🧨 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 Sphere

• RIP Sam Rivers — the soul of Limp Bizkit

• Ian Watkins finally bled out, and four inmates might get charged for doing what karma couldn’t

👂 All that, plus guitar giveaways, festival speculation, and rock’s weirdest headlines.

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