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 |