He is on a mission, speaking to darker forces and fallen angels.” Elsewhere, “ Shotgun Blues” explores the ghostly events he had recently experienced upon moving into a new home. “ The Sacred Stones” tells the story of “ an earthly being who has committed himself to the dark side. The rest of the songs on the album weave intricate and fascinating tales.

1 at the format, which is a record for the most chart-topping singles by a band not based in North America. 1 position on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and camped out there for three weeks. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.įor more information on VOLBEAT like their official page on Facebook.The lead single “ Wait A Minute My Girl,” which frontman Michael Poulsen drafted as a love song to his fiancé, swiftly cruised into the No. Servant Of The Mind is set for release on December 3rd via EMI Records. Watch the official lyric video for Shotgun Blues here:Īlso, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below: “Weird stuff happens when I move into a house… it’s very otherworldly.” “Every time you move into a house, you bring dead people with you,” he explains. The new song sees Poulsen explore the ghostly events he recently experienced upon moving into a new home.

The new song follows on from the release of Wait A Minute My Girl and Dagen Før, both of which will appear on the upcoming album. 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.”Īlongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new song from the upcoming album Shotgun Blues. “I wrote the whole album in three months,” recalls guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen, “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. Titled Servant Of The Mind, the upcoming album from the Danish hard rock band is the follow-up to 2019’s Rewind, Replay, Reboundand is scheduled to be released in December this year, via EMI Records.

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