Volbeat have announced a new album, God of Angels Trust, out June 6th, plus a massive world tour including a US leg with Halestorm and The Ghost Inside.
First up, Volbeat will embark on a co-headlining Canadian tour with Three Days Grace in June. Then, the US outing will launch on July 17th in Denver and run through an August 22nd show in Tinley Park, Illinois. The Danish band will then hop back overseas for European/UK dates as part of an extensive 2025 itinerary in support of the new LP.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for the North American dates begins Wednesday (March 12th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code FUNKY. General ticket sales start Friday (March 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Along with news of the album and tour, Volbeat also offered up the single “By a Monster’s Hand.” The mid-tempo riffer has a Metallica “Black Album” vibe with its combo of heavy grooves and melody, though the chorus climbs into power-metal range with its ascending lead guitars and epic vocal delivery from Michael Poulsen.
Work on the new album, the follow-up to 2021’s Servant of the Mind, began last summer during the band’s year-long break from touring, as Poulsen recovered from throat surgery and played gigs with his death metal band, Asinhell. Molding many of the songs during rehearsals, Volbeat eventually hit the studio with longtime producer Jacob Hansen to record the 10 tracks that would become God of Angels Trust, which features lead guitarwork from touring axeman Flemming C. Lund.
“In the past, I’ve taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them,” said Poulsen in a press release. “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.”
Pre-order the new album via Republic Records. Stream the video for “By a Monster’s Hand” and see the artwork and tracklist below.
God of Angels Trust Artwork:
God of Angels Trust Tracklist:
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)
Volbeat’s 2025 Tour Dates:
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 *
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 #
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 ^
* = w/ Three Days Grace and Wage War
# = w/ Halestorm and The Ghost Inside
^ = w/ Bush and GEL
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