This time Finland is up for some Volbeat summer rockin. Volbeat joins the impressive line up with Iron Maiden, Him, Slayer, Heaven & Hell and many more! So if you’re around Pori, Finland on August 7^th don’t miss this one! Kippis!

Read more http://fi.sonispherefestival.net/

The writing process is well under way and a title is already set:

Front man Michael Poulsen explains: “The Album title is “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven”
(no reference to religious beliefs). The title refers to the overall theme of the album, and it continues the storyline from where “Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood” left off…”

The album will be released in September throughout Europe. The band are very excited about the writing process, carrying the songs into both extreme metallic territory, punk variations and some very catchy stuff at the same time. On top Volbeat is bringing in various guest appearances. Michael continues:

“We have fast, slow and mid-tempo songs. We still blend different styles of punk, rock’n’roll, rockabilly, metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, country – we still keep it very open, it’s just music! I cannot say too much about it right now, but we’re really excited about it and it’s going to be very, very cool. Again we’re going to give people something they haven’t heard before. We always try to do something special and different on each and every album.”

Watch out for much more news about “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven” upcoming shows and much more on this site…

We’re very pleased to announce that we’re returning to our hometown to play COPENHAGEN LIVE on June 2nd. We haven’t played CPH for a while, so to return to a legendary venue like 10-Øren to perfrom with our label-mates Rammstein will be nothing short of fantastic! Amager will never be the same! 

Tickets and info: www.copenhagenlive.dk and www.billetnet.dk

Good news for all you folks in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Download Festival has announced the first 9 bands for this year’s festival! We’re proud to play Donnington along with AC/DC, Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, Megadeth, Wolfmother, Motörhead and many others. See more on http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/

And for your Swizz folks – we join The Big Four, Heaven And Hell and many more – see more at on http://sz.sonispherefestivals.com/

Cheers

Volbeat

We’re in San Jose and it’s unfortunately the last show on the Metallica tour. Prio to the show we remind ourselves that this is the last show and we really want to put an extra effort into this. We actually play a really good show, and the response is great. It’s a great finale and probably our best on this tour, even though every show has meant a lot to us. After the show we get presents from Metallica. James and Lars come into our dressing room and give us all a black bathrobe saying:”VOLBEAT learning to speak english the METALLICA style, one show at a time”. A joke from James who didn’t understand what we said speaking danish with Lars. We also get a signed band photo with a personal greeting and most important a big thank you from the band and crew who have enjoyed our music and company. We experienced a lot and it feels great to know that the hard work put into this VOLBEAT band has paid off. We’d like to thank Metallica and their crew for this fantastic experience, and also their respect for us as persons. And last but not least the great support we had from the audience at every single show. A lot of fans have travelled to see us perform in the USA. You’re the real deal and we know we can trust in you. We’re looking forward to return and play more shows in 2010, and before you know it we’ll see you again! Thanks everyone!

Cheers
Michael, Jon, Anders and Thomas