King Diamond) from 2014’s acclaimed (and gold-selling) Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, and have grabbed multiple Danish Music Awards.

They have racked up nearly three billion streams over the course of their career, notched a Best Metal Performance Grammy nomination for Room 24 (ft. Volbeat are two decades deep into a career that has found them sharing stages with genre legends like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Motörhead, Slipknot, Megadeth, Anthrax and more. Album opener Temple of Ekur returns to the ancient themes explored in past songs such as The Gates of Babylon, while the epic closer Lasse’s Birgita explores the story of the first witch burnings to occur in Sweden in 1471. He is on a mission, speaking to darker forces and fallen angels.” Meanwhile, The Devil Rages On looks at the idea of the devil taking human form. The Sacred Stones tells the story of “an earthly being who has committed himself to the dark side.

The 18 songs on the album weave intricate and fascinating tales. If you go back to the first record and compare it to where we are now, you can hear how the band has developed its style, while keeping the signature sound.” “I was in a good place and mood while at home, and had a captive audience of myself … There are a lot of Volbeat signatures in it. “I wrote the whole album in three months,” recalls Poulsen. T HE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For Servant Of The Mind, Danish rockers Volbeat - Michael Poulsen (guitars/vocals), Jon Larsen (drums), Rob Caggiano (guitars) and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass) - take their signature heavy metal, psychobilly and punk ‘n’ roll sound up a notch while showcasing Poulsen’s keen ability for songwriting and storytelling.

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