Teaming up with Larsen who had stepped away from music after playing in multiple other bands before, the group gained attention in Denmark with its debut, The Strength/The Sound/The Songs, earning accolades across Europe, even if, as Larsen says, it’s not very well known in the U.S. Volbeat formed in 2001, after the end of Poulsen’s death metal band Dominus, and he decided to do something different. We’re just three stupid kids from the countryside in Denmark, how did we end up here?” “It’s mind-blowing,” Larsen said of Volbeat’s radio success here in the U.S. 1 singles on the chart to 10 in their career, more than any other band from outside of North America. The band led off the album with the singles “Wait A Minute My Girl,” and “Shotgun Blues,” showcasing their signature mix of psychobilly energy with heavy metal guitars, while adding even more new sounds.īoth songs went straight to Number One on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart, racking up Volbeat’s total No. “Before we knew it, we had like 12-13 songs ready to go,” Volbeat co-founder/drummer Jon Larsen told REVUE about what has since become their latest album, Servant of the Mind, released in December. The group took the welcome break and rested at home for the first two weeks, when vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen decided, since they had time, why not write a new album? Like many other bands, they heard the initial warnings about COVID-19, but didn’t think it would grind their plans to a halt, and keep them stuck in their native Denmark for nearly the next two years. In early 2020, just before the pandemic put the entire world in its inescapable grip, hard-rock band Volbeat had planned to go on a global tour.

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