Volbeat Part Ways With Longtime Guitarist Rob Caggiano

Danish rock band Volbeat have parted ways with longtime guitarist Rob Caggiano.

In a message to fans, the band wrote, “After ten incredible years we must sadly announce that Volbeat and Rob Caggiano have parted ways. During our time together we’ve traveled the world sharing great experiences and released four albums that we are immensely proud of, and we wouldn’t change a moment of it.”

“We wish our brother Rob all the best with everything he does in the future (we know it’s going to be great),” they added. “Filling those shoes on stage will be a herculean task, but our good friend Flemming C. Lund (The Arcane Order) will be jumping in to handle lead guitar on our 2023 shows. Thank you to all of our incredible fans for their support, and more importantly, thank you to Rob for ten amazing years.”

Caggiano joined Volbeat in 2013 after parting ways with Anthrax. The guitarist had actually left Anthrax to focus on his studio production work but officially joined Volbeat full-time.

Caggiano has also worked with the supergroup The Damned Things and has another band called Temple of the Black Moon.

Caggiano featured on four Volbeat albums – 2013’s Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, 2016’s Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie, 2019’s Rewind, Replay, Rebound and 2021’s Servant of the Mind.

(Photo: Sven Mandel)