HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/3/16

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.

2016 Active Rock Radio / Octane Quarterly Report: Q3

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 12/3/16.  All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK			THIS WEEK
1	1	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“My Name Is Human”	2175
2	3	GHOST	“Square Hammer”	1748
3	4	VOLBEAT	“Seal The Deal”	1678
4	2	DISTURBED	“Open Your Eyes”	1659
5	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“I Apologize”	1596
6	6	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“The Stage”	1497
7	8	METALLICA	“Atlas,Rise!”	1308
8	10	GREEN DAY	“Still Breathing”	1136
9	9	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Take Me Down”	1069
10	12	RED SUN RISING	“Amnesia”	1009
11	13	SHINEDOWN	“How Did You Love”	945
12	11	THRICE	“Black Honey”	930
13	15	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“11:11”	745
14	19	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Naivety”	703
15	16	KINGS OF LEON	“Waste A Moment”	700
16	18	CHEVELLE	“Door To Door Cannibals”	686
17	14	METALLICA	“Moth Into Flame”	663
18	21	BEARTOOTH	“Hated”	641
19	22	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Never Again”	638
20	20	GREEN DAY	“Bang Bang”	624
21	17	ALTER BRIDGE	“Show Me A Leader”	609
22	24	IN FLAMES	“The Truth”	518
23	25	KORN	“Take Me”	510
24	23	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	“Go Robot”	504
25	29	SIXX:A.M.	“We Will Not Go Quietly”	423
26	28	POP EVIL	“If Only For Now”	417
27	27	GEMINI SYNDROME	“Remember We Die”	408
28	26	KORN	“Rotting In Vain”	405
29	32	STARSET	“Monster”	379
30	31	DEVOUR THE DAY	“The Bottom”	322
31	36	THROUGH FIRE	“Breathe”	246
32	34	ONE LESS REASON	“Break Me”	246
33	33	KALEO	“Way Down We Go”	243
34	30	METALLICA	“Hardwired”	243
35	35	SICK PUPPIES	“Where Do I Begin”	229
36	38	AVATAR	“Night Never”	221
37	37	ADELITAS WAY	“Ready For War (Pray For Peace)	201
38	41	BLINK-182	“She’s Out Of Her Mind”	189
39	39	ART OF ANARCHY	“The Madness”	177
40	42	AMITY AFFLICTION	“All Messed Up”	167
41	43	GOODBYE JUNE	“Oh No”	158
42	46	BLEEKER	“Highway”	150
43	55	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Breaking Now”	139
44	47	JUDAH & THE LION	“Take It All Back”	137
45	45	SYLAR	“Dark Daze”	137
46	44	3 DOORS DOWN	“The Broken”	120
47	49	LAMB OF GOD	“The Duke”	117
48	48	NONPOINT	“Divided..Conquer Them”	107
49	67	THREE DAYS GRACE	“You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”	98
50	56	DOROTHY	“Dark Nights”	95

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

SIXX: A.M. – “We Will Not Go Quietly”

With Motley Crue’s career officially in the rear view mirror, Nikki Sixx hasn’t missed a beat in returning to the top of the hard rock genre with Sixx:A.M.  What was once a side project has now joined the upper echelon of rock acts today.  Following the path of Five Finger Death Punch and Stone Sour in recent years, Sixx:A.M. is about to release Prayers For The Damned, Vol. 2 (the second studio album of the year from the band).  “We Will Not Go Quietly” – the first single off of the new album – is another powerful anthem from the band that has established a signature sound that differentiates them from all others.  This defiant, us-against-the-world track has gotten solid spins so far, but by all rights, it should be battling for #1 with other established artists.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

Unless Highly Suspect’s “My Name Is Human” starts to drop, it’s likely to ride out the rest of 2016 as the #1 song on the chart. Ghost’s “Square Hammer” has jumped up to #2, but it would need to bolster its spins to reach #1 (even if Highly Suspect’s spins flatten).  Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold and Green Day all have the potential to battle for #1 in January, but it will be more of the traditional methodical climb than the blistering pace that was happening recently.
 

 

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…

SEASONS AFTER – “Fighter”

FLAW – “Fatal Fall”

ART OF DYING – “Torn Down”

BADFLOWER – “Animal”

MESSAGE FROM SYLVIA – “Heart Of War”

BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Broken Souls”

DON BROCO – “Money Power Fame”

AFI – “White Offering”

 

DROP IT…

Dinosaur Pile-Up – “11:11”

Kings Of Leon – “Waste A Moment”

Judah & The Lion – “Take It All Back”

Blink 182 – “She’s Out Of Her Mind”

Korn – “Rotting In Vain”

Pretty Reckless – “Take Me Down”

Disturbed – “Open Your Eyes”

Metallica – “Hardwired”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

For the third straight week, Highly Suspect enjoys the #1 spot on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart.  Hardly any upward movement for the most-played songs last week, but Ghost and Volbeat rise one spot each (to #2 & #3 respectively) as Disturbed falls back.  Although they are the closest challengers, they are also 20% – 25% behind the leader in spins.
 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Red Sun Rising breaks into the Top 10 with their latest single…

Breaking Benjamin is new to the Top 20 this week, and Beartooth inches upward to regain their Top 20 status as well…

Scarcely any airplay change at all does not prevent both Starset and Devour The Day from reaching the Top 30…

Blink-182 and Amity Affliction similarly debut in the Top 40 this week…

From Ashes To New has the strongest debut of three songs cracking the Top 50 this week, joined by Three Days Grace and Dorothy.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Metallica – “Atlas, Rise”

Red Sun Rising – “Amnesia”

Starset – “Monster”

 

FALLING

Disturbed – “Open Your Eyes”

Metallica – “Hardwired”

Metallica – “Moth Into Flame”
 

 

TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Quite a bit of movement this week despite the absence of any particularly gaudy changes in spin counts.   It looks as though the holiday slowdown may officially be upon us, with significant change likely to be less common as we head into the final weeks of 2016.

 

WRAP-UP

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