Episode 59: Converge Returns, New Evanescence & Eddie Van Halen Takes That Broke Darby’s Brain

This week on Amplified, Darby dives into another stacked New Music Friday with new releases from Converge, Evanescence, Death Cab For Cutie, Evergrey, Voivod, Modest Mouse, The 69 Eyes, and more. Plus: Mastodon release an emotional new song after Brent Hinds’ exit, Weezer announce The Gold Album, Guns N’ Roses’ lost Perfect Crime documentary surfaces online, and Chris Robinson gets booed in Florida after pushing back on a USA chant.Darby also completely loses patience with the claim that Eddie Van Halen “ruined rock guitar,” talks about Roger Daltrey insisting The Who invented heavy metal, and shares stories from seeing Guns N’ Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour.Also in this episode:Autumn Kings interview previewNew Taste of Chaos tour detailsMetallica playing Rammstein in BerlinKiss merch…still somehow expandingGarth Brooks reportedly shopping a $2 billion catalog dealWhy Love Island is impossible to watch comfortablyNew episodes every Tuesday & Friday.Instagram: @darby.amplified TikTok: darby.amplified X: darbyamplifiedTopics: rock news, metal news, new rock releases, Converge, Evanescence, Mastodon, Eddie Van Halen, Guns N Roses, Weezer, Chris Robinson, Black Crowes, Metallica, new albums 2026, hard rock podcast, alternative music news All the news, all the noise, all in one place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week on Amplified, Darby dives into another stacked New Music Friday with new releases from Converge, Evanescence, Death Cab For Cutie, Evergrey, Voivod, Modest Mouse, The 69 Eyes, and more. Plus: Mastodon release an emotional new song after Brent Hinds’ exit, Weezer announce The Gold Album, Guns N’ Roses’ lost Perfect Crime documentary surfaces online, and Chris Robinson gets booed in Florida after pushing back on a USA chant.Darby also completely loses patience with the claim that Eddie Van Halen “ruined rock guitar,” talks about Roger Daltrey insisting The Who invented heavy metal, and shares stories from seeing Guns N’ Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour.Also in this episode:Autumn Kings interview previewNew Taste of Chaos tour detailsMetallica playing Rammstein in BerlinKiss merch…still somehow expandingGarth Brooks reportedly shopping a $2 billion catalog dealWhy Love Island is impossible to watch comfortablyNew episodes every Tuesday & Friday.Instagram: @darby.amplified TikTok: darby.amplified X: darbyamplifiedTopics: rock news, metal news, new rock releases, Converge, Evanescence, Mastodon, Eddie Van Halen, Guns N Roses, Weezer, Chris Robinson, Black Crowes, Metallica, new albums 2026, hard rock podcast, alternative music news All the news, all the noise, all in one place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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