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 11/29/15. 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 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Throne” | 1758 |
| 2 | 3 | DISTURBED | “The Light” | 1623 |
| 3 | 2 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Angels Fall” | 1547 |
| 4 | 5 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Wash It Away” | 1434 |
| 5 | 7 | GHOST | “Cirice” | 1199 |
| 6 | 6 | HALESTORM | “I Am The Fire” | 1169 |
| 7 | 4 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” | 1147 |
| 8 | 8 | THREE DAYS GRACE | “Fallen Angel” | 1036 |
| 9 | 10 | SEETHER | “Save Today” | 979 |
| 10 | 11 | SHINEDOWN | “State Of My Head” | 948 |
| 11 | 12 | SEVENDUST | “Thank You” | 831 |
| 12 | 14 | LIKE A STORM | “Become The Enemy” | 734 |
| 13 | 13 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | “Blow” | 713 |
| 14 | 15 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “I Won’t Give In” | 678 |
| 15 | 17 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF / NIGHTSWEATS | “S.O.B.” | 616 |
| 16 | 16 | NOTHING MORE | “Here’s To The Heartache” | 563 |
| 17 | 18 | TRIVIUM | “Until The World Goes Cold” | 560 |
| 18 | 21 | CAGE THE ELEPHANT | “Mess Around” | 499 |
| 19 | 22 | POP EVIL | “Ways To Get High” | 483 |
| 20 | 19 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Bloodfeather” | 482 |
| 21 | 23 | WILSON | “Right To Rise” | 431 |
| 22 | 20 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Big Bad Wolf” | 423 |
| 23 | 24 | PARKWAY DRIVE | “Vice Grip” | 390 |
| 24 | 26 | ARANDA | “We Are The Enemy” | 376 |
| 25 | 25 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | “Through It All” | 373 |
| 26 | 27 | ALL THAT REMAINS | “Victory Lap” | 369 |
| 27 | 28 | TURBOWOLF | “Rabbits Foot” | 343 |
| 28 | 30 | ATREYU | “Do You Know Who You Are” | 296 |
| 29 | 39 | SAINT ASONIA | “Let Me Live My Life” | 244 |
| 30 | 29 | GODSMACK | “Inside Yourself” | 244 |
| 31 | 32 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Stressed Out” | 213 |
| 32 | 36 | SHAMAN’S HARVEST | “In Chains” | 208 |
| 33 | 35 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Outside” | 186 |
| 34 | 34 | ART OF DYING | “Everything” | 175 |
| 35 | 37 | NOTHING BUT THIEVES | “Trip Switch” | 172 |
| 36 | 33 | BRIDGE TO GRACE | “Everything” | 172 |
| 37 | 41 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Finally Free” | 163 |
| 38 | 46 | MUSE | “Reapers” | 159 |
| 39 | 40 | THE STRUTS | “Kiss This” | 158 |
| 40 | 38 | SEPARATIONS | “Dream Eater” | 149 |
| 41 | 47 | FAILURE ANTHEM | “Paralyzed” | 147 |
| 42 | 48 | TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN | “Loaded Dice & Buried Money” | 143 |
| 43 | 44 | TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA | “Forget About The Blame” | 141 |
| 44 | 45 | ESCAPE THE FATE | “Alive” | 140 |
| 45 | 43 | FIRST DECREE | “Stop” | 125 |
| 46 | 49 | LACEY STURM | “Impossible” | 113 |
| 47 | 42 | RUBIKON | “Live That Lie” | 107 |
| 48 | 0 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Saint Cecilia” | 105 |
| 49 | 50 | CRINGE | “Anything You Say” | 104 |
| 50 | 53 | PUSCIFIER | “The Remedy” | 102 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
ANTHRAX – “Evil Twin”
Anthrax fans will have to wait until the end of February for the band’s first album release in five years. However, the band recently released the first single from For All Kings. “Evil Twin” features the classic thrash sound that Anthrax is famous for, infused with a modern metal sound that makes it an interesting fit for Active Rock radio (think Slipknot’s “Custer” without the growling). Will this track stand out on most Active Rock playlists? Absolutely! It will certainly add a massive shot of testosterone to a typical rotation, and it will take some balls to give it the spins that it deserves. However, any song that takes terrorists to task in a meaningful way should be supported in this day and age. To not do so would be simply un-American!
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…
WAYLAND – “Bloody Sunrise”
UGLY KID JOE – “She’s Already Gone”
SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Eye Of The Storm”
SHALLOW SIDE – “Stand Up”
DROWNING POOL – “By The Blood”
SPOKEN – “Falling Apart”
ADAKAIN – “Hey Girl”
DROP IT…
Twenty One Pilots – “Stressed Out”
Ghost – “Cirice”
Nate Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “S.O.B.”
Nothing But Thieves – “Trip Switch”
Foo Fighters – “Outside”
Cage The Elephant – “Mess Around”
The Struts – “Kiss This”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Bring Me The Horizon retains the top spot on this week’s Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart despite losing a fair amount of their spins from the previous week. That decline, combined with a decent increase in play for #2 Disturbed, means that the current king is destined to be dethroned. At #4, Five Finger Death Punch only has to leapfrog a rapidly-falling Breaking Benjamin to creep into the conversation for a chart-topper as well. This ensuing battle is the sequel to one that happened earlier in the year between these two heavyweights.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
One new entry in the Top 10 this week as Shinedown’s “State Of My Head” moves in, as the sun sets on Red Sun Rising’s debut single…
New to the Top 20 this week are the latest singles from Cage The Elephant and Pop Evil…
Saint Asonia provides the only new arrival in the Top 30 with their follow-up single, “Let Me Live My Life”…
A nice gain in spins for Stitched Up Heart moves them into the Top 40, along with Muse…
Only a couple of Top 50 debuts this week, one being a relatively low impact appearance by Foo Fighters (who typically debut higher).
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Five Finger Death Punch – “Wash It All Away”
Seether – “Save Today”
N. Rateliff/Nightsweats – “S.O.B.”
DROPPING DOWN
Bring Me The Horizon – “Throne”
Breaking Benjamin – “Angels Fall”
Chris Cornell – “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”
FUTURES REPORT
More change than usual for a holiday period, which might foreshadow an extra change at the top between now and the end of the year. It remains to be seen, but that might bode well for a potential challenge for the top from an established artist like Seether. They are still down the chart a bit, but appear to have more momentum left than some of the songs between them and the top.
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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