HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/5/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/5/19

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 1/5/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

JUST PUBLISHED! – TOP 50 ACTIVE ROCK SONGS OF 2018 (by spins)

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1920
2	3	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1682
3	2	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1663
4	5	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1498
5	4	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1489
6	6	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1467
7	7	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1257
8	8	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready?”	1205
9	9	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	1127
10	10	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1089
11	11	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	891
12	13	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	792
13	12	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	785
14	14	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	768
15	18	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	677
16	16	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	655
17	17	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	645
18	19	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	622
19	15	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	542
20	23	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	503
21	20	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	498
22	22	MUSE	“Pressure”	466
23	21	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	452
24	24	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	431
25	29	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	338
26	27	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	338
27	26	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	332
28	25	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	324
29	28	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	294
30	30	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	277
31	31	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	253
32	36	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	213
33	35	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	198
34	37	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	182
35	33	THE DIRTY NIL	“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”	180
36	39	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	173
37	34	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	171
38	38	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	170
39	40	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	161
40	41	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	154
41	32	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	148
42	43	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	135
43	42	DOSE	“Vervain”	134
44	44	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	128
45	45	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	113
46	49	ROYAL BLISS	“Hard And Loud”	102
47	50	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	92
48	48	SMALL TOWN TITANS	“You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”	92
49	47	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	90
50	51	SUNFLOWER DEAD	Victim	86

 

 

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

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “10 Feet Tall”

A simple, raucous, in-your-face hook is the spark of energy fueling the engine that is Savage After Midnight’s “10 Feet Tall.”  Intense moments make an obvious impact, but the intrigue lies within the more reserved, subtle vocal moments that are punctuated with seductive pop elements.  The unexpected layers come to life when you listen with headphones to capture the atmospheric, tone-setting keyboards beneath the surface.

Savage After Midnight has had a decade to hone their craft amidst a landscape of turmoil that includes a studio fire, a crippling lawsuit beyond their control, and a last minute label change.  The strife may have been a blessing in disguise, allowing the band to improve their chemistry and fine tune their presentation on stage and in the studio.  There’s an art to seamlessly blending simplicity with complexity.  On “10 Feet Tall,” Savage After Midnight does an admirable job of doing just that.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted, Godsmack begins 2019 atop the chart, but if this week’s trend holds, The Glorious Sons will be the new #1 next week.  If not, then two weeks from now at the latest.  With nearly 300 spins separating The Glorious Sons from Ghost and Papa Roach, it looks like they should have at least a few week run at #1 once they get there.
 

 

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…

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “10 Feet Tall”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

SHVPES – “Afterlife”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

JOHN GARCIA AND THE BAND OF GOLD – “My Everything”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

AFTERLIFE – “Throat”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

Black Moods – “Bella Donna”

Disturbed – “Are You Ready?”

Panic! At The Disco – “Amen”

Palaye Royale – “You’ll Be Fine”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The Top 10 songs remain the same for the fourth straight week, only a single change in the tier for the five weeks…

Nothing actually “new” in the Top 20 this week either, although one song does return after a week’s absence…

Same situation occurs in the Top 30, as Chevelle creeps back up despite a very slight decline in airplay…

Two songs do reach the Top 40 for the first time, Dose and Like A Storm both rise despite essentially flat airplay…

There are five songs in the Top 50 that weren’t there last week, alas only two of those are actually new with the rest being re-entries.  Disturbed and Shim do debut with their latest singles.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
The Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”
Fever 333 – “Made An America”
Diamante – “Haunted”

 

FALLING
Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”
Bad Wolves – “Hear Me Now”
Shinedown – “Get Up”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

I guess radio decided it would just ease back into work this week.   Wouldn’t want them to strain or anything.