HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/5/20
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 12/5/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | AC/DC | Shot In The Dark | 1869 |
| 2 | 2 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 1802 |
| 3 | 3 | I PREVAIL/DELANEY JANE | Every Time You Leave | 1726 |
| 4 | 4 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1570 |
| 5 | 5 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1433 |
| 6 | 7 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1385 |
| 7 | 9 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1329 |
| 8 | 8 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1252 |
| 9 | 11 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 1159 |
| 10 | 10 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 1132 |
| 11 | 6 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 910 |
| 12 | 12 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 883 |
| 13 | 14 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 808 |
| 14 | 13 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 796 |
| 15 | 18 | MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 53 |
| 16 | 16 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 672 |
| 17 | 17 | AVATAR | Colossus | 641 |
| 18 | 15 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 546 |
| 19 | 19 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 535 |
| 20 | 20 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 522 |
| 21 | 23 | ROYAL BLISS/SHIM | Medication | 446 |
| 22 | 24 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 429 |
| 23 | 29 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 392 |
| 24 | 30 | PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 387 |
| 25 | 22 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 387 |
| 26 | 28 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 385 |
| 27 | 27 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 381 |
| 28 | 26 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Protect The Land | 366 |
| 29 | 21 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 319 |
| 30 | 33 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 315 |
| 31 | 34 | SEVENDUST | Dying To Live | 300 |
| 32 | 35 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 291 |
| 33 | 32 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 266 |
| 34 | 36 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 241 |
| 35 | 40 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 223 |
| 36 | 39 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 222 |
| 37 | 41 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | Strangers | 204 |
| 38 | 38 | MARILYN MANSON | Don’t Chase The Dead | 202 |
| 39 | 31 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 189 |
| 40 | 37 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 185 |
| 41 | 42 | ATREYU | Save Us | 138 |
| 42 | 43 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 135 |
| 43 | 44 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 119 |
| 44 | 46 | RA | Intercorrupted | 88 |
| 45 | 49 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 76 |
| 46 | 51 | SONS OF SILVER | Deep Division | 72 |
| 47 | 45 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Genocidal Humanoidz | 63 |
| 48 | 56 | DES ROCKS | This Is Our Life | 61 |
| 49 | 61 | ALL TIME LOW f. BLACKBEAR | Monsters | 58 |
| 50 | 53 | ZERO 9:36 | Adrenaline | 54 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
REID HENRY – “The Blind”
A journey that began with the mainstream rock sound of My Darkest Days, and continued with the melodic active rock sound of Deadset Society, now veers towards a more edgy sound as Reid Henry emerges from his past as a solo artist with a bright future.
Based on Henry’s history, the influences that “The Blind” conjures up are somewhat unexpected, but he should be praised for having the balls to blaze his own trail rather than relying upon the familiar path towards radio airplay.
At the outset, “The Blind” captures the tortured angst of Cinderella’s “Night Songs” and Twisted Sister’s “Captain Howdy.” Though both were labeled as “hair bands” back in the day, these songs both showcase a chilling, dissonant darkness, much like “The Blind” does.
Beneath the intensity of the music, Henry lays down subdued, haunting verses that set the tone for the buildup to the chorus, much like Metallica did with “Unforgiven,” albeit with a modern, active rock flair.
By most peoples’ standards, 2020 has felt like living inside an endless hellscape of a disaster movie. To expect the music created during these trying times not to reflect some of that darkness would be unrealistic. Sometimes music can offer you a blissful escape from life’s drama. Other times, it can help you to lean into it in a cathartic way. “The Blind” falls squarely into the latter category.
In an HRD Radio Report exclusive, Henry shared his thought process about the message behind “The Blind”…
“I’ve always believed that great art reflects culture like a mirror held up to society, exposing its beauty and flaws. We don’t always like what we see, but often times, we aren’t meant to. To me, the ugliest truth is more compelling than the most beautiful lie could ever hope to be.”
Compelling is an excellent description of what “The Blind” has to offer. This debut single is a nice start to what looks to be a promising solo career for Henry.
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…
REID HENRY – “The Blind”
BLACK VEIL BRIDES – “Scarlet Cross”
W3EAPONS – “Broken Promises”
THE HU – “Sad But True”
AUTUMN KINGS – “Power”
DISCREPANCIES – “Blame Me”
WOLVES AT THE GATE – “Counterfeit”
ANYTHING BUT HUMAN – “Move On”
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
BRKN LOVE – “Crush”
TOMMY GIBBONS – “Tonight”
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Heart Of A Champion”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
GREATEST GAINERS…
MAMMOTH WVH – “Distance” (+238 spins)
AYRON JONES – “Take Me Away” (+177 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Living The Dream” (+140 spins)
FOO FIGHTERS – “Shame Shame” (+138 spins)
PAPA ROACH – “The Ending” (+134 spins)
THREE DAYS GRACE – “Somebody That I Used To Know” (+120 spins)
POP EVIL – “Breathe Again” (+113 spins)
BRING ME THE HORIZON – “Teardrops” (+111 spins)
SMITH & MYERS – “Not Mad Enough” (+104 spins)
GRETA VAN FLEET – “My Way, Soon” (+103 spins)
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