KERRY KING & COMPANY SLAY MINNESOTA

CONCERT REVIEW :: KERRY KING, MUNICIPAL WASTE, ALIEN WEAPONRY
The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
Jan 26, 2025
Photos and Review by Brett Zisler

A cold Sunday night in Minneapolis, Minnesota during January wasn’t enough to deter thrash diehards from experiencing the new era of Kerry King’s career. Fresh off the release of his first solo album, FROM HELL I RISE, the Fillmore Minneapolis became ground zero for a night of pounding metal riffs.

This was Kerry King’s first time as a solo artist appearing in Minnesota, and what an impact he made. Surrounded by elite musicians such as Kyle Sanders (HellYeah), Phil Demmel (formerly Machine Head), Paul Bostaph (Slayer & Testament) and Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), this lineup brought a whole new level of thrash. Opening with “Where I Reign” and “Rage,” the blueprint for the night was set and there was no turning back.

The crowd interaction with the new songs was incredible to see. It only shows the magnitude of how impactful both Kerry King has been. Forging their way into singles “Residue” and “Idle Hands,” it was evident that these songs and this band is here to stay. Kerry perfectly inserted his first Slayer cover of the night by putting “Repentless” seven songs into the set. The Fillmore turned even more chaotic when King covered Slayer’s “Disciple” and then paying tribute to Iron Maiden covering “Purgatory” and “Killers.”

All one could think leaving the Fillmore was how absolutely heavy and intense of a show they had just seen. Watching King close out the night with “Raining Blood” “Black Magic” & “From Hell I Rise” brought a smile to the faces and fists in the air. The perfect blend of old and new proving that trash metal is alive and well.

MUNICIPAL WASTE

ALIEN WEAPONRY

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/24/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/24/25

HOUR 1
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “I believe” // this consequence
MADAM DRIVER – “crossroads" // negative ghostrider
ANGRY WATERS – “invasive species" // hold the high ground
MOLS – “not impressed" // not impressed - single
EVA UNDER FIRE – “death of me" // love, drugs and misery
BEARTOOTH – “bad listener" // disease
ARROWS AT DAWN - "save love" // save love - single
CHARLIE DOESN”T SURF – “french song" // darker days

SHINEDOWN – “dance, kid, dance" // dance, kid, dance - single
BUSH – “more than machines" // the art of survival
VIA – “the reincarnate" // the day of purification
SCOWL – “not hell, not heaven” // are we all angels
CASANATRA - "blonde train run" // blonde train run - single
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “someone who can” // vaxis III: the father of make believe
DOROTHY feat SLASH – “tombstone town” // the way

HOUR 2
ELECTRIC CALLBOY – “elevator operator” // elevator operator - single
AUGUST BURNS RED feat JOSH McMANNESS – “barbarian" // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition)
TRIVIUM – “like light to flies" // ascendancy
SLDG - "1000 yard stare" // predicaments
NINE INCH NAILS – “getting smaller" // with teeth
ANXIETY SOCIETY - "you want it" // you want it - single
BLOODYWOOD feat BABYMETAL – “bekhauf” // bekhauf - single

EMPLOYED TO SERVE feat WILL RAMOS – “atonement” // fallen star
OUR COMMON COLLAPSE - "languish" // languish - single
ARCHITECTS – “blackhole” // the sky, the earth and all between
SHADOWS FALL - "in the grey" // in the grey - single
VENDED - "paint the skin" // vended
FUGITIVE – “blast furnace" // blast furnace - single
KERRY KING – “idle hands” // from hell I rise
HATEBREED - "final prayer" // perserverance

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/17/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/17/25

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT - "obey" // strangeworld
BEULAH RUE – “hospital bed" // aftermath
DOROTHY – “down to the bottom" // down to the bottom - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “rabbit hole” // rabbit hole - single
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “you want it” // you want it - single
MYLES KENNEDY – “show me a sign" // the art of letting go
TREMONTI – “one more time” // the end will show us how
FLESHWATER – “linda claire" // we're not here to be loved

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – “nightlife" // home
RAD OWL – “growl" // rage gracefully
EXACTLYNO – “red line city" // red line city
CRASH CUDDLE – “owning the bull" // klaxan
XAETO – “amalgam" // amalgam - single
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY – “living the meme" // living the meme - single
NONPOINT - "alive and kicking" // to the pain
COAL CHAMBER - "loco" // coal chamber

HOUR 2
ARCHITECTS – “blackhole" // the sky, the earth and all between
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “someone who can" // vaxis III: the father of make believe
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “quit trying" // 152
MASTODON – “fallen torches" // medium rarities
PERIPHERY – “facepalm mute" // periphery II
EVERNOIR – “spiral" // spiral - single
GHOST – “square hammer" // popestar

DEADLANDS – “villain" // villain - single
GORE. – “pray" // a bud that never blooms
LOATHE – “aggressive evolution" // I let it in and it took everything
KERRY KING – “idle hands” // from hell I rise
BLEEDING THROUGH – “dead but so alive” // nine
MACHINE HEAD feat IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL, UNEARTH – “these scars won’t define us” // these scars won't define us - single
PLAGUE OF STARS – “Gods of old” // extinction
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/10/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/10/25
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2025 part 1

HOUR 1
ANXIETY SOCIETY - "you want it" // you want it - single (Live debut next Sat at Rendevous in Annandale)
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "sleepless nights" // sleepless nights - single (Live next Sat at Rendevous in Annandale)
BUELAH RUE - "hospital bed" // aftermath (Live next Sat at the Hook and Ladder Theater in Mpls)
MYLES KENNEDY - "say what you will" // the art of letting go (Live next Sat at the Varsity Theater in Mpls)
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
ANGRY WATERS - "the heist" // the ghosts we chase (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
MOLS - "not impressed" // not impressed - single (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
TOO LATE BUT STILL - "live more tilapia" // rewrite the story (Live Feb 15 at Zhora Darling in Mpls)

SLDG - "1000 yard stare" // predicaments (Live Saturday night at Kato Ballroom in Mankato)
BETTER BROKEN - "queensbury" // tundra (Live Saturday night at Kato Ballroom in Mankato)
STICK TO YOUR GUNS - "severed forever" // keep planting flowers (out today)
TREMONTI - "I'll take my chances" // the end will show us how (out today)
CAVE IN - "jupiter" // jupiter (25th anniversary edition) (out today)
AUGUST BURNS RED - "your little suburbia is in ruins" (2025) // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition) (Jan 24)
ALL THAT REMAINS - "divine" // antifragile (Jan 31)
PLAGUE OF STARS - "Gods of old" // extinction (Jan 31) (CD release party Feb 22 at Zhora Darling in Mpls)

HOUR 2
JINJER - "kafka" // duel (Feb 7)
PLUSH - "hope it hurts" // find the beautiful (Live USA 24 out Feb 7)
LACUNA COIL - "gravity" // sleepless empire (Feb 14)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "forever aligned" // this consequence (Feb 21)
SILVERSTEIN - "skin and bones" // antibloom (Feb 21)
ARCHITECTS - "whiplash" // the sky, the earth and all between (Feb 28)
SPIRITBOX - "soft spine" // tsunami sea (March 7)

COHEED AND CAMBRIA - "searching for tomorrow" // vaxis III: the father of make believe (March 14)
ARCH ENEMY - "blood dynasty" // blood dynasty (March 28)
GOJIRA - "vacuity" // the way of all flesh
DEFTONES - "swerve city" // koi no yokan
FEAR FACTORY - "disruptor" // aggression continuum
AFTER THE BURIAL - "anti-pattern" // wolves within
REAPING ASMODEIA - "shattered leviathan" // shattered leviathan - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/03/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/03/25
BEST ALBUMS OF 2024

HOUR 1
GOJIRA, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne - "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" // Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) - single
STATIC-X - "zombie" // project regeneration vol 2
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "buried in code" // phantoma
KITTIE - "eyes wide open" // fire
THE BLACK CROWES – “wanting and waiting" // happiness bastards
INTERLOPER - "a forgotten loss" // a forgotten loss

HOT WATER MUSIC – “remnants" (feat Turnstile) // vows
JERRY CANTRELL - "vilified" // I want blood
KUBLAI KHAN TX – “low tech" // exhibition of prowess
MAKE THEM SUFFER – “epitaph" // make them suffer
AMIRA ELFEKY - "save yourself" // skin to skin
GORE. - "babylon" // a bud that never blooms

HOUR 2
NOTHING MORE - "freefall" // carnal
RAD OWL – “always eyes" // rage gracefully
KNOCKED LOOSE - "suffocate" (feat Poppy) // you won't go before you're supposed to
KNOCKED LOOSE – “the calm that keeps you awake" // you won’t go before you’re supposed to
JUDAS PRIEST - "the serpent and the king" // invisible shield
KITTIE – “I still wear this crown" // fire

KERRY KING - "idle hands" // from hell I rise
BETTER LOVERS – “love as an act of rebellion" // highly irresponsible
BETTER LOVERS - "lie between the lines" // highly irresponsible
THE WARNING – “automatic sun" // keep me fed
THE WARNING - "apologize" // keep me fed

ZIS' TOP 10 of 2024

1. BETTER LOVERS - "highly irresponsible"
2. KERRY KING - "from hell I rise"
3. JUDAS PRIEST - "invisible shield"
4. KNOCKED LOOSE - "you won't go before you're supposed to"
5. NOTHING MORE - "carnal"
6. MARILYN MANSON - "one assination under God"
7. JERRY CANTRELL - "I want blood"
8. INTERLOPER - "a forgotten loss"
9. KITTIE - "fire"
10. STATIC-X - "project regeneration vol 2"


NICK's TOP 10 of 2024

1. THE WARNING - "keep me fed"
2. BETTER LOVERS - "highly irresponsible"
3. KITTIE - "fire"
4. KNOCKED LOOSE - "you won't go before you're supposed to"
5. RAD OWL - "rage gracefully"
6. MAKE THEM SUFFER - "make them suffer"
7. KUBLAI KHAN TX - "exhibiton of prowess"
8. HOT WATER MUSIC - "vows"
9. THE BLACK CROWES - "happiness bastards"
10. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "phantoma"