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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