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According to Billboard, Nita Strauss has just become the first solo woman to score a top 10 as a lead artist on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in nearly 26 years as her “Dead Inside” single landed at No. 10 on the list. Previously the last solo woman to reach the top 10 was Melissa Etheridge, whose “Your Little Secret” spent its final week in the top 10 on the chart dated December 23, 1995. A collaboration with DISTURBED singer David Draiman, “Dead Inside” is Nita‘s first new music since the release of her critically acclaimed debut solo album “Controlled Chaos” in 2018. It kicks off with Nita‘s inimitably intricate lead guitar work and, as the intro builds, begins to snake its way around the ground-shaking, headbanging lead ri...

Swedish metallers AVATAR have shared another new track, “Construction Of Souls”. It is described in a press release as “AVATAR‘s version of a holiday song.” “This song will be to Christmas songs what ‘Die Hard’ is to Christmas movies,” the band says. “It wasn’t intended to be that, but ultimately, it makes a lot of sense. It’s about us — meaning the robots taking over the great human project of our ancestors, building our way out of the planet on sandy soils, saturated with the withering bones of our ancestors.” The track is being released together with a children’s book portraying the “not very child-friendly everyday life” in Santa’s workshop in the parallel universe of AVATAR. The book ...

Former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz, who became a world-renowned, prize-winning watchmaker after leaving the band for the first time, spoke to the Beyond Time YouTube channel about the passion and dedication that he puts into everything he does, whether it’s playing music or making watches. “Now you see what’s called slamdancing everywhere,” Dan said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “You see it at a Britney Spears concert. It’s pretty sickening. If you know what that is, you know it comes from the punk era — it was dancing for the punk era. But eventually we brought that into heavy metal; it made its way in there. And you saw people at the beginning of the ‘Big Four’, which is METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX, you saw the crowd try...

In a recent interview, French Montana spoke out about the odds of making it in the hip-hop industry as opposed to the NBA. He detailed why he thinks it is much harder to be a successful rapper than make it into the NBA. French Montana spoke with HOT 97’s Ebro comparing both rap and professional basketball stating, “It’s like, you better off making it in the NBA than making it in hip-hop. NBA, what they got, twenty-eight teams? Fifteen players on every team.” Rosenberg added that the teams also rotate their players all the time and that it is not just the starting five that is often seen on the court. Both Ebro Darden and Rosenberg also added that by just showing up to the games, some of these players can make money “by the hundreds.” Montana continues to say, “You’re talkin’ about hip hop?...

DJ Khaled and Sech have joined forces to bring both unique musical styles into their latest crossover track, “Borracho.” The song gives fans an insight into the Panamania reggaetón singer’s next album. The visuals for “Borracho” see Sech and DJ Khaled sing in an apocalyptic environment surrounded by dancers. The video is meant to be a sarcastic take on the lyrics of the song which dives into experiencing heartache when one is drunk. The video is directed by Salomó Simhon and produced by Wildhouse Picture. Earlier this year, Sech dropped his latest album titled 42 which included popular singles like “Te Acuerdas” and “911.” Sech is currently one of the biggest names in Latin music and with his collaboration with Khald on “Borracho,” the singer gets an even broader reach with his music. Take...