Danish rockers Volbeat, featuring Michael Poulsen (vocals/guitar), Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass), have announced their ninth studio album, God of Angels Trust, set for release on June 6 via Republic/Universal. Alongside the album announcement, the band has unveiled an Adam Rothlein-directed video for the first single, “By a Monster’s Hand.” The track delivers Volbeat’s signature heavy grooves with an energetic, hook-laden structure.
Volbeat wrote and recorded God of Angels Trust in just five weeks, working with longtime producer Jacob Hansen. Volbeat will embark on the “Greatest of All Tours Worldwide” throughout 2025. The tour kicks off in June with a co-headlining Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, followed by U.S. dates with Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and a European/UK leg featuring Bush and Gel.
Poulsen comments:
“In the past, I’ve taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them. This time, I wanted to make a Volbeat record without thinking too much about it. Instead of following any kind of structure I said, ‘Okay, there are no rules. I can do anything I want. I can start with a chorus or do songs that are just a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.’ That was freeing for me and made it exciting to write this album.
In some ways, it feels like we’ve come full circle,” Poulsen explains. “If you start drawing a circle over an extended period of time, eventually you’ve going to get back where you started, and that’s how I feel now. I’ve dealt with medical operations, lineup changes, and all these things, and now it feels like a rebirth. It doesn’t feel like we’re doing our ninth studio album, it feels like we’re on our first album again and there’s something really refreshing about that.”
Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
Track List:
01) Devils are Awake
02) By a Monster’s Hand
03) Acid Rain
04) Demonic Depression
05) In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom
06) Time Will Heal
07) Better Be Fueled than Tamed
08) At the End of the Sirens
09) Lonely Fields
10) Enlighten the Disorder (By a Monster’s Hand Part 2)
Tour Dates:
Greatest of All Tours co-headline w/ Three Days Grace + Wage War
06/07 Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
06/09 Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
06/10 Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
06/12 Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
06/13 Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
06/16 Laval, QC @ Place Bell
06/17 Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
06/19 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
06/21 London, ON @ Canada Life Place
06/22 Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
US Headline w/ Halestorm & The Ghost Inside
07/17 Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
07/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/21 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
07/22 Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater
07/24 Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
07/25 Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
07/26 Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
07/28 Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
07/29 Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
07/31 Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
08/02 Franklin, TN @ FirstBank Amphitheater
08/03 Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
08/04 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
08/06 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
08/07 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
08/09 Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
08/10 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
08/12 Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheater
08/13 Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
08/14 Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
08/16 Hershey, PA @ Giant Center
08/17 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
08/19 Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
08/21 Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
08/22 Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
EU/UK Tour w/ Bush & Gel
09/18 Herning, DK @ Jyske Bank Boxen
09/19 Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
09/23 Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
09/24 Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis
09/26 Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
09/27 Cologne, DE @ LANXESS Arena
09/28 Oberhausen, DE @ Rudolf Weber-ARENA
09/30 Vienna, AT @ Wiener Stadthalle
10/03 Prague, CZ @ O2 universum
10/04 Berlin, DE @ Uber Arena
10/06 Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
10/08 Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle
10/10 Leipzig, DE @ QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena
10/11 Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena
10/13 Warsaw, PL @ COS Torwar
10/15 Tampere, FI @ Nokia Arena
10/17 Stockholm, SE @ 3Arena
10/18 Oslo, NO @ Unity Arena
10/19 Gothenburg, SE @ Scandinavium
10/21 Hannover, DE @ ZAG Arena
10/22 Rotterdam, NL @ Rotterdam Ahoy
10/23 Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
10/25 Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion
10/28 Bilbao, ES @ CUBEC @ Bilbao Exhibition Centre
10/30 Barcelona, ES @ Sant Jordi Club
10/31 Madrid, ES @ Palacio Vistalegre
11/02 Paris, FR @ Zénith Paris @ La Villette
11/05 Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena
11/06 Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena
11/08 Manchester, UK @ AO Arena
11/10 Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
11/12 Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
11/13 London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley
