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HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/15/21

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May 22, 2021 • 5 years ago • 4 min read • 74 views

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