HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/19/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/19/19

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 1/19/19. 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	1	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	2005
2	2	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1856
3	3	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1716
4	4	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1651
5	6	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1320
6	5	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1240
7	9	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1214
8	8	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	1054
9	11	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1027
10	12	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	982
11	15	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	980
12	13	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	905
13	14	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	839
14	17	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	735
15	16	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	727
16	28	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	633
17	20	MUSE	“Pressure”	575
18	22	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	569
19	18	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	565
20	19	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	561
21	23	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	454
22	26	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	442
23	21	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	421
24	27	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	393
25	24	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	389
26	25	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	381
27	38	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	282
28	43	MARK MORTON (f. CHETSER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	279
29	31	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	275
30	29	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	210
31	35	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	207
32	33	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	207
33	40	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	184
34	36	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	183
35	42	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	178
36	61	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	172
37	34	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	164
38	41	DOSE	“Vervain”	159
39	37	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	143
40	44	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	141
41	45	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Victim”	108
42	57	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	96
43	48	SHIM	“Crucified”	93
44	47	ROYAL BLISS	“Hard And Loud”	92
45	46	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	92
46	50	SHVPES	“Afterlife”	62
47	60	DEMON HUNTER	“On My Side”	59
48	54	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	56
49	52	FEVER 333	“Burn Out”	53
50	53	PANIC! AT THE DISCO	“High Hopes”	49

 

 

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

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

Simplicity and complexity intertwine on Demon Hunter’s lead single off of their album, War.  With a crunchy thrash intensity that would make “The Big Four” proud, a galloping rhythm that brings to mind Iron Maiden’s signature style, and the modern feel of Five Finger Death Punch, “On My Side” is fairly straightforward in its approach.  The complexity lies within the more mystical moments of the chorus, infusing the prog sensibilities of ’70s era Moody Blues.  Though you wouldn’t necessarily expect all of these pieces to fit together so well, “On My Side” has a cohesive sound that simultaneously hits you with sledge hammer force and nuanced undertones.  It’s an interesting return for this Christian metal act that is taking the opposite approach of many modern rock bands.  Often times today, artists choose to release EPs or more frequent singles, but Demon Hunter has chosen to release two albums on the same day (War and Peace).  In recent years, Five Finger Death Punch and Stone Sour have released two-part albums, but both spread out the releases of each part by several months.  In a singles-driven rock world, it’s commendable to see a band that believes so strongly in the power of the album.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Godsmack’s run is officially over.  The Glorious Sons remain on top, and have enough of a cushion to remain there for at least a few weeks if they even remain flat on spins.  However, Ghost and Papa Roach are both within 350 spins, so a significant drop by the frontrunners combined with one of those momentum weeks that seem to catapult songs to the top could find them replaced as soon as next week.  Regardless of the timing, the one certainty is that Ghost and Papa Roach will be the next to battle for the top spot in the coming weeks.
 

 

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”

THE PROTEST – “Noise Revolution”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – “Let Me Love You”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

Black Moods – “Bella Donna”

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

Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”

Panic At The Disco – “Say Amen”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Stop the presses!  There’s a new song in the Top 10 for the first time in six weeks.  Three Days Grace moves up two spots and breaks the holiday stagnation just a bit…

Radio loves down-tempo Disturbed and quickly jumps them into the Top 20, along with Nothing More…

Three new arrivals in the Top 30, led by the strong response to Mark Morton (f. Chester Bennington)…

Three other songs break into the Top 40 for the first time, including the Ice Nine Kills single which has been stuck between 42 & 48 for nine weeks until now…

Five additional songs are in the Top 50 this week that weren’t there a week ago.  However, three of those appeared previously.  The real highlight is the debut of Demon Hunter.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”
Breaking Benjamin – “Tourniquet”
Bad Wolves – “Remember When”

 

FALLING
Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”
Shinedown – “Get Up”
Fever 333 – “Made An America”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

Satellite radio continues to drive a lot of the lower part of the chart, with SiriusXM’s Octane providing most of the support for Demon Hunter, Octane & Music Choice accounting for over 1/3^rd of the spins for Ice Nine Kills, and being the early adopters for Shvpes and Light The Torch.