HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/3/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/3/19

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 8/3/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1978
2	1	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1835
3	3	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1594
4	8	DISTURBED	“No More”	1472
5	7	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1455
6	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1441
7	9	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1286
8	6	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1219
9	11	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1211
10	10	GHOST	“Faith”	1197
11	12	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1093
12	14	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	955
13	15	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	882
14	13	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	869
15	18	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	734
16	17	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	695
17	16	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	685
18	19	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	622
19	20	SKILLET	“Legendary”	589
20	22	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	588
21	21	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	496
22	23	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	417
23	27	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	405
24	24	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	402
25	28	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	387
26	26	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	370
27	25	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	351
28	29	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	319
29	31	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	248
30	45	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	233
31	32	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	226
32	43	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	212
33	30	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	182
34	33	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	176
35	36	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	173
36	37	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	172
37	34	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	170
38	56	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	166
39	35	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	163
40	39	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	141
41	44	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	129
42	40	LIVE	“Hold Me Up”	125
43	46	CROBOT	“Low Life”	122
44	47	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	118
45	41	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	111
46	42	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	108
47	48	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	87
48	0	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	55
49	64	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	54
50	54	THOUSAND BELOW	“Chemical”	51

 

 

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

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum”

For the past several years, new music from Tool was as much folklore as a Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster sighting…lots of talk, but no substantiation.  After a 13-year hiatus, new music from Tool is actually here.  The band dropped the title track off of their upcoming release this morning.  Perhaps it was by design that the opening line contains the lyrics “long overdue”…perhaps not.  No matter.  What matters most is that the seemingly endless wait for new Tool music has come to a merciful end.

Rock radio has changed since Tool’s last release, but what has remained the same is the fact that most songs clock in at under five minutes.  “Fear Inoculum” is over ten minutes long, and most certainly not written with radio airplay in mind.  By building demand for so many years, Tool is likely to get airplay just the same.  Even if they don’t, fans already know about the song through social media.

Listening to this track several times today, I couldn’t help but wonder if the reason for the delay in the release of new music from Tool was because they got waylaid on “A Passage to Bangkok” or an expedition through “Kashmir.”  Perhaps they were searching the world to find the “Heart of the Sunrise.”  Like Rush, Led Zeppelin, and Yes, Tool has delivered an epic song for the ages with “Fear Inoculum.”

The introduction to the song sounds like a science fiction movie set in the Middle East.  The tribal beats simultaneously mystical and haunting.  Maynard James Keenan’s unique vocal style tinged with a hint of Jon Anderson.  Justin Chancellor’s distinct bass playing groove makes this progressive song feel like home for Tool fans, as does Adam Jones’ eerie dissonance and layered nuance.  Danny Carey’s drumming sets the tone for the entire musical journey that twists and turns in unpredictable ways.

“Fear Inoculum” mesmerizes you at one moment, and rouses the beast within you the next.  Even after ten minutes plus, you still want more.  It feels like the journey is just beginning when the song ends.  After a 13-year hiatus, you would think that an overture such as this would quench the thirst of fans who feel like they have been wandering the desert for years waiting for the dry spell to end.  But it doesn’t; it just whets your appetite.  The countdown begins until the album is released at the end of the month…

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Volbeat knocked off Godsmack to take over the #1 position.  In the coming weeks, there will be a battle between I Prevail, Disturbed, and Greta Van Fleet for the top spot, but for now, Volbeat sits comfortably with a sizable lead over future challengers.
 

 

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

The following is a list of songs that we feel deserve to be added to Active Rock playlists…

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum”

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Forgotten”

FAME ON FIRE – “Over It”

AWAKE AT LAST – “Unobtainable”

ZERO – “W W Y D F”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

THE DIRTY NIL – “Pain Of Infinity”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

RUBIKON – “Blood On My Hands”

AGE OF DAYS – “Nerve”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

THE GLORIOUS SONS – “Panic Attack” (+134 spins)

PAPA ROACH – “Come Around” (+131 spins)

DISTURBED – “No More” (+124 spins)

SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA) – “The Hunted” (+118 spins)

VOLBEAT – “Last Day Under The Sun” (+115 spins)

KORN – “You’ll Never Find Me” (+114 spins)

DINOSAUR PILE-UP – “Back Foot” (+112 spins)

PUDDLE OF MUDD – “Uh Oh” (+106 spins)

ED SHEERHAN/CHRIS STAPLETON/BRUNO MARS – “BLOW” (+100 spins)