This Week in the Pit – Oct 25, 2025
🧨 Foo Fighters might crash Aftershock. Maiden’s bringing the nuclear heat. Sam Rivers is gone. And Ian Watkins? Still dead — now with bonus arrests.
This week’s pit report hits harder than Gary Holt’s guitar tone:
Foo Fighters drop stadium tour dates, new music, and a suspicious gap around Aftershock 2026 👀
Iron Maiden’s 50th birthday meltdown is official — Megadeth and Anthrax are joining the firestorm
EXODUS wraps a brutal new record, and Gary Holt’s back foaming at the mouth
Five Finger Death Punch "write" a few songs and drop a solid collab with BABYMETAL
Slash calls bullshit on the Vegas…
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