To coincide with the album announcement, the band has released the new single “ Shotgun Blues,” an anthemic track in which Poulsen explores the ghostly events he recently experienced upon moving into a new home. “Every time you move into a house, you bring dead people with you,” he explains. “Weird stuff happens when I move into a house… it’s very otherworldly.” Watch the lyric video here. The album also includes the “double barrel” of Summer songs the band released this past June: “Wait A Minute My Girl” and “Dagen Før (feat. Stine Bramsen).” The former of which became the band’s ninth number one single on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Other songs on the album weave intricate and fascinating tales. “The Sacred Stones” tells the story of “an earthly being who has committed himself to the dark side. 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. Album opener “Temple of Ekur” returns to the ancient themes explored in past songs such as “The Gates of Babylon,” while the epic album closer “Lasse’s Birgita” explores the story of the first witch burnings to occur in Sweden in 1471. 26, 2022 – Dallas, Texas Fair Park Coliseumįeb.Volbeat are two decades deep into a career that has found them sharing stages with genre legends like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Motorhead, Slipknot, Megadeth, Anthrax and more.
25, 2022 – Houston, Texas Smart Centreįeb. 19, 2022 – Cincinnati, Ohio Heritage Bank Centerįeb. 15, 2022 – Toledo, Ohio Huntington Centerįeb. 7, 2022 – Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arenaįeb. 31, 2022 – West Valley City, Utah Maverik Centerįeb. 28, 2022 – Nampa, Idaho Idaho Center Arena Fox Theater Ghost, Volbeat + Twin Temple 2022 Dates "Dagen Før" (Michael Vox Version) Volbeat Fall 2021 U.S. "Domino" (The Cramps/Roy Orbison cover)ġ7. Volbeat, "Shotgun Blues" Official Videoġ5. NEW MUSIC PLAYLIST: Keep up with each week's new songs by following Loudwire's "Weekly Wire" Spotify playlist, featuring 50 tracks with updates each Friday. Go here to pre-order Servant of the Mind, available in standard and deluxe editions. Volbeat recently contributed a cover of Metallica's "Don't Tread on Me" to The Metallica Blacklist.
It's very otherworldly."Ĭoincidentally or not, "Shotgun Blues" shares its title with a Guns N' Roses song. "Weird stuff happens when I move into a house. "Every time you move into a house, you bring dead people with you," Poulsen said.
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."Īs for "Shotgun Blues," the song's theme was inspired by ghostly events the rocker experienced upon moving. There are a lot of Volbeat signatures in it. "I wrote the whole album in three months," Poulsen explained of Servant of the Mind. "I was in a good place and mood while at home and had a captive audience of myself.
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Near the bottom of this post, hear "Shotgun Blues," see the new album's art and tracklist, and check Volbeat's fall tour dates plus their 2022 dates with Ghost. 23), the band announced the album and its release date while unleashing yet another new tune from the set, "Shotgun Blues." The song, and Servant of the Mind as whole, represent the products of a concentrated writing session undertaken by Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen, as a press release outlined.