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 8/16/15. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
2015 Mid-Year Recap: HRD Radio Report Active Rock and Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST
WEEK |
THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 2 | DISTURBED | “The Vengeful One” | 2125 |
| 2 | 1 | SHINEDOWN | “Cut The Cord” | 2097 |
| 3 | 3 | POP EVIL | “Footsteps” | 1803 |
| 4 | 4 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Jekyll And Hyde” | 1662 |
| 5 | 5 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Lydia” | 1638 |
| 6 | 6 | NOTHING MORE | “Jenny” | 1369 |
| 7 | 9 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Angels Fall” | 1110 |
| 8 | 7 | SAINT ASONIA | “Better Place” | 1079 |
| 9 | 10 | PAPA ROACH | “Gravity” | 991 |
| 10 | 12 | RED SUN RISING | “The Otherside” | 938 |
| 11 | 8 | HALESTORM | “Amen” | 763 |
| 12 | 13 | THE STRUTS | “Could Have Been Me” | 742 |
| 13 | 15 | SLIPKNOT | “Killpop” | 676 |
| 14 | 14 | ALL THAT REMAINS | “For You” | 642 |
| 15 | 25 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Outside” | 625 |
| 16 | 17 | ARANDA | “Don’t Wake Me” | 598 |
| 17 | 20 | P.O.D. | “This Goes Out To You” | 597 |
| 18 | 16 | OF MICE & MEN | “Never Giving Up” | 585 |
| 19 | 24 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Throne” | 524 |
| 20 | 23 | STARSET | “Halo” | 516 |
| 21 | 18 | SEETHER | “Nobody Praying For Me” | 442 |
| 22 | 21 | I PREVAIL | “Blank Space” | 437 |
| 23 | 26 | BEARTOOTH | “In Between” | 394 |
| 24 | 19 | MUMFORD & SONS | “The Wolf” | 328 |
| 25 | 28 | WE ARE HARLOT | “Someday” | 320 |
| 26 | 32 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “I Won’t Give In” | 314 |
| 27 | 27 | SHAMAN’S HARVEST | “Dirty Diana” | 313 |
| 28 | 22 | KILL IT KID | “Blood Stop And Run” | 302 |
| 29 | 31 | TRAPT | “Passenger” | 278 |
| 30 | 33 | GHOST | “Cirice” | 274 |
| 31 | 30 | ARCS | “Outta My Mind” | 264 |
| 32 | 34 | SEVENDUST | “Thank You” | 260 |
| 33 | 41 | MUSE | “Mercy” | 231 |
| 34 | 36 | BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE | “You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)” | 218 |
| 35 | 49 | ZAC BROWN BAND | “Junkyard” | 206 |
| 36 | 38 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | “Unstoppable” | 182 |
| 37 | 45 | LAMB OF GOD | “Overlord” | 180 |
| 38 | 43 | SEASONS AFTER | “Weathered And Worn” | 164 |
| 39 | 42 | BUCKCHERRY | “Bring It On Back” | 157 |
| 40 | 44 | WE CAME AS ROMANS | “The World I Used To Know” | 149 |
| 41 | 37 | CROBOT | “Legend Of The Spaceborne Killer” | 144 |
| 42 | 47 | WITHIN REASON | “Here Comes The Light” | 131 |
| 43 | 35 | BECK | “Dreams” | 112 |
| 44 | 57 | WILSON | “Right To Rise” | 108 |
| 45 | 51 | BUTCHER BABIES | “Never Go Back” | 105 |
| 46 | 52 | NEW YEAR’S DAY | “Defame Me” | 100 |
| 47 | 53 | AWAKEN THE EMPIRE | “Cross My Heart” | 99 |
| 48 | 48 | 3 YEARS HOLLOW | “Chemical Ride” | 99 |
| 49 | 60 | MIGGS | “Ordinary” | 86 |
| 50 | 55 | FINGER ELEVEN | “Wolves And Doors” | 86 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman
BUTCHER BABIES – “Never Go Back”
Butcher Babies cracked the Top 50 this week with their latest single, “Never Go Back.” The track is one of the more interesting to enter the charts in recent weeks, adding some welcomed spice to shake things up a bit. Female-fronted bands have made their presence felt in recent times on the chart, so seeing Butcher Babies gaining traction with “Never Go Back” is a continuation of a growing trend. However, this track bears little comparison to the current Active Rock songs featuring female vocalists. A better comparison would be to take a trip back in time to 1982, where another edgy, female-fronted band enjoyed success with a track that also contains the word “never” in the title – Romeo Void’s “Never Say Never.” This is not to say that “Never Go Back” sounds like it came from the 80s. By blending elements of modern metal with timeless punk influences, Butcher Babies have found a formula that works, and a song that stands out as unique on Active Rock radio. Hopefully, more Active Rock programmers will get behind the track in the coming weeks to infuse some spice into their rotations.
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…
RUBIKON – “Live That Lie”
BRIDGE TO GRACE – “Everything”
PARKWAY DRIVE – “Vice Grip”
10 YEARS – “From Birth To Burial”
EVE TO ADAM – “Calling My Name”
DROP IT…
Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”
The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”
Beck – “Dreams”
The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”
Zac Brown Band – “Junkyard”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
“The Vengeful One” surges to the top of the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart this week as Disturbed passes Shinedown in a battle of heavyweights. Pop Evil and Five Finger Death Punch remain in contention for future top honors at #3 and #4 respectively.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Red Sun Rising continues to impress with “The Otherside,” as the lead single from their debut album reaches the Top 10 this week. Given the strength of established artists this year, it’s an even more impressive feat…
Three songs break into Top 20 this week, led by last week’s high debut track by Foo Fighters (“Outside”)…
Three songs crack the Top 30 section of the chart, led by Asking Alexandria’s “I Won’t Give In,” which seems to be gathering some momentum…
A downright astonishing six songs reach the Top 40 for the first time this week, with Zac Brown Band showing the most strength of the bunch…
An almost equally amazing six songs break into the Top 50 on the latest chart, five of them new to the ranks, along with a re-entry from New Year’s Day.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Disturbed – “The Vengeful One”
Foo Fighters – “Outside”
Bring Me The Horizon – “Throne”
DROPPING DOWN
Halestorm – “Amen”
Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”
Kill It Kid – “Blood Stop And Run”
FUTURES REPORT
Trends suggest that Disturbed should be able to hold on to the top spot for at least another week, but it seems less certain whether the biggest threat to their reign will be songs that haven’t peaked yet, or if it will come from Shinedown, who slipped to #2 this week, but is still showing strength. With an album release just a couple of weeks away now, don’t completely discount the chances for Five Finger Death Punch to at least remain in the picture. Foo Fighters is also approaching rapidly in the rear view mirror alongside a number of hopeful tracks.
WRAP-UP
That’s all for this week. Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/
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