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The Great Satan: eighth solo studio album by American heavy metal musician Rob Zombie
Released 27 February 2026 by Nuclear Blast
Three singles: "Punks and Demons", "Heathen Days", "(I'm a) Rock 'N' Roller"
"Punks and Demons" has a music video directed by Zombie himself
Tracklist of 15 songs, several of them only about one minute long
Songwriting credited to Zombie, Riggs (tracks 1, 2 and 6) and Zeuss
Production, engineering and mixing by Zeuss

First album since The Sinister Urge to feature guitarist Riggs
First album since Educated Horses to feature bassist Blasko
Last album to feature drummer Ginger Fish before his departure in 2026
A press release describes Zombie revisiting his early Hellbilly roots with anthemic punk-infused heavy rock and metal
Critics at release described the album as industrial metal and groove metal
Elements of thrash metal and punk rock also appear in the album
The record harks back to the horror and sci-fi aesthetics of Zombie's early solo albums
Lead single "Punks and Demons" was released on 10 October 2025
Second single "Heathen Days" was released on 21 November

Robert Bartleh Cummings, born January 12, 1965 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, performs as Rob Zombie.
He co-founded the heavy metal band White Zombie with Sean Yseult, and was its frontman.
He took the stage name from the 1932 horror film White Zombie, which also gave the band its name.
White Zombie released four studio albums and one remix album before breaking up in September 1998.

His solo debut, Hellbilly Deluxe (1998), sold over 3 million copies in the United States and spawned three singles.
His second album, The Sinister Urge (2001), became his second platinum album in the U.S.
He directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses (released 2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), and a remake of Halloween (2007), his highest-grossing film.
Halloween II (2009), The Lords of Salem (2012), 31 (2016), and The Munsters (2022) followed.
He released a total of eight studio albums, the most recent being The Great Satan (2026).

Current members include Mike Riggs (guitars), Blasko (bass), and Ryan Goff (drums).
Guitarist John 5 left in 2022 after a 17-year tenure to join Mötley Crüe.

Metacritic aggregate: "generally favorable reviews", weighted average 74 out of 100 from 5 critic scores
Blabbermouth.net's Dom Lawson calls it a rock 'n' roll record that offers a fresh take on the same perverse ingredients
Lawson concludes that the artist seems to be picking up steam again
AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung calls it another punishing Hellbilly collection, with jagged riffs, wild audio samples and jackhammer drumming
Yeung praises the vocals as some of Zombie's best and most rabid in many an album
Metal Injection's Greg Kennelty calls lead single "Punks and Demons" an unrelenting hellscape with loads of crunchy riffs
Revolver's Gregory Adams describes "Heathen Days" as hurtling with fuel-injected fury and pedal-to-the-metal guitar slides
Critics across these reviews focus on the riffs, the rabid vocals and the album's sense of fun

"Punks and Demons" was released as the lead single on 10 October 2025 and received critical praise.
The liner notes spell track 9 as 'Devil-Man' and track 11 as 'The Revolution Motherfuckers', differing from the listed titles.
Several tracks run about one minute, including 'Who Am I?' at 0:35 and 'Grave Discontent' at 1:01.
Ginger Fish's drumming is singled out in AllMusic's review as one of the album's highlights.