MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/10/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/10/25

HOUR 1
THE SLAIN - "creature of the moat" // the slain
DIVIDE THE FALL - "break free" // break free - single
THRICE - "albatross" // horizons/west
NEW MEDICINE & ADELITA'S WAY - "last laugh" // last laugh ep
AMIRA ELFEKY - "hold onto me" // hold onto me - single
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "meltdown" // scoring the end of the world
ROCKET - "pretending" // r is for rocket

ALTER BRIDGE - "what lies within" // alter bridge
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
KILLING STARES - "teenager" // for the song you saved - a tribute to Deftones
DEFTONES - "metal dream" // private music
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "broken and blind" // broken and blind - single
ALICE IN CHAINS - "them bones" // dirt

HOUR 2
TYPE O NEGATIVE - "summer breeze (Rick Rubin mix)" // bloody kisses (30th anniversary edition)
GORE. - "like you meant it" // if you do not fear me
DED - "eraser" // resent
DAEDRIC - "night mother" // as the light left
PLAGUE OF STARS - "false reality" // extinction
ONLY TIME - "the pull" // compassion fatigue
LIVING DEAD GIRL - "succubus" // conspiracy

TESTAMENT - "witch hunt" // para bellum
BETTER LOVERS - "don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single
ORBIT CULTURE - "inferna" // death above life
BY THE THOUSANDS - "the flood" // the descent
LAMB OF GOD - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
BIOHAZARD - "eyes on six" // divided we fall
LORNA SHORE - "unbreakable" // I feel the everblack festering within me

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/03/25 - HALESTORM

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/03/25
GUESTS :: HALESTORM

HOUR 1
THE SLAIN - "the vampire bat" // the slain
THRICE - "holding on" // horizons/west
RAD OWL - "double play" // rad owl/quit split
SCARLET HAZE - "give me a reason" // out of the dark
ROCKET - "crossing fingers" // r...is for rocket
NEW MEDICINE - "s.o.s." // die trying: the double album
DIVIDE THE FALL - "break free" // break free - single

TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "nine years" // night songs
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
LINDSEY STIRLING & HALESTORM - "shatter me" // shatter me (deluxe edition)
HALESTORM - "fallen star" // Everest
HALESTORM - "Everest" // Everest

HOUR 2
HALESTORM - "straight through the heart" // Ronnie James Dio: this is your life
HALESTORM - "like a woman can" // Everest
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle
GULLY BOYS - "me and you" // gully boys
GORE. - "orbiting" // if you do not fear me
DED - "purpose: be myself" // resent

LAMB OF GOD - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
ORBIT CULTURE - "the storm" // death above life
TESTAMENT - "infanticide a.i." // para bellum
MEGADETH - "tipping point" // megadeth
DYING WISH - "moments I regret" // flesh stays together
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
ROMAN CANDLE - "fire in the night sky forever" // fire in the night sky forever - single
SOULFLY feat TODD JONES - "nihilist" // chama

**SPECIAL THANKS to AREJAY and JOSH from HALESTORM for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week before their show at Treasure Island Amphitheater in Welch, MN! HALESTORM's awesome new album "Everest" is out now!

Midwest Beatdown · HALESTORM 2025 interview

HALESTORM and LINDSEY STIRLING bring a magical night of music to the outdoors!

CONCERT REVIEW :: HALESTORM, LINDSEY STIRLING, APOCALYPTICA
Treasure Island Amphiteater - Welch, MN
Sept 26, 2025
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick

A perfect late summer/early fall evening for an outdoor rock show this past Friday night at the Treasure Island Amphitheater in Welch, MN played host to an incredible evening of music from hard rock favorites Halestorm and violin and dance wizard Lindsey Stirling. Apocalyptica opened the evening with an exciting set of Metallica covers to celebrate their first Apocalyptica Plays Metallica album and their recently released second collection of Metallica reworkings. You can’t NOT bob your head and have a good time when they’re up there rocking “Master of Puppets”, “Enter Sandman” and “Seek and Destroy” complete with guitar solos on the cello! Apocalyptica perfectly opened the night of what was to come.

I’ve only previously seen LINDSEY STIRLING do her fantastic Christmas show so I wasn’t too sure how Lindsey was going to do in a rock show setting. Any doubts that I might have had were quickly wiped away during the opening number “The Phoenix”. Dare I say it got heavier for the second number “Underground”? All of this is thanks to shredder Jason Richardson joining Lindsey’s band for this tour. Lindsey already had a tight band backing her but with Jason added in there, it takes her show to a heavier level. This might have been of some shock to old school Lindsey fans as it sounds vastly different than her records. However, this crowd ate it up playing perfectly to a hard rock crowd! Lindsey got a good laugh out of the crowd when she brought out “The Wheel” to pick the evening’s random song. “Carol of the Bells” was one of the 6 songs that could be played and Lindsey said “Hey, Carol of the Bells slaps!” Personally, I would have loved to hear this band tackle the Christmas classic but the wheel decided on “Til the Light Goes Out” which did not disappoint. Lindsey’s fantastic dancing while playing the violin is amazing enough but paired with her stellar dancers and this heavier band. Chef’s kiss! Lindsey, please release a live album with this band!

HALESTORM came out swinging with “Fallen Star” the lead track off their new album “Everest”, a heavy number that perfectly sets off not only the new album but also tonight’s live show. Halestorm kept the gas pedal down with “I Miss the Misery” and “Love Bites (So Do I)” before slowing it down for a minute with their latest single “Darkness Always Wins” which rocked a little harder live. “Like a Woman Can” went over big with the crowd, the bluesy rocker for the ladies in the crowd. Lzzy sat at a beautiful grand piano emblazed with the Halestorm logo and gave the crowd an encore rendition of her karaoke performance from the previous night inside Treasure Island of the classic “I Will Always Love You” and nailed it! The band came back out for a stunning version of the Everest closer “How Will You Remember Me?” dedicated to Ozzy! The band took the crowd in to overdrive with the unhinged “Watch Out!”. The opening of “Familiar Taste of Poison” was given a nice classic rock overhaul complete with Lzzy drinking from a chalice (maybe a nod to Ozzy as well) which led in to a killer version of “Rain Your Blood on Me” also from the new album. “Everest” sounded just as much of a mountain climbing journey closing out the main set as it does on record, completing the night with an impressive 9 of the 12 songs from the new record. Arejay’s drum solo brought the hand from the back of the Everest record to life and gave the crew a chance to torment Arejay at the same time.

The encore brought Lindsey Stirling back out to perform the new version of “Shatter Me” with Halestorm as the backing band. The track was just released earlier in the day on a deluxe edition of Lindsey’s “Shatter Me” album. The track takes on a heavier vibe adding the guys from Halestorm and brought it to an even more epic level with Lindsey joining Halestorm in front of all those Marshall amps sharing the stage together.

This was an epic evening of magical proportions. Halestorm and Lindsey Stirling came with a co-headlining run that showcased each of their strengths perfectly while trying out something new. If they do a second leg of this tour, do not miss it! This was a perfect billing bringing each other’s fans together to make a memorable evening for every fan!

SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PICTURES FROM HALESTORM, LINDSEY STIRLING and APOCALYPTICA HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/26/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/26/25

HOUR 1
HALESTORM - "fallen star" // Everest
TURNSTILE - "sunshower" // never enough
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough
SPEED - "don't need" // only one mode
FLESHWATER – “green street” // 2000: in search of the endless sky
THORNHILL - "mercia" // mercia - single
SLEEP TOKEN - "caramel" // even in arcadia
SILENT PLANET - "antimatter" // superbloom
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t

TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "gentle howls" // night songs
TWO HARBORS - "what you're on about" // can't shake this dream
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “mi Corazón” // the same old wasted wonderful world
MADAM DRIVER - "crossroads" // negative ghostrider
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design
ALTER BRIDGE - "silent divide" // alter bridge
SHINEDOWN - "killing fields" // killing fields - single

HOUR 2
DYING WISH - "a curse upon iron" // flesh stays together
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "for I am death" // for I am death - single
THE PRETTY WILD – “paradox” // zero.point.genesis
GORE. - "wrath" // if you do not fear me
AMIRA ELFEKY – “hold onto me” // hold onto me - single
SUMO CYCO – “boring” // neon void
FIRSUN - "speak" // speak - single

DAEDRIC - "night mother" // as the light left
THE HIVES - "roll out the red carpet" // the hives forever, forever the hives
BETTER LOVERS – “don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single
KITTIE – “Charlotte XXV" // spit XXV
BIOHAZARD – “death of me” // divided we fall
ORBIT CULTURE - "nerve" // death above life
REAPING ASMODEIA - "sanctuary of poison" // sanctuary of poison - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/19/25 - DED

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/19/25
GUESTS :: DED

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK feat PATRICK STUMP– “particle physics” // the same old wasted wonderful world
FLESHWATER – “last escape” // 2000: in search of the endless sky
DIVIDE THE FALL – “break free” // break free – single
AMIRA ELFEKY – “hold onto me” // hold onto me - single
BUNNY BLOOD - "was it me?" // punktober compilation
RAD OWL – “growl” // rage gracefully
SUMO CYCO – “boring” // neon void

NINE INCH NAILS – “shadow over me" // tron: ares soundtrack
LAMB OF GOD – “omens” // omens
HARMS WAY – “other world” // other world - single
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER CONSPIRACY – “corncob messiah” // city pages 2023 band of the year
DEMON HUNTER – “ouroboros” // there was a light here
DRAIN – “scared of everything and nothing” // drain…is your friend
KITTIE – “Charlotte XXV" // spit XXV
BETTER LOVERS – “don't forget to say please" // don't forget to say please - single

HOUR 2
THE PRETTY WILD – “paradox” // zero.point.genesis
WE CAME AS ROMANS, CURRENTS & AFTER THE BURIAL - "bad luck" // bad luck - single
DED – “purpose: be myself” // resent
DED – “eraser” // resent

DED feat CHAD GREY – “you want honest?” // resent
ROMAN CANDLE – “fire in the night sky forever” // fire in the night sky forever - single
BIOHAZARD – “death of me” // divided we fall
SOULKEEPER – “reality bytes" // join us in creating excellence
SOULKEEPER - "smile because it happened" // join us in creating excellence
AFTER THE BURIAL – “hum from the hollow” // hum from the hollow - single
SABATON – “Templars” // legends
DEFTONES – “cut hands” // private music

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOE from DED for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! DED is back and heavy with their new album "Resent" out now via UNFD! DED returns to the Myth in Maplewood on Oct 17 with IN THIS MOMENT, DAYSEEKER and THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT!

Midwest Beatdown · Ded 2025 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/12/25 - BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/12/25
GUESTS :: BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES

HOUR 1
DIVIDE THE FALL – “break free” // break free – single
MADAM DRIVER – “through the trees” // negative ghostrider
THE MONTOYA MACHINE – “we saved a place for you here” // we saved a place for you here - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "rabbit hole" // full circle
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "complicated" // full circle
WALLY JOSEPH - "left of faithful" // to the dogs

BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "the hurt (a conversation)" // full circle
ANXIETY SOCIETY feat JOSIE - "hands of the painter" // hands of the painter - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "hey rose (it is what it is)" // full circle
HALESTORM – “fallen star” // everest
SILVERSTEIN – “negative space" // pink moon

HOUR 2
DEMON HUNTER – “ouroboros" // there was a light here
MUDVAYNE – “sticks and stones” // sticks and stones - single
VENDED – “paint the skin” // vended
CHEVELLE – “wolves (love and light)” // bright as blasphemy
KUBLAI KHAN TX – “the mountain of Corsicana” // the mountain of Corsicana - single
DRAIN – “who’s having fun” // drain…is your friend
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough
SPEED – “peace” // all my angels

ROMAN CANDLE – “fire in the night sky forever” // fire in the night sky forever - single
DYING WISH – “revenge in carnage” // flesh stays together
SOULKEEPER – “go ask alice” // join us in creating excellence
LAMB OF GOD – “children of the grave” // children of the grave – single
BODY COUNT – “postmortem/raining blood” // bloodlust
HARMS WAY – “become a machine” // posthuman
LORNA SHORE – “unbreakable” // I feel the everblack festering within me

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOSIE from BULLETS AND BUTTEFLIES for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES' excellent debut album "Full Circle" is out now!

Midwest Beatdown · Bullets and Butterflies interview

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