Finger-tapping fury, zombie chaos, and Slash – Wolfgang Van Halen is back in full force with the new Mammoth track and music video.
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth is back in the ring with the first new single since 2023’s Mammoth II, and it’s a full-throttle flex. Titled “The End,” this modern rock ripper opens with a furious tapping riff filtered through Wolfgang’s own riff-forward, melodic intensity.
“I’ve had the tapping idea on the intro for ‘The End’ since before Mammoth,” Van Halen says. “I was able to fit it into this world. It’s still over-the-top and shreddy, but it’s also melodic and controlled… Once we finished ‘The End,’ it felt really special to me.”
The new video for Mammoth’s first track in two years dropped today, and it’s pure chaos in the best way. Directed with horror-pulp flair by Robert Rodriguez and horror effects icon Greg Nicotero, the clip drops Mammoth into a bar straight out of From Dusk Till Dawn (a nice nod to Rodriguez’s work). The video is complete with bloodthirsty zombies and a bouncer played by none other than Danny Trejo.
Check out the new video below:
Also dropping by: Slash, Myles Kennedy, Van Halen’s mum Valerie Bertinelli, and a couple of cheeky nods to Michael Jackson’s Thriller — fitting, given Van Halen’s dad famously shredded on the original.
On the sonic front, “The End” might be Van Halen’s most technically ferocious outing yet. There’s funk bass swagger, soaring guitar leads, and a precise, polished heaviness that proves Mammoth isn’t just a legacy act riding on a famous last name. In fact, it seems like the project has quietly dropped Van Halen’s initials from the name.
Mammoth will hit the road later this year with The End Tour kicking off in October, with Myles Kennedy also on the bill. Until then, Mammoth is opening for Creed and Seether across the US — with Wolfgang repping the Van Halen legacy at Black Sabbath’s final show Back to the Beginning in Birmingham this July.
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