Volbeat

Volbeat, consisting of Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass), and Jon Larsen (drums) have earned more than 143 platinum and gold certifications around the globe, and scored ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, the most ever for a band based outside North America. For their ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, Poulsen threw caution to the wind, paying little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising. God Of Angels Trust is a punchy, crunchy album that’s undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic and melodic energy. From Poulsen’s more instinctual songwriting came more anthemic, tuneful, and instantly recognizable rhythms and hooks. The band tracked the album with longtime producer Jacob Hansen in the fall of 2024. 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 to the next. Just thirteen days after they started working with Hansen, Volbeat were finished. As a result, God Of Angels Trust sounds as fleshed out, eclectic, and fulfilling as albums that have taken ten times longer (or more) to create. In the end, creating such 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.