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 →
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Rock is dead? Someone forgot to tell Volbeat. The three-fourths Danish band has ridden a string of hit singles from its 2010 album, “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven,” and its latest release, last year’s “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies,” to its biggest U.S. tour to date, a co-headlining arena run with Five Finger Death Punch (with support... Continue Reading →
2013 has been the year of Volbeat in America. Songs such as “Still Counting” and “Heaven nor Hell” still were burning up the airwaves years after their initial release even as the band’s fifth studio album, “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies,” hit stores in April. A heavy touring schedule, including prominent billing on many of... Continue Reading →
Right now, arguably the hottest hard rock/metal band in America is from Denmark. Behind hit singles “A Warrior’s Call,” “Still Counting” and “Heaven nor Hell,” Volbeat has rocketed to stardom here in the past couple years, routinely selling out shows and seeing its latest album, “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies,” debut in the top 10... Continue Reading →
