VOLBEAT’S NEW “GOD OF ANGELS TRUST” ALBUM AND “BY A MONSTER’S HAND” VIDEO
Danish powerhouse Volbeat recently announced their ninth studio album, God Of Angels Trust, will be available worldwide on June 6, 2025 via their longtime label Republic/Universal.
Volbeat, comprised of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen on drums, and Kaspar Boye Larsen on bass, have maintained their status of rock royalty by continually reimagining their sound over the years. The band has amassed ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, which is the most ever for a band outside of North America. They’ve been able to achieve this by pushing the boundaries of their unique sound and allowing themselves to play around with their creativity and not sticking to one defined structure or process.
The band teased what you can anticipate from the album by releasing their first single and music video for “By a Monster’s Hand.” The video features a back-and-forth approach between the band performance and an unsettling story of a “monster.” The song captures the band’s perfected chugging and progressive sound while also capturing the raw and natural uniqueness of the song’s production.
You can watch the video for “By a Monster’s Hand” here and stream or get the song here.
While creating the God Of Angels Trust album, the band took a new approach and skipped following traditional writing and creative processes.
"In the past, I've taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them," states Poulsen. "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."
After taking a year-long break from touring to give vocalist Michael Poulsen recovery time from throat surgery and to tour with his death metal band, Asinhell, he began the writing process for the God Of Angels Trust album in the summer of 2024. Michael, Jon, and Kaspar worked on songs for the album for only three weeks, working on a new song at each rehearsal. Within three weeks of the process, the band had already arranged half to the Gods Of Angels Trust album. The rapid development of the songs enhanced Poulsen’s drive to throw caution into the wind and to promote natural and raw musical writing.
The band moved the process into the studio in the fall of 2024. After recruiting their longtime producer Jacob Hansen, the band worked quickly to pull everything together. They recorded live in the studio and played as few takes as possible for each song to inspire a sense of urgency within the songs.
Volbeat tapped Flemming C. Lund for the lead guitar portions, who currently tours with the band and is a member of Asinhell. Within 13 days of working with Hansen, the band was finished. In total, it took Volbeat about five weeks to write and record the entire 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."
You can pre-order God Of Angels Trust here.
GOD OF ANGELS TRUST TRACKS:
"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)"
The God Of Angels Trust will be available in a variety of formats including:
*180g Black LP
*"Grandma's Wallpaper" LP — Exclusively at volbeat.dk
*"Lamplight Glow" LP — Exclusively at Republic Records/Universal Music's websites
*"Mystery Color" LP — Exclusively at independent retailers
*Glow in the Dark LP — Exclusively at EMP
*Oxblood LP – Exclusively at Revolver
*Red and White Danish Flag LP —Only available in Denmark
*Limited Edition Cassette
*CD
*Deluxe Hardcover Book CD With Expanded Artwork
The God Of Angels Trust album will be supported by a massive worldwide tour this summer. The “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide” features a vast array of support and co-headlining acts and will run from June throughout the rest of 2025. The tour kicks off in Canada with co-headliner Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War. The tour will then advance through the United States with supporting guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside. The massive 68-stop tour will make its way through Europe and the UK and will end in mid-November, and features special guests Bush and Gel.
Tickets for the “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide” will go on sale beginning Friday, March 14 at 10am local time.
Visit Volbeat’s official D2C store here.
VOLBEAT ON TOUR:
GREATEST OF ALL TOURS WORLDWIDE:
2025 CO-HEADLINE WITH THREE DAYS GRACE + WAGE WAR:
6/7 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena
6/9 — Calgary, AB — Scotiabank Saddledome
6/10 — Edmonton, AB — Rogers Place
6/12 — Saskatoon, SK — SaskTel Centre
6/13 — Winnipeg, MB — Canada Life Centre
6/16 — Laval, QC — Place Bell
6/17 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre
6/19 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage
6/21 — London, ON — Canada Life Place
6/22 — Ottawa, ON — Canadian Tire Centre
2025 US HEADLINE:
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS HALESTORM + THE GHOST INSIDE:
7/17 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena
7/19 — Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/21 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
7/22 — Ridgefield, WA — Cascades Amphitheater
7/24 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
7/25 — Inglewood, CA — Kia Forum
7/26 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
7/28 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7/29 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
7/31 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP
8/2 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater
8/3 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
8/4 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/6 — Charlotte, NC — PNC Music Pavilion
8/7 — Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live
8/9 — Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
8/10 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
8/12 — Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
8/13 — Gilford, NH — BankNH Pavilion
8/14 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
8/16 — Hershey, PA — Giant Center
8/17 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
8/19 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
8/21 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
8/22 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
2025 EU/UK HEADLINE:
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BUSH + GEL:
9/18 — Herning, DK — Jyske Bank Boxen
9/19 — Copenhagen, DK — Royal Arena
9/23 — Amsterdam, NL — Ziggo Dome
9/24 — Antwerp, BE — Sportpaleis
9/26 — Stuttgart, DE — Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
9/27 — Cologne, DE — LANXESS Arena
9/28 — Oberhausen, DE — Rudolf Weber-ARENA
9/30 — Vienna, AT — Wiener Stadthalle
10/3 — Prague, CZ — O2 universum
10/4 — Berlin, DE — Uber Arena
10/6 — Munich, DE — Olympiahalle
10/8 — 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
11/2 — Paris, FR — Zénith Paris — La Villette
11/5 — Nottingham, UK — Motorpoint Arena
11/6 — Cardiff, UK — Utilita Arena
11/8 — Manchester, UK — AO Arena
11/10 — Glasgow, UK — OVO Hydro
11/12 — Birmingham, UK — Utilita Arena
11/13 — London, UK — OVO Arena Wembley
