{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dda9e846a2532cddfd0503/6a21d368be8560e74b3a554c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 59: Converge Returns, New Evanescence & Eddie Van Halen Takes That Broke Darby’s Brain","description":"<p>This week on <em>Amplified</em>, 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 <em>The Gold Album</em>, Guns N’ Roses’ lost <em>Perfect Crime</em> documentary surfaces online, and Chris Robinson gets booed in Florida after pushing back on a USA chant.</p><p><br></p><p>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 <em>Use Your Illusion</em> tour.</p><p><br></p><p>Also in this episode:</p><ul><li>Autumn Kings interview preview</li><li>New Taste of Chaos tour details</li><li>Metallica playing Rammstein in Berlin</li><li>Kiss merch…still somehow expanding</li><li>Garth Brooks reportedly shopping a $2 billion catalog deal</li><li>Why Love Island is impossible to watch comfortably</li><li><br></li></ul><p>New episodes every Tuesday &amp; Friday.</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: @darby.amplified</p><p> TikTok: darby.amplified</p><p> X: darbyamplified</p><p>Topics: 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&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Darby"}