Kid Rock return to the music scene for the first time in four years, with an new album tentatively titled “Rock’n'Roll Jesus,” slated to grace our ears October 9th.

Recorded at his Michigan home, the Atlantic Records set cuts a broad stylistic swath, from metallic headbangers like first single “So Hot” and “Sugar” (the set’s only rap track) to such rootsy, gospel-hued fare as “Amen” and “When You Love Someone.” The album ends with “Half Your Age,” a sly country kissoff to ex-wife Pamela Anderson, with a line about finding a younger girlfriend who’s “twice as hot.” How pathetic.

Overall, Rock — who’s dedicating the album to his late friend, Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun — told Billboard he hoped the effect was “like going to church drunk on Saturday night.” Hmmm, just what I always wanted to do.