Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Wolfgang Van Halen is again with the newest single from the band he masterminds, MAMMOTH (previously often known as MAMMOTH WVH).
“The Finish” is an adrenaline-driven rocker that kicks off with a signature lead guitar riff that has develop into a fan-favorite ingredient in Wolfgang‘s music. The anthemic construct of the intro provides approach to the driving verse melody with every half fastidiously created and carried out by Van Halen and his returning collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette. The refrain is pushed by the unforgettable vocal melody and the message of “Take your hand in mine and watch the top with me.” The tune is on the market through all digital service suppliers right here.
Wolfgang explains: “I’ve had the tapping thought on the intro for ‘The Finish’ since earlier than MAMMOTH. I used to be in a position to match it into this world. It is nonetheless over-the-top and shreddy, nevertheless it’s additionally melodic and managed. Total, I used to be performing some various things on the report, and I knew this was going to be a giant step. As soon as we completed ‘The Finish’, it felt actually particular to me.”
To coincide with the one launch, Wolfgang and MAMMOTH have launched a music video for “The Finish” that is one for the historical past books and barely seen in music movies anymore. Wolfgang teamed up with legendary director Robert Rodriguez to do a modern-day interpretation of Rodriguez‘s 1996 hit movie “From Nightfall Until Daybreak”. The video tells the story of a rock band that’s booked to play a present at a dive bar and given an ominous warning from the membership proprietor portrayed by Danny Trejo. MAMMOTH decides they know higher, and issues rapidly flip dire for the band earlier than a stunning revelation in the course of the closing moments tie the whole video lore from the band collectively. Mates of MAMMOTH, together with Slash, Myles Kennedy and Wolfgang‘s mom Valerie Bertinelli, all present up all through the brief movie. Horror results icon Greg Nicotero supplied his skills to the video to create zombies, werewolves, and vampires that deliver a lethal finish to the attendees of the present.
The music video for “The Finish” will be seen under.
With a brief run of Might dates creating pleasure for a MAMMOTH tour, the band has additionally introduced an autumn headline run throughout the USA. “The Finish” tour kicks off on October 31 for 5 weeks. Longtime pal Myles Kennedy would be the particular visitor. Tickets might be on sale beginning Might 5 through artist presale and go on sale to the general public on Friday, Might 9. Extra data on all tickets and VIP passes, in addition to all beforehand introduced 2025 tour dates, will be discovered at www.mammoth.band.
U.Ok. followers will be capable to see Wolfgang Van Halen as a part of the lineup at BLACK SABBATH‘s particular “Again To The Starting” closing live performance on Saturday, July 5 at Birmingham’s Villa Park.
“The Finish” tour fall 2025 USA dates:
Oct. 31 – Present data to come back quickly
Nov. 1 – Las Vegas, NV – Home of Blues
Nov. 4 – Dallas, TX – Home of Blues
Nov. 5 – Houston, TX – Home of Blues
Nov. 7 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – Home of Blues
Nov. 8 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Nov. 9 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Nov. 11 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Nov. 12 – Present data to come back quickly
Nov. 14 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
Nov. 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
Nov. 18 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora
Nov. 19 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Nov. 20 – Columbus, OH – Kemba Stay!
Nov. 22 – Onamia, MN – Grand On line casino Mille LACS Occasion Heart
Nov. 23 – Inexperienced Bay, WI – Epic Occasion Heart
Nov. 25 – Chesterfield, MO – The Manufacturing unit at The District
Nov. 26 – Chicago, IL – Home of Blues
Nov. 28 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK – Diamond Ballroom
Nov. 29 – Present data to come back quickly
Dec. 2 – Kansas Metropolis, MO – Uptown Theater
Dec. 3 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Dec. 6 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Dec. 7 – Present data to come back quickly
Final July, Wolfgang Van Halen confirmed to TimesReporter that he was engaged on materials for MAMMOTH‘s third album. “I have been within the studio a little bit already, and we have been touring like loopy this 12 months, so I have been type of compiling concepts and developing with stuff that I need to assault as soon as I get within the studio once more,” he stated.
“The plan is unquestionably to get the third album completed this 12 months … or at the very least by the start of subsequent 12 months, so we will launch it someday subsequent 12 months, however yeah, we’re nonetheless going,” he continued. “We have been going for some time now [releasing music and touring]. So it is vital to type of go away and provides folks a little bit relaxation from us as a result of we have been going continuous for 3 years at this level.”
Requested what the brand new MAMMOTH album would sound like, Wolfgang stated: “I believe I am actually wanting ahead to seeing what that new department is gonna be for this subsequent album as a result of … to ensure that me to essentially need to hold doing this, it is like I need to hold including new flavors and new freshness to that. So I have been messing round with some piano concepts. I am undecided if that may make it but or if I am adequate to drag that off, however I simply need to begin including some new vibes and simply type of see what occurs.”
In February 2024, Wolfgang was requested by Ethan Jackson of Topeka’s rock radio station KDVV/V100 if he hoped to have a little bit bit extra time to work on MAMMOTH‘s subsequent LP, contemplating that “Mammoth II” needed to come collectively slightly rapidly. Wolfgang stated: “Sure, I may all the time use a bit extra time. Not how the primary one — the primary album, I did it over three years, however the second album was solely a few month and a half, two months. I believe we discovered this cool new construction, relying on how our schedule fills out, do type of a month right here, a month there, and by the top of the 12 months, possibly we get two to a few months of labor completed over the course of time. And, after all, whereas I am on the street, I can all the time be writing demos and stuff and type of making ready for that. So yeah, we’re positively making an attempt to squeeze extra outing and make it a bit extra snug than ‘Mammoth II’ was.”
“Mammoth II” was launched in August 2023 through BMG. The ten-track report was recorded on the legendary 5150 studio and was produced by Wolfgang‘s pal and collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette.
MAMMOTH WVH‘s touring lineup options Wolfgang on guitar and lead vocals, Frank Sidoris (SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS) on guitar, Jon Jourdan on guitar and vocals, Garrett Whitlock (TREMONTI) on drums, and Ronnie Ficarro on bass.
For the reason that launch of MAMMOTH‘s debut album in 2021, the band has headlined reveals in North America, performed area gigs with ALTER BRIDGE and stadium concert events with each GUNS N’ ROSES and METALLICA.
In November 2020, Wolfgang confirmed that he requested his father for permission to make use of the MAMMOTH band title for his solo undertaking. MAMMOTH is a nod to household historical past — Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen‘s band was referred to as MAMMOTH when singer David Lee Roth first joined it in 1974.
Photograph by Travis Shinn
