In a new interview with Randy Legault of the Beer Rum & Rock N Roll podcast, Todd Kerns spoke about the status of the songwriting and recording sessions for the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album. The bassist and backing vocalist said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We just listened to [the final] mixes. We just listened to the sequence of the album. So we have that. I probably shouldn’t talk about it, but we have a title, but you’re never gonna hear about that for a long time. [Laughs]”

Asked if SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS worked with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette this time around after collaborating with Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) at Nashville, Tennessee’s historic RCA Studio A for 2022’s “4”, Todd said: “Yes, yes. We’re very happy to have that team together again. It was a fun experiment to kind of like step out and do other things. And I think you have to do that. I think every band, every artist has to kind of go and try other things here and there, and I think it was really fun to try this and that, but returning to it was very sort of like… Well, I’ve always said it — every time Slash plays me a new riff, I always go, ‘I’ll be watching some guy on YouTube play that riff next year.’ [Laughs] Every riff he plays is that iconic.”

Elaborating on the SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS recording process, Todd said: “We always play together. The idea is the usual — playing together, trying to capture a drum performance, and then replacing… We did it pretty normally. We didn’t get too jiggy with this and that. We’re always in a constant state of, like, even though we’ve rehearsed our butts off, we still go in with the idea of, like, ‘Well, maybe this, maybe that.’ So as we’re working on it, it’s sort of in a constant state of rearrangement or sort of refinement as we’re going along.”

Regarding how the upcoming SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS LP stacks up against the band’s previous four albums, Todd said: “It’s interesting that you say that because I think that there’s something to be said about it being of the flavor that you know, the familiarity of it, but at the same time there’s always gonna be something a little different regardless. But there’s a couple of times where we get a little bit more fierce than I think we’re kind of known for. [Singer] Myles Kennedy [who also fronts ALTER BRIDGE] can kind of, like, ‘Oh, he’s taking the gloves off on this one.’ I go, ‘Okay.’ ‘Cause he sort of comes from a very sort of — not ‘controlled’; [it’s] not the right word, but ALTER BRIDGE has a very sort of… I don’t even know how I could put this in words, but it’s so much more musical in a way. [Laughs] They [ALTER BRIDGE] get really heavy, those guys. They get really heavy. They’ve kind of gotten heavier as time’s gone by.”

Kerns went on to say that “there’s some really killer songs” on the upcoming SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album, which was recorded at Elvis’s Studio Barbarosa in Gotha, Florida.

“It’s the weirdest thing, by the time it comes out in ’27, [drummer Brent] Fitz, Myles, Slash and I will be playing together for 17 years, off and on, and the CONSPIRATORS will be around 16 years, ’cause we weren’t really called the CONSPIRATORS until 2011,” Todd said. “So it’s just a really weird thing to consider. What it does is it really makes me realize 10 years doesn’t seem that long to me anymore. It goes fast.”

Earlier this month, Slash told 93.3 WMMR’s Brent Porche about the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album: “It’s done. We just finished mixing it. I finished the sequence yesterday. It’s a killer record, man. We’re excited about it, but it doesn’t come out till the GUNS tour’s over. So it’ll get released in probably January of 2027, and then there’ll be a whole world tour that goes along with that. So I had to wait to release it because GUNS is out from March through December of this year. So [we’re] putting it out in 2027. But it’s done.”

Last month, Myles told Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio about the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album: “All the tracks are recorded. I finished my vocals back in, let’s see, August of 2025… And then the goal is to get it released soon. We’ve got this ALTER BRIDGE tour cycle and album cycle, and then we’ll see, after that, how quickly we can put out some new music with SLASH & THE CONSPIRATORS.”

Regarding the musical direction of the new SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS material, Myles said: “Oh, it’s definitely… The thing about that band is it’s a certain approach that we keep consistent throughout. I don’t think you’re ever gonna get a record of synth pop, but it’s because the fans expect a certain thing, and it’s what we do. And so we try not to veer too far from that. But we’ll let people judge for themselves when it comes out.”

Last October, Slash told SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” about the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS LP: “It doesn’t come out till 2027. But then we’re gonna do a full-blown tour. And that’s the thing, is I had to find a window where I could do a full-scale tour with the CONSPIRATORS. And I didn’t wanna release it until I was able to do that, and 2027 is the real window for it. So that’s when the record comes out.”

As for how the new SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS LP turned out, Slash said: “It’s really cool — the record’s badass. All things considered, I don’t like to hype a record up, but I’m excited about it.”

Slash previously revealed in an August 2025 social media post that the recording sessions for SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS were completed. He wrote at the time: “Recording for #SMKC record number 5 is done today. Album title [to be confirmed]. This has been a super cool session all around. & we all agree it’s one of, if not the best one yet. Unfortunately you’ll have to wait till 2027 to weigh in, too much going on next year to put it out. But it will be worth the wait. Full blown world tour to follow!”

In a separate interview with J.J. Caithcart of Different Stages Radio, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS drummer Brent Fitz stated about the band’s next album: “Slash has the greatest work ethic of any musician I’ve ever worked with. So, we got busy. We toured together in 2024, and then we were out doing other things, and then Slash did a blues record and tour. And then, as soon as that was done, we got right into the studio in L.A. He has an amazing working studio. We can be busy there in L.A. We did that for a month, and then we went out to Florida and recorded most of all the bed tracks, the music parts of it.”

In January 2025, Kennedy told Heavy Consequence about the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album: “As for the direction of the record, it’s still riff-based rock ‘n’ roll with a heavy dose of the blues element that Slash brings, like only he does. It’s some really great stuff. I think it’s going to be another fun one to tour live.”

In December 2024, Myles told SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that “the demoing and all that, the writing” for the next SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS album “was done before I even embarked on [my] last [solo] tour. The easy part is the recording; the hard part is the writing. Slash and I were — he was sending me demos of the tunes. Then I was spending time with him, coming up with melodies and lyrics. And so that’s all done — I think with the exception of one song. Now I just have to find a moment to get in the studio and all that, knock that out. But I will say that just even in the demo process and where we stood there before they went in to actually make the record musically, it is really exciting stuff. I’m really, really stoked about where this one’s going. It’s gonna be cool.”

Asked if he writes any of the music for SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS or if he is mostly in charge of coming up with the lyrics and the melodies, Myles said: “Yeah, most of what I’m doing is lyrics and melodies. Occasionally if something comes in and I’m, like, ‘Hey, can we change this chord progression for the sake of the melody?’ But it’s interesting ’cause more so on [2012’s] ‘Apocalyptic Love’, when I played guitar on that record, there was a little bit more of, ‘Hey, try this part. See what this sounds like, if we utilize this to help the arrangement somehow.’ But it’s funny — I was thinking about that the other day, and I was just, like… It just highlights how cool [Slash] is. I [was] coming in, it was [my] second record [with Slash] and I’ve got my guitar, and I’m, like, ‘What do you think? What if we tried this?’ And I’m, like, ‘You’re sitting there with Slash. He doesn’t need any help, man.’ But he was so cool and so accommodating. But as the years have gone on and we’ve made all these records, one thing that continues to amaze me is just how much he understands, not just the riff thing, but coming up with chord progressions that really lend themselves to coming up with compelling melodies for me. It’s, like, he knows how to sequence the chords where it’s gonna really leave room for a melody, which I appreciate. And, like I said, occasionally I’d be, like, ‘Hey, can we try a G here instead of a D ’cause I hear the melody doing this?’ Or I’ll send the melody back and he’ll go, ‘I’m gonna change this chord because I feel like it suits the melody better.’ I’m, like, ‘Great.’ So yeah, he totally gets it.”

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS entered the studio in November 2024 to begin recording its fifth album.

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS kicked off “The River Is Rising – Rest Of The World Tour ’24” on January 23, 2024 with the band’s return to Mexico City’s Pepsi Centre WTC. The group’s 24-song setlist included the live debut of a deep GUNS N’ ROSES cut, “Don’t Damn Me”, featuring Kerns on lead vocals.

Prior to the launch of “The River Is Rising – Rest Of The World Tour ’24”, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS last performed in February and March 2022 as part of a U.S. tour.

“4” was released in February 2022 via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG.

“4” was Slash’s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Kennedy, Fitz, Kerns and guitarist Frank Sidoris.

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS released “Live At Studios 60”, their first-ever double live LP, for the 2022 Record Store Day. The effort contained a performance of “4”, plus four additional songs from the group. Recorded live in Los Angeles at Studios 60, the “Live At Studios 60” double LP exclusive Record Store Day release was limited to only 2,250 copies. The full concert featured all the songs from “4”. Additional performances of the group’s Top 5 rock radio hits, including “You’re A Lie”, “World On Fire”, “Anastasia” and “Driving Rain” are also included in the double vinyl package.

For “4”, Cobb shared the band’s desire to lay down the tracks live, in the studio including guitar solos and vocals — a first for Slash’s group.

Slash released a blues album called “Orgy Of The Damned” in May 2024 via Gibson Records.

In the summer of 2024, Slash brought his brand-new “S.E.R.P.E.N.T.” festival to cities across the U.S.. On all dates, Slash performed alongside his blues band featuring bassist Johnny Griparic, keyboardist Teddy “ZigZag” Andreadis, drummer Michael Jerome and singer/guitarist Tash Neal.

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