HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/25/20
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 7/25/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 2 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1804 |
| 2 | 1 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 1748 |
| 3 | 3 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 1503 |
| 4 | 4 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1502 |
| 5 | 5 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 1394 |
| 6 | 7 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1268 |
| 7 | 14 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 1207 |
| 8 | 6 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1088 |
| 9 | 9 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1068 |
| 10 | 10 | POP EVIL | Work | 1045 |
| 11 | 11 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 891 |
| 12 | 12 | STARSET | Trials | 866 |
| 13 | 13 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 737 |
| 14 | 15 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 730 |
| 15 | 16 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 674 |
| 16 | 0 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 623 |
| 17 | 17 | SKILLET | Save Me | 583 |
| 18 | 18 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 558 |
| 19 | 19 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 556 |
| 20 | 20 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 515 |
| 21 | 21 | WEEZER | Hero | 487 |
| 22 | 22 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 452 |
| 23 | 23 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 422 |
| 24 | 24 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 332 |
| 25 | 30 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 318 |
| 26 | 29 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 317 |
| 27 | 26 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 296 |
| 28 | 28 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 288 |
| 29 | 47 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 217 |
| 30 | 34 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 204 |
| 31 | 0 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 199 |
| 32 | 33 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 196 |
| 33 | 27 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 195 |
| 34 | 25 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 193 |
| 35 | 32 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 184 |
| 36 | 35 | AVATAR | Colossus | 157 |
| 37 | 37 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 155 |
| 38 | 38 | SONS OF SILVER | Read ’em Their Rights | 137 |
| 39 | 36 | KINGDOM COLLAPSE | Uprise | 122 |
| 40 | 31 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 119 |
| 41 | 39 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | Canals | 107 |
| 42 | 48 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 104 |
| 43 | 40 | DREAMERS (f. GRANDSON) | Heat Seeker | 98 |
| 44 | 102 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 93 |
| 45 | 43 | STONE HORSES | The Day I Tried To Live | 83 |
| 46 | 45 | TENSE MACHINE | Best Mistake | 55 |
| 47 | 46 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 54 |
| 48 | 51 | ANY GIVEN SIN | Insidious | 51 |
| 49 | 44 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | Level Of Concern | 51 |
| 50 | 54 | THE DIRTY NIL | Done With Drugs | 40 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
Inspiration for rock songs comes from a wide variety of places, but it’s safe to say that most artists aren’t finding their muse from stories that originated over 2000 years ago. “I was inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey since that story has always been profoundly impactful in my life,” stated frontman Nick Reese in an interview with American Songwriter. Reese wanted to write a modernized version of the that focuses on the emotional and deep familial aspects of the story. That theme is poignantly captured in one of the most innovative music videos that I’ve ever seen. It actually feels more like the animated shorts that play before Disney and Dreamworks family movies than the typical modern rock videos that are usually shot in an abandoned warehouse or alleyway.
Joyous Wolf is a modern hard rock act with bluesy roots planted firmly in the ’70s and a hint of ’80s bravado. This particular journey is as joyous as the band’s moniker. The bold, melodic, arena rock arrangement perfectly complements Reese’s soaring, rangy vocals. “Odyssey” is one of the few songs that you dance to while banging your head. Even though there has been a classic rock revival in recent years, Active Rock radio is still heavily skewed toward a specific sound. When Joyous Wolf is included in a typical playlist, you will immediately take notice as you reach (almost involuntarily) to crank up the volume as bask in the uplifting vibe of this timeless rocker.
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…
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
FAREWELL TO FEAR – “I Won’t Be Your Tragedy”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
RELENT – “Low”
THE LONELY ONES – “Eternal Sadness”
LOYAL ORDER – “Ready For Dead”
OXYMORRONS – “Justice”
A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Last Chance”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
VEIO – “Crux”
THE WILD! – “King Of This Town”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
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”
GREATEST GAINERS…
CHRIS CORNELL – “Patience” (+623 spins)
METALLICA – “All Within My Hands (S&M 2)” (+457 spins)
THREE DAYS GRACE – “Somebody That I Used To Know” (+199 spins)
BADFLOWER – “30” (+170 spins)
SHINEDOWN – “Atlas Falls” (+139 spins)
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