Black Veil Brides Team Up With Bob Rock

Black Veil Brides have confirmed one of rock music’s biggest producers for their next studio album.

The Hollywood rockers will enlist the services of Bob Rock, who has previously twiddled the knobs for everyone from Metallica and Bon Jovi to The Offspring and, er, Nelly Furtado, for the follow-up to last year’s concept opus, Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones.

Expect that to land either at the very end of 2014 or early next year.

Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.