PRESIDENT gives a glimpse into their future

PHOTO GALLERY :: PRESIDENT
Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
March 2, 2026
Photos by Brett Zisler

PRESIDENT made their long awaited Minnesota debut on March 2 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Their live set sounded much better than the recorded output so far showing everyone a very bright glimpse into the future ahead of PRESIDENT. This performance definately made a new fans tonight.

SEE MORE of BRETT's PHOTOS of PRESIDENT HERE!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/06/26 - EARTHSIDE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/06/26
GUESTS :: EARTHSIDE

HOUR 1
SEVENDUST – “unbreakable” // one
THE WARNING – “kerosene” // kerosene - single
LYLVC – “barely human” // barely human – single
EVA UNDER FIRE – “awakening” // awakening – single
BUTCHER BABIES – “lost in your touch” // lost in your touch – single
ANGEL DU$T – “cold 2 the touch” // cold 2 the touch
LETLIVE – “the sick, sick, 6.8 billion” // fake history
EVERNORTH – “prevailer” // silver tongue

BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “when you lie” // when you lie - single
DEAD PONY – “eat my dust” // eat my dust - single
ALTER BRIDGE – “playing aces” // alter bridge
CHARLOTTE SANDS – “neck deep” // satellite
EXACTLYNO – “capitalist punishment” // rock ice out comp
DED – “eraser” // resent
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “the fall of us” // this consequence
MACHINE HEAD feat IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL & UNEARTH – “these scars won't define us" // unatoned

HOUR 2
EARTHSIDE feat DAEDRIC – “earthsink” // let the truth speak (deluxe edition)
EARTHSIDE feat BJORN “SPEED” STRID – “crater” // a dream in static
AUGUST BURNS RED – “behemoth” // behemoth - single

NEKROGOBLIKON feat REEL BIG FISH – “secret elephant” // the boiling sea
SHOWING TEETH - "rip" // rip - single
POISON THE WELL – “everything hurts” // peace in place
WAGE WAR – “song of the swamp” // it calls me by name
ROMAN CANDLE – “lady lazarus” // lady lazarus – single
SLDG – “crickets” // of my own design
SABATON – “Templar” // legends
YEAR OF THE KNIFE - "wish" // no love lost

**SPECIAL THANKS to JAMIE from EARTHSIDE for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown to talk about their latest album "Let the Truth Speak" and their collabations!

Midwest Beatdown · Earthside interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/27/26 - MOTHICA

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/27/26
GUESTS :: MOTHICA

HOUR 1
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "when you lie" // when you lie - single
EXACTLYNO - "capitalist punishment" // rock ice out compilation
FLIPP - "just let it be" // the best of the worst of flipp
BEARTOOTH - "free" // free - single
ARCHERS - "the dirt" // the dirt - single
NOTHING MORE feat ERIC V - "house on sand" // carnal
DROPKICK MURPHYS - "who'll stand with us" // for the people
LYLVC - "barely human" // barely human - single

EVA UNDER FIRE - "murder scene" // murder scene - single
BUTCHER BABIES - "sincerity" // sincerity - single
FLYLEAF - "I'm so sick" // flyleaf ep
VIA - "the reincarnate" // the day of purification
STAHLECKER feat WALLY JOSEPH - "a means to an end" // a means to an end - single
SHINEDOWN - "safe and sound" // ei8ht

HOUR 2
MOTHICA - "causality" // nocturnal
MOTHICA - "evergreen misery" // somewhere in between
MOTHICA - "save your roses" // somewhere in between
MOTHICA - "weapon" // somewhere in between

WAGE WAR - "song of the swamp" // it calls me by name
EVERNOIR - "derecho" // derecho - single
ICE NINE KILLS feat MCKENNA GRACE - "twisting the knife" // twisting the knife - single
ROMAN CANDLE - "lady Lazarus" // lady Lazarus - single
KUBLAI KHAN TX - "the mountain of Corsicana" // the mountain of Corsicana - single
LAMB OF GOD - "blunt force blues" // into oblivion
ARCH ENEMY - "to the last breath" // to the last breath - single
VEIN.FM - "rebirth protocol" // errorzone

**SPECIAL THANKS to MOTHICA for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! MOTHICA's new EP "Somewhere in Between" is out now on Sharptone Records!

Midwest Beatdown · Mothica interview

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/20/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/20/26

HOUR 1
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY – “fine” // fine - single
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “Cheshire” // yesteryear
TWO HARBORS – “that’s not me” // can’t shake this dream
RAD OWL – “growl” // rage gracefully
MOLS – “wolves" // wolves - single
FLIPP – “half a brain” // flipp (20th anniversary platinum edition)
MOTHICA – “weapon” // somewhere in between
SHINEDOWN – “safe and sound" // ei8ht

COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “play the poet" // the father of make believe
BACKHAND BLUE – “digging my grave” // digging my grave – single
BREAKING BENJAMIN – “polyamorous" // saturate
STARSET - "manifest" // divisions
CHEVELLE – “karma goddess" // bright as blasphemy
KAMI KEHOE – “fade out" // fade out - single
ANXIETY SOCIETY feat JOSEPHINE MARIE – “sandpit (guilty)" // pull
ANGEL DU$T – “cold 2 the touch” // cold 2 the touch

HOUR 2
EVERNOIR – “derecho” // derecho – single
ICE NINE KILLS feat MCKENNA GRACE - "twisting the knife" // twisting the knife - single / Scream 7
POPPY – “ribs" // empty hands
NOVELISTS – “all for nothing" // coda
BEARTOOTH – “bad listener" // disease
NOTHING MORE – “if it doesn't hurt" // carnal
DROPKICK MUPRHYS – “the boys are back" // signed and sealed in blood
AUGUST BURNS RED - "behemoth" // behemoth - single

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “afraid of the dark” // afraid of the dark – single
NEKROGOBLIKON feat REEL BIG FISH – “secret elephant” // the boiling sea
ROMAN CANDLE – “bite harder than you bleed” // bite harder than you bleed – single
KNOCKED LOOSE feat DENZEL CURRY – “hive mind” // hive mind – single
CONVERGE – “force meets presence” // love is not enough
ARCH ENEMY - "to the last breath" // to the last breath - single
REAPING ASMODEIA – “shattered leviathan” // shattered leviathan – single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/13/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/13/26

HOUR 1
CONVERGE – “force meets presence" // love is not enough
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK feat SINCERE ENGINEER – “things like this” // the same old wasted wonderful world
DIVIDE THE FALL – “burn it down” // burn it down - single
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY – “fine” // fine - single
RAD OWL – “always eyes” // rage gracefully
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" // hold the high ground
THE WARNING & CARIN LEON – “love to be loved” // love to be loved
EVA UNDER FIRE – “murder scene” // murder scene - single

CONVERGE – “to feel something" // love is not enough
BAYSIDE – “castaway” // there are worse things than being alive
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “sink into me” // new again
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “complicated” // full circle
FLESHWATER – “last escape" // 2000: in search of the endless sky
NOVELISTS - "all for nothing" // coda
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

HOUR 2
CONVERGE – “make me forget you" // love is not enough
ORBIT CULTURE - "the storm" // death above life
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER CONSPIRACY - "corncob messiah" // city pages 2023 band of the year
STAHLECKER feat CHRIS SELE – “blood runs cold” // blood runs cold - single
EARTHSIDE & DAEDRIC – “earthsink” // let the truth speak (deluxe edition)
THE HU – “shoog shoog” // the gereg
MESSA – “reveal” // the spin

CONVERGE – “distract and divide" // love is not enough
KNOCKED LOOSE feat DENZEL CURRY – “hive mind” // hive mind – single
DRAIN – “who’s having fun?” // …is your friend
ANGEL DU$T – “cold 2 the touch" // cold 2 the touch
SCOWL – “b.a.b.e.” // are we all angels
DYING WISH – “I brought you my soul (your world brought me despair)” // I brought you my soul - single
CAGE FIGHT – “un bon souvenir” // exuvia
HATEBREED - "tear it down" // the rise of brutality
GORE. - "Babylon" // a bud that never blooms

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/06/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/06/26

HOUR 1
EVA UNDER FIRE - "murder scene" // murder scene - single
ASHES FROM STONE – “molon labe" // molon labe
AEOUS – “monster" // the light you've always had
WEEKEND PICNIC – “crash into me” // crash into me - single
MVRROW – “empty entity" // empty entity - single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “mi Corizon" // the same old wasted wonderful world
DIVIDE THE FALL – “burn it down” // burn it down - single
THE WARNING & CARIN LEON - "love to be loved" // love to be loved - single

TWO HARBORS – “what you're on about" // can't shake this dream
BIFFY CLYRO – “hunting season" // futique
DEAD PONY – “eat my dust” // eat my dust – single
TURNSTILE – “birds” // never enough
NINE INCH NAILS – “as alive as you need me to be” // tron: ares soundtrack
YUNGBLUD, NUNO BETTENCOURT, FRANK BELLO, ADAM WAKEMAN, II – “changes (live at Villa Park)” // changes - single
DED - "purpose (be myself)" // resent

HOUR 2
STAHLECKER feat CHRIS SELE - "blood runs cold" // blood runs cold - single
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY - "fine" // fine - single
SEETHER – “illusion" // the surface seems so far
SEVENDUST – “is this the real you?” // one
HELD. feat FRANK IERO – “new you anthem” // grey
LIVING DEAD GIRL - "ugly" // conspiracy
CASTLE RAT - "wolf I" // the bestiary

GUILT TRIP feat LVNDMARKS – “sweet dreams" // severance
BIOHAZARD - "strength the face of adversity" // divided we fall
EVERNORTH – “oliphaunt" // silver tongue
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “afraid of the dark” // afraid of the dark – single
ODDS OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT – “show me a sign" // through eyes of change
SOULKEEPER - "go ask alice" // join us in creating excellence
SLDG - "crickets" // of my own design
CONVERGE - "we were never the same" // love is not enough

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/30/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/30/26

HOUR 1
THE BLACK CROWES – “profane prophecy” // a pound of feathers
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “broken bones and mountains” // drawing little pictures
ONLYTIME – “the pull” // compassion fatigue
DAEMONAUT – “cicada” // frame dragging
WEEKEND PICNIC – “savages” // weekend picnic
AEOUS – “casualty" // the same light you've always had
ASHES FROM STONE – “riddles and riots” // riddles and riots

SEVENDUST – “is this the real you?” // one
NOVELISTS – “coda” // coda
THE FAILSAFE – “happy to be here” // happy to be here - single
MOTHICA - "save your roses" // somewhere in between
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "sleepless nights" // full circle
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS – “gasoline” // did you ask to be set free
DEAD PONY - "eat my dust" // eat my dust - single

HOUR 2
DAEMONAUT – “epoch” // frame dragging
MVRROW – “hope” // fever dream
POPPY – “time will tell" // empty hands
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “afraid of the dark” // afraid of the dark – single
HELD. feat FRANK IERO - "new you anthem" // grey
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "for I am death" // for I am death - single
DAEDRIC - "night mother" // as the light left

HANABIE. – “iconic" // hot topic
NEKROGOBLIKON - "show me your goblin" // show me your goblin - single
SABATON – “lightning at the gates" // legends
ROMAN CANDLE – “can we watch something happy” // can we watch something happy - single
YEAR OF THE KNIFE - "wish / last laugh" // no love lost
ENTHEOS - "empty on the inside" // empty on the inside - single
REAPING ASMODEIA - "nothing remains" // nothing remains - single
ROB ZOMBIE - "(I'm a) rock n roller" // the great

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/23/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/23/26

HOUR 1
THE FAILSAFE – “happy to be here” // happy to be here - single
MADAM DRIVER feat KAT BAUMANN – “don’t you want me” // static valley
ANGRY WATERS – “ours to be had” // angry waters III
YONAKA – “cruel” // until you’re satisfied
CHEVELLE – “wolves (love and light)" // bright as blasphemy
NONPOINT – “alive and kicking" // to the pain
AMIRA ELFEKY – “hold onto me" // hold onto me - single

POPPY – “bruised sky" // empty hands
BACKHAND BLUE – “digging my grave” // digging my grave - single
KAMI KEHOE – “fade out” // fade out – single
GLIXEN – “medicine bow” // medicine bow - single
ANXIETY SOCIETY feat ELISSA-MARIE OGGARD - "nihilist eyes" // pull
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
DAEMONAUT – “chronon” // frame dragging

HOUR 2
MEGADETH – “puppet parade" // megadeth
IRON MAIDEN - "the trooper" // piece of mind
FIT FOR A KING – “lonely god" // lonely god - single
METAL ALLEGIANCE feat WILLIAM DUVALL – “black horizon” // black horizon – single
TOO LATE, BUT STILL - "nine years" // night songs
KUBLAI KHAN TX – “low tech" // exhibition of prowess
LAMB OF GOD – “into oblivion” // into oblivion – single

ROMAN CANDLE – “can we watch something happy” // can we watch something happy - single
CONVERGE – “we were never the same” // love is not enough
POISON THE WELL – “thoroughbreds” // peace in place
CASTLE RAT – “wolf I" // the bestiary
DETHKLOK – “aortic desecration" // dethalbum IV
AMON AMARTH – “raise your horns" // jomsviking
CORSAIR – “battle eternal” // the golden heart
KNOCKED LOOSE - "counting worms" // laugh tracks

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/16/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/16/26

HOUR 1
GREYWIND - "let's see if you can float" // severed heart city
MADAM DRIVER - "a different side of me" // static valley
ANGRY WATERS - "the heist" // the ghosts we chase
ALTER BRIDGE - "power down" // alter bridge
BACKHAND BLUE - "digging my grave" // digging my grave - single
EVA UNDER FIRE - "awakening" // awakening - single
NOVELISTS - "coda" // coda

JOHNNYROOK - "happy birthday" (2025) // the more things change (2025)
RAD OWL - "always eyes" // rage gracefully
EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
COLD - "go away" // cold
HOUSE OF PROTECTION - "godspeed" // outrun you all
FUTURE PALACE - "deep blue" // deep blue - single
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "gasoline" // did you ask to be set free?
TURNSTILE - "birds" // never enough

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "into oblivion" // into oblivion
PLAGUE OF STARS - "false reality" // extinctions
ONLYTIME - "the pull" // compassion fatigue
DAEMONAUT - "epoch" // frame dragging
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "broken and blind" // engines of demolition
MESSA - "fire on the roof" // the spin
POISON THE WELL - "thoroughbreds" // peace in place

CONVERGE - "we were never the same" // love is not enough
DRAIN - "until next time" // ...is your friend
DYING WISH - "revenge in carnage" // flesh stays together
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER CONSPIRACY – “corncob messiah” // city pages 2023 band of the year
PERIPHERY – “facepalm mute" // periphery II
BY THE THOUSANDS – “shiver" // the descent
MESHUGGAH – “do not look down" // koloss

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/09/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/09/26
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2026 (or at least the ones we hope come out in 2026) part 2

HOUR 1
DAEMONAUT – “ticking” // frame dragging
LOATHE – “given every strength” // given every strength – single
BETTER LOVERS – “don’t forget to say please” // highly irresponsible (deluxe edition)
SHINEDOWN – “killing fields” // killing fields – single
THE PRETTY RECKLESS – “for I am death" // for I am death - single
NONPOINT – “underdog” // underdog - single
SONS OF BLISS – “starz” // starz - single

SEVENDUST - "everything" // truth killer
RAD OWL – “growl” // rage gracefully
FORBIDDEN SEAS – “wolves, sheep” // wolves, sheep - single
THE LETTER BLACK – “hanging by a thread" // hanging by a thread
CASANATRA – “blonde train run” // blonde train run - single
THE WARNING – “automatic sun” (live) // live from Auditorio Nacional CDMX
ANGRY WATERS - "invasive species" (live) // angry waters live

HOUR 2
BARONESS – “throw me an anchor" // gold and grey
ANTHRAX – “earth on hell" // worship music
FEAR FACTORY – “shock" // obsolete
ROMAN CANDLE – “nothing is original” // nothing is original - single
GORE. – “like you meant it” // if you do not fear me
IN FLAMES – “a dialogue in b flat minor" // foregone
VENDED – “paint the skin” // vended

JOHNNY BOOTH – “bury the rose" // firsthand accounts
KORN – “lost in the grandeur" // requiem
GIDEON – “til the wheels fall off” // til the wheels fall off - single
MASTODON – “ember city" // once more round the sun
ENTHEOS – “empty on the inside” // empty on the inside - single
REAPING ASMODEIA – “shattered leviathan” // shattered leviathan - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/02/26

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/02/26
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2026 (or at least the ones we hope come out in 2026) part 1

HOUR 1
GOJIRA - "only pain" (live) // live at Hellfest 2016
ALTER BRIDGE - "playing aces" // alter bridge
GREYWIND - "waterfall" // severed heart city
MEGADETH - "let there be shred" // megadeth
POPPY - "bruised sky" // empty hands
CONVERGE - "love is not enough" // love is not enough
CHARLOTTE SANDS - "one eye open" // satellite

EXACTLYNO - "all I need" // all I need - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "sleepless nights" // full circle
WEEKEND PICNIC - "echo chamber" // echo chamber - single
BEARTOOTH - "bad listener" // disease
BUTCHER BABIES - "sincerity" // sincerity - single
EVA UNDER FIRE - "awakening" // awakening - single
LAMB OF GOD - "sepsis" // sepsis - single
KUBLAI KHAN TX - "the mountain of Corsicana" // the mountain of Corsicana - single

HOUR 2
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "broken and blind" // broken and blind - single
NEKROGOBLIKON - "show me your goblin" // show me your goblin - single
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - "clean my wounds" // deliverence
CLUTCH feat RANDY BLYTHE - "passive restraints" // weathermaker vault vol 1
DOWN - "lifer (live)" // diary of a mad band
AMON AMARTH - "we rule the waves" // we rule the waves - single
ELECTRIC CALLBOY - "tanznied" // tanzneid - single

DEADLANDS & THE PRETTY WILD - "kundalini" // seven
AUGUST BURNS RED feat JOSH McMANNESS - "barbarian" // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition)
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "meltdown" // scoring the end of the world
AMIRA ELFEKY - "tonight (demo)" // skin to skin
SLDG - "out of here" // of my own design
AFTER THE BURIAL - "hum from the hollow" // hum from the hollow - single
HATEBREED - "perseverance" // perseverance