Guitarist Flemming C. Lund, who contributed guitar solos to Volbeat’s upcoming ninth album, “God of Angels Trust” (due out June 6, 2025; via Universal/Republic; pre-order here), and will continue as live guitarist this year, said he is “incredibly honored and thrilled” to be working with the Danish rock band.
Lund also worked with Volbeat vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen in his death metal side project, Asinhell, and toured with Volbeat in 2023.
“I am incredibly honored and thrilled to have been asked to contribute guitar solos to the new Volbeat album God Of Angels Trust (G.O.A.T.), due out on June 6th, 2025,” Lund said in a statement released to social media. “I’ve done my very best to honor the great Volbeat legacy while also adding my own personal style and direction.
“Furthermore, I have agreed with the boys to hit the road with them again in 2025. We had so much fun together the last time, so why not do it again?? I’m beyond excited to take this new album on tour and play all across North America and Europe from the summer and onward. It’s going to be an absolute blast, and I can’t wait to see many of the amazing old friends as well as the new ones I’ve made over these fantastic past years.”
Earlier in the week, Volbeat shared the first taste of the new record with the music video for its first single, “By a Monster’s Hand.”
With “God of Angels Trust,” Volbeat— which has scored 10 number 1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, the most ever for a band based outside North America—has thrown caution to the wind, ignored comfort zones and paid little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising.
“In the past, I’ve taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them,” vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen said. “This time, I wanted to make a Volbeat record without thinking too much about it. Instead of following any kind of structure I said, ‘Okay, there are no rules. I can do anything I want. I can start with a chorus or do songs that are just a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.’ That was freeing for me and made it exciting to write this album.”
Poulsen started working on songs for the follow-up to “Servant of the Mind” in summer 2024. Volbeat was taking a year-long break from touring to give him a chance to recover from throat surgery and to tour with his death metal band, Asinhell. Driven equally by his excitement to record a new Volbeat album and by his determination not to follow convention, Poulsen worked on songs for a mere three weeks with bandmates drummer Jon Larsen and bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen. Three weeks into the process, Volbeat had arranged half of “God of Angels Trust.” That’s when Poulsen decided that having no rules meant he could follow his muse wherever it took him, and he veered off on a different path. He and the band still wrote and rehearsed two songs a week, but they started composing more familiar rock songs that drew from traditional elements.
The band entered the studio with longtime producer Jacob Hansen in fall 2024. As with the songwriting, Poulsen wanted to work quickly and rely on instinct, so they just plugged in and started to play. To keep the music sounding urgent and immediate, Volbeat recorded live in the studio, playing as few takes as possible before moving from one song to the next.
When it came time to add lead guitar, there was no question that Volbeat would tap Flemming C. Lund. A mere 13 days after they started working with Hansen, Volbeat was finished.
“In some ways, it feels like we’ve come full circle,” Poulsen said. “If you start drawing a circle over an extended period of time, eventually you’ve going to get back where you started, and that’s how I feel now. I’ve dealt with medical operations, lineup changes, and all these things, and now it feels like a rebirth. It doesn’t feel like we’re doing our ninth studio album, it feels like we’re on our first album again and there’s something really refreshing about that.”
Fans who pre-order the album from volbeat.dk or Universal Music Group up through 5 p.m. local time Sunday, March 9, will receive a code to access tickets for Volbeat’s upcoming tour before anyone else starting at 10 a.m. local time Monday, March 10. Regular on-sales will begin at 10 a.m. local time Friday, March 14.
The band’s official D2C store is here.
“God of Angels Trust” track listing:
“Devils Are Awake”
“By a Monster’s Hand”
“Acid Rain”
“Demonic Depression”
“In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom”
“Time Will Heal”
“Better Be Fueled Than Tamed”
“At the End of the Sirens”
“Lonely Fields”
“Enlighten the Disorder (By a Monster’s Hand Part 2)”
Available formats:
- Deluxe Hardcover Book CD with expanded artwork
- 180g Black LP
- “Grandma’s Wallpaper” LP — Exclusively at volbeat.dk
- “Lamplight Glow” LP — Exclusively at Republic Records/Universal Music’s websites
- “Mystery Color” LP — Exclusively at independent retailers
- Glow in the Dark LP — Exclusively at EMP
- Oxblood LP — Exclusively at Revolver
- Red and White Danish Flag LP — Only available in Denmark
- Limited Edition Cassette
- CD
Volbeat tour dates:
Co-headline with Three Days Grace and Wage War
6/7 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena
6/9 — Calgary, AB — Scotiabank Saddledome
6/10 — Edmonton, AB — Rogers Place
6/12 — Saskatoon, SK — SaskTel Centre
6/13 — Winnipeg, MB — Canada Life Centre
6/16 — Laval, QC — Place Bell
6/17 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre
6/19 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage
6/21 — London, ON — Canada Life Place
6/22 — Ottawa, ON — Canadian Tire Centre
Headline with Halestorm and The Ghost Inside
7/17 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena
7/19 — Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/21 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
7/22 — Ridgefield, WA — Cascades Amphitheater
7/24 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
7/25 — Inglewood, CA — Kia Forum
7/26 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
7/28 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7/29 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
7/31 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP
8/2 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater
8/3 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
8/4 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/6 — Charlotte, NC — PNC Music Pavilion
8/7 — Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live
8/9 — Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
8/10 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
8/12 — Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
8/13 — Gilford, NH — BankNH Pavilion
8/14 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
8/16 — Hershey, PA — Giant Center
8/17 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
8/19 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
8/21 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
8/22 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Headline with Bush and Gel
9/18 — Herning, DK — Jyske Bank Boxen
9/19 — Copenhagen, DK — Royal Arena
9/23 — Amsterdam, NL — Ziggo Dome
9/24 — Antwerp, BE — Sportpaleis
9/26 — Stuttgart, DE — Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
9/27 — Cologne, DE — LANXESS Arena
9/28 — Oberhausen, DE — Rudolf Weber-ARENA
9/30 — Vienna, AT — Wiener Stadthalle
10/3 — Prague, CZ — O2 universum
10/4 — Berlin, DE — Uber Arena
10/6 — Munich, DE — Olympiahalle
10/8 — Frankfurt, DE — Festhalle
10/10 — Leipzig, DE — QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena
10/11 — Hamburg, DE — Barclays Arena
10/13 — Warsaw, PL — COS Torwar
10/15 — Tampere, FI — Nokia Arena
10/17 — Stockholm, SE — 3Arena
10/18 — Oslo, NO — Unity Arena
10/19 — Gothenburg, SE — Scandinavium
10/21 — Hannover, DE — ZAG Arena
10/22 — Rotterdam, NL — Rotterdam Ahoy
10/23 — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
10/25 — Zurich, CH — Hallenstadion
10/28 — Bilbao, ES — CUBEC — Bilbao Exhibition Centre
10/30 — Barcelona, ES — Sant Jordi Club
10/31 — Madrid, ES — Palacio Vistalegre
11/2 — Paris, FR — Zénith Paris — La Villette
11/5 — Nottingham, UK — Motorpoint Arena
11/6 — Cardiff, UK — Utilita Arena
11/8 — Manchester, UK — AO Arena
11/10 — Glasgow, UK — OVO Hydro
11/12 — Birmingham, UK — Utilita Arena
11/13 — London, UK — OVO Arena Wembley
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