HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/10/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/10/19

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 8/10/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	2005
2	2	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1674
3	3	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1587
4	4	DISTURBED	“No More”	1550
5	5	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1503
6	7	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1290
7	6	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1279
8	9	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1247
9	10	GHOST	“Faith”	1203
10	11	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1137
11	12	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	944
12	13	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	943
13	15	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	811
14	14	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	738
15	17	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	686
16	19	SKILLET	“Legendary”	647
17	16	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	647
18	18	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	614
19	20	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	610
20	0	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	526
21	21	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	488
22	23	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	460
23	24	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	436
24	25	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	400
25	22	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	39
26	27	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	359
27	28	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	357
28	26	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	343
29	30	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	335
30	32	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	309
31	29	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	241
32	31	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	187
33	36	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	184
34	35	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	178
35	37	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	173
36	33	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	167
37	44	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	165
38	34	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	164
39	39	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	161
40	38	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	158
41	40	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	142
42	43	CROBOT	“Low Life”	141
43	42	LIVE	“Hold Me Up”	128
44	41	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	114
45	48	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	113
46	45	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	106
47	47	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	103
48	46	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	96
49	49	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	62
50	67	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	50

 

 

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

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

“Drowning In The Sound” is a single that is rumored to be a holdover from Trivium’s 2017 album, The Sin And The Sentence.  If this is true, and it was done intentionally, it was a shrewd decision on Trivium’s part.  It seems like the next logical step in artist promotion to release singles on a regular basis.  Gone are the days where most artists can come off the road for any length of time to record.  As a result, the album cycles have continued to grow with artists putting out albums every 2-3 years.  The challenge with an album is that once it’s released, the limited shelf life immediately starts to kick in.  Usually with a few days of an album release, all of the songs can be streamed by the masses.  By holding songs over to release purely as singles, artists get to keep fresh material on hand.

Trivium is one of the more bold bands in rock today, constantly tinkering with their sound and not getting bogged down by the past and fan expectations.  “Drowning In The Sound” takes the band in a direction similar to Alter Bridge (though Matt Heafy and Myles Kennedy both possess distinct vocal styles).  Though a bit dissonant and angry, there is an underlying upbeat melody to the song.  The intense drumming sets the pace for this high adrenaline rocker that features old school shredding riffs.  Lyrically, the message taps into what many of us feel in these hyperactive times where we rarely gives ourselves the opportunity to disconnect from all of the noise.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Volbeat faces no immediate threat for the top spot.  Their lead is 400+ spins over the next likely challenger.  This was a bit of an odd week, so the numbers may have been skewed.  Tool entered the chart with 526 spins with “Fear Inoculum.”  The surge was to be expected given the buildup of anticipation for new music from Maynard James Kennan and company.  It wouldn’t be surprising to see Tool top the charts sooner rather than later, but it’s unlikely that they will repeat this week’s surge next week.  That should normalize the charts a bit, as there are only so many spins to go around.  The one caveat is that the charts could be skewed for a few weeks as Tool climbs because the song is over 10 minutes long.  In essence, it takes up around three spins for each play.

 

 

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…

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

THE RAVEN AGE – “Fleur de Lis”

WHISKY MYERS – “Gasoline”

KOBRA & THE LOTUS – “Burn”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Forgotten”

FAME ON FIRE – “Over It”

AWAKE AT LAST – “Unobtainable”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

THE DIRTY NIL – “Pain Of Infinity”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

RUBIKON – “Blood On My Hands”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum” (+526 spins)

PAPA ROACH – “Come Around” (+102 spins)

PUDDLE OF MUDD – “Uh Oh” (+97 spins)