WISH - "I gave you my soul (your world gave me dispair)" // I gave you my world - single
SCOWL - "are we all angels" // are we all angels (vinyl)

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR RADIO HEROES FOR SUPPORTING THE KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE! There's still time to donate thru 4/11/25 HERE!

DOROTHY previews her Redemption Tour at Treasure Island

CONCERT REVIEW :: DOROTHY, BULLETS & BUTTERFLIES
Treasure Island Event Center – Welch, MN
3/29/25
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick

DOROTHY brought the heat of her Redemption Tour to the Treasure Island Event Center in Welch, MN on a cold and rainy Saturday night. Cold weather isn’t going to stop any MN rock fans and they definitely showed up for this excellent double bill of female fronted rock and roll. DOROTHY’s new album “The Way” that’s a great mixture of her first album “Rockisdead” and her previous album “Gifts from the Holy Ghost”, strong songwriting and great riffs.

If you ever wanted to attend what feels like a private soundstage rehearsal before tour, that’s what the vibe was like for this show. Two weeks before the tour starts, DOROTHY provided MN with a peek behind the curtain as she gets ready to take the show on the road. DOROTHY has a strong band behind her that can solo and jam wherever needed as the show started out with a little jam session before DOROTHY came out and they launched in to “Down to the Bottom”. DOROTHY’s vocals were on point for “The Devil I Know” from her new album The Way before making “Ain’t Our Time to Die” a little heavier fitting nicely in to the set.

DOROTHY got a nice sing along going for the newer track “Mud” showing the crowd has lots of love for the new material along with the live debut of the standout track from the new album “Bones”. Which then was followed by a little reimagination of the classic “After Midnight” taking a little slower approach from the original while still keeping it pretty rocking. Before “After Midnight”, DOROTHY told the crowd her life is a little different now than when those songs came out, going to bed by 9pm. DOROTHY even lovingly poked a little fun at those who just might have had a few drinks before the show leading in to “Whiskey Fever” and the crowd ate it up. This is when DOROTHY was at her best, rocking out and having fun with the crowd even though she says she’s bad at banter between songs.

Let’s be honest, no one is having a bad time when “Raise Hell” comes on. DOROTHY then brought out a little bit of a deep cut with the cover of “Key to the Highway” from Slash’s new blues covers record. The track fit very well in to the set and was a nice nod for everyone looking for something new in the set. “Gifts from the Holy Ghost” closed out the main set before the encore brought the house down with a fired up “Tombstone Town”. DOROTHY fans going to the Redemption Tour are in for a treat when this rolls in to town. Bare bones, no bull, warts and all rock show the way it should be.

Minneapolis’ BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES opened the show celebrating the release of their debut album “Full Circle” playing a chock full 40 minute set showcasing the release. The newer band featuring local scene vets from Skywind, Vaudeville and Cold Kingdom played to their strengths right away with “Rabbit Hole” kicking off the set – with newcomer Josephine’s vocals shining in the forefront over a rocker that shows how tight of a band the 5 of them are together. The band had a good fan base they brought with for the show as evident by the Bullets and Butterflies shirts in the crowd. Newer song “Complicated” sounded great along side previously released singles “Abandon Ship” and “Sleepless Nights.” The band tore it up for their last song, the unreleased sassy rocker “Ain’t Yours to Lose” proving this band still has many tricks up their sleeve for the future. Keep an eye on this band, it’s only the beginning for them and they’ll only get stronger.

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