HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/21/20
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 3/21/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | I PREVAIL | Hurricane | 1674 |
| 2 | 4 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 1508 |
| 3 | 3 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Inside Out | 1459 |
| 4 | 6 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1376 |
| 5 | 2 | VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON) | Die To Live | 1319 |
| 6 | 8 | DIRTY HONEY | Rolling 7’s | 1290 |
| 7 | 5 | THE HU (f. FATN) | Yuve Yuve Yu | 1229 |
| 8 | 9 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 1125 |
| 9 | 10 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1097 |
| 10 | 11 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1071 |
| 11 | 12 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 878 |
| 12 | 14 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 843 |
| 13 | 13 | OZZY OSBOURNE | Under The Graveyard | 815 |
| 14 | 15 | RIVAL SONS | Shooting Stars | 784 |
| 15 | 16 | TOOL | Pneuma | 728 |
| 16 | 17 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 723 |
| 17 | 18 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 689 |
| 18 | 20 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 570 |
| 19 | 19 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 499 |
| 20 | 21 | ROYAL BLISS | Paranoid | 442 |
| 21 | 30 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 421 |
| 22 | 22 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 386 |
| 23 | 24 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 374 |
| 24 | 27 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 370 |
| 25 | 26 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 367 |
| 26 | 23 | ALTER BRIDGE | Godspeed | 364 |
| 27 | 32 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 362 |
| 28 | 25 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 359 |
| 29 | 29 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 329 |
| 30 | 33 | THE USED | Paradise Lost, A Poem | 243 |
| 31 | 36 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 235 |
| 32 | 31 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 226 |
| 33 | 35 | VEIO | Flare Of Defiance | 207 |
| 34 | 37 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 183 |
| 35 | 34 | OZZY OSBOURNE | Straight To Hell | 180 |
| 36 | 28 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Ludens | 180 |
| 37 | 39 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 177 |
| 38 | 50 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 144 |
| 39 | 38 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 144 |
| 40 | 41 | SKILLET | Save Me | 141 |
| 41 | 40 | PALAYE ROYALE | Hang On To Yourself | 119 |
| 42 | 43 | WHITE REAPER | Might Be Right | 94 |
| 43 | 42 | BRITISH LION | Lightning | 91 |
| 44 | 44 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 81 |
| 45 | 46 | MACHINE HEAD | Circle The Drain | 71 |
| 46 | 47 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Taste Of Heaven | 67 |
| 47 | 150 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 60 |
| 48 | 49 | FAME ON FIRE | Her Eyes | 53 |
| 49 | 48 | AWOLNATION | The Best | 53 |
| 50 | 45 | INCUBUS | Our Love | 52 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
NEW MESSIAH – “Dream On”
New Messiah is a fascinating project featuring C. Will Harden on guitars, bass, and synthesizers and studio engineer Craig Cefola on drums. The duo’s debut album, Voice Of Choice, includes 20 cover songs that showcase several singers. Venezuela’s Deibys Artigas is the featured vocalist on a number of tracks, including this inspiring rendition of the Aerosmith classic, “Dream On.” A song this challenging would seem to be one to shy away from, but it’s been tackled before by talented musicians (Ronnie James Dio/Yngwie Malmsteen and Blacktop Mojo to name a few). Each version stays true to the original, but adds their own unique stamp. New Messiah’s cover is a bit more heavy metal than Aerosmith’s. Artigas not only soars to hit the signature high notes in the song, but also adds a bit of edgy angst to the verses that doesn’t exist in the more emotive original. Artigas’ Venezuelan accent can be heard in the vocals, which adds a unique bit of interesting flavor that makes it stand apart from the original and aforementioned previous covers. You would never know that this fierce band with a cohesive sound is really just two talented musicians breathing life into the music that inspired them. “Dream On” definitely whets the appetite and makes you want to hear more of the album which features an interesting array of songs and artists.
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…
NEW MESSIAH – “Dream On”
BLACKTOP MOJO – “It Won’t Last”
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Brighter Side Of Grey”
ARANDA – “Invisible”
14 NORTH – “Break”
TRIVIUM – “Catastrophist”
SCOTT STAPP – “Survivor”
SOLENCE – “Animal In Me”
RED – “The War We Made”
BAD OMENS – “Limits”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Headrush”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
VEER UNION – “Nightmare”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”
GREATEST GAINERS…
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+177 spins)
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “Antisocialist” (+154 spins)
FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+129 spins)
GREY DAZE – “Sickness” (+126 spins)
GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah!” (+123 spins)
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