![]() ![]() ![]() They toured extensively in 2009 to promote it, supporting acts like Nightwish and Metallica. When Volbeat released their third album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood the following year, it immediately charted at No.1 in Finland. Their sophomore album Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil came out in 2007 and went platinum. Critically acclaimed, it reached No.18 on the Danish music charts and led to the first of many stellar appearances at Roskilde Festival in 2006. Inspired by rock’n’roll greats like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash as well as metal and punk stalwarts such as Metallica and Social Distortion, Volbeat experimented with merging elements of rockabilly, heavy metal and traditional rock.Īfter putting together two demos, Rebel Monster, a sublabel of Mascot Records, signed them and Volbeat’s debut album The Strength/The Sound/The Songs arrived in 2005. ![]() The four-piece took their name from the album Vol.Beat (with “Vol” standing for volume), which had been released by Poulsen’s former band, the death metal act Dominus, in 1997. Launched in Copenhagen in 2001, Volbeat was formed by frontman Michael Poulsen, guitarist Franz Gottschalk, bassist Anders Kjølholm and drummer Jon Larsen.
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