Wes Borland recently spoke about Limp Bizkit’s plans to record new music in an interview with Gear4music Guitars.
The guitarist discussed the band’s intention to enter the studio as early as August. This would mark their first new music following the passing of bassist Sam Rivers on October 18, 2025. Borland touched on the band’s existing material and their typical songwriting process.
“We’re planning on going in [to the studio]. I think we have some time in August that we’re planning on going in and writing,” Borland said. “We’ve had writing sessions, and there are parts [that we may end up using in some of the new songs].”
Borland also noted that he and frontman Fred Durst have already been revisiting previously recorded material ahead of the upcoming sessions.
“Fred [Durst] and I were just listening to some riffs and some other sessions that we had from a writing session last year, and we were, like, ‘Oh, I forgot about that. I forgot about that,'” he continued. “And so we’ve got some ammo to go in.”
He went on to describe the band’s various approaches to writing, including one spontaneous method that reportedly produced one of their most well-known tracks.
“But usually in the past, when we’ve made a record, I go do lots of riff writing and then bring it in, and then we start building songs off of that,” Borland said. “Or Fred will work on song ideas at home, and then we’ll build off of that. And then sometimes we just start improvising. Or he’ll go, ‘Write the best thing you’ve ever written right now, on the spot.’ But some of that stuff happens. I mean, I think ‘Break Stuff’ happened that way.”
The planned studio sessions would represent the band’s first significant creative push in several years. They would also be the first without a founding member who had been part of the group since its earliest days.
Sam Rivers was a co-founding member of Limp Bizkit. He died on October 18, 2025, at the age of 48 at his home in Florida. No official cause of death was disclosed. Rivers had previously battled alcohol-related liver disease, which led to a liver transplant and a temporary departure from the band in 2015. He rejoined Limp Bizkit in 2018 and remained with them until his passing. His final performance with the band took place at the Leeds Festival in England on August 24, 2025.
The band’s most recent studio album was Still Sucks, released in 2021. The planned August sessions would mark their first new music push since that release and their first attempt at building a record without Rivers in the lineup.
Following Rivers’ death, Limp Bizkit enlisted Richie “Kid Not” Buxton as their touring bassist to handle live duties. The band continued their touring schedule without pause, resuming shows in late November 2025 and carrying on into 2026, with festival appearances and international dates confirmed throughout the year. In June 2026, they released a dedicated video tribute to Rivers, honoring his legacy as the group continued their active touring run.
The band paid tribute to Rivers following his death, describing him as “pure magic” and “the pulse beneath every song.”
