HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/26/15

HRD RADIO REPORT 

The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com.  The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions.  It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general.

Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on HardRockDaddy.com.

Click on the hyperlinked song titles to read song reviews, and the hyperlinked artist names to read album reviews.

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 7/26/15.  All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

2015 Mid-Year Recap: HRD Radio Report Active Rock and Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown

CHART POSITION THIS WEEK	CHART POSITION LAST WEEK	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO SPINS THIS WEEK
1	4	SHINEDOWN	“Cut The Cord”	1754
2	3	DISTURBED	“The Vengeful One”	1687
3	2	HALESTORM	“Amen”	1658
4	5	POP EVIL	“Footsteps”	1557
5	1	ROYAL BLOOD	“Little Monster”	1491
6	7	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Lydia”	1472
7	8	NOTHING MORE	“Jenny”	1401
8	10	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Jekyll And Hyde”	1340
9	9	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Failure”	1195
10	6	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Angel”	1011
11	12	SAINT ASONIA	“Better Place”	983
12	13	PAPA ROACH	“Gravity”	6
13	11	SEETHER	“Nobody Praying For Me”	843
14	18	RED SUN RISING	“The Otherside”	724
15	17	THE STRUTS	“Could Have Been Me”	698
16	25	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Angel’s Fall”	669
17	19	MUMFORD & SONS	“The Wolf”	638
18	20	SLIPKNOT	“Killpop”	607
19	21	OF MICE & MEN	“Never Giving Up”	602
20	23	KILL IT KID	“Blood Stop And Run”	556
21	22	ARANDA	“Don’t Wake Me”	542
22	24	ALL THAT REMAINS	“For You”	535
23	27	I PREVAIL	“Blank Space”	498
24	28	P.O.D.	“This Goes Out To You”	472
25	15	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Human Race”	447
26	16	HELLYEAH	“Hush”	438
27	29	STARSET	“Halo”	435
28	30	BEARTOOTH	“In Between”	369
29	26	GODSMACK	“What’s Next”	341
30	32	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dirty Diana”	306
31	31	MUSE	“Dead Inside”	249
32	38	WE ARE HARLOT	“Someday”	224
33	35	TRAPT	“Passenger”	217
34	34	RED	“Darkest Part”	217
35	33	CROBOT	“Legend Of The Spaceborne”	216
36	36	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)”	208
37	41	GHOST	“Cirice”	189
38	39	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Unstoppable”	183
39	37	SHATTERED SUN	“Hope Within Hatred”	180
40	43	BECK	“Dreams”	175
41	42	HINDER	“Intoxicated”	145
42	44	SEASONS AFTER	“Weathered And Worn”	141
43	46	WITHIN REASON	“Here Comes The Light”	122
44	45	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“I Won’t Give In”	119
45	49	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“Chemical Ride”	113
46	47	BUCKCHERRY	“Bring It On Back”	107
47	51	FIT FOR RIVALS	“Freak Machine”	105
48	62	LAMB OF GOD	“Overlord”	96
49	48	NEW YEAR’S DAY	“Defame Me”	94
50	65	ARCS	“Outta My Mind”	91

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “Unstoppable”

There are some songs that instantly make you reach for the dial to crank them up when they come on the radio.  Motionless In White’s “Unstoppable” definitely falls into that category.  From the band’s album, Reincarnate, which had a decent run with the title track, this anthem of defiance and resolve definitely falls on the heavier side of the Active Rock spectrum with its intense, industrial sound, explosive double-bass and raw growls, but it also features enough melodic moments to fit the format.  While the track has had modest, but steady gains since making its debut recently, it remains to be seen whether enough programmers will have the balls to add this track into the mix to make a run up the charts.  “Unstoppable” will not flow easily into a block of similar sounding songs, and that’s a good thing, because it is the type of track that Active Rock needs to keep its edge.

 

 

 

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.

SPIN IT…

NONPOINT – “Misery”

AMARANTHE – “Digital World”

PARKWAY DRIVE – “Vice Grip”

WILSON – “Right To Rise”

SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Children Of Fate”

 

DROP IT…

Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”

The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”

Beck – “Dreams”

Fit For Rivals – “Freak Machine”

The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

So much for that “inevitable” #1 for Halestorm I guess.  At least I managed to figure out the biggest threat correctly.  A double-digit percentage surge in airplay propelled Shinedown’s “Cut The Cord” to the top of the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart a few weeks ahead of expectations, bypassing not only last week’s #2 song, but also the new #2 by   Disturbed as well.  Not quite as surprising, but also notable in the upper reaches of the chart, is a sudden jump in airplay for “Footsteps” from Pop Evil.

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

 

Despite the shuffling at the top, it’s a second straight week for zero new songs in the Top 10 as radio refuses to let go of aging singles from Breaking Benjamin and Theory Of A Deadman…

Three tracks crack the Top 20 for the first time this week, including one from the aforementioned Breaking Benjamin as well as newcomers Kill It Kid …

Only one newcomer to the Top 30, as Shaman’s Harvest  nears the peak of their most recent single with their cover of “Dirty Diana” …   

Ghost reaches the Top 40 this week with a nice percentage gain in spins…

Three songs make their Top 50 debut, highlighted by Lamb Of God with “Overlord,” one of the heavier songs to chart in quite a while.

 

 

 THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP

Shinedown – “Cut The Cord”

Red Sun Rising – “The Otherside”

Breaking Benjamin – “Angel’s Fall”

 

DROPPING DOWN

Royal Blood – “Little Monsters”

Theory Of A Deadman – “Angel”

Breaking Benjamin – “Failure”

 

 

FUTURES REPORT

The strong radio response to “Cut The Cord” – number one in just 4 weeks – may set up a long stay at the top, unless Disturbed gets a similar boost for “The Vengeful One” over the next few weeks.   There’s also a decent chance that those two frontrunners could swap the top spots for an even longer period.

 

WRAP-UP

That’s all for this week.  Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/