Expect to hear a third Mammoth WVH album in the future, it’s just a matter of when Wolfgang Van Halen can find the time during a hectic touring schedule.
Wolfgang recently told Ultimate Classic Rock‘s Matt Wardlaw he’s in the early process of coming up with the music for a follow up to 2023’s Mammoth II and it won’t hit shelves until the second half of 2025 at the earliest.
Below is an excerpt from Wolfgang’s UCR interview:
Q: I love hearing that you’re working on new music. What’s in your head as far as the next chapter?
A: That I don’t want to do it unless there’s something interesting and something new. I think with the second album, you know, I hadn’t been there since 2018 when I finished the first Mammoth album. That was just so exciting to get back into the studio. I think through that excitement came the heavier, more energetic aspect on the second album, tempo-wise and some of the heavier sections. “Optimist” and “Right?” are a couple of examples of that. But with this [new music], I’m still trying to figure out what that left-field sort of thing is. Granted, we’re really early in the process. [The third album] wouldn’t potentially come out until the second half of next year, so it’s very preliminary. But given that I’m going to be on tour more than I’m not this year … [Laughs] I’m having a fun time looking through old ideas. My voice memos app is just filled with random shitty clips of 20 seconds of me strumming a guitar, trying to figure out, “Oh, is this an idea?” I think at the time, sometimes, you’re not even convinced. Then, two years go by and you hear it again and you’re like, “Wait, there’s something here!” So I’m looking through that, and also compiling new ideas I’ve come up with since then. I’m just taking stock and trying to get my head into that creative space before we hopefully get into the studio soon.
Read the entire Wolfgang Van Halen Q&A with Ultimate Classic Rock