Volbeat

Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), and Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar BoyeLarsen (bass)—are thrilled to announce their ninth album God Of Angels Trust. The album will coincide with plenty of touring on the band's "Greatest Of All ToursWorldwide," further dates and details below.

In the past, I've taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them," says Poulsen. "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 arejust a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.'That was freeing for meand made it exciting to write this album."Poulsen's excitement to thwart convention is palpable throughout God Of Angels Trust, apunchy, crunchy album that's undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic andmelodic energy. Poulsen started working on songs for the follow-up to 2021's Servant of the Mindin the summer of 2024. Volbeat was taking a year-long break from touring to give Michael achance 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 determinationnot to follow convention, Poulsen worked on songs for a mere three weeks with bandmatesdrummer Jon Larsen and bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen. Amazingly, they worked on a newsong atevery rehearsal. 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 rocksongs that drew from traditional elements.The band entered the studio with their longtime producer Jacob Hansen in the fall of 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 tothe next.When it came time to add lead guitar, there was no question that Volbeat would tap Flemming C. Lund, who currently tours with the band and worked with Michael in Asinhell. A mere 13 days after they started working with Hansen, Volbeat were finished.

As impressive as it is that Volbeat wrote and recorded an entire album in about five weeks, what's more incredible is that God Of Angels Trustsounds as fleshed out, eclectic, and fulfilling as albums that have taken 10 times longer (or more) to create. Inthe end, creatingsuch a strong album so quickly was a tremendous challenge that demanded Zen-like calm,a joy for exploration, maximal creativity, and razor-sharp concentration to pull off."In some ways, it feels like we've come full circle,”Poulsen explains. "If you start drawing acircle over an extended period of time, eventually you've going to get back where youstarted, and that's how I feel now. I've dealt with medical operations, lineup changes, and all these things, and now it feels like arebirth. 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."