Volbeat - God of Angels Trust (Picture Disc)

“In the past, I’ve taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them,” explains frontman Michael 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.’”

Poulsen’s excitement to thwart convention is palpable throughout God Of Angels Trust, a punchy, crunchy album that’s undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic and melodic energy. The opening track, “Devils Are Awake,” starts with a thunderous, marching, syncopated rhythm before bursting into a punk riff that briefly yields to a choppy thrash rhythm before changing course again and injecting a melodic vocal rich and guitar harmony. From there, Volbeat rip, snarl, and spit fire, daring naysayers to criticize their unconventional arrangements.

The album also features the songs “By a Monster’s Hand,” “Time Will Heal,” “Demonic Depression,” “Acid Rain" and “In the Barn of The Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom.”