HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/5/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/5/19

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 10/5/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1712
2	1	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1666
3	4	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1590
4	6	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	1450
5	7	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1423
6	9	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1325
7	5	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1268
8	11	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1236
9	3	DISTURBED	“No More”	1192
10	12	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1173
11	13	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	1138
12	8	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	989
13	14	SKILLET	“Legendary”	823
14	16	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	762
15	15	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	731
16	17	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	685
17	19	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	581
18	18	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	559
19	22	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	514
20	21	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	513
21	20	STARSET	“Manifest”	490
22	23	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	428
23	25	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	385
24	24	CROBOT	“Low Life”	376
25	38	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	311
26	26	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	306
27	27	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	289
28	29	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	284
29	34	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	281
30	28	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	267
31	57	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	199
32	32	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	197
33	41	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	190
34	49	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	180
35	36	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	173
36	31	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	160
37	37	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	155
38	39	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	146
39	42	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	122
40	47	THE RAVEN AGE	“Fleur De Lis”	118
41	40	SCOTT STAPP	“Name”	118
42	45	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Fly”	112
43	46	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	106
44	44	FALLOUT BOY	“Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”	105
45	43	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	73
46	48	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	71
47	50	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	59
48	52	WAGE WAR	“Prison”	53
49	56	COLD	“Without You”	52
50	53	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Just Tell Me Something”	52

 

 

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

ANY GIVEN SIN – “Another Life”

Building excitement about the release of a new single no easy feat for any rock band, much less one that is at the beginning of their career.  Given the crowded space and shrinking attention spans of the masses, it seems that there has to be something extraordinary to rise above the din.  For example, Tool finally releasing new music after a 13-year hiatus.  And yet, I found myself waiting with eager anticipation for the release of Any Given Sin’s “Another Life” (the follow-up to their explosive hit, “Dynamite”).  What made this single release so special?

It wasn’t just the music.  Although I jumped on “Dynamite” earlier than radio (it was the #25 song on the Top 100 Hard Rock Songs of 2018), and I love the band’s sound, it was also the imagery that they used on social media to build intrigue.  That, and the consistent countdown announcements that whet the appetite.  What could have been just another single drop in a slew of releases became an event.  Other bands should take note of this approach if they want to garner attention out of the gate.

Of course, if you’re going to build suspense, the juice has to be worth the squeeze (so to speak).  I was confident that “Another Life” would be worth the wait.  Call it intuition, or gut feeling.  After listening to the song several times over today, my hunch was proven correct.  It’s the perfect follow-up single to “Dynamite” (which was a fairly straightforward song with a gigantic hook).

The Shinedown influence is still present on “Another Life,” but this song is layered with influences of the best of what Active Rock has to offer today.  When the song builds to a crescendo, the intense energy and seamless dynamic changes that helped Nothing More to break through comes to mind. As does the “thinking man’s metal” influences of Gemini Syndrome and classic Queensryche.  Where many bands would build to a scream or growl, Any Given Sin dials it down a notch to an eerie calm before the storm.  This unexpected twist only serves to make the heavy parts feel more intense, yet still melodic.  As the song comes to an emotional end, shades of Soundgarden’s “Outshined” are conjured up.

With all of these comparisons, you might be thinking that Any Given Sin has a derivative sound.  They do not.  If anything, these Baltimore rockers have put all of the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together to create their own sound, one that I predict will launch them into the upper stratosphere of modern rock acts sooner rather than later.

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, The Glorious Sons take over the #1 spot from Dirty Honey.  The new chart-toppers will be facing stiff competition from Tool and Green Day (possibly as soon as next week).
 

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…

ANY GIVEN SIN – “Another Life”

AMERICAN GRIM – “Nightmare”

CHARM CITY DEVILS – “Skipping Stone”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

GOODBYE JUNE – “Secrets In The Sunset”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Great Divide”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

THE MOTORLEAGUE – “Like You Were Alive”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Blurry”

SILVERSTEIN – “Burn It Down”

TWIZTID – “Wreck”

STURGILL SIMPSON – “Sing Along”

AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Temptation”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

SHINEDOWN – “ATTENTION ATTENTION” (+176 spins)

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+158 spins)

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum” (+129 spins)

I PREVAIL – “Hurricane” (+114 spins)

BADWOLVES – “Killing Me Slowly” (+104 spins)

SAINT ASONIA / SULLY ERNA – “The Hunted” (+103 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Father Of All…” (+102 spins)