Volbeat are sick and tired of music purists wagging their finger at them. They refuse to be confined to the pigeonhole of a specific genre but throw off all fetters intended to keep them on the ground. In the past four years, this thoroughly honest attitude has made the four musicians from Denmark one of the hottest acts on the rock scene. Sold-out venues everywhere, celebrated festival appearances at the Rock am Ring festival, during the Sonisphere Festival Tour, and opening for Metallica and AC/DC. Volbeat have refined their highly original mix of passionate riffs and haunting melodies even more, getting straight to the point. Mind you, the band has pursued the idea of transporting the values and achievements of the Fifties into our times ever since the beginning of their career.
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Band mastermind Michael Poulsen may have been a member of death metal act Dominus, but has concentrated on Volbeat since 2001. The group’s success speaks for itself: their 2005 debut The Strength/The Sound/The Songs was still considered an insider tip, but the breakthrough arrived in 2007 with Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil. The music press was delighted, showering the band with top marks. In addition, the quartet made the top of the Danish charts, even garnering a platinum award in their native country. This fact did not remain hidden from the giants of the rock industry. When Metallica were looking for an act to open their 2007 gig in Aarhus, they opted – at James Hetfield’s request – for Volbeat! This kick-started the band’s career – one tour followed the other, the venues becoming bigger and bigger.
2008 was marked by a brief break from the live circuit while the band recorded their third album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood at Jacob Hansen’s. The album arrived at the stores in September, making the top position of the Danish and Finnish charts. Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood climbed to no. 15 in Germany, and Volbeat embarked on another triumphal march, with tens of thousands of music fans going wild at the Rock am Ring and Wacken:Open:Air festivals as Poulsen & Co. performed hits such as “Sad Man's Tongue”, “Mr. & Mrs. Ness” and “Mary Ann's Place”.This extremely well-balanced, highly exciting mix of uncompromising relentlessness and ever-present melodies makes Volbeat's latest album, 2010's Beyond Hell/Above Heaven , a top-quality rock gem: dazzling, rare and infinitely valuable.
