HRD Radio Report - Week Ending 5/15/21

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/15/21

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 5/15/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

LAST	THIS
WEEK	WEEK	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	SPINS
1	1	OFFSPRING	Let The Bad Times Roll	1729
2	2	SEETHER	Bruised And Bloodied	1713
5	3	AYRON JONES	Mercy	1499
4	4	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Teardrops	1491
9	5	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Everything We Need	1321
6	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	Heat Above	1312
3	7	POP EVIL	Breathe Again	1194
10	8	RISE AGAINST	Nowhere Generation	1149
11	9	ZERO 9:36	Adrenaline	1146
8	10	FOO FIGHTTERS	Waiting On A War	1088
12	11	DEFTONES	Ceremony	1014
7	12	PRETTY RECKLESS	And So It Went	976
13	13	DIRTY HONEY	California Dreamin’	961
14	14	BADFLOWER	F The World	937
15	15	MAMMOTH WVH	Don’t Back Down	896
16	16	BLACK VEIL BRIDES	Scarlet Cross	813
19	17	ALL GOOD THINGS	For The Glory	800
22	18	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Darkness Settles In	794
18	19	ROYAL BLOOD	Typhoons	762
20	20	EVANESCENCE	Better Without You	656
17	21	CHEVELLE	Self destructor	641
21	22	ATREYU/TRAVIS BARKER	Warrior f/Travis Barker	619
23	23	BEARTOOTH	The Past Is Dead	547
24	24	DAUGHTRY	Heavy Is The Crown	476
27	25	CHEVELLE	Mars Simula	449
25	26	MYLES KENNEDY	In Stride	446
29	27	ALL TIME LOW/BLACKBEAR	Monsters f/blackbear	357
26	28	10 YEARS	The Unknown	354
30	29	BAD OMENS	Never Know	277
32	30	PLUSH	Hate	249
31	31	TETRARCH	You Never Listen	215
36	32	DEAD POET SOCIETY	.CoDA.	206
33	33	MACHINE GUN KELLY	Bloody Valentine	202
37	34	CLEOPATRICK	Family Van	192
35	35	LIGHT THE TORCH	Wilting In The Light	181
38	36	FOUNDRY	Not This Time	169
41	37	ANY GIVEN SIN	The Way I Say Goodbye	168
50	38	NONPOINT	Ruthless	166
43	39	PSCYHOSEXUAL	Devil From Hell	162
39	40	OH! THE HORROR	Tears Of Gold	160
28	41	ESCAPE THE FATE/LINDSEY STIRLING	Invincible f/Lindsey Stirling	146
34	42	AC/DC	Realize	132
40	43	A KILLER’S CONFESSION	Remember	106
64	44	GEMINI SYNDROME	Die With Me	92
45	45	BLAME MY YOUTH	Fantastic	92
46	46	SONS OF SILVER	Rude Awakenings	82
44	47	CORE	Save Me	78
48	48	TEENAGE WRIST	Earth Is A Black Hole	69
51	49	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	Shy Away	66
49	50	WEEZER	All My Favorite Songs	59

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Trapped Inside”

Like butterflies emerging from a chrysalis, society is beginning the transition from the cocoon that we’ve all been living in because of a worldwide pandemic. You might think that A Killer’s Confession “Trapped Inside” was born out of the forced isolation caused by a deadly virus, but it’s not. In some ways, the message of the song is more daunting because the isolation is self-imposed. That helpless feeling of not being enough (at best), or totally insignificant (at worst), is profoundly captured in the lyrics of “Trapped Inside.” Whether you suffer from depression currently or have in the past, this song will resonate with those who know what it’s like to feel alone in the world.

Waylon Reavis takes you on an emotional journey that vacillates between lonely melancholy and frustrated rage with a song that hits home more if you pay attention to the lyrics instead of just getting lost in the vibe. With a song this powerful, it wouldn’t be surprising if Reavis leaned heavily on angst-ridden growls, but he only does so sparingly, which makes “Trapped Inside” uniquely dynamic instead of just being a relentless gut punch.

Musically, “Trapped Inside” blends the mystique of Tool with the melodic aggression of Gemini Syndrome. The end result is a nuanced song with impressive subtle layers that sneakily falls into the “thinking man’s metal” category.

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…

A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Trapped Inside”

DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Queen Of Suffolk County”

THE OFFSPRING – “This Is Not Utopia”

SMITH/KOTZEN – “Running”

THE DAMN TRUTH – “This Is Who We Are Now”

TAKE THE DAY – “Burning Alive”

DANKO JONES – “I Want Out”

FOOLPROOF – “Violent”

I FIGHT FAIL – “Here”

SILENT THEORY – “Shaking Cages”

SORAIA – “Tight-Lipped”

SMASH INTO PIECES – “Real One”

PAUL BARTOLOME/KELLIN QUINN – “Set Fire To The Rain”

THE RELENTLESS – “Disarm”

GREATEST GAINERS…

		SPIN
ARTIST	SONG TITLE	INCREASE
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Darkness Settles In	262
ALL GOOD THINGS	For The Glory	148
AYRON JONES	Mercy	119
NONPOINT	Ruthless	104
MAMMOTH WVH	Don’t Back Down	102

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HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/15/21