Review and photos by Greg Maki—The humbly named “Greatest of All Tours” did its best to live up to that (tongue-in-cheek) billing on a Saturday night in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with the two featured acts taking very different paths to get there. Headliner Volbeat played a career-spanning set touching on all but its first record, while... Continue Reading →
Danish rock band Volbeat has shared a music video for "Demonic Depression" from its newly released ninth studio album, "God of Angels Trust" (Republic/Universal; get it here). Watch the video below. "'Demonic Depression' is based on one of my really good friends and the state of mind that he was in for a couple of years," vocalist/guitarist... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki Mercyful Fate and King Diamond aside, Denmark never has been what one might consider a hotbed of heavy metal or rock music in general. It’s no small feat then that Volbeat has tallied 11 number 1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, the most ever for a band based outside North... Continue Reading →
Danish rock band Volbeat has shared the music video for "Time Will Heal," the third song to be released from its upcoming ninth studio album, "God of Angels Trust" (June 6, 2025, Republic/Universal; pre-order here). Watch the video below. The album will coincide with plenty of summer touring on the band's "Greatest of All Tours Worldwide,"... Continue Reading →
Danish rock band Volbeat has shared "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan's Spawn in a Dying World of Doom," the second single and video from its upcoming ninth studio album, "God of Angels Trust" (June 6, 2025, Republic/Universal; pre-order here. "I had so much fun writing these lyrics," vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen... Continue Reading →
Danish rock band Volbeat will release its ninth studio album, "God of Angels Trust," on June 6, 2025, via longtime label Republic/Universal. The album, the band's first since 2021's "Servant of the Mind," is available for pre-order here. The band has shared the first taste of the new record with the music video for its... Continue Reading →
Volbeat has parted ways with lead guitarist Rob Caggiano after 10 years, the band announced Monday, June 5, 2023. Flemming C. Lund of the Danish thrash/death metal band The Arcane Order will join the band for its 2023 shows. No reason was given for the lineup change, though it appears to be on good terms.... Continue Reading →
Volbeat has shared the new music video for "Temple of Ekur" from its recent studio album, "Servant of the Mind" (Republic Records). The video was directed by Shan Dan and VisualHype, who have worked with the band on many lyric videos, as well as the youthful video for 2019’s “Cheapside Sloggers.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4k5fE2D0M&feature=youtu.be The new album is now... Continue Reading →
Photos by Greg Maki
Volbeat has shared the new song "Becoming" from its upcoming eighth studio album, "Servant of the Mind" (Dec. 3, 2021, Republic Records). Listen to "Becoming" here and watch the lyric video below. “Becoming” is the fourth song to be released from the new album. Last month, the band released the rager “Shotgun Blues,” which was preceded by... Continue Reading →
