HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/10/16

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 12/10/16.  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”	2174
2	2	GHOST	“Square Hammer”	1894
3	3	VOLBEAT	“Seal The Deal”	1727
4	6	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“The Stage”	1586
5	7	METALLICA	“Atlas,Rise!”	1545
6	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“I Apologize”	1516
7	4	DISTURBED	“Open Your Eyes”	1329
8	8	GREEN DAY	“Still Breathing”	1315
9	10	RED SUN RISING	“Amnesia”	1112
10	11	SHINEDOWN	“How Did You Love”	1075
11	14	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Naivety”	761
12	3	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“11:11”	743
13	19	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Never Again”	709
14	16	CHEVELLE	“Door To Door Cannibals”	698
15	18	BEARTOOTH	“Hated”	695
16	15	KINGS OF LEON	“Waste A Moment”	689
17	23	KORN	“Take Me”	600
18	22	IN FLAMES	“The Truth”	569
19	17	METALLICA	“Moth Into Flame”	555
20	20	GREEN DAY	“Bang Bang”	552
21	24	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	“Go Robot”	530
22	26	POP EVIL	“If Only For Now”	507
23	21	ALTER BRIDGE	“Show Me A Leader”	494
24	29	STARSET	“Monster”	468
25	25	SIXX:A.M.	“We Will Not Go Quietly”	468
26	27	GEMINI SYNDROME	“Remember We Die”	425
27	28	KORN	“Rotting In Vain”	387
28	30	DEVOUR THE DAY	“The Bottom”	343
29	31	THROUGH FIRE	“Breathe”	285
30	34	SICK PUPPIES	“Where Do I Begin”	256
31	32	ONE LESS REASON	“Break Me”	250
32	37	BLINK-182	“She’s Out Of Her Mind”	239
33	36	ADELITAS WAY	“Ready For War (Pray For Peace)	223
34	35	AVATAR	“Night Never”	222
35	38	ART OF ANARCHY	“The Madness”	197
36	33	METALLICA	“Hardwired”	194
37	39	AMITY AFFLICTION	“All Messed Up”	192
38	40	GOODBYE JUNE	“Oh No”	185
39	42	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Breaking Now”	163
40	41	BLEEKER	“Highway”	155
41	44	SYLAR	“Dark Daze”	150
42	45	3 DOORS DOWN	“The Broken”	143
43	51	BADFLOWER	“Animal”	141
44	43	JUDAH & THE LION	“Take It All Back”	129
45	46	LAMB OF GOD	“The Duke”	123
46	59	HEAD AND THE HEART	“All We Ever Knew”	108
47	47	NONPOINT	“Divided..Conquer Them”	106
48	48	THREE DAYS GRACE	“You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”	102
49	49	DOROTHY	“Dark Nights”	101
50	50	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“This Light Hold” f/J. Shaddix	95

 

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

FLAW – “Fatal Fall”

Flaw’s “Fatal Fall” blends a variety of influences, making it one of the more interesting tracks that I’ve listened to recently.  There’s an Active Rock vibe that is reminiscent of bands like Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace, a dissonant darkness that taps into the Alice In Chains vibe, a surprising hint of early Iron Maiden (“Prodigal Son”) and the heavy riffs of early Metallica.  While the song conjures up a number of other artists, the end result is something that is unique, and should find a place on Active Rock playlists…
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

It looked like Highly Suspect’s “My Name Is Human” had a chance to ride out the year in the #1 position.  As predicted last week, the only way for them to drop was to flatten out and have Ghost bolster its spins.  Well, this week, Highly Suspect remained flat and Ghost picked up some momentum.  There’s a chance that “My Name Is Human” will squeeze out one more week at the top, but it’s just as likely that Ghost rises to the top next week.  As long as Metallica doesn’t cannibalize themselves with another overlapping single, they seemed destined to reach #1 early in 2017 with “Atlas, Rise!”
 

 

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…

FLAW – “Fatal Fall”

SEASONS AFTER – “Fighter”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Renegade”

BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Broken Souls”

MESSAGE FROM SYLVIA – “Heart Of War”

DON BROCO – “Money Power Fame”

BLACK STONE CHERRY – “Way Of The Future”

ART OF DYING – “Torn Down”

 

DROP IT…

Head & The Heart – “All We Ever Knew”

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”

Disturbed – “Open Your Eyes”

Metallica – “Hardwired”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

Highly Suspect reaches a full month at the #1 spot on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart with virtually no change in airplay.  “My Name Is Human” lost one spin (out of nearly 2,200) versus the previous week, while Ghost and Volbeat both enjoyed growth but not nearly enough to dethrone the leaders.
 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

A Day To Remember has a nice jump to reach the Top 10…

Korn and In Flames move into the Top 20…

New to the Top 30 this week are Through Fire and Sick Puppies…

From Ashes To New and Bleeker now have Top 40 active rock singles…

Badflower has the highest chart debut this week, breaking into the Top 50 for the first time.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Ghost – “Square Hammer”

Metallica – “Atlas, Rise”

Green Day – “Still Breathing”

 

FALLING

Disturbed – “Open Your Eyes”

Metallica – “Moth Into Flame”

Alter Bridge – “Show Me A Leader”
 

 

TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

While the end of the year slowdown now looks to be in full effect, it seems as though we’ll see at least one more change at the top of the Active Rock airplay chart before the year officially ends.  Ghost appears well-positioned, and has momentum with only two charts remaining in the calendar year.

 

WRAP-UP

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