HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/20/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/20/18

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. The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 10/20/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	2120
2	2	BADFLOWER	“Ghost”	1958
3	3	GRETA VAN FLEET	“When The Curtain Falls”	1903
4	4	SHINEDOWN	“Get Up”	1621
5	5	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1466
6	6	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	1367
7	7	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Alone In A Room”	1118
8	10	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1025
9	8	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	946
10	11	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Never Fade”	879
11	12	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	833
12	13	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	776
13	14	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	737
14	17	THRICE	“The Grey”	715
15	20	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	671
16	16	GRANDSON	“Blood/Water”	668
17	15	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Infra-Red”	588
18	19	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	587
19	30	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust”	541
20	21	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	513
21	23	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	503
22	24	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	473
23	22	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	470
24	18	FOZZY	“Burn Me Out”	388
25	28	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“Letting You Go”	380
26	26	PARKWAY DRIVE	“Prey”	362
27	33	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	341
28	29	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	311
29	32	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	289
30	31	RED SUN RISING	“Veins”	263
31	25	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	248
32	34	SEVENDUST	“Unforgiven”	196
33	36	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	177
34	38	SYLAR	“All Or Nothing”	158
35	43	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	147
36	35	THE STRUTS	“Body Talks”	146
37	42	MESSER	“Save Myself”	145
38	41	WILSON	“Like A Baller”	128
39	44	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Feels Like I’m Dying”	111
40	64	POP EVIL	Be Legendary	108
41	46	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Monster”	108
42	45	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“Unheavenly Creatures”	102
43	48	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	98
44	52	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	86
45	47	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	82
46	50	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	75
47	54	STONE HORSES	“End Of The World”	65
48	53	DEVOUR THE DAY	“The Censor”	60
49	66	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	52
50	61	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	51

 

 

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

EMPTY TRAIL – “My World”

The brainchild of singer/guitarist Rick Lambert, who began writing songs in Los Angeles in 2013, Empty Trail is now an Austin, TX based power trio.  However, when you listen to “My World” for the first time, you don’t think of either Los Angeles or Austin.  The city that comes to mind (in a good way) is Seattle.

One of the reasons that grunge and the “Seattle sound” burned so brightly and faded relatively quickly (in the scheme of things) is because of the lack of quality artists who could hold their own.  Too many copycats, not enough innovators.  Looking back, most of the bands of that era have been forgotten.  They’re nothing more than a footnote in the history of hard rock.  However, the best of them are still relevant to this day.

The artists that come to mind most when listening to Empty Trail are Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and Nirvana.  However, their sound has a current vibe that would make it a nice fit on Active Rock radio.  Tortured at times, Lambert’s melodic vocals allow just enough light to shine through the darkness.  Walking the fine line between depressing and uplifting is not one that many achieve.  On “My World,” Lambert has done it.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

It looks like Disturbed will have another week (possibly two) at the top before giving way to Greta Van Fleet.  The pair is only separated by around 200 spins, so it’s possible that there could be a new #1 as soon as next week.  For that to happen, Disturbed will have to have a meaningful drop while Greta Van Fleet continues to gain spins.  There is no other legitimate threat to challenge for the #1 position at the moment.  The next likely challenger will be Shinedown, followed by Bad Wolves.
 

 

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…

EMPTY TRAIL – “My World”

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Victim”

ELECTRIC REVOLUTION – “Burn It Down”

ROYAL BLISS – “Hard & Loud”

ICE NINE KILLS – “Grave Mistake”

HALESTORM – “Do Not Disturb”

ALL THAT REMAINS – “Everything’s Wrong”

TREMONTI – “Trust”

 

DROP IT…

Fever 333 – “American Made”

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Grandson – “Blood/Water”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

The Struts – “Body Talks”

Amity Affliction – “Feels Like I’m Dying”

Pretty Vicious – Move”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The only change in the Top 10 this week is the departure of Breaking Benjamin making room for Alice in Chains to return despite basically flat airplay…

Papa Roach rockets into the Top 20, Rival Sons latest single squeaks in as well…

Two songs are new to the Top 30, led by Five Finger Death Punch, while Red Sun Rising returns to the tier despite losing 11% of their airplay from the week before…

The Top 40 has five songs that weren’t there a week ago, including a pair of songs that re-enter as well as the week’s highest debuting song courtesy of Pop Evil…

Five other songs make their Top 50 debut this week, including singles from Chevelle and newcomers Stone Horses.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Godsmack – “When Legends Rise”
Papa Roach – “Who Do You Trust?”
Ghost – “Dance Macabre”

 

FALLING
Badflower – “Ghost”
Three Days Grace – “Infra-Red”
Fozzy – “Burn Me Out”
 

 

TRENDS & OBESERVATIONS

A very transitional week for radio, with very few big gain or big declines and an unusually low threshold for entry onto the published chart (requiring only 51 spins of monitored airplay, around half the more typical number).