HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/11/20
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 7/11/20. 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 | 1842 |
| 2 | 3 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1702 |
| 3 | 4 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 1502 |
| 4 | 2 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1499 |
| 5 | 5 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 1371 |
| 6 | 6 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 1277 |
| 7 | 7 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1264 |
| 8 | 9 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1171 |
| 9 | 8 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1030 |
| 10 | 10 | POP EVIL | Work | 958 |
| 11 | 17 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 878 |
| 12 | 13 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 809 |
| 13 | 14 | STARSET | Trails | 790 |
| 14 | 12 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 746 |
| 15 | 15 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 692 |
| 16 | 16 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 663 |
| 17 | 11 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 568 |
| 18 | 18 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 549 |
| 19 | 19 | SKILLET | Save Me | 523 |
| 20 | 25 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 468 |
| 21 | 20 | WEEZER | Hero | 454 |
| 22 | 22 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 429 |
| 23 | 24 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 390 |
| 24 | 26 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 338 |
| 25 | 27 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 331 |
| 26 | 28 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 323 |
| 27 | 21 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 306 |
| 28 | 29 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 300 |
| 29 | 32 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 285 |
| 30 | 30 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 261 |
| 31 | 31 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 191 |
| 32 | 33 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 168 |
| 33 | 37 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 157 |
| 34 | 34 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 150 |
| 35 | 38 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 147 |
| 36 | 35 | KINGDOM COLLAPSE | Uprise | 125 |
| 37 | 42 | SONS OF SILVER | Read ’em Their Rights | 120 |
| 38 | 495 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 112 |
| 39 | 43 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 106 |
| 40 | 39 | DREAMERS (f. GRANDSON) | Heat Seeker | 103 |
| 41 | 40 | ADELITAS WAY | Shine On | 100 |
| 42 | 44 | STITCHED UP HEART | Warrior | 90 |
| 43 | 46 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | Canals | 86 |
| 44 | 45 | STONE HORSES | The Day I Tried To Live | 79 |
| 45 | 48 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | Level Of Concern | 55 |
| 46 | 56 | TENSE MACHINE | Best Mistake | 50 |
| 47 | 53 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 44 |
| 48 | 49 | IN THIS MOMENT | We Will Rock You | 41 |
| 49 | 51 | POP EVIL | Let The Chaos Reign | 35 |
| 50 | 52 | CAGE THE ELEPHANT | Black Madonna | 34 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
OXYMORRONS – “Justice”
Heavy melodic riffs that remind you of British heavy metal of the ’80s. A groove that would make Rage Against The Machine proud. A sonic wall of layered sound yields way to passionately delivered rapping before the infectious chorus in the vein of Sixx: A.M. hooks you in. Oxymorrons don’t sound like anything else on Active Rock radio today, though they would probably have an instant appeal to fans of Linkin Park and From Ashes To New. What stands out about “Justice” is the collision of intensity and melody. And that’s before you even dig deep into the lyrics to find out what the song represents.
“‘Justice’ is more than a song, but an act of solidarity with the people,” the group said in a joint statement about the single. “All revenue from streaming, merchandise, and downloads both now and in the future from this song will be given back to the community through various charities, non-profits, and movements. We want this to be a never-ending cycle to our people to continue to develop the youth, enhance our culture, and fight the inequalities that we have suffered for too long. We will continue to fight, continue to speak out against oppression, and stand for change.
We are angry. We are traumatized. We are scared. But mostly, we are tired. Tired of our people dying in front of us in broad daylight from a senseless act of racism. Tired of harassment from the very people whose job it is to protect us. Tired of screaming at the deaf ears of a government who never had our best interest in mind.
We are enraged. We are frustrated. We are beyond fed up. But again mostly, we are tired. Tired of the system put in place since the beginning to keep us down. Tired of the constant worry of getting a call that our loved one was next. Tired of not being able to determine our destiny.
We will stand tall. We will stand united. We will speak loud and proud against our oppressors.
But how much longer can we be this exhausted.
We are tired, but we’re not giving up!!!!”
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…
OXYMORRONS – “Justice”
ANY GIVEN SIN – “Insidious”
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
RELENT – “Low”
THE LONELY ONES – “Eternal Sadness”
LOYAL ORDER – “Ready For Dead”
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”
THIRTEEN STARS – “Mint Jelly”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
WITHIN TEMPTATION – “Entertain You”
STATIC CYCLE – “Wolf”
GREATEST GAINERS…
SEETHER – “Dangerous” (+255 spins)
PRETTY RECKLESS – “Death By Rock And Roll” (+113 spins)
THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) – “Wolf Totem” (+113 spins)
SEVENDUST – “The Day I Tried To Live” (+113 spins)
I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) – “Every Time You Leave” (+111 spins)
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