HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/5/20
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 9/5/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 1827 |
| 2 | 3 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1585 |
| 3 | 5 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1570 |
| 4 | 2 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1461 |
| 5 | 6 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1430 |
| 6 | 4 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1408 |
| 7 | 7 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1330 |
| 8 | 8 | POP EVIL | Work | 1218 |
| 9 | 9 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 1105 |
| 10 | 10 | STARSET | Trials | 1038 |
| 11 | 12 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 900 |
| 12 | 11 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 893 |
| 13 | 14 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 716 |
| 14 | 13 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 714 |
| 15 | 16 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 692 |
| 16 | 22 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 685 |
| 17 | 15 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 630 |
| 18 | 18 | WEEZER | Hero | 578 |
| 19 | 19 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 568 |
| 20 | 20 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 495 |
| 21 | 21 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 472 |
| 22 | 24 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 421 |
| 23 | 34 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 403 |
| 24 | 27 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 347 |
| 25 | 23 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 346 |
| 26 | 25 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 302 |
| 27 | 33 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 297 |
| 28 | 29 | AVATAR | Colossus | 295 |
| 29 | 30 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 287 |
| 30 | 31 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 261 |
| 31 | 32 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 256 |
| 32 | 36 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 210 |
| 33 | 28 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 202 |
| 34 | 26 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 170 |
| 35 | 35 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 142 |
| 36 | 37 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 139 |
| 37 | 92 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 119 |
| 38 | 38 | STONE HORSES | The Day I Tried To Live | 116 |
| 39 | 42 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 109 |
| 40 | 39 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 107 |
| 41 | 41 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 98 |
| 42 | 48 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 79 |
| 43 | 44 | FIT FOR A KING | Locked (In My Head) | 66 |
| 44 | 43 | ANY GIVEN SIN | Insidious | 64 |
| 45 | 45 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Last Chance | 55 |
| 46 | 50 | WHISKEY MYERS | Die Rockin | 46 |
| 47 | 46 | SOLENCE | Direction | 45 |
| 48 | 47 | AVOID | Song About James | 42 |
| 49 | 51 | ECONOLINE CRUSH | Get Out Of The Way (Gold Heart) | 41 |
| 50 | 49 | ROLLING STONES (f. JIMMY PAGE) | Scarlet | 38 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
DISTURBED – “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”
Whether it is dialing up the intensity like they did with their cover of “Land Of Confusion” by Genesis, or adding an edginess to Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound Of Silence,” Disturbed has a way of bringing out a new meaning of popular songs by well-known artists. This time around, they have done the same with “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” by The Police. Truth be told, I have heard the original countless times, but never paid attention to the lyrics (outside of the chorus) until hearing Disturbed’s haunting cover. It’s not just David Draiman’s chilling vocals that evoke an emotional response. It’s also the composition of the song by the rest of the band that makes it feel like it was written for a dark scene in a movie or television show. With an air of mystery created by the music, Draiman delivers the lyrics in such a way that the story feels deeply personal. What’s especially impressive is how Disturbed seamlessly transitions back and forth between subdued moments to moments of powerful intensity. After only a few listens, you may find that you like this cover better than the original.
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…
DISTURBED – “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”
EVE TO ADAM – “Calling My Name”
NICKELBACK – “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
KIRRA – “Free”
VEIO – “Crux”
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
ASHES OF SOMA – “Relevant”
THEM EVILS – “Where Ya Gonna Crash Tonight?”
FALSET – “Give”
THE AMITY AFFLICTION – “Forever”
ZERO THEOREM – “Swarm”
LIGHTWORKER – “Cholera”
JAMIE FONTAINE & THE LEVEL – “Save Your Life”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
ALL TIME LOW – “Monsters”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
HONEYMOON SUITE – “Find What You’re Looking For”
EGO KILL TALENT – “The Call”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Misery”
STATIC CYCLE – “Wolf”
THE MANY COLORED DEATH – “Drown”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Hellfire”
GREATEST GAINERS…
DEFTONES – “Ohms” (+273 spins)
SIXX:A.M./ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY – “Maybe It’s Time” (+213 spins)
MARILYN MANSON – “We Are Chaos” (+113 spins)
SAUL – “King Of Misery” (+107 spins)
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