HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/27/15

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 9/27/15.  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	1	POP EVIL	“Footsteps”	2189
2	2	SHINEDOWN	“Cut The Cord”	2019
3	3	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Jekyll And Hyde”	1630
4	6	RED SUN RISING	“The Otherside”	1520
5	7	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Angels Fall”	1421
6	5	DISTURBED	“The Vengeful One”	1305
7	4	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Lydia”	1172
8	8	SAINT ASONIA	“Better Place”	1139
9	9	PAPA ROACH	“Gravity”	1105
10	11	CHRIS CORNELL	“Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”	1062
11	10	FOO FIGHTERS	“Outside”	1020
12	13	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Throne”	897
13	12	SLIPKNOT	“Killpop”	863
14	15	THE STRUTS	“Could Have Been Me”	864
15	14	ALL THAT REMAINS	“For You”	625
16	17	STARSET	“Halo”	619
17	16	P.O.D.	“This Goes Out To You”	598
18	18	SEVENDUST	“Thank You”	571
19	20	GHOST	“Cirice”	534
20	22	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“I Won’t Give In”	496
21	19	BEARTOOTH	“In Between”	483
22	21	MUSE	“Mercy”	479
23	25	HALESTORM	“I Am The Fire”	457
24	23	LIKE A STORM	“Become The Enemy”	400
25	24	WE ARE HARLOT	“Someday”	398
26	26	TRAPT	“Passenger”	332
27	31	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Fallen Angel”	327
28	27	ARCS	“Outta My Mind”	316
29	28	WILSON	“Right To Rise”	243
30	29	ISLANDER	“Cold Speak”	235
31	33	AWOLNATION	“I Am”	219
32	30	BUCKCHERRY	“Bring It On Back”	212
33	35	IN THIS MOMENT	“Big Bad Wolf”	211
34	34	TRIVIUM	“Until The World Goes Cold”	208
35	36	SEASONS AFTER	“Weathered And Worn”	185
36	32	LAMB OF GOD	“Overlord”	185
37	37	MUMFORD & SONS	“The Wolf”	146
38	41	BRIDGE TO GRACE	“Everything”	141
39	40	BUTCHER BABIES	“Never Go Back”	134
40	39	MIGGS	“Ordinary”	132
41	79	SEETHER	“Save Today”	123
42	53	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Blow”	119
43	44	PARKWAY DRIVE	“Vice Grip”	117
44	42	WE CAME AS ROMANS	“The World I Used To Know”	116
45	47	TREMONTI	“Radical Change”	107
46	43	10 YEARS	“From Birth To Burial”	105
47	46	ART OF DYING	“Everything”	99
48	48	SEPARATIONS	“Dream Eater”	98
49	45	FIRST DECREE	“Stop”	95
50	101	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wash It Away”	79

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman

BRIDGE TO GRACE – “Everything”

Since the release of “Everything,” the song has been featured in the “Spin It” section of the HRD Radio Report and also on Hard Rock Daddy’s Music Discovery Monday.   After finally cracking the Top 50 of the Mediabase Active Rock chart, the song has been climbing for the past few weeks.  This week, Bridge To Grace’s “Everything” cracks the Top 40, the second single to do so from the band this year (along with “Bitch”).  These up-and-comers draw comparisons to Shinedown, a band that Bridge To Grace Producer Rick Beato has worked with in the past.

Tracks like “Everything” by new artists like Bridge To Grace are exactly what Active Rock needs to keep things fresh.  The band has blended influences from the top bands in the genre to create their own sound.  Huge hooks, soulful vocals, powerful vocal harmonies, big crunchy riffs,  shredding guitars, a pounding rhythm and nice dynamics…the title of the song says it all….it has “Everything” that you want to hear in an Active Rock track.

The climb for “Everything” has been slow and steady so far.  It’s hard to imagine a song this good not gaining traction and reaching the upper echelon of the chart at some point, much like fellow developing artists Highly Suspect and Red Sun Rising did with their respective singles.

 

 

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…

NOTHING MORE – “Here’s To The Heartache”

RUBIKON – “Live That Lie”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Through It All”

SKINDRED – “Under Attack”

ATREYU – “Do You Know Who You Are?”

 

DROP IT…

Ghost – “Cirice”

Awolnation – “I Am”

In This Moment – “Big Bad Wolf”

Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”

The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”

The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

Pop Evil remains atop the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart for a second straight week by a relatively comfortable margin.  “Footsteps” saw a minor increase in airplay while Shinedown saw a minor decline, and #3 Five Finger Death Punch took an even larger hit leaving no song in position to challenge for the top spot next week.

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Another notable milestone for newcomers Red Sun Rising as “The Otherside” climbs into the Top 5…

Only one newcomer in the Top 10, as Chris Cornell swaps positions with Foo Fighters…

Asking Alexandria returns to the Top 20 with “I Won’t Give In,” the only song that wasn’t in that tier last week…

Only one new entry into the Top 30, the latest single from Three Days Grace, “Fallen Angel”…

Bridge To Grace provides the only song to break into the Top 40 with “Everything”…

A trio of songs debut in the Top 50, the most interesting story perhaps being in the 50^th spot.  That’s where Five Finger Death Punch debuts “Wash It All Away,” a song that has received no obvious heavy push as a single for radio, but gained enough airplay to break onto the chart for at least a week.  This probably played a role in the decline of their top three single, “Jekyll & Hyde.”

 

 

 THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP

Bring Me The Horizon – “Throne”

Three Days Grace – “Fallen Angel”

Seether – “Save Today”

 

DROPPING DOWN

Five Finger Death Punch – “Jekyll & Hyde”

Disturbed – “The Vengeful One”

Highly Suspect – “Lydia”

 

 

FUTURES REPORT

If airplay gains/losses remain within the usual range, it could be at least another week or more before there’s a change at the top.  There are several songs that appear likely candidates to contend for the top slot, but most have barely reached half the typical number of spins that it usually takes to reach #1.  Unless one of the songs sees a sudden explosive growth, it could very well be close to Halloween before anyone dethrones Pop Evil.

 

WRAP-UP

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