HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/16/20
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 5/16/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 2 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1756 |
| 2 | 1 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1602 |
| 3 | 3 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1569 |
| 4 | 4 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1472 |
| 5 | 5 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1342 |
| 6 | 8 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 1249 |
| 7 | 6 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 1218 |
| 8 | 9 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 1157 |
| 9 | 10 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 1060 |
| 10 | 11 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 987 |
| 11 | 12 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 829 |
| 12 | 16 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 804 |
| 13 | 14 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 704 |
| 14 | 17 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 676 |
| 15 | 15 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 626 |
| 16 | 18 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 563 |
| 17 | 13 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 541 |
| 18 | 20 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 536 |
| 19 | 19 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 507 |
| 20 | 21 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 465 |
| 21 | 23 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 458 |
| 22 | 22 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 458 |
| 23 | 31 | POP EVIL | Work | 434 |
| 24 | 24 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 401 |
| 25 | 26 | STARSET | Trails | 377 |
| 26 | 29 | SKILLET | Save Me | 374 |
| 27 | 30 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 306 |
| 28 | 32 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 265 |
| 29 | 35 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 258 |
| 30 | 33 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 254 |
| 31 | 36 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 248 |
| 32 | 34 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 238 |
| 33 | 38 | RED | The War We Made | 216 |
| 34 | 27 | TOOL | Pneuma | 214 |
| 35 | 25 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 214 |
| 36 | 40 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 203 |
| 37 | 28 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 202 |
| 38 | 41 | KILLERS | Caution | 156 |
| 39 | 37 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 128 |
| 40 | 42 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 127 |
| 41 | 44 | FIT FOR A KING | Breaking The Mirror | 111 |
| 42 | 43 | ROLLING STONES | Living In A Ghost Town | 84 |
| 43 | 45 | STITCHED UP HEART | Warrior | 83 |
| 44 | 0 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 77 |
| 45 | 46 | SLEEP SIGNALS | Fireproof | 69 |
| 46 | 75 | WEEZER | Hero | 61 |
| 47 | 48 | OTHERWISE | Crossfire | 61 |
| 48 | 47 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 54 |
| 49 | 53 | POP EVIL | Let The Chaos Reign | 51 |
| 50 | 52 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | Level Of Concern | 50 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
Nearly every time that the “skip ad” button pops up on YouTube, I hit it as quickly as possible. It’s almost a Pavlovian response at this point. However, once in a while, I let it play when something captures my attention. That’s how I discovered Brazilian metallers, Armored Dawn. “Zombie Viking” kept popping up at the end of songs by some of the bigger names in hard rock today. Each time, I let the song play until the end, but didn’t Shazam it right away.
It’s a smart idea for bands like this to advertise on YouTube with full music videos, but there is one downside. More often than not, the name of the band and song aren’t listed, so it’s up to the listener to figure things out. Although I’m as nostalgic as the next person, I find this particular throwback element to be a major flaw in the technological era. There’s no reason to have to try and figure out what a song is like we did back in the day as we waited for the DJ to back announce what was just played. But I digress…
The reason that I sought out the band name and song title is because of a unique, mesmerizing sound. “Zombie Viking” blends traditional power metal with a theatrical symphonic sound and vocals in the verse that have a sort of throwback new wave vibe. The song builds up in the chorus with beautiful vocal harmonies before taking it down a notch. Throughout the song, the band builds tension with crunchy staccato riffs. The dynamics of “Zombie Viking” add in a hint of progressive metal, and the speaking parts are reminiscent of Vincent Price in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”
They label themselves “Brazilian Viking Metal.” The label really doesn’t matter though. Armored Dawn is uniquely captivating, and stands out as something different and special.
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…
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
ATREYU (f. M SHADOWS) – “Super Hero”
CROBOT – “Gasoline”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
THE WILD! – “King Of This Town”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
TENSE MACHINE – “Best Mistake”
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding”
DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “This Is War”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
SLAVES – “Talk To A Friend”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
THE OUTFIT – “Come Alive”
PARALANDRA – “Love Will Win”
WITHIN TEMPTATION – “Entertain You”
GREATEST GAINERS…
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “A Little Bit Off” (+220 spins)
POP EVIL – “Work” (+144 spins)
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+143 spins)
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+127 spins)
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “Antisocialist” (+118 spins)
VOLBEAT – “Leviathan” (+110 spins)
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