HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/4/20
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 7/4/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 1883 |
| 2 | 2 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1636 |
| 3 | 5 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1589 |
| 4 | 4 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 1456 |
| 5 | 3 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 1428 |
| 6 | 7 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 1217 |
| 7 | 8 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1172 |
| 8 | 6 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1155 |
| 9 | 9 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1058 |
| 10 | 11 | POP EVIL | Work | 911 |
| 11 | 10 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 844 |
| 12 | 12 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 739 |
| 13 | 14 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 734 |
| 14 | 15 | STARSET | Trails | 718 |
| 15 | 17 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 638 |
| 16 | 18 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 629 |
| 17 | 28 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 623 |
| 18 | 20 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 525 |
| 19 | 22 | SKILLET | Save Me | 485 |
| 20 | 23 | WEEZER | Hero | 444 |
| 21 | 21 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 418 |
| 22 | 24 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 385 |
| 23 | 19 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 375 |
| 24 | 26 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 373 |
| 25 | 29 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 372 |
| 26 | 27 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 365 |
| 27 | 25 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 344 |
| 28 | 30 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 303 |
| 29 | 31 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 273 |
| 30 | 33 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 230 |
| 31 | 32 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 190 |
| 32 | 63 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 172 |
| 33 | 35 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 136 |
| 34 | 53 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 116 |
| 35 | 37 | KINGDOM COLLAPSE | Uprise | 115 |
| 36 | 36 | KILLERS | Caution | 110 |
| 37 | 41 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 106 |
| 38 | 45 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 102 |
| 39 | 42 | DREAMERS (f. GRANDSON) | Heat Seeker | 99 |
| 40 | 44 | ADELITAS WAY | Shine On | 96 |
| 41 | 39 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 93 |
| 42 | 46 | SONS OF SILVER | Read ’em Their Rights | 91 |
| 43 | 54 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 89 |
| 44 | 43 | STITCHED UP HEART | Warrior | 85 |
| 45 | 51 | STONE HORSES | The Day I Tried To Live | 65 |
| 46 | 67 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | Canals | 46 |
| 47 | 85 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 44 |
| 48 | 48 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | Level Of Concern | 44 |
| 49 | 55 | IN THIS MOMENT | We Will Rock You | 41 |
| 50 | 47 | SLEEP SIGNALS | Fireproof | 41 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
TETRARCH – “I’m Not Alright”
There is no dipping your toes into the pool to adjust to the cold water (musically or lyrically) on Tetrarch’s “I’m Not Alright.” It is a sudden plunge into icy waters that hits you like a ton of bricks. Sonically big, bold, and aggressive, you can feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins as you feel the palpable tension. The underlying nuances cry out tortured pain. All of this is before the deep dive into reflective lyrics about self-loathing, feeling stuck, and wanting to escape. Therein lies the rub. We can all retreat to our little corner of the world to escape the madness of others, but when that madness is staring back at you in the mirror, there is no escape. You wouldn’t necessarily expect a song this intense to so vulnerable lyrically, but it is. You also wouldn’t expect there to be such catchy melodies amidst all the chaos, but they are in there, sandwiched between fierce rhythms and primal growls.
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 – “Insidious”
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
THE WILD! – “King Of This Town”
VIOLENT IDOLS (f. AARON NORDSTROM) – “Fuck You”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
THE MANY COLORED DEATH – “Drown”
ANOTHER DAY DAWNS – “Forget Me Not”
RIDING WITH KILLERS – “Self Destruct”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Misery”
THE OUTFIT – “Come Alive”
ALL TIME LOW – “Monsters”
TENSE MACHINE – “Best Mistake”
THIRTEEN STARS – “Mint Jelly”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
WITHIN TEMPTATION – “Entertain You”
STATIC CYCLE – “Wolf”
GREATEST GAINERS…
SEETHER – “Dangerous” (+303 spins)
SEVENDUST – “The Day I Tried To Live” (+143 spins)
PRETTY RECKLESS – “Death By Rock And Roll” (+138 spins)
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