Slash Confirms: A New Guns N’ Roses Album Is On The Horizon

By Dara Christine – October 9, 2025

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In a recent interview, Slash dropped enough hints to re-ignite hope: despite the slow drip of releases, the legendary band is gearing up for a full-length comeback. “It’s coming,” he says — but don’t ask when.

Slash opened up about the state of Guns N’ Roses’ creative engine in a convo with Guitar World. He revealed they already have a mountain of material, but the real hurdle is the discipline to sit down and turn ideas into something coherent. “There’s so much material at this point — it’s a matter of having the discipline to sit down and f—ing get into it,” he shared. 

Yet, he also cautions that planning rarely works for GNR. According to him: whenever they try to schedule things in advance, the plan tends to crumble. Their most reliable creative mode is still spontaneity — a spark, a session, and suddenly something real emerges. 

When pressed about timing, Slash stayed cryptic. He didn’t commit to dates. Instead, his assurance was simple and confident: “It’s coming. I know it’s coming because everybody is thinking about it. It’ll just happen when it happens.” 

It’s been years since GNR dropped proper new material: their last LP was Chinese Democracy (2008). Since the partial reunion with Slash and Duff McKagan back in 2016, the band has released a few tracks — “Absurd,” “Hard Skool,” and a couple of reworked outtakes — but nothing that feels like a fully fresh album. 

Still, the fact that Slash is speaking openly — even cautiously — about a full record is more fuel than fans have seen in a long time. With the band’s history of fits and starts, this could be the moment things start compounding toward something new.

Guns N’ Roses has always flirted with chaos. But if this next record actually materializes, it won’t just be a comeback — it’ll be a statement. The odds are brutal, but so is the legacy. And right now, a spark is glowing.