HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/29/20

  HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/29/20

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 2/29/20. 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	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Inside Out	1688
2	3	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	Die To Live	1608
3	4	I PREVAIL	Hurricane	1597
4	2	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	History Of Violence	1398
5	5	THE HU (f. FATN)	Yuve Yuve Yu	1321
6	6	FIRE FROM THE GODS	Right Now	1264
7	10	GREEN DAY	Oh Yeah!	1186
8	9	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	Far Away	1122
9	7	DIRTY HONEY	Rolling 7’s	1105
10	8	OZZY OSBOURNE	Under The Graveyard	997
11	11	DISTURBED	Hold On To Memories	984
12	12	CROBOT	Low Life	934
13	15	FALLING IN REVERSE	Popular Monster	790
14	13	THE BLUE STONES	Shakin’ Off The Rust	717
15	14	RIVAL SONS	Shooting Stars	687
16	19	GREY DAZE	Sickness	668
17	16	TOOL	Pneuma	634
18	28	PEARL JAM	Superblood Wolfmoon	625
19	21	GODSMACK	Unforgettable	549
20	25	KORN	Can You Hear Me	465
21	20	SLIPKNOT	Nero Forte	441
22	23	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Ludens	430
23	24	THE GLORIOUS SONS	Closer To The Sky	424
24	26	ROYAL BLISS	Paranoid	384
25	35	OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN)	Ordinary Man	358
26	27	BLACK KEYS	Shine A Little Light	320
27	17	OZZY OSBOURNE	Straight To Hell	320
28	29	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	Another Life	306
29	18	PEARL JAM	Dance Of The Clairvoyants	284
30	30	ALTER BRIDGE	Godspeed	267
31	31	IN THIS MOMENT	The In-Between	264
32	40	THE USED	Paradise Lost, A Poem	197
33	38	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Resentment	192
34	36	KALEO	Break My Baby	192
35	32	THE BLACK MOODS	Whatcha Got	190
36	33	OTHERWISE	Lifted	185
37	34	EVANESCENCE	The Chain (From Gears 5)	182
38	39	VEIO	Flare Of Defiance	173
39	47	HIGHLY SUSPECT	These Days	162
40	45	CORY MARKS	Outlaws & Outsiders	143
41	42	WHITE REAPER	Might Be Right	135
42	44	PALAYE ROYALE	Hang On To Yourself	106
43	43	THROUGH FIRE	Listen To Your Heart	104
44	63	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	I Can’t Be The Only One	92
45	60	SKILLET	Save Me	85
46	51	BRITISH LION	Lightning	72
47	46	AMITY AFFLICTION	Soak Me In Bleach	71
48	48	AWOLNATION	The Best	67
49	49	INCUBUS	Our Love	66
50	57	MACHINE HEAD	Circle The Drain	65

 

 

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

14 NORTH – “Break”

A dark, grungy feel to 14 North’s “Break” at the outset leads you to believe that the band’s Alice In Chains influence will be felt throughout, but an unexpected twist comes in the form of a big, melodic hook in the chorus.  Being from Jacksonville, FL, and citing Shinedown as an influence, one might expect a bit of their hometown heroes’ sound to “shine through,” but it’s actually a lesser known Florida band that comes to mind…Stereoside.  More specifically, the title track of the Ocala, FL band’s 2007 release, “So Long.” The chorus to that song is still memorable over a decade later.  14 North has captured the same kind of memorable hook with “Break” (from the band’s recently released debut album).  The blending of the dark grunge influence of Alice In Chains and the bright melodic sound of Stereoside makes for an intriguing track that should pique the interest of Active Rock listeners.

 

 

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…

14 NORTH – “Break” 

ARANDA – “Invisible”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “It Won’t Last”

ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “They Don’t Want What We Want”

BAD OMENS – “Limits”

ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”

SAVAGE HANDS – “Blue”

STITCHED UP HEART – “Warrior”

ANOTHER DAY DAWNS – “Taste Of Heaven”

POINT NORTH – “Into The Dark”

VEER UNION – “Nightmare”

STATIC CYCLE – “Boxes”

THE CHAMPAGNE – “Fantasy”

SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”

PSYCHO HILL – “June”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

PEARL JAM – “Superblood Wolfmoon” (+329 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah!” (+177 spins)

OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) – “Ordinary Man” (+166 spins)

FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+160 spins)

GREY DAZE – “Sickness” (+145 spins)

I PREVAIL – “Hurricane” (+113 spins)