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

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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!

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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