HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/22/20

  HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/22/20

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 2/22/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2019

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Inside Out	1800
2	1	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	History Of Violence	1745
3	4	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	Die To Live	1560
4	3	I PREVAIL	Hurricane	1484
5	5	THE HU (f. FATN)	Yuve Yuve Yu	1269
6	7	FIRE FROM THE GODS	Right Now	1234
7	9	DIRTY HONEY	Rolling 7’s	1099
8	6	OZZY OSBOURNE	Under The Graveyard	1061
9	10	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	Far Away	1024
10	12	GREEN DAY	Oh Yeah!	1009
11	13	DISTURBED	Hold On To Memories	922
12	11	CROBOT	Low Life	905
13	16	THE BLUE STONES	Shakin’ Off The Rust	676
14	17	RIVAL SONS	Shooting Stars	644
15	19	FALLING IN REVERSE	Popular Monster	630
16	18	TOOL	Pneuma	606
17	14	OZZY OSBOURNE	Straight To Hell	584
18	15	PEARL JAM	Dance Of The Clairvoyants	545
19	26	GREY DAZE	Sickness	523
20	20	SLIPKNOT	Nero Forte	503
21	24	GODSMACK	Unforgettable	475
22	21	WHISKEY MYERS	Gasoline	447
23	22	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Ludens	422
24	25	THE GLORIOUS SONS	Closer To The Sky	402
25	29	KORN	Can You Hear Me	389
26	23	ROYAL BLISS	Paranoid	389
27	28	BLACK KEYS	Shine A Little Light	317
28	0	PEARL JAM	Superblood Wolfmoon	296
29	30	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	Another Life	271
30	32	ALTER BRIDGE	Godspeed	236
31	34	IN THIS MOMENT	The In-Between	224
32	33	THE BLACK MOODS	Whatcha Got	215
33	31	OTHERWISE	Lifted	201
34	36	EVANESCENCE	The Chain (From Gears 5)	200
35	43	OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN)	Ordinary Man	192
36	38	KALEO	Break My Baby	181
37	35	SAUL	Trial By Fire	181
38	37	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Resentment	173
39	39	VEIO	Flare Of Defiance	148
40	45	THE USED	Paradise Lost, A Poem	143
41	40	GHOST HOUNDS	Fire Under Water	129
42	41	WHITE REAPER	Might Be Right	127
43	44	THROUGH FIRE	Listen To Your Heart	99
44	42	PALAYE ROYALE	Hang On To Yourself	84
45	58	CORY MARKS	Outlaws & Outsiders	83
46	46	AMITY AFFLICTION	Soak Me In Bleach	74
47	85	HIGHLY SUSPECT	These Days	68
48	47	AWOLNATION	The Best	64
49	55	INCUBUS	Our Love	60
50	48	FAME ON FIRE	Her Eyes	60

 

 

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

ARANDA – “Invisible”

With underlying Active Rock sensibilities, Aranda’s “Invisible” is certainly worthy of radio airplay in today’s climate, but to me, this song is a journey back in time to the AOR power ballad days of the ’80s.  The lyrics tell a tale of lost love, and yet, you still feel uplifted by the melody and Dameon Aranda’s upper register vocals.  Aranda never fully soars into the falsetto sound of yesteryear, but you have to imagine that he could if he so chose.  That restraint is the difference between having a current sound and one that feels like a throwback to the days when hair and image was equally important as the music itself.  But that’s not Aranda’s forte.  This brother duo from Oklahoma City has a soulful depth to them that lets you feel the emotion of their songs in a way that many ’80s bands didn’t.  Of course, those were simpler times, and the world at large seemed happier and carefree.  “Invisible” is a modern-day power ballad that reflects the sign of the times.

 

 

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…

ARANDA – “Invisible”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “It Won’t Last”

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “I Can’t Be The Only One”

ZERO THEOREM – “You”

BRITISH LION – “Lightning”

ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”

SKILLET – “Save Me”

STITCHED UP HEART – “Warrior”

VEER UNION – “Nightmare”

STATIC CYCLE – “Boxes”

THE CHAMPAGNE – “Fantasy”

NEVERWAKE – “Call Out My Name”

ANOTHER DAY’S ARMOR – “Underneath”

SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”

ARMORED DAWN – “Animal Uncaged”

PSYCHO HILL – “June”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

PEARL JAM – “Superblood Wolfmoon” (+296 spins)

GREY DAZE – “Sickness” (+164 spins)

VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON) – “Die To Live” (+127 spins)

KORN – “Can You Hear Me” (+118 spins)

DIRTY HONEY – “Rolling 7’s” (+116 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah!” (+115 spins)

OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) – “Ordinary Man” (+114 spins)

FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+112 spins)

GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+105 spins)