The band announces North American tour dates
Volbeat will release its ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, on June 6th via longtime label Republic/Universal. The band shares the first taste of new music via the video for the first single “By a Monster’s Hand.” The song is a mid-paced riff-fest with no concessions to standard meter, juxtaposing pummeling rhythms with point-counterpoint hooks.
The video was produced by Ghost Atomic and directed by Adam Rothlein, the same team that lensed videos for prior Volbeat hits “Shotgun Blues,” “Die To Live,” and “Leviathan.”
The band entered the studio with their longtime producer Jacob Hansen in the fall of 2024. As with the songwriting, frontman Michael Poulsen wanted to work quickly and rely on instinct, so they just plugged in and started to play. 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.
When it came time to add lead guitar, there was no question that Volbeat would tap Flemming C. Lund, who currently tours with the band and worked with Michael in Asinhell. A mere 13 days after they started working with Hansen, Volbeat were finished.
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.
Volbeat will return to the road on the Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide, beginning in June and running throughout 2025. The tour begins in June with a co-headlining Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, which will be followed by headline treks in the U.S. with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the UK with special guests Bush and Gel.
Fans who pre-order the album from volbeat.dk or Universal Music Group up through 5 pm local time on Sunday, March 9th will receive a code to access tickets before anyone else starting Monday, March 10th at 10 am local time. Regular on-sales begin Friday, March 14th at 10 am local time.
- 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)
Volbeat Greatest of All Tours Worldwide 2025 North American Dates:
June 7 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
June 9 — Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
June 10 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
June 12 — Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
June 13 — Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
June 16 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell
June 17 — Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
June 19 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
June 21 — London, ON @ Canada Life Place
June 22 — Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
