HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/4/21

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/4/21

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 9/4/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

RANK (TW)	RANK (LW)	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	SPINS
1	2	MAMMOTH WVH	Don’t Back Down	1774
2	3	FOO FIGHTERS	Making A Fire	1706
3	1	VOLBEAT	Wait A Minute My Girl	1667
4	4	PRETTY RECKLESS	Only Love Can Save Me Now	1581
5	7	CHEVELLE	Mars Simula	1262
6	9	DAUGHTRY	Heavy Is The Crown	1191
7	8	EVANESCENCE	Better Without You	1164
8	10	POP EVIL	Survivor	1114
9	12	SEETHER	Wasteland	1029
10	11	ATREYU f. TRAVIS BARKER	Warrior	1027
11	6	ALL GOOD THINGS	For The Glory	979
12	22	HALESTORM	Back From The Dead	838
13	14	BEARTOOTH	The Past Is Dead	836
14	15	FOZZY	Sane	816
15	13	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Darkness Settles In	815
16	17	AYRON JONES	Supercharged	767
17	20	GRETA VAN FLEET	Built By Nations	600
18	18	DEAD POET SOCIETY	.CoDA.	598
19	19	IRON MAIDEN	The Writing On The Wall	588
20	21	ARCHITECTS	Dead Butterflies	517
21	29	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	Alone Again	514
22	24	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	Shoulders	499
23	26	BADFLOWER	Don’t Hate Me	497
24	25	FUEL	Hard	458
25	16	L.A. RATS	I’ve Been Everywhere	425
26	27	THRICE	Scavengers	401
27	28	STARSET	Infected	382
28	23	NONPOINT	Ruthless	311
29	30	DIRTY HONEY	The Wire	265
30	32	LILITH CZAR	Anarchy	237
31	39	TRIVIUM	Feast Of Fire	217
32	33	TWIZTID f. ICE NINE KILLS	Envy	212
33	37	BLACK STONE CHERRY	Give Me One Reason	199
34	38	JOYOUS WOLF	Fearless	191
35	36	DROPOUT KINGS f. SHAYLEY BOURGET	Virus	190
36	35	GREEN DAY	Pollyanna	186
37	44	DED	Kill Beautiful Things	160
38	31	ANY GIVEN SIN	The Way I Say Goodbye	140
39	41	KINGDOM COLLAPSE	Unbreakable	114
40	45	DOROTHY	What’s Coming To Me	113
41	43	TREMONTI	If Not For You	110
42	42	PAPA ROACH/JASON A. BUTLER/SUECO	Swerve	99
43	52	DEAD SARA	Heroes	85
44	49	SAUL	Looking To Fight	85
45	47	WEEZER f. AJR	All My Favorite Songs	84
46	46	THE RECORD COMPANY	How High	81
47	51	MANESKIN	I Wanna Be Your Slave	80
48	50	BLIND CHANNEL	Dark Side	77
49	0	AVATAR	Going Hunting	69
50	57	LOVE AND DEATH	Let Me Love You	64

 

 

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

HALESTORM – “Back From The Dead”

When you’ve been on hiatus for nearly four months, choosing one song to feature for the long overdue return was a bit daunting.  There is so much music to choose from since HRD Radio Report last published at the end of May.  However, one song stood above all others, not just for the lyrics that seem apropos, but also because it is a kick-ass, in-your-face, take-no-prisoners type of  anthem that harkens back to the glory days of hard rock.  All the while, “Back From The Dead” remains as current and relevant as anything else that has come out during this unintended break.

What hasn’t changed since HRD Radio Report last published is the fact that Lzzy Hale remains my favorite female vocalist on the scene today (and is right up there with my all-time favorites).  Hale has proven herself time and again since Halestorm burst onto the scene that she is a force to be reckoned with (regardless of gender).  “Back From The Dead” has a primal rawness to it that makes you want to turn up the dial to 11 and lose yourself in the moment.  Whereas many hard rock bands today will resort to growling and screaming to show intensity and emotion, Hale does it with the same kind of swagger that Sebastian Bach exhibited during Skid Row’s prime.  I can think of no better song to bring HRD Radio Report “back from the dead” than this killer tune!

 

 

HRD SPIN CONTROL 

ARTIST	SONG TITLE
ICE NINE KILLS/JACOBY SHADDIX	Hip To Be Scared
FROM ASHES TO NEW	Light Up The Sky
ROLLING STONES	Living In The Heart Of Love
SUECO	Paralyzed
LOVE THE HATE	Solid Ground
BIG WRECK (f. CHAD KROEGER)	Middle Of Nowhere
PSYCHO HILL	Dying Day

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

ARTIST	SONG TITLE	spINcrease
HALESTORM	Back From The Dead	330
ASKING ALEXANDRIA	Alone Again	221
BADFLOWER	Don’t Hate Me	102

 

 

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