HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/12/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/12/19

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 1/12/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

JUST PUBLISHED! – TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2018

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1964
2	1	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1909
3	4	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1637
4	5	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1565
5	6	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1403
6	7	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1304
7	3	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1203
8	9	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	1125
9	10	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1120
10	8	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	1062
11	11	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	951
12	13	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	905
13	12	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	869
14	14	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	833
15	15	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	794
16	17	METALLICA	“Halo On Fire”	748
17	16	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	713
18	18	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	629
19	20	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	565
20	21	MUSE	“Pressure”	558
21	19	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	517
22	24	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	496
23	26	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	413
24	25	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	384
25	28	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	377
26	31	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	366
27	29	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	350
28	41	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	345
29	22	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	323
30	27	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	296
31	30	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	280
32	23	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	254
33	34	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	221
34	32	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	204
35	35	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	193
36	33	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	179
37	38	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	178
38	44	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	175
39	36	THE DIRTY NIL	“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”	160
40	40	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	158
41	39	DOSE	“Vervain”	158
42	0	MARK MORTON (f. CHETSER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	113
43	42	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	108
44	45	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Victim”	104
45	43	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	97
46	46	ROYAL BLISS	“Hard And Loud”	80
47	50	SHIM	“Crucified”	77
48	49	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	70
49	54	SHVPES	“Afterlife”	56
50	52	AFTERLIFE	“Throat”	55

 

 

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

ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE – “Late”

Like fine wine, Altitudes & Attitude fermented for years before yielding a bottle that could be consumed by the masses. We got a taste of “Booze and Cigarettes” back in 2014, but it took until 2019 for that song (and eleven others) to be released on the band’s debut album.  It’s not like the band has been lazy though, just busy with their day jobs in Megadeth and Anthrax.  So you can forgive Dave Ellefson and Frankie Bello for making the fans wait for more material.  As bassists in two of “The Big Four” thrash bands, this unusual side project had no choice but to take a back seat to the duo’s main gigs.  Aside from Megadeth, Ellefson also has his own record company (EMP Label Group) and his own coffee company (Ellefson Coffee Co.) keeping him busy.  Perhaps this album has arrived a bit “Late” for the fans’ taste, but like fine wine, it was worth the wait.

With two thrash bassists writing together, you might expect to hear a heavy dose of in-your-face intensity, but what you get with “Late” is an unexpected melodic groove with a bit of a danceable punk edge.  It’s more Foo Fighters meets Motorhead than Megadeth meets Anthrax, but it works on every level.  It’s unrealistic to think that this side project will ever take precedence over either of the duo’s main gigs, but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be fully embraced by fans and radio alike.  If “Late” was the debut song from a new band (rather than a side project featuring veterans from legendary bands), Altitudes & Attitude would instantly be looked at as rising stars ready to breakthrough.  It’s that good!

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted, The Glorious Sons took over the #1 position from Godsmack this week, but it may not stay that way next week.  Both bands continued to gain spins this week.  The Glorious Sons leapfrogged Godsmack with a big week, but it could be one of those situations where the upstarts get one week at the top, and the legends rise again.  Unless both bands have a meaningful drop next week, and Ghost continues to rise, it’s likely that these two will both be in the #1 and #2 positions next week.  In the coming weeks, it looks like the showdown will be between Ghost and Papa Roach for the #1 spot.
 

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…

ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE – “Late”

EVE TO ADAM – “No Easy Way Out”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “10 Feet Tall”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – “Let Me Love You”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

Black Moods – “Bella Donna”

Pretty Vicious – “Move”

A Perfect Circle – “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”

Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The Top 10 songs remain the same for a fifth straight week, only a single change in the tier for last six weeks…

Muse reaches the Top 20 after spending five weeks in a row at #21 or #22…

Nice movement for Memphis May Fire as they account for one of two songs new to the Top 30 this week, along with Disturbed…

The Top 40 has one new member, that’s Breaking Benjamin…

Three songs make their debut in the published Top 50, Mark Morton (f. Chester Bennington) is the highest of the trio, joined by a pair of songs early-adopted by SiriusXM’s Octane, those being singles from Shvpes and Afterlife.
 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
The Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”
Ghost – “Dance Macabre”
Metallica – “Halo On Fire”

 

FALLING
Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”
Bad Wolves – “Hear Me Now”
Disturbed – “Are You Ready”
 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

Cruise control continues in most radio lanes…