HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/23/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/23/19

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 2/23/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1703
2	3	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1670
3	5	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1646
4	4	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1604
5	2	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1483
6	6	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1346
7	7	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1304
8	8	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	1077
9	10	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	993
10	11	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	991
11	13	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	964
12	12	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	888
13	14	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	829
14	16	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	768
15	18	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	750
16	15	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	744
17	19	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	661
18	9	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	649
19	20	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	623
20	22	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	549
21	17	MUSE	“Pressure”	515
22	21	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	513
23	25	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	434
24	23	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	400
25	26	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	384
26	24	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	376
27	28	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	311
28	27	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	303
29	29	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	259
30	32	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	255
31	30	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	245
32	34	DOSE	“Vervain”	208
33	36	CALL ME KARIZMA	“Monster (Under My Bed)”	172
34	39	SHIM	“Crucified”	165
35	37	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	161
36	41	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	155
37	38	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	144
38	33	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	138
39	35	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	115
40	40	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Victim”	113
41	44	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	109
42	43	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	98
43	45	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	77
44	42	SHVPES	“Afterlife”	74
45	59	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	69
46	71	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	67
47	47	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	66
48	48	MADAME MAYHEM	“Broken”	64
49	51	FEVER 333	“Burn It”	59
50	46	BOSTON MANOR	“Halo”	59

 

 

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

SAUL – “Brother”

When you throw a pebble into a large body of water, the ripple effect is barely noticeable.  But when you throw a boulder into that same body of water, the splash catches your attention and the ripple effect draws you in.  Saul chose to make a big splash with their debut single, “Brother.”  It’s hard to imagine where these Iowa newcomers go from here after leaving it all on the table with a song that is so personal that it makes you feel a visceral emotion when listening to it.  Following up a brilliant debut single is a challenge that can be dealt with down the road.  For now, Saul should bask in the glory of what they have delivered with “Brother,” a song with the intense emotions of Nothing More, the fierce rhythm of Five Finger Death Punch, the soul of Sevendust, and the mainstream progression of Gemini Syndrome.

How does a new band have a sound that is so seasoned that they get compared to some of the biggest bands in Active Rock?  It started back in high school for brothers Blake and Zach Bledsaul.  The brothers went through different lineup incarnations to arrive at the undeniable chemistry that you hear on “Brother.”   Songs with deep meaning tend to have a way of bringing the best out in the musical performance.  “Brother” is about dealing with the loss of a loved one.  According to Blake…“Lyrically, this song defines what I should have said to my brother in his last moments.  This song cuts deep for me and it’s a constant reminder that life is fleeting.”

There is a moment in the song where the intensity comes to a grinding halt as haunting vocals whisper in the background…“brother”…followed by anguished screams “BROTHER…BROTHER!”  It’s as if Blake was making sure that he got his undelivered message across this time around.  The song is deeply personal and captivating.  I don’t know where Saul goes from this powerful debut, but I’m eager to find out.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Ghost will be surpassed by Five Finger Death Punch, Greta Van Fleet, and Rival Sons next week.  All three are within 100 spins and have momentum.  “Dance Macabre” started its free fall this week.  If not for the fact that Glorious Sons was also plummeting, Ghost would not even be in the top 4 after their run at the top.  It’s too close to call between FFDP, GVF, and Rival Sons.  They are locks to all be the top 3 next week, but it’s anyone’s guess as to who will emerge on top, and how long they will remain before being knocked off by the other two.
 

 

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…

SAUL – “Brother”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Prodigal”

TAKE THE DAY – “Song For The Broken”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

MESSER – “Simple Man”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

EMPTY TRAIL – “My World”

DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “Everything”

HINDER – “Halo”

 

DROP IT…

Call Me Karizma – “Monster (Under My Bed)”

Cage The Elephant – “Ready To Let Go”

Muse – “Pressure”

Palaye Royale – “You’ll Be Fine”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Asking Alexandria – “Vultures”

Papa Roach – “Who Do You Trust?”

Thrice – “Hold Up A Light”

Fever 333 – “Burn It”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Badflower enters the Top 10…

Now arriving in the Top 20 is Cage The Elephant…

Asking Alexandria has the only song new to the Top 30… 

Only one new member of the Top 40 this week as well, that’s the current single from All That Remains…

Three new members of the Top 50, including a second new track by Bring Me The Horizon.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Rival Sons – “Do Your Worst”
Cage The Elephant – “Ready To Let Go”
Papa Roach – “Elevate”

 

FALLING
Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”
Papa Roach – “Who Do You Trust?”
Ghost – “Dance Macabre”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

A slow path to the Top 40 for All That Remains, as “Everything’s Wrong” suddenly climbs more than four months after airplay began.  Given what the band has been through, I’m happy to see the song finally getting spins beyond satellite radio at least.