HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/8/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/8/18

Each week 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 12/8/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1870
2	3	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1832
3	4	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1783
4	2	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	1666
5	5	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1558
6	6	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1419
7	7	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1379
8	8	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1246
9	10	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	1041
10	9	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	1027
11	11	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1007
12	13	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	853
13	15	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	825
14	14	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	778
15	17	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	645
16	22	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	625
17	18	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	609
18	21	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	535
19	20	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	511
20	19	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	506
21	25	MUSE	“Pressure”	471
22	31	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	461
23	23	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	447
24	24	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	410
25	16	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	404
26	26	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	334
27	30	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	303
28	28	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	299
29	27	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	295
30	29	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	288
31	32	THE DIRTY NIL	“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”	279
32	33	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	259
33	51	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	232
34	35	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	192
35	36	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	175
36	52	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	169
37	34	MESSER	“Save Myself”	164
38	40	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	160
39	43	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	156
40	39	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	156
41	37	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	151
42	38	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	150
43	105	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	131
44	41	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	130
45	42	DOSE	“Vervain”	113
46	44	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	100
47	46	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	94
48	47	STONE HORSES	“End Of The World”	90
49	66	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	76
50	56	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Victim”	74

 

 

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

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

Light The Torch – featuring Howard Jones (ex. Killswitch Engage) on vocals – made their debut this year. Well, sort of. The band did exist a few years ago as Devil You Know, but changed the name for a few reasons. The moniker doesn’t really matter in the scheme of things. What matters most is the precision blending of power and melody in “The Safety Of Disbelief.” Jones, with his passionate, distinct vocal style, makes this song instantly recognizable on any Active Rock station. The adrenaline kicks into overdrive with an impressive slap bass fill that takes you back in time to the heyday of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “The Safety Of Disbelief” is one of those songs that you never get tired of hearing. It deserves to have a nice run at radio.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

This is Shinedown’s last week in the #1 position.  With their spins declining and Bad Wolves (f. Diamante) and Godsmack rising, it’s a lock that one of these will be the new #1 next week.  The pair finished the week within 50 spins of each other.  Bad Wolves has the inside track to have another #1 song this year, but it wouldn’t be shocking if Godsmack leapfrogs into the top spot next week.
 

 

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…

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

ROYAL BLISS – “Hard And Loud”

EVE TO ADAM – “No Easy Way Out”

SHVPES – “Afterlife”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

WITHIN TEMPTATION (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) – “The Reckoning”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

NEW YEAR’S DAY – “Skeletons”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Pretty Vicious – Move”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Three Days Grace and Pop Evil both reach the Top 20, the only notable movement in the upper portion of the latest chart…

Last week’s only new Top 40 song is this week’s only new Top 30 song, the latest from Greta Van Fleet…

The mighty Metallica is the highlight of a trio of songs making their Top 40 debut, two of those making their published chart premiere…

Three more tracks also hit the chart for the first time, including the latest from Like A Storm and Sunflower Dead.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Godsmack – “When Legends Rise”
Halestorm – “Do Not Disturb”
Three Days Grace – “Right Left Wrong”

 

FALLING
Slash f. Myles Kennedy – “Driving Rain”
Shinedown – “Get Up”
Disturbed – “Are You Ready”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

Unusual to see the release pattern that Metallica has chosen, with a sixth single from their album Hardwired … to Self-Destruct .  It’s been just over two years since the album was released, and just over a year since they released the most recent single.