Their second album Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil received platinum status, and their 2010 release Beyond Hell/Above Heaven was subject to widespread international critical acclaim, receiving double platinum in Denmark, platinum in Finland and Germany, and gold in the United States, Sweden and Austria. All of their studio albums have been certified gold in Denmark. The band is signed to Dutch label Mascot Records and has released six studio albums and one DVD. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, guitarist Rob Caggiano, drummer Jon Larsen and bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen. They are inspired by classic rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, as well as modern hard rock, thrash metal, heavy metal, alternative rock and hardcore punk groups. They play a fusion of rock and roll, heavy metal and rockabilly. Rock & roll can ask no more.Volbeat are a Danish heavy metal band which was formed in Copenhagen. In other words, they all affirm life, fun, and better days ahead.
But these 13 songs, penned during a time of great global uncertainty, are wonderfully crafted, beautifully recorded, and performed with an incendiary energy. Servant of the Mind doesn't offer much in terms of change for Volbeat. Poulsen's vocal keeps the band centered even as he sings of witch burning in 15th century Sweden. Closer "Lasse's Birgitta" enters with edgy, reverbed blues and rockabilly guitar vamps before a thrashing "Paranoid"-esque riff asserts the tune's body. "Step Into Light" is horrific metallic surfabilly with a soulfully resonant vocal. "Becoming" nods at death metal as drums and bass swing under the punishing guitars but again, Poulsen sends it over the top with a fist-pumping refrain.
While the proceeding "The Passenger" answers with a punky '80s thrash vamp through the verse, its refrain offers the kind of pop-metal grandeur only Volbeat and Ghost - and vintage Blue Öyster Cult, of course - are capable of summoning. Volbeat render it an unapologetic AOR anthem with slick, sheeny '80s production, a cruising tempo, and an irrepressible pop melody perfectly melding Bramsen's and Poulsen's voices.
"Dagen Før" features a guest vocal from Stine Bramsen of Danish pop heroes Alphabeat.
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The band know how to throw curve balls, too. Contrast this tune with the brutal chug and burn of "Say No More," with its proggy stop-and-start bridge, double-timed drumming, and assaultive guitars. In typical Volbeat fashion, however, the chorus delivers an infectious lyric hook without sacrificing the heaviness. The charging drum kit and distorted bassline add ballast and textural dimension. The guitars charge at one another with 1980s thrash metal abandon, forcing Poulsen to climb above them. "Shotgun Blues" is darker, edgier, and more ferocious.
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What emerges is a dynamic update of Heaven and Hell's approach transformed through Volbeat's musicality. Poulsen deliberately channels Ronnie James Dio in his singing. "The Sacred Stones" commences with a massive Black Sabbath-like dual guitar riff from Poulsen and Rob Caggiano, underscored by Jon Larsen's thudding tom-toms and kick drums and Kaspar Boye Larsen's filthy bassline. The chugging guitar riff, driving tempo, and Poulsen's crystal clean, hooky vocals combine to make it a stadium anthem. With its roiling drumkit and bass intro, opener "Temple of Ekur" is as epic and excessive as its title. Written in three months, it was recorded in three weeks. Again produced and mixed by longtime collaborator Jacob Hansen, Servant of the Mind is arguably the darkest, loudest, and heaviest album in their catalog -as well as their most accessible. while glossing up their sonic approach (a tad) and re-emphasizing the theatrical potential in guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen's songs. Eighth album Servant of the Mind continues their M.O. After two decades, seven previous studio albums, multi-platinum sales, and sold-out concerts across the globe, Denmark's roots Volbeat have remained stubbornly consistent in wielding massive, power and thrash metal riffs, passionate rockabilly swagger, and punk rock attitude.
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