Volbeat (band)

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This article is about the Danish heavy metal band. For the Pokémon, see Volbeat.

Volbeat is a Danish heavy metal band, founded in 2001. They released their first album, The Strength / The Sound / The Songs, in 2005 and they are working on the next one. It will be called Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil and it will be released in March 2007.

1 Biography
2 Lineup
3 Awards
4 Discography
- 4.1 Demos
- 4.2 Albums
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Volbeat was formed in 2001. They play a fusion of heavy metal and rockabilly.^{[citation needed]} They are inspired by the rock n' roll legends Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.^{[citation needed]} No other Danish heavy rock band than Volbeat has been able to get to position 18 at the Danish Top 100 for cd sales in over 10 years.^{[citation needed]} This happened right after their concert at the Roskilde Festival 2006. They have passed bands like Madonna, Pink Floyd, KoЯn, Eminem, Guns N' Roses, The Black Eyed Peas, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay and Kasmir on the Top 100 list, just to name a few.

Critics have generally been positive towards The Strength / The Sound / The Songs. The german hard rock magazine RockHard gave it 10/10 in a review.[1]

Volbeat is also praised for its live performances. Their concert at Roskilde Festival 2006 received a 6/6 stars review in the Danish newspaper BT.[2]

[edit] Lineup

Michael Poulsen - Vocals, guitar (ex-Dominus)
Franz "Hellboss" - Guitar (until december 2006)
Anders Kjølholm - Bass
Jon Larsen - Drums

[edit] Awards

The Strength / The Sound / The Songs won the award for the best debut album at the Danish Metal Music Awards 2005.
Volbeat won the award Steppeulven for hope of the year 2006.[3].
Volbeat won the award for the best live band at the Danish Metal Music Awards 2006 voted by fans.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Demos

Volbeat, 2002
Beat the Meat, 2003

[edit] Albums

The Strength / The Sound / The Songs, 2005
Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil, 2007

[edit] Trivia

The song Carolina #1 from The Strength / The Sound / The Songs has its lyrics made entirely from titles of Elvis Presley songs (see leaflet from CD) to show Michael Poulsen's admiration of the King himself.