A year after the arrival of Wolfgang Van Halen’s debut album, Mammoth WVH, he revealed his plans to record a follow-up.

The self-titled LP was released on June 11, 2021 to positive reception. It followed seven months after his debut single, “Distance,” a personal tribute track to late father Eddie Van Halen.

“Releasing this music was such a huge thing for me in so many ways,” Van Halen said via social media. “It was exciting, moving, bittersweet, a relief. It was the culmination of years of work, trial and error, loss, self-doubt and anxiety. It was a long journey that led me to discover who I was as a person and an artist. I discovered who I was throughout the process and I arrived at something that I could really be proud of.

Van Halen admitted he wasn’t sure he was “even ready” for this “new chapter” in his life, but “jumped in anyway”. He added: “I knew it was the right thing to do because it was what Pop wanted. I just wish I could share the whole experience with him. I know he would be proud and so happy how everything has gone so far.

He continued, “I’m blown away by what Mammoth has accomplished over the past year and I’m incredibly grateful. None of this would have happened without the incredible support from all of you. So with all my heart, I just have to say… Thank you. He signed with: “PS: I will be entering the studio in a few months to start working on the second album, and I couldn’t be more excited. I promise not to take as long as I did with the first one.

Earlier this year, Van Halen noted that their second album wouldn’t take as long as their first, which had a five-year gestation period. “I’m very ready to go back to the studio,” he told Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM. “We have a few leftover tracks from the first album that I’d like to revisit, maybe add stuff or maybe redo entirely, and then a bunch of new ideas to get into.