Artist · chart history

Tantric

Band Louisville United States Formed 1998

Tantric formed in 1998 in Louisville, United States. Tantric has 34 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 23 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Breakdown”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Tantric most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

34appearances

29countdowns

10songs charted

23stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2019years

Tantric grew out of Louisville, Kentucky, when guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest and drummer Matt Taul walked out of Days of the New and teamed up with singer and guitarist Hugo Ferreira. The result was brooding, heavy-lidded post-grunge built on churning riffs and Ferreira's gravelly, wounded bellow.

Their self-titled debut in 2001 was the big one. "Breakdown" rode a thick, grinding groove all over the countdowns, with "Astounded" and "Mourning" close behind. After We Go (2004) followed with "The Chain", "After We Go" and "Hey Now", keeping the same dark-toned churn.

After that the lineup began to turn over, with Marcus Ratzenboeck adding violin from 2005 and a long list of guitarists, bassists and drummers passing through, until Ferreira was the only founder left. He kept the name alive, and the band's eighth album, The Sum of All Things, arrived in 2021 on Cleopatra Records.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Tantric on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Breakdown	1,040	18	#5	–	2001
2	Down & Out	119	2	#18	–	2008
3	Astounded	112	2	#30	–	2001
4	The Chain	95	2	#22	–	2004
5	Mourning	83	4	#41	–	2002
6	Letting Go	52	1	#49	–	2018
7	After We Go	38	1	#67	–	2004
8	Coming Undone	32	1	#35	–	2009
9	Mind Control	30	1	#67	–	2009
10	Hey Now	28	2	#91	–	2004

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.

01 02 04 08 09 18

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2019	499	Breakdown	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)
2018	49	Letting Go	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2018
2015	487	Breakdown	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)
2014	463	Breakdown	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)
2010	133	Down & Out	94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade
2009	35	Coming Undone	KILO Top 50 of 2009
2009	67	Mind Control	94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009
2008	18	Down & Out	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008
2004	91	Hey Now	The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004
2004	67	After We Go	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004	92	The Chain	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004	22	The Chain	WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004
2004	95	Hey Now	WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004
2002	97	Mourning	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	94	Mourning	WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002
2002	96	Mourning	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2001	70	Breakdown	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001	49	Breakdown	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001	19	Breakdown	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	57	Breakdown	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001	15	Breakdown	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
2001	16	Breakdown	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001	55	Breakdown	The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001	15	Breakdown	89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001	75	Breakdown	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	17	Breakdown	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	30	Astounded	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	41	Mourning	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	5	Breakdown	WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001
2001	12	Breakdown	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001
2001	35	Breakdown	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	36	Breakdown	99X Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	60	Astounded	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001
2001	12	Breakdown	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001

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