Tom Morello Talks Taking the Mic, Fusing Rock & Activism and Playing Alongside His Son on Upcoming ‘Relentless’ Album

In his caller songs, Tom Morello keeps the rebellious tone and explosive dependable of his erstwhile band, Rage Against The Machine, alive. But now, successful summation to crafting almighty riffs, the American guitar virtuoso besides sings — connected a caller creator task that combines stone and activism, alongside his 13-year-old son, Roman Morello.

“From a philharmonic level, I’m precise excited astir my first-ever solo stone album”, Morello tells Billboard Español astir this still-untitled project. He hints that it volition grant the riffs and repertoire of the bands that brought him fame, including Audioslave, arsenic good arsenic the acoustic worldly from his enactment arsenic The Nightwatchman, and his collaborations with the legendary Bruce Springsteen.

“I truly wanted to make… a grounds that is relentless successful its large guitar riffs, relentless successful its inventive guitar solos”, helium adds successful a video telephone from Los Angeles. “But besides a grounds that invites my young lad Roman, who is simply a tremendous guitar subordinate who we’ve played [with] crossed the satellite — [one that] welcomes him and his ideas into it, arsenic a caller procreation who has this Morello DNA of stone ‘n’ rotation power.”

His latest single, “Pretend You Remember Me,” offers a glimpse of what fans tin expect successful 2026 erstwhile the album, acceptable to beryllium released by Mom+Pop Music, drops. Written by Morello, the opus features hi...