Flemming C. Lund has officially joined Volbeat as the Danish rock band's lead guitarist. 'We’re very happy to announce that after this past year of touring and, of course, laying down some scorching solos on 'God of Angels Trust,'" the band said on social media, "we’ve finally 'put a ring on it' and {Lund] is... Continue Reading →
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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 →
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... 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 →
Asinhell, the death metal band featuring Volbeat's Michael Poulsen on guitar, has shared a music video for the title track of its debut album, "Impii Hora." Watch it below. Get "Impii Hora," released in September 2023 via Metal Blade Records, here. "It means 'Ungodly Hour' in Latin and the song is about all these evil,... Continue Reading →
