Volbeat return with a new album, God Of Angels Trust, out now

VOLBEAT — Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), and Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass) — are are thrilled to release their ninth album God Of Angels Trust. This album arrives today, June 6, via longtime label Vertigo/Universal. Get it here.

The album will coincide with plenty of summer touring on the band's "Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide," with further dates and details below.

"'Demonic Depression' is based on one of my really good friends and the state of mind that he was in for a couple of years," says Poulsen. "I've played it for several friends, and they've all asked, 'Did you write that about me?' Which is a little scary and just shows how many people are dealing with mental issues in certain parts of their lives and how many are constantly struggling."

He furthers, "It's about some heavy mental issues, so I guess the message is pretty universal. Depression is so all-consuming, and it affects so many people, and the best way to help someone struggling with it is to talk to them and listen what they have to say. I've had my share of mental issues throughout life, so I guess I'm part of the lyrics, too."

With God Of Angels Trust, the Danish band — which has scored 11 No. 1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, with the latest being the new album's first single "By a Monster's Hand," marking the most ever for a band based outside North America — has thrown caution to the wind, ignored comfort zones, and paid little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising. The end result will thrill Volbeat's dedicated legion of fans.

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.

As impressive as it is that Volbeat wrote and recorded an entire album in about five weeks, what's more incredible is that God Of Angels Trust sounds as fleshed out, eclectic, and fulfilling as albums that have taken 10 times longer (or more) to create. In the end, creating such a strong album so quickly was a tremendous challenge that demanded Zen-like calm, a joy for exploration, maximal creativity, and razor-sharp concentration to pull off.

Volbeat will return to the road on the "Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide," running throughout 2025. The tour kicks off tomorrow, June 7, in Vancouver, BC, with the first show of a co-headline Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War. The tour then continues with headline treks in the U.S., with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the UK with special guests Bush and Witch Fever. All dates are below.

Clip: Demonic Depression

TRACKLIST:

1. Devils are Awake

2. By a Monster's Hand

3. Acid Rain

4. Demonic Depression

5. In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan's Spawn in a Dying World of Doom

6. Time Will Heal

7. Better Be Fueled than Tamed

8. At the End of the Sirens

9. Lonely Fields

10. Enlighten the Disorder (By a Monster's Hand Part 2)

VOLBEAT ON TOUR:

GREATEST OF ALL TOURS WORLDWIDE:

2025 CO-HEADLINE WITH THREE DAYS GRACE WAGE WAR:

• June 7 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena
• June 9 — Calgary, AB — Scotiabank Saddledome
• June 10 — Edmonton, AB — Rogers Place
• June 12 — Saskatoon, SK — SaskTel Centre
• June 13 — Winnipeg, MB — Canada Life Centre
• June 16 — Laval, QC — Place Bell
• June 17 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre
• June 19 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage
• June 21 — London, ON — Canada Life Place
• June 22 — Ottawa, ON — Canadian Tire Centre

2025 US HEADLINE:

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS HALESTORM THE GHOST INSIDE:

• July 17 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena
• July 19 — Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
• July 21 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
• July 22 — Ridgefield, WA — Cascades Amphitheater
• July 24 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
• July 25 — Inglewood, CA — Kia Forum
• July 26 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
• July 28 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
• July 29 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
• July 31 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP
• August 2 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater
• August 3 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
• August 4 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
• August 6 — Charlotte, NC — PNC Music Pavilion
• August 7 — Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live
• August 9 — Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
• August 10 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
• August 12 — Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
• August 13 — Gilford, NH — BankNH Pavilion
• August 14 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
• August 16 — Hershey, PA — Giant Center
• August 17 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
• August 19 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
• August 21 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
• August 22 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

2025 EU/UK HEADLINE:

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BUSH WITCH FEVER:

• September 18 — Herning, DK — Jyske Bank Boxen
• September 19 — Copenhagen, DK — Royal Arena
• September 20 — Copenhagen, DK — Royal Arena
• September 23 — Amsterdam, NL — Ziggo Dome
• September 24 — Antwerp, BE — Sportpaleis
• September 26 — Stuttgart, DE — Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
• September 27 — Cologne, DE — LANXESS Arena
• September 28 — Oberhausen, DE — Rudolf Weber-ARENA
• September 30 — Vienna, AT — Wiener Stadthalle
• October 1 — Vienna, AT — Wiener Stadthalle
• October 3 — Prague, CZ — O2 universum
• October 4 — Berlin, DE — Uber Arena
• October 6 — Munich, DE — Olympiahalle
• October 7 — Munich, DE — Olympiahalle
• October 8 — Frankfurt, DE — Festhalle
• October 10 — Leipzig, DE — QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena
• October 11 — Hamburg, DE — Barclays Arena
• October 13 — Warsaw, PL — COS Torwar
• October 15 — Tampere, FI — Nokia Arena
• October 17 — Stockholm, SE — 3Arena
• October 18 — Oslo, NO — Unity Arena
• October 19 — Gothenburg, SE — Scandinavium
• October 21 — Hannover, DE — ZAG Arena
• October 22 — Rotterdam, NL — Rotterdam Ahoy
• October 23 — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
• October 25 — Zurich, CH — Hallenstadion
• October 28 — Bilbao, ES — CUBEC — Bilbao Exhibition Centre
• October 30 — Barcelona, ES — Sant Jordi Club
• October 31 — Madrid, ES — Palacio Vistalegre
• November 2 — Paris, FR — Zénith Paris — La Villette
• November 5 — Nottingham, UK — Motorpoint Arena
• November 6 — Cardiff, UK — Utilita Arena
• November 8 — Manchester, UK — AO Arena
• November 10 — Glasgow, UK — OVO Hydro
• November 12 — Birmingham, UK — Utilita Arena
• November 13 — London, UK — OVO Arena Wembley