Artist · chart history
Soil
Band Chicago United States Formed 1997 USA hard rock band
Soil formed in 1997 in Chicago, United States. Soil has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Halo”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #25. The station that charted Soil most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Soil came out of Chicago in 1997 with drop-tuned riffs, a bruising groove and a singer who could growl and croon in the same breath. After a few independent releases they became the first rock band signed to J Records, and Scars, in 2001, was their big break, a slab of alternative metal and nu metal muscle carried by "Halo" and "Unreal". Ryan McCombs sang, Adam Zadel and Shaun Glass played guitars, Tim King played bass and Tom Schofield drummed.
Redefine, from 2004, kept the pressure on with its title track, and a world tour followed. Then McCombs left late that year and went on to front Drowning Pool. Former Diesel Machine singer A.J. Cavalier stepped in for True Self and Picture Perfect, released independently in 2006 and 2009, and the band kept touring the world.
McCombs came back for a tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Scars, and King and Zadel, the two members who have never left, have kept the engine running since, through Whole in 2013, the covers album Play It Forward in 2022 and Restoration, a set of re-recorded Soil songs, in 2023.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Soil on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halo | 2 | #25 | – | 2001 | |
| 2 | Redefine | 2 | #5 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Breakin Me Down | 1 | #31 | – | 2002 | |
| 4 | Unreal | 1 | #35 | – | 2002 | |
| 5 | The Hate Song | 1 | #34 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 34 | The Hate Song | KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown |
| 2010 | 26 | Halo | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade |
| 2004 | 76 | Redefine | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 5 | Redefine | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2002 | 31 | Breakin Me Down | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 35 | Unreal | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2001 | 25 | Halo | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 |
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