HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/31/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/31/19

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 8/31/19. 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”	1889
2	2	DISTURBED	“No More”	1835
3	3	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1496
4	4	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1409
5	7	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1389
6	8	GHOST	“Faith”	1288
7	9	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1264
8	6	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1156
9	13	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1111
10	11	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1020
11	12	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	967
12	14	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	943
13	16	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	756
14	20	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	671
15	17	SKILLET	“Legendary”	670
16	15	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	640
17	26	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	639
18	19	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	639
19	18	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	636
20	21	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	524
21	22	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	491
22	24	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	461
23	28	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	431
24	29	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	370
25	25	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	329
26	27	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	256
27	23	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	251
28	36	CROBOT	“Low Life”	235
29	33	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	230
30	32	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	229
31	34	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	224
32	35	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	222
33	31	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	218
34	37	STARSET	“Manifest”	216
35	30	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	194
36	39	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	183
37	40	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	144
38	73	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	136
39	41	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	133
40	45	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	132
41	54	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	117
42	43	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	109
43	42	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	103
44	47	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	92
45	44	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	89
46	49	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	72
47	51	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	69
48	48	FIT FOR A KING	“When Everything Means Nothing”	63
49	81	SCOTT STAPP	“Name”	46
50	52	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	46

 

 

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

HALESTORM – “Black Vultures”

The foreboding darkness of “A Touch of Evil”…the tortured wail of “Dazed and Confused”…the heart-racing crunchy riff of “Afterimage.”  Halestorm’s “Black Vultures” hits you like a ton of bricks from the opening startling note before yielding to the melodic defiance of “Fighter” when Lzzy Hale’s vocals kick in.  Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Rush, and Christina Aguilera all in the same sentence?  It sounds like a joke that begins with them all going into a bar, but it’s not.  This bizarre cocktail of influences is what came to mind as “Black Vultures” blasted through my speakers.  It’s hard to imagine that anyone else would hear all of this simultaneously, but that’s what makes music interesting.  Interpretation is in the ear of the beholder, both musically and lyrically.  In the case of “Black Vultures,” you could also add visually, as the video for the song is not what you typically expect from hard rock outfits.  Then again, Halestorm is far from typical.  It’s one of the things that sets them apart.  They can be brutally heavy – filled with piss and vinegar – one moment, and then soft and tender the next, in a compelling Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde kind of way.  It’s no accident that one of their hits is entitled “Ms. Hyde.”  That’s exactly what Lzzy Hale and company bring to the table.  Hale is very much a woman, but also has a side to her that makes you think of ’80s hard rock frontmen.  It’s a unique blend that makes Halestorm rise above the din with regularity.  They do so once again with a song that will instantly stand out on Active Rock radio.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

It won’t be the “Last Day Under The Sun” for Volbeat, but this will be their last week at #1.  The song having peaked is now in decline, opening the door for Disturbed to walk through unencumbered next week.  This despite being basically flat this week.  It’s all a matter of timing.  With an almost 350-spin lead this week over Greta Van Fleet (who also declined slightly), Disturbed will be #1 next week even if they lose a modest amount of spins.

 

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…

FOZZY – “Nowhere To Run”

EMPTY TRAIL – “Lost”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

PHIL CAMPBELL (f. DEE SNIDER, MICK MARS) – “These Old Boots”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

THE RAVEN AGE – “Fleur de Lis”

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

RUBIKON – “Blood On My Hands”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

THE MOTORLEAGUE – “Like You Were Alive”

THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT – “Holy Water”

KISS KISS BANG BANG – “She’s Bad”

YOUR OWN MEDICINE – “Dark Skies”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

HIGHLY SUSPECT – “16” (+243 spins)

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum” (+174 spins)

PAPA ROACH – “Come Around” (+149 spins)

BADWOLVES – “Killing Me Slowly” (+114 spins)