MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/24/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/24/20
LOOKING AT THE REST OF 2020 with ZIS

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins (Aug 7)
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020 (TBA)
BULLY - "where to start" // sugaregg (Aug 21)
AMARANTHE - "viral" // manifest (Oct 2)
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
JOHNNYROOK - "silhouette" // silhouette - single
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single

BIFFY CLYRO - "modern magic formula" // opposites (Aug 14 - A Celebration of Endings)
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
IN FLAMES - "clayman" // clayman: 20th anniversary reissue (Aug 28)
ZAKK SABBATH - "fairies wear boots" (live) // live in detroit ep (Sept 4 - Vertigo)
MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades (live in Belfast)" // ace of spades: 40th anniversary edition (Oct 30)
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "soulbound" // abyss (Aug 21)
GREG PUCIATO - "do you need me to remind you?" // child solider: creator of God (Oct 23)

HOUR 2
GREG PUCIATO - "fire for water" // child solider: creator of God (Oct 23)
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer (Aug 7)
AVATAR - "colossus" // hunter gatherer (Aug 7)
ORBIT CULTURE - "the shadowing" // nija (Aug 7)
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll - single (TBA)

DIRTY HONEY - "rollin' 7's" // dirty honey (probably 2021)
STATIC-X - "hollow" // project regeneration vol 1 (out now)
GOJIRA - "explosia" (live) // les enfants sauvages (TBA)
HATEBREED - "when the blade drops" // when the blade drops - single (TBA)
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons I (Oct 9)
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

All release dates are subject to change. Especially in 2020.

DIAMANTE's ROCK FIESTA is TONIGHT at 7pm CST - a full production live stream concert featuring Heidi from Butcher Babies, Mixi from Stitched Up Heart and a ton more guests! Go to Diamante's website for all the info!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/17/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20

The show on 7/10/20 did not air due to a power outage that affected all of MSU.

The show will air new and improved on 7/24/20.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20 - BEST OF 2020 SO FAR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/10/20
BEST OF 2020 SO FAR with ZIS

HOUR 1
EXACTLYNO – "where we belong" // red line city
EX-REGIME – "sink or swim" // the path I walk
WITHER THE TIDE – "swallow" // astronomia nova
HM. IMONOLITH - "becoming the enemy" // state of being
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "paramount // guardians
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "defender" // guardians

4. TESTAMENT - "world war III" // titans of creation
4. STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
3. TRIVIUM - "the defiant" // what the dead men say
3. TRIVIUM - "amongst the shadows and the stones" // what the dead men say

HOUR 2
2. LAMB OF GOD feat CHUCK BILLY - "routes" // lamb of god
2. LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
1. CODE ORANGE - "the easy way" // underneath
1. CODE ORANGE - "last ones left" // underneath

AFTER THE BURIAL - "behold the crown" // evergreen
HUNTRESS - "zenith" // starbound beast
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
JINJER - "on the top" // macro
KILLING STARES - "for the record" // for the record - single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
VEIN - "virus vibrance" // errorzone
MAKE THEM SUFFER - "erase me" // how to survive a funeral

ZIS' TOP 5 so far
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "guardians"
4. TESTAMENT - "titans of creation"
3. TRIVIUM - "what the dead men say"
2. LAMB OF GOD - "lamb of god"
1. CODE ORANGE - "underneath"

NICK's TOP 5 so far
5. AUGUST BURNS RED - "guardians"
4. STITCHED UP HEART - "darkness"
3. TRIVIUM - "what the dead men say"
2. LAMB OF GOD - "lamb of god"
1. CODE ORANGE - "underneath"

CODE ORANGE's next visual experience UNDER THE SKIN will live stream on July 30th on their Twitch channel. Their vision of what they might do if they did MTV Unplugged in their own way. If it's anything like "Last Ones Left: In Fear of the End", you won't want to miss it.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/03/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/03/20

HOUR 1
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "grace" // epicloud
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
STITCHED UP HEART - "warrior" // darkness
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
COLD KINGDOM - "desire" // into the black sky
JOHNNYROOK - "disneyland pencil erasers" // disneyland pencil erasers - single
ERIS - "aret efter" // formation

SKILLET - "save me" // victorious
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
WEATHER CHECK - "that way" // weather check vol 2
THUNDERPUSSY - "speed queen" // thunderpussy
WALLY JOSEPH - "the little things" // quarantunes
O'BROTHER feat SIMON NEAL - "halogen eye" // you and I
BIFFY CLYRO - "wolves of winter" // ellipsis

HOUR 2
FEVER 333 - "walking in my shoes" // made an America
VERSION 5 - "why don't you drop" // version 5
EX-REGIME - "love isn't lost" // the path I walk
SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // the day I tried to live - single
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
CHELSEA WOLFE - "16 psyche" // hiss spun

ROLO TOMASSI - "contretemps" // time will die and love will bury it
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "abyss" // abyss
LOVEBITES - "when destines align" // electric pentagram
MUTOID MAN - "melt your mind" // war moans
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "one of us is the killer" // one of us is the killer
EVERY TIME I DIE - "map change" // low teens

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/26/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/26/20

HOUR 1
WEEKEND PICNIC - "suffer the silence" // suffer the silence - single
SLEEP SIGNALS - "fireproof" // 2020
THROW THE FIGHT - "paper wings" // settle your sins
CITY OF THE WEAK - "censor this" // pulling teeth
EXACTLYNO - "red line city" // red line city
THEM THAT DARE - "tiny army" // endings
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "international" // galore
LARKIN POE - "she's a self made man" // self made man

SEVENDUST - "the day I tried to live" // the day I tried to live - single
CLINT LOWERY - "kings" // God bless the renegades
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
LACEY STURM - "the decree" // the decree - single
LEDGER - "not dead yet" // ledger ep

HOUR 2
AMARANTHE - "viral" // manifest
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "counting scars" // alpha bionic
EAON - "happy" // lesson no 1
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // let it breathe
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT - "show me a sign" // through the eyes of change
COMMON CHOIR - "dive bar knight life II" // gravemind
SAUL - "I am him" // aeons

EMPLOYED TO SERVE - "eternal forward motion" // eternal forward motion
ITHACA - "impulse crush" // the language of injury
DEVILDRIVER - "keep away from me" // dealing with demons I
REFLECTIONS - "samsara" // willow
BY THE THOUSANDS - "cold spots" // dead matter
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
REAPING ASMODEIA - "of talons and teeth" // impuritize
CWN ANNWN - "outlander" // patron saint

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/19/20 - LAMB OF GOD

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/19/20
GUESTS :: LAMB OF GOD

HOUR 1
ERIS - "miru-me" // formation
FALSE FLOOR - "equals" // equals - single
THE PUSH - "controller" // oh, victory
BEYOND THE BLACK - "misery" // horizons
RAD OWL - "aladdin's castle" // madison beast
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
WOLF ALICE - "lisbon" // my love is cool
DIVIDE THE FALL - "bring you down" // bring you down - single

DEFTONES feat MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN - "passenger" // white pony
B ! - "higher" // degenerator
SEVENDUST - "inner city blues" // best of chapter one
MOON TOOTH - "trust" // crux
ENEMY X - "almost" // endless circle
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE feat HOWARD JONES - "the signal fire" // atonement

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "checkmate" // lamb of god
LAMB OF GOD - "momento mori" // lamb of god
LAMB OF GOD - "new colossial hate" // lamb of god

LAMB OF GOD feat CHUCK BILLY - "routes" // lamb of god
MARK MORTON feat CHESTER BENNINGTON - "cross off" // anesthetic
MARK MORTON feat NAHEEMAH MADDOX - "reveal" // anesthetic
MARK MORTON feat MYLES KENNEDY - "save defiance" // anesthetic

**VERY SPECIAL THANKS to MARK MORTON from LAMB OF GOD for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! LAMB OF GOD's excellent new self titled album is out now via Epic Records! MARK MORTON's fantastic solo record Anesthetic is out now via WPP Records/Spinefarm Records and the follow up EP Ether is available thru Rise Records!

Midwest Beatdown · Lamb of God 2020 interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/12/20

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/12/20

HOUR 1
DIVIDE THE FALL - "bring you down" // bring you down - single
THE FAILSAFE - "head under water" // erasing color
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "cheshire" // yesteryear
DOWN AND ABOVE - "the things you see in me" // hold your breath for the rising tide
LARKIN POE feat TYLER BRYANT - "back down south" // self made man
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "fight" // unbalance
ROYAL THUNDER - "anchor" // wick
DIAMANTE - "ghost myself" // ghost myself - single

COLD KINGDOM - "devil in me" // into the black sky
SHREDDERS - "cult 45" // dangerous jumps
BAND-MAID - "glory" // conqueror
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" (live) // angry waters live
AGAINST ME - "333" // shape shift with me
BARONESS - "throw me an anchor" // gold & grey
CHILDREN 18:3 - "cover your eyes" // rain's a comin'
TURNSTILE - "real thing" // time and space

HOUR 2
BULLY - "where to start" // sugaregg
LIGHT THE TORCH - "the bitter end" // revival
SAUL - "I am him" // aeons
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
CASANATRA - "rusty cage" // black days: a Midwest Movement tribute to Soundgarden
POSEHN feat JILL JANUS & CHUCK BILLY - "take on me" // grandpa metal
BPMD - "we're an American band" // American made

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "abyss" // abyss
ROLO TOMASSI - "whispers amongst us" // time will die and love will bury it
MY ZERO - "demotivation" // demotivation
KILL THE LIGHTS - "watch you fall" // plagues ep
PERIPHERY - "follow your ghost" // periphery IV: hail stan
AVATAR - "silence in the age of apes" // hunter gatherer
VEIN - "rebirth protocol" // errozrzone