David Ellefson, alongside co-host Joshua Toomey, recently launched The David Ellefson Show podcast, a bi-weekly show available on YouTube and major streaming platforms. The new episode is available now.
Description: Michael Poulsen of Volbeat joins The David Ellefson Show to talk about their raw new album, God Of Angels Trust, out June 6. He opens up about rediscovering his death metal roots during Volbeat’s break and how that reset fuelled a back-to-basics writing style. Michael shares stories of touring tiny clubs, signing to Metal Blade, and collaborating with Mercyful Fate’s Hank Shermann. From ’50s rock ‘n’ roll to brutal riffs, he breaks down how Volbeat’s sound came to life.
Watch the YouTube video below, and also catch the new episode at Apple Podcasts.
Volbeat – Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), and Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass) – will release their ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, on June 6 via longtime label Vertigo/Universal. Pre-order it here.
With God Of Angels Trust, the Danish band – which has scored ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, the most ever for a band based outside North America – has thrown caution to the wind, ignored comfort zones, and paid little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising. The end result will thrill Volbeat’s dedicated legion of fans.
“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 are just a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.’ That was freeing for me and made it exciting to write this album.”
Poulsen’s excitement to thwart convention is palpable throughout God Of Angels Trust, a punchy, crunchy album that’s undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic and melodic energy.
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 Trust sounds as fleshed out, eclectic, and fulfilling as albums that have taken 10 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.
The band’s official D2C store is here.
Available formats:
– 180g Black LP
– “Grandma’s Wallpaper” LP – Exclusively at volbeat.dk
– “Lamplight Glow” LP – Exclusively at Republic Records/Universal Music’s websites
– “Mystery Color” LP – Exclusively at independent retailers
– Glow in the Dark LP – Exclusively at EMP
– Oxblood LP – Exclusively at Revolver
– Red and White Danish Flag LP -Only available in Denmark
– Limited Edition Cassette
– CD
– Deluxe Hardcover Book CD With Expanded Artwork
God Of Angels Trust tracklisting:
“Devils Are Awake”
“By A Monster’s Hand”
“Acid Rain”
“Demonic Depression”
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom”
“Time Will Heal”
“Better Be Fueled Than Tamed”
“At The End Of The Sirens”
“Lonely Fields”
“Enlighten The Disorder (By A Monster’s Hand Part 2)”
“Time Will Heal” video:
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom” video:
“By A Monster’s Hand” video:
Volbeat will return to the road on the “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide,” beginning this month and running throughout 2025. The tour begins in June with a co-headline Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, which will be followed by headline treks in the US with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the UK with special guests Bush and Witch Fever, including today’s newly-announced second show at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena on September 20.
Tickets and VIP packages for all shows are on sale now at volbeat.dk. Find Volbeat’s tour itinerary here.
Did you know BraveWords has an active Facebook Group where you can start your own metal discussion or take part in many other discussions. The BraveWords Facebook Group is the evolution of the old BraveWords message board from years ago.
Bands… feel free to promote your shows and albums.
Podcasts… feel free to promote your new episodes.
Radio Shows… feel free to promote your latest show.
Record Labels… feel free to promote your latest releases
Click to join and start discussing: https://m.facebook.com/groups/bravewordsmetal/
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Description: Michael Poulsen of Volbeat joins The David Ellefson Show to talk about their raw new album, God Of Angels Trust, out June 6. He opens up about rediscovering his death metal roots during Volbeat’s break and how that reset fuelled a back-to-basics writing style. Michael shares stories of touring tiny clubs, signing to Metal Blade, and collaborating with Mercyful Fate’s Hank Shermann. From ’50s rock ‘n’ roll to brutal riffs, he breaks down how Volbeat’s sound came to life.
Watch the YouTube video below, and also catch the new episode at Apple Podcasts.
Volbeat – Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), and Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass) – will release their ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, on June 6 via longtime label Vertigo/Universal. Pre-order it here.
With God Of Angels Trust, the Danish band – which has scored ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, the most ever for a band based outside North America – has thrown caution to the wind, ignored comfort zones, and paid little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising. The end result will thrill Volbeat’s dedicated legion of fans.
“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 are just a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.’ That was freeing for me and made it exciting to write this album.”
Poulsen’s excitement to thwart convention is palpable throughout God Of Angels Trust, a punchy, crunchy album that’s undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic and melodic energy.
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 Trust sounds as fleshed out, eclectic, and fulfilling as albums that have taken 10 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.
The band’s official D2C store is here.
Available formats:
– 180g Black LP
– “Grandma’s Wallpaper” LP – Exclusively at volbeat.dk
– “Lamplight Glow” LP – Exclusively at Republic Records/Universal Music’s websites
– “Mystery Color” LP – Exclusively at independent retailers
– Glow in the Dark LP – Exclusively at EMP
– Oxblood LP – Exclusively at Revolver
– Red and White Danish Flag LP -Only available in Denmark
– Limited Edition Cassette
– CD
– Deluxe Hardcover Book CD With Expanded Artwork
God Of Angels Trust tracklisting:
“Devils Are Awake”
“By A Monster’s Hand”
“Acid Rain”
“Demonic Depression”
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom”
“Time Will Heal”
“Better Be Fueled Than Tamed”
“At The End Of The Sirens”
“Lonely Fields”
“Enlighten The Disorder (By A Monster’s Hand Part 2)”
“Time Will Heal” video:
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom” video:
“By A Monster’s Hand” video:
Volbeat will return to the road on the “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide,” beginning this month and running throughout 2025. The tour begins in June with a co-headline Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, which will be followed by headline treks in the US with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the UK with special guests Bush and Witch Fever, including today’s newly-announced second show at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena on September 20.
Tickets and VIP packages for all shows are on sale now at volbeat.dk. Find Volbeat’s tour itinerary here.
Did you know BraveWords has an active Facebook Group where you can start your own metal discussion or take part in many other discussions. The BraveWords Facebook Group is the evolution of the old BraveWords message board from years ago.
Bands… feel free to promote your shows and albums.
Podcasts… feel free to promote your new episodes.
Radio Shows… feel free to promote your latest show.
Record Labels… feel free to promote your latest releases
Click to join and start discussing: https://m.facebook.com/groups/bravewordsmetal/
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